Robert Neuman
Republican | Oregon
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Robert Neuman
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
Governor
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Adams State, Alamosa
Louisiana State University
WORK & MILITARY
Navy, 1996-2005
AFFILIATIONS
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Burnt River Soil and Water Conservation District, 2025-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Governor of Oregon, 2024-2026
Oregon Senate District 30, 2024-2024
Commissioner of BOLI, 2021-2022
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Jason Boyce
Mark Doucette
Melissa Rodgers
Gabe Silbernagel
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Neutral
Planned Parenthood provides many services beyond abortion. In fact it is actually the quickest way for many people to receive testing for STIs as well as mammograms.
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Generally speaking it is a matter of individual choice of the pregnant individual. I'm aware that upsets many people.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Neutral
The generally accepted principle is that it is the choice of the pregnant individual. I know that upsets many people.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Disagree
It has been rolled that only the potential for life exists.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Agree
Laws on interstate commerce.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The concept of separation between church and state means that neither controls the other.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes. It's the only other country that has interest which are similar to the United States of america.
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.
An option for healthcare being available from the government as well as options for Private health care insurance is a good idea. But there's also the necessity to ensure that those who cannot afford health care to be able to receive it. Especially with people working full-time jobs being forced to be homeless.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Neutral
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Federal minimum wage has outlived its usefulness. Many states, as well as counties and cities have their own minimum wage. So a shift to minimum wages being set at the state level would be more beneficial due to economic reality.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Housing To create a Statewide housing assistance rental plan. The purpose is to help people to find housing and to get away from needing assistance. Reducing the pay for the office of governor. The purpose of government is to help people, not to have some lifelong job. Starting a class action lawsuit regarding computer and software companies who outdate their products which are still usable. Causing government money having to be spent to replace still usable products.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Disagree
The issue with sanctuary City and sanctuary state laws if they might be in violation of federal law in the US constitution. However there is no case law which clearly states one way or the other the legality of the situation. More importantly there's the issue of sanctuary locations going out of the way to impair legimate law enforcement.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Agree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Agree
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
To ensure if a crime was actually committed. When prosecutors admit to withholding evidence something is wrong. When a public defender tells the judge that the defendant did not break all the required elements to find them guilty and then asking for less time, meaning that the defendant did not actually break the law, something is wrong.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
If a person is a true danger to the community then I can see a reason for supporting such people not being allowed to have weapons. However at the same time members of law enforcement have shown themselves to be a clear in present dangerous community safety.
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?
Lean Conservative
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.
Did not answer
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
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Neutral
Is the child in question capable of making an informed choice?
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Neutral
A couple with religious values might live differently than other couples. Which may or may not have religious values. Also religious values are different between different churches within the same denomination.
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Did not answer
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
Oregon has vote by mail. Along with that procedure to ensure that the people who are registered to vote are valid people allowed to vote. While there are occasional issues they are de minimus.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Neutral
Ask the native Americans how reparations are working.
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.
Did not answer
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Agree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Oil and solar.
