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

Agree

I am in favor of necessary infrastructure on our border that maximizes the ability to control entering and exiting the United States.

Strongly Agree

Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.

Strongly Agree

Governments should define marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman.

Neutral

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

Strongly Disagree

It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health insurance.

Disagree

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

Agree

More restrictive gun control is needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

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

Strongly Agree

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.

Strongly Agree

Any teaching to children on sex education in public schools must include all contraceptive methods, and should not show preference to abstinence.

Disagree

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.

Agree

Parents should have the right to opt their children out of classes as they see fit.

Agree

The state constitution should limit the growth of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.

Agree

Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Strongly Agree

Government should compel businesses and schools to allow access in all cases based on “gender identity.”

Strongly Disagree

I support sanctuary cities.

Strongly Disagree

I support the death penalty.

Strongly Agree

Commercial surrogacy should be legal.

Disagree

The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.

Strongly Agree

Parents should be the primary authority in decisions affecting their minor children.

Strongly Agree

Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.

Neutral

Individual rights come from government.

Strongly Disagree

Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?

1. The mother's health 2. Pregnancy is the result of a crime

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

Our Founders understood the tyranny of concentrated power in the hand of one person - e.g. a King. Hence, the Founder's brilliantly separated the powers into three co-equal branches of government - the executive, legislative, and judiciary.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I have been attending church regularly for the past several years. I believe there is one God, in the trinity, Jesus is the son of God, and that Jesus died for our sins. I try my best to follow the ten commandments and to follow the golden rule.

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?

Conservative

Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.

No Answer

What is the best way to bring down unemployment?

1. Monetary Policy - low interest rates (healthy balance rate). 2. Reduce Taxes - e.g. corporate taxes and income taxes. 3. Education and training to help reduce structural unemployment. 4. Incentives to encourage firms to invest in depressed areas. 5. Address minimum wage to reduce real wage unemployment. 6. More flexible labor markets, to make it easier to hire and fire workers.

How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?

1. If we can reduce administrative cost, healthcare can be affordable to more people. 2. Increase competition within states.

What role should government play in boosting the economy?

I believe the government should have some role to prevent drastic highs and lows in the economy. This is a balancing act between monetary and fiscal policies. When the Fed believes that inflation is a problem, it will use contractionary policy to decrease the money supply and raise interest rates. To counter a recession, it will use expansionary policy to increase the money supply and reduce interest rates. When the country is in a recession, the government could also increase spending, reduce taxes, or do both to expand the economy. However, in periods of inflation, the government could decrease spending or increase taxes, or both.

What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?

I am an Industrial Engineer and as you know, engineers fix things. My eighteen years in manufacturing and aerospace; has developed a strong character to lead and motivate others to be their best, develop and implement policy, be accountable for decisions, and build coalitions to develop creative solutions to complex problems.

E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:

vote@mariolotmore.com 425-931-1374

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

I am a pro-Union and pro-Business Republican. My platform is your platform: ending the opioid epidemic by focusing on prevention and eliminating accessibility, returning trust and accountability back to government by consolidating state agencies and eliminating redundant requirements, retaining our global competitiveness through vocational training and establishing new sources of revenue with the creation of a multi-county multi-billion dollar technology corridor.