Martin Chitty
Republican | Iowa
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Martin Chitty
Party
Republican
Election Year
2024
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 51
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Waldorf College, Forest City, 1979
DMACC, Ankeny, 1983
Worsham School of Mortuary Science, Skokie, 1985
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Nevada Community School Board, President, Nevada Community Resource Center
Board, Story County Farm Bureau, Director
Heartland Senior Services, Director, Nevada Boys & Girls Club
Board, Nevada Community Foundation, Board
Nevada Rotary Club, Member, Memorial Lutheran Church
Member, Turning Point USA, Contributor
Heritage Foundation, Contributor
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Story County Board of Supervisors, 2016-2018
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (9)
Eli Crane (2024)
Kim Reynolds (2023)
Kara Warme (2022)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2022)
Mike Naig (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2020)
Dave Deyoe (2016)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
To save the life of the mother
Chemical abortion drugs should meet essential safety standards (such as in-person consultation with a medical doctor) and require reporting to gather evidence on reactions and outcomes.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
What is your position on the minimum wage?
It should be left to the states to determine the amount.
Should environmental and social issues, like ESG (environmental, social, and governance) ratings, be used as criteria in deciding where to invest public monies?
No
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Under what circumstances can government close churches?
Freedom of assembly and freedom of worship shall not be abridged. None.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
C. With the advent of Obamacare, healthcare costs have sharply escalated on a yearly basis. It was falsely represented at its beginning. It has continued a ruinous financial cost to our country with no end in sight.
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
As seen in the military and educational settings, a host of vaccinations are required for participation. This serves a greater good. The deceptive narrative recently seen with the Covid 19 vaccinations were falsehoods foisted on the American public.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
I believe a full accounting of all dollars spent in the public, educational and business environs of our country by the CCP, should be undertaken immediately. The declared intent of the CCP is to undermine and defeat the people of the United States and its government. We should seek to reshore in all practical haste, manufacturing and jobs that left our shores to go to their country.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes. I am grounded in my beliefs, through my faith and all convictions there in, that we are a guarantor of the Nation of Israel. I will not seek any daylight between our two nations. I will oppose any and all who seek divestment of Israel or limit material support to this fellow democracy.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Strongly Agree
We foolishly champion other nations borders throughout the world at the perilous expense of our own. We are not a nation in its truest sense if we cannot control the flow of goods, people and services into our country. I fear the intervention to staunch this influx may exceed our traditional legal remedies. We must prepare ourselves as a nation to secure our borders going forward.
EDUCATION
The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child through programs which protect parents' freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.
Strongly Agree
I have championed this mindset during my time spent on my local school board. I have a bedrock conviction that parents are the ultimate determiners of the best setting and situation for their children. The semantics of "public dollars" fail to note they are the same dollar one step removed from a tax payer providing that dollar.
VALUES
Children are the most vulnerable members of society and must be protected from abuse, including gender ideology, grooming, and bodily mutilation.
Strongly Agree
I will not support an institution or unrelated individual to bring about permanent harm to a minor child. No public dollars should flow to an organization or entity that deceives, deludes or permanently denies a child the journey to adulthood.
Parents should have the right to make decisions for their minor children.
Strongly Agree
Taxpayer funds should be used to provide gender transition services.
Strongly Disagree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Born again Christian.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
States should join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact which makes the Electoral College irrelevant.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
Yes. Repackaged Marxism as seen in DEI, CRT and ESG pull our nation backward. The lessons learned from MLK to judge the content of a person's heart have been discarded to solely see genetic traits. Victimhood is championed as a talent sought by many to the detriment of all.
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Strongly Disagree
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Which comes closest to your view? (Select all that apply) A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost. C) Stricter environmental laws undermine U.S. energy independence and deter development of reliable electricity sources. D) Climate change is real and requires urgent policy action.
A and C.
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Fracked natural gas. We have an abundance of natural gas found within our country.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No.
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
To exist to do functions on behalf of the citizens of this country, those things that cannot be done by the individual. Government, at any level should not be funded and tolerated, to grow beyond the expressed need for its stated existence.
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Conservative
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
I support redirecting funds from police departments to community programs.
Strongly Disagree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
None.
Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
Yes
From my perspective, this would have to be an individual school district's decision made by locally elected representatives to further the collective wishes. It is not likely to be a widespread or universal adoption of policy. It is my belief only a small grouping of school districts will take this up.
