Candidate Profile
John Calvin Fleming

Republican , Louisiana

Biography

Name
John Calvin Fleming
Party
Republican
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 4
Incumbent
Yes
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Panel Rating

Scorecards

Conservative Organizations

The mission of the American Family Association is to inform, equip, and activate individuals to strengthen the moral foundations of American culture, and give aid to the church here and abroad in its task of fulfilling the Great Commission.
American Family Association (AFA), 2013:  100%
Political action committee dedicated to electing pro-family, pro-life conservatives to public office.
Campaign for Working Families PAC, 2013-14:  100%
Eagle Forum's Mission is to enable conservative and pro-family men and women to participate in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise.
Eagle Forum, 2015-16:  100%
Since 1983, Family Research Council (FRC) has advanced faith, family and freedom in public policy and public opinion. FRC's team of seasoned experts promotes these core values through policy research, public education on Capitol Hill and in the media, and grassroots mobilization.
FRC Action, 2015:  100%
National Right to Life, the largest nationwide network of pro-life people dedicated entirely to protecting life.
National Right to Life, 2015-16:  100%
Founded in 1964, ACU represents the views of Americans who are concerned with economic growth through lower taxes and reduced government spending and the issues of liberty, personal responsibility, traditional values and national security.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
American Conservative Union (ACU), 2014:  96%, 97%†
The Center for Security Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan national security organization that specializes in identifying policies, actions, and resource needs that are vital to American security and then ensures that such issues are the subject of both focused, principled examination and effective action by recognized policy experts, appropriate officials, opinion leaders, and the general public.
Center for Security Policy, 2013-14:  96%
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation's largest public policy women's organization with a rich 30-year history of helping our members across the country bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy. There's a cultural battle raging across this country and CWA is on the frontline protecting those values through prayer and action. We focus on six core issues: the family, the sanctity of human life, religious liberty, education, pornography and national sovereignty.
Concerned Women for America (CWA), 2012:  96%
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is committed to educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing those citizens as advocates in the public policy process. AFP is an organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state, and federal levels. The grassroots activists of AFP advocate for public policies that champion the principles of entrepreneurship and fiscal and regulatory restraint.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), 2015-16:  100%, 95%†
Club for Growth is a national network of thousands of pro-growth Americans, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom. We work to promote public policies that encourage a high growth economy and a swift return to America's founding principles primarily through legislative involvement, issue advocacy, research, training and educational activity.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
Club for Growth, 2015:  93%, 91%†
FreedomWorks recruits, educates, trains and mobilizes millions of volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom. FreedomWorks believes individual liberty and the freedom to compete increases consumer choices and provides individuals with the greatest control over what they own and earn.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
FreedomWorks, 2016:  93%, 91%†
The mission of Conservative Review is to provide best-in-class analysis and commentary on conservative political speech, votes, positions, and elections.
Conservative Review (CR), 2015:  86%
The Heritage Action Scorecard measures votes, co-sponsorships, and other legislative activity to show how conservative Members of Congress are. Heritage Action identifies upcoming legislative fights and the Heritage Foundation outlines the conservative policy positions. Key votes encompass the full spectrum of conservatism, policies large and small.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
Heritage Action, 2015-16:  90%, 85%†

95%

CONSERVATIVE AVERAGE

Liberal Organizations

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 600,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Workers in virtually all functions of government at every federal agency depend upon AFGE for legal representation, legislative advocacy, technical expertise and informational services.
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), 2015:  12%
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the AFL and the CIO.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 2015:  8%, 6%†
Americans for Democratic Action has and will continue to be a forthright liberal voice of this nation. We work to advocate progressive stances on civil rights and liberties, social and economic justice, sensible foreign policy, and sustainable environmental policy. The ADA will advance our agenda by maintaining an active and visible presence nationwide, raising the level of debate on the side of the progressive movement and taking action on the national level. By working together with other like-minded organizations when we can and alone when we have to, we will never shy away from issues or opposition.
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 2014:  5%
AFSCME is the nation’s largest and fastest growing public services employees union with more than 1.6 million active and retired members. AFSCME’s members provide the vital services that make America happen. We are nurses, corrections officers, child care providers, EMTs, sanitation workers and more. With members in hundreds of different occupations, AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and prosperity and opportunity for all working families.

† Cumulative multi-year rating
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 2013:  0%, 3%†
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 2015-16:  0%
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
Human Rights Campaign, 2015-16:  0%
We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide.
Planned Parenthood, 2015:  0%

8%

LIBERAL AVERAGE

Endorsements

Others

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National Right to Life Committee, National Federation Of Independent Business Safe Trust, State Rep. Jeff Thompson, Bobby Edmiston, Sheriff Ronny Richardson, Commissioner Mike Strain and
National Right to Life Committee
National Federation Of Independent Business Safe Trust
State Rep. Jeff Thompson
Bobby Edmiston
Sheriff Ronny Richardson
Commissioner Mike Strain
Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne
State Rep. Henry Burns
State Senator Robert Adley
Commissioner Jim Donelon
Sheriff Steve Prator
Bob Robinson
Julian Whittington
Mayorx Bill Robertson
Kenneth Franklin
G.J. "Pie" Martinez
M. Stein Baughman, Jr.
Lorenz "Lo" Walker
Ava Nell McWhorter
Kenneth Freeman
C. Robert Rose
Mayor Johnny Digilormo
Jimmy Williams
Reggie Skains
18 more

Selected Contributions

Conservative

GIVEN BY CANDIDATE
8
Club for Growth, David Lee Camp, Kevin McCarthy, Louisiana Values PAC, National Federation of Independent Business, National Republican Congressional Committee and
Club for Growth
David Lee Camp
Kevin McCarthy
Louisiana Values PAC
National Federation of Independent Business
National Republican Congressional Committee
Republican National Committee
State Republican Party Organizations
2 more
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE
59
13th Colony Leadership Committee, American Principles, American Success PAC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Bob Gibbs, Champions of American Freedom PAC and
13th Colony Leadership Committee
American Principles
American Success PAC
Associated Builders and Contractors
Bob Gibbs
Champions of American Freedom PAC
Charles Boustany Jr. M.D.
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens United
Club for Growth
Committee for the Preservation of Capitalism
Conservative Victory Fund
Continuing a Majority Party
Dennis Rehberg
Doing Our Utmost For God Liberty and Security
Eagle Forum
Eric Cantor
Every Republican is Crucial
First Principles Fund
Frank Lucas
FreedomWorks
Fund for American Opportunity
Good Fund
Government Is Not God PAC
GreggPAC
Home School Legal Defense Association
House Conservatives Fund
Jeb Hensarling
John Carter
Kay Granger
Kevin McCarthy
Lone Star Leadership PAC
Longhorn PAC
Louisiana Reform PAC
Lynn Westmoreland
Majority Committee PAC
Majority Initiative to Keep Electing Republicans
Michael Burgess
Mike Conaway
National Federation of Independent Business
National Pro-Life Alliance
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Rifle Association
National Right to Work Committee
People for Enterprise Trade and Economic Growth
Phil Gingrey
Rely on Your Beliefs Fund
Republican National Committee
Restore Our Democracy PAC
Sam Johnson (TX)
Sarah PAC
Stand Tall America PAC
State Republican Party Organizations
Texas Freedom Fund
The Freedom Project
Thoroughbred PAC
Tom Price
Truth Accountability and Courage PAC
Vision for Tomorrow Fund
53 more

Summary

0%

LIBERAL

100%

CONSERVATIVE

Questionnaire

1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and is the key to national prosperity.

Strongly Agree

2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Strongly Agree

3. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.

Strongly Disagree

4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

6. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

7. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.

Strongly Agree

8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Agree

9. U.S. disarmament entailed in President Obama’s defense budget cuts will endanger our national security.

Strongly Agree

10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.

Strongly Agree

11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?

Parents

12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

When the life of the mother is in danger.

13. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.

God, Constitution, Voters, Congress, Supreme Court

14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?

Sinfulness of man

15. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.

M.D. University of Mississippi B.A. University of Mississippi Veteran of U.S. Navy Member: First Baptist Church of Minden (Deacon, Sunday School teacher, and Sunday school department director) Webster Parish Coroner Elected to Congress in 2008. Re-elected in 2010.

16. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?

NRA: Lifetime member American Legion

17. Please list the six (6) most important endorsements you have received from groups or individuals.

100% pro-life voting record with National Right to Life, NFIB Guardian of Small Business, The Club for Growth Defender of Economic Freedom, Freedom Works Freedom Fighter Award, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise Award winner, National Rifle Association A grade on gun owner rights

Background

Education

  • University of Mississippi, Oxford, BS, 73
  • University of Mississippi, Jackson, MD, 76

Work & Military

  • U.S. Navy, Lieutenant Commander, 1976-1982

Affiliations

  • Freedom Caucus, Founding Member
  • GOP Doctors Caucus, Vice-Chairman

Offices

  • U.S. Congress, Held 2009-Present
  • Webster Parish Coroner, Held 1996-2000
 
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