Tom Horne
Republican | Arizona
Candidate Profile*
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tom Horne
Party
Republican
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Harvard College, Cambridge, BA Magna Cum Laude, 1967
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, JD With honors, 1970
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Temple Solel, former President
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
School Board Member for Arizona's third largest school district, 24 years, 10 as president, 1978-2003
Member of Legislature, 1997-2001
Arizona Supt of Schools, 2003-2011
Arizona Attorney General, 2011-2015
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (2)
*Arizona Free Enterprise Club; *Center for Arizona Policy Action (CAP Action)
OTHER (2)
Child Help Sara O’Meara & Yvonne Fedderson; Grassroots Tea Party Activists
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Joe Arpaio, Grasroots Tea Party
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
John Sidney McCain (2008); Kimberly Yee (2018); Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2014); Sergio Arellano (2018); State Republican Party Organizations (2014)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (8)
Garland Shreves (2014); Kelli Ward (2014); Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2014); Lori Klein (2014); Nicole Cantelme (2014)
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
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I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office. While in the legislature I voted to ban partial birth abortion and to require parental consent, with an incest and rape exception
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
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I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office
The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings or court houses.
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I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
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I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
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I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
support
EDUCATION
Every state should mandate K-12 standardized tests and the use of teaching software which aligns with Common Core standards.
Strongly Disagree
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Strongly Agree
As attorney general, I sponsored a bill at the legislature under which every school would have someone with a gun to protect the school, and we would provide free training, but it was defeated by the liberals.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Do you support mandatory vaccinations for children attending public school?
Yes with religious exceptions. We have had that for many years.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
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
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
The Arizona Republic covered many of my actions in public office.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
no
What books have had the most profound impact on your view of life?
Aristotle Nichomachean ethics; Thucydides Peloponnisian War, Gibbon Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
First priority, get critical race theory out of the schools. Second priority renew focus on academics so students learn more and show it on test scores. Third priority, students who do not speak English must be in English immersion and not bilingual education,Fourth priority, bring back the requirement that students must pass a test to graduate so employers know the diploma means something and we do not graduate any more illiterate students Fifth priority, parental choice. Sixth priority, discipline in the classroom, without which learning cannot occur. For more detail, please see my website, tomhorne.com, including a lot of detail under the "news" heading.
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2012 Republican Primary 2012 General Election 2014 Republican Primary 2014 General Election 2016 Republican Primary 2016 General Election 2018 Republican Primary 2018 General Election 2020 Republican Primary 2020 General Election
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
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I have made a decision to only questions relevant to education policy or official actions I took while in public office
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
It is outrageous to permit biological boys to participate in girls' sports. Girls cannot excel in that circumstance. This would destroy girls' sport, which is terrible policy and a violation of title IX
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Jewish. Former president of my temple and of the Phoenix chapter of the American Jewish Committee.
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
