Anna Van Hoek

Strongly Agree

I strongly believe every human life has inherent value and deserves protection from conception to natural death. Human dignity does not depend on age, ability, circumstances, or stage of development. I believe we have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us, including unborn children, while providing compassion and support to mothers and families facing difficult circumstances.

Schools should respond with compassion and support while respecting parental rights and recognizing that parents are the primary decision-makers for their minor children. A school should help ensure the student can continue her education, connect the family with appropriate resources and support, and provide reasonable academic accommodations when necessary. Schools should not pressure or steer a student toward abortion or make medical decisions.

Strongly Agree

Individuals who borrow money should be responsible for repaying their debt. Broad student loan forgiveness shifts that obligation to taxpayers, including people who never attended college, paid their own loans, or made different financial choices. Government should focus on addressing the underlying causes of rising college costs rather than transferring individual debt to taxpayers.

I support responsible taxpayer funding of K-12 public education, with transparency and accountability for how those dollars are spent and whether they improve student outcomes. Funding should prioritize academics, teachers, student safety, and essential services. I also support school choice and believe funding should follow the student. Higher education should be accessible and affordable, but taxpayers should not be responsible for universally free college or an individual's student debt.

Separation of church and state means government should neither establish nor favor a religion, but it does not require religion to be excluded from public schools or public life. Students and staff retain their constitutional rights to religious expression, and religious viewpoints should receive the same protections as secular viewpoints. Schools should respect religious liberty.

Strongly Agree

I strongly support enforcing our nation's immigration laws and securing our borders. ICE plays an important role in identifying, apprehending, and removing individuals who are in the country illegally, particularly those who pose threats to public safety. Laws should be enforced consistently, and federal, state, and local governments should work together to protect our communities.

Strongly Disagree

Schools should focus on education, not serve as a platform for organizations that provide or promote abortion or gender-transition services. These are sensitive medical and moral matters that belong with parents and families, not outside advocacy organizations in public schools. Parents should remain the primary decision-makers regarding the healthcare and moral upbringing of their minor children.

Strongly Agree

Students deserve safe, orderly classrooms where teachers can teach and students can learn. Clear expectations and consistent consequences for misconduct are essential. Discipline should be fair and appropriate to the circumstances, but failing to address disruptive or dangerous behavior harms other students, undermines teachers, and interferes with learning. Schools should support teachers in maintaining safe and productive classrooms.

Strongly Agree

Students should receive a thorough education in the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and other founding documents so they understand the principles, freedoms, and responsibilities on which our country was built. Schools should teach an honest and complete account of American history while also cultivating appreciation for our country, its founding principles, and the freedoms generations of Americans have fought to preserve.

Strongly Agree

Education is primarily a state and local responsibility, and decisions affecting students should be made as close to parents and communities as possible. I support returning greater authority to states, local school boards, and parents rather than concentrating education policy in the federal government.

I do not believe public schools should provide sex education. Discussions about sex, sexuality, and related moral values are the responsibility of parents and families. Schools should focus on academics, while parents should decide when, how, and what their children are taught about these sensitive and personal subjects. Any instruction required by law should require affirmative parental consent.

Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, American History, Civics, Information Technology, Personal Finances, Vocational Learning, Physical Fitness, Foreign Language, Art & Music.

Strongly Agree

Academic achievement should be the primary mission of public schools. Students should also develop character, personal responsibility, respect for others, civic responsibility, and an understanding of the principles that sustain our constitutional republic. Schools should prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become informed, productive citizens capable of preserving our freedoms and self-government.

Strongly Agree

Parents should have the freedom to choose the educational setting that best meets their child's needs. Competition encourages public schools to improve academics, programs, customer service, and accountability. With families able to choose district, charter, private, homeschool, or ESA options, public schools must continually demonstrate why families should choose them rather than expecting enrollment simply because of where a family lives.

Strongly Disagree

Biological sex matters in sports and private spaces. Women's sports exist to provide fair athletic opportunities for females, and sex-separated bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, and other private spaces protect privacy, safety, and dignity. I support maintaining these protections based on biological sex while treating every individual with dignity and respect.

I am a Christian, and my faith guides my values and how I strive to live my life. I believe in the sanctity of human life, the importance of family, personal responsibility, integrity, compassion, and treating others with dignity and respect. I believe parents have the primary responsibility for raising and guiding their children, religious liberty must be protected, and our constitutional freedoms should be preserved. My faith teaches me to stand firmly in my principles and morals, even when doing so is not popular.

Strongly Agree

Parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to direct the upbringing, education, and healthcare of their children. Government and public schools should respect and protect that role, not replace it. Parents should have access to information affecting their children, meaningful involvement in educational decisions, and the ability to make healthcare and moral decisions for their children.

Strongly Agree

I strongly believe people should be judged as individuals based on their character, actions, and merit, not the color of their skin. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, and equal opportunity. Schools should teach students to value one another as individuals rather than divide them by race or teach that someone's race determines their character, beliefs, opportunities, or worth.

Strongly Agree

As a Christian, I believe marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman. At the same time, adults are free to live their lives and love whomever they choose. I respect that others may hold different beliefs. What I do not support is individuals, government, or public institutions compelling others to affirm beliefs that conflict with their religious convictions, conscience, or values. Religious liberty and freedom of conscience must apply to everyone.

Strongly Agree

Mental health conditions should be addressed with compassion, appropriate care, and evidence-based treatment rather than simply affirmed. When minors are involved, parents should remain central to decisions concerning their child's mental and physical health. Schools should support students without diagnosing, treating, or encouraging medical decisions that properly belong between children, their parents, and qualified healthcare professionals.

Strongly Disagree

Literary value should not provide a blanket exemption from obscenity laws or justify exposing minors to obscene or sexually explicit material. Schools have a responsibility to provide age-appropriate materials, and parents have a right to know what their children are being exposed to. Educational or literary merit should be considered, but it should not automatically override protections for minors.

Strongly Disagree

Photo identification is required for many routine activities in everyday life, and voting should be no exception. Elections are fundamental to our system of government, and requiring voters to verify their identity is a reasonable safeguard that helps protect election integrity and public confidence in the results.

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I'm Republican.

Very Conservative

I am a constitutional conservative. My values are grounded in limited government, individual liberty, parental rights, fiscal responsibility, free markets, religious freedom, the sanctity of life, strong families, secure borders, and preserving the constitutional principles our country was founded upon.

Strongly Agree

I support allowing properly licensed and specifically trained school employees who voluntarily meet rigorous ongoing training and safety requirements to carry on campus. In an active-shooter situation, every second matters. Schools should have multiple layers of security, and qualified individuals already on campus can provide an additional line of defense while law enforcement is responding.