Carole Sue Braaten

Republican | Washington

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Carole Sue Braaten


Party

Republican


Election Year

2026


Election

Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 27 - Pos. 1


Incumbent

No


Links


EDUCATION

Washington State University, Pullman, 1976-1979

Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, Associate of Arts and Science, 1974-1976

WORK & MILITARY

Korean Women's Association/KWA, Caregiver, 2010-2017

Pierce County Noxious Weed Control Board, Field Inspector, 2026-

Pierce County Noxious Weed Control Board, Field Inspector, 2000-2004

Pierce County Noxious Weed Control Board, Field Inspector, 1991-1993

Pierce County Noxious Weed Control Board, Field Inspector, 1989-

SportsCo, Merchandize Stocker Fishing Dept., 2017-2019

Caregiver for my 93 -100 yr.senior mom, Daughter caregiver, 2019-2026

City of Federal Way Parks Dept., Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker, 2015-

City of Federal Way Parks Dept., Seasonal Parks Maintence worker, 2008-2012

State of Washington Dept. of Agricutlure, Agricultural Aid/ Gypsy Moth Trapper, 2017-

AFFILIATIONS

Pierce County Republican Party, Precinct Committee Officer 27-228, 2024-2026

Good Sheperd Lutheran Church, Member, 2000-2026

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Member, 1966-1979

4-H, Mom of 4- H youth, 1998-2005

Pierce County Republican party, Member, 2022-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Precinct Committee Officer 27-228, 2024-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

27th Legislative District Representative Postion 1#, 2026-

Pierce County Charter Review Commission Board District 5# Position 3#, 2025-

Fife Council, 2025-

27th Legislative District Senator, 2024-

25th Legislative District Represenative, 2012-

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

Carol Sue Braaten's statement in the WA Voter Guide.

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

I absolutely agree. The No human being should be forced or compleded to support moral crimes against God Almight. That NO taxpayer money or funds should be allowed to be spent on Planned Parenthood in any way shape or form..They can obtain money from Planned Parenthood supporters Who I do Not and Will Not support.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Life of mother..... Now what I mean by that if the mother is physically dieing from pregancy toxicemia and the hospital has to give the mother a C-Section and take the child early and trys to save the child..... The mother is in an auto accident is bleeding to death because of the rupture of the uterus and both will die and an emergency hystorectomy is need t save the life of the mother and the child can not be saved because the mother will die and then bboth will die.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

My mom was 100 years and 10 months several time the doctors just wanted to give up on my mom... I had to fight to get her IV's for hydration or nutrition so she could recover... I beleive the doctors are now being to hasen death instead of care for our senios.

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

I believe that Washington state minimum wage has gotten out of control. That the people need to repeal the yearly increase stop cities higher wage.The wage is driving all goods and services out of control. I took Agricultural Ecomonmics.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

I not only Strongly agree I have been doing what I can at the Pierce County Charter(county Constitution) speaking on stopping the taking of private property that has run down ??then taking someone property and developing housing for the poor and needy?? So the county could determine just because someone disable or senior or finacially not able to mow their lawn take the property.

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

1) Look at the DOGE Washington website where citizens have been finding various Fraud, Waste and abuse, information like Brandy CRuze, Jonathon Cho and others have found. 2) Look at Any Illegal Immigrants aliens, undocumented immigrants, unauthorized workers, migrants without papers- Stopping all Social and Health services for them, All public schools service Look at Dept. and Health Services and Pierce County Executive 3) Look into government funded projects like what happened in Minnisota.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

That there Shall be no established state religion like in Europe Spain was Catholic, Norway /Sweden/ Germany -Lutheran, England church of England, ... we can all be Jews and Christians but no one specific Christian religious group of people.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree

NO individual or business should be Compelled to Committe a Moral Crime Against God Alamighty which is consided a sin against God. This Is freedom to pratice a persons religion.


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.

B) comes closes. Health care should be funded under certain circumstances to reduce cost to all like disabled, low income seniors, etc and plans available on the open market to choose from like we do have, if people are carrying for a senior parent and caregiving the parent many hours of the day saving the state money or a disabled child.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

Also trying to obtain for their citizens children Birth Right Citizenship.

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Absolutely. Israel is the USA's most critical and iimportant Allie we/USA has.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree

Absolutey DO NOT support. My grandparents and great grandpparents immigrate Legal to the USA in the 1870's to the very first 5 years of the 1900's. Legal and Lawful immigration I support.


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Agree

I support getting rid of the majority of the U.S. Dept. of Education 75-95% trimming staff each section needs a closed investigation. I want some oversit into things like not allowing schools to become soft targets for shooters. Very disabled children that have the needs of one on one education and help to have a special schools set apart like the Washington state Constituion recongnizes like a school for the Blind, Deaf and Special needs.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree

Absolutley Foreign governments should also be banned by stopping all trade in and out of the USA and traffifs to exceed 85% on all goods coming in if fould doing so if goods have arrived at entery Ports like Port of Tacoma by me and are off loading and here.


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

Absolutely I strongly support Parents and Guardians Rights to see All information about their children and the children in their care. I have stated that in my statement in the Election Pamphlet.

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

The people who are doing this should be Criminally prosecuted, removed from ever being anywhere near children, Have all professional Licesens and certificute lost and a lot more. They are part of the depopulation movement of over 110 years ago if they can not abort the children they will sterilize the children. Others are Sexual preator groomers...Others were themselves disfunctional groomed and deceived.

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

God Said that I beleive that settles it for me. God said it is a sin and a moral crime otherwise..... That does not mean we do not love the people and care for them deeply it means We/ I love the sinner but hate the sin moral crime they are doing . They have been decieve.

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Agree

First NOTE I personal Live on the Puyallup Indian Tribal Reservation where the federal government under certain laws allows that as a PAY Back to the Indian Tribes. I agee that the federal government and tribes have a right to do so.... I support No other gambling Whatso ever in the state of Washington. With the money the Puyallups have built a cancer center for all, bought transport vans for the seniors, distribute food, contributed to built roads and freeways, and more.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I beleive in One God Almighty, the triune God head of 3 in one Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That the Son proceed from the Father to save all mankind. That we are all sinners and have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. That only by Jesus Christ Son of God, Savior of mankind coming down to this earth shedding His innocent blood and dieing on the cross, decending into hell on the 3rd day being resurrected and assending into heaven has saved us.Not by works are we save but by the grace of God through faith. We, all mankind are sinners and need Jesus Christ as our Personal Lord and Savior as sinners saved and have remission of sins. That we mankind must beleive in the Bible and Torah as the written word of God Almighty with many names


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

No way. Also State of Washington needs to stop issuing Voters Registration to people who can not provide citizenship... Washington when I and my parents use to Vote in person use to require and ID that Id was proof of citizens ship in Washington state and the USA.


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

No the distant relatives should not be given reperation. My grandparents lived in a Redlined district untill they died in 1960's and early 1980's. My mom who just past in April at 100 yr. 10 months grew up in a redline district Which had a large racial and ethnic population which is the Tacoma Hilltop District. People had good school districts and education to move up. They had good access to our once very viberant down town Tacoma. A bus system my grandma and I used as a child to go everywhere.

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

I absolutely agree. I want public safety and privacy restored to biological females spaces. I have almost that exact statement in the Voters Pamphlet. "No biological boy/men in girls/womens restrooms, sports or prisions." I don't want a bilogical male in any womens spaces I am willing to fight to restore safe spaces for biological women... Mom and I went into the restroom mom was in a wheelchair she need help in the restroom handicapped out of the handicapped stall we waited for was a man.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Neutral

Part of the Climate change is happening right in my area where they are allowing the infilling, capping building of major Water Aquifer Recharge Areas. This doesn 't allow the water to evaportate and go up into the jet stream taking the moisture to places like Eastern Washington. The laws over 40 years ago to presevere the area but are not enforced and ignored reversal of this is needed to save our water aquifer. Due to over building Fife & the Port are getting tideal intrusion flooding.

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Diversity Hydro, tidal I have seen much better personal setups and storage of small individual solar and wind that feed homes night and day during the winter. The new one Musk came up with to convert engery back into the system about 2 years ago.


ABOUT YOU

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?

Very Conservative

Constitution of the USA & state are foundational documents Balance state buget yearly 2nd Amendment Rights No state Income Tax unless uniformly applied People Vote for their Sheriff Save Natual resources such as water aquifer recharge areas/critical drinking & irrigration, agricutlural lands. Parental & Guardians Have Rights No bilogical males in biological female spaces Support Law enforcement tough on crime and criminals No illegal immigartion NO sanctuary state or cities Business friend

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


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

To stop catch and release Prosecute criminals for the crimes they have committed against crime victims. Crimianls are not the victims. Go after the Cartels and gangs operating in our area trafficking humans, drugs, guns and more tougher sentencing deportation of any citizen who became a citien and is committing crime. Help the federal governmentr and work with them to stop trafficking of humans, drugs, guns and more... Work with the federal government to stop criminal illegal illegal undocument

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

Sexual grooming of gender affirming care and other sexual grooming of children.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree

I was propositon in my first run for Fife Council about 2012 to in act Sharia law I said no then ran for state legislature to see if others were getting the same emails. I proposed an Amendment to the Pierce County Charter (Constituion) Review Board that no Sharia law was to be ever allowed or in acted in Pierce County even if the State of Washington emposed it.... My Amendment was not supported and dies as was proposed.


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

None. Responsible gun ownership is that of the invividual in indiviual situations. The Right to keep and have a gun for protection, sport or otherwise is the 2nd Amendement Right...limits are you are not going out having shootouts, causing crime, terroism or alike.

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