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Keith Wagner
Party Republican
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Born
Education Bachelors Degree
Occupation Insurance Agent
Religion Christian
Marital Married
Children 2

Keith Wagner

declared

 

I have been the current Precinct 78 Republican Chairman for 24 years. 

 

MCTP PAC score of: 70 Source

Submitted by john wertz on 2018-01-16 06:50:06

 

70

 

Questionnaire

General

This is a Republican primary race.  Do you promise, if elected, to abide by the RPT platform?  And if not, please enumerate what problems you have.

Yes

Do you support current RPT chair James Dickey in full and if not, what do you disagree with?

Yes

Did you support liberal Texas house-speaker Joe Straus?  Why or why not?

I believe there is a better chioce available.

Please describe what you believe are the most significant issues in this race, why and what you'll do to address them?

I represent the Precinct and will try to do it the best way possible.

Which supreme court cases should Texas just ignore?

I have no comment at this time.

There's discussion about making major revisions to the RPT Platform. Please describe the nature of any major changes you support.

Reform of the platform is needed. 

As a Republican, if you had to give up one of the following core principles, which one would you select first and why? 
a. pro-life;
b. 10% reduction in state, fed, local spending;
c. 2nd amendment;
d. illegal immigration;
e. foreign bases; 
f.  10th amendment

I do not believe that I would give up any of these.  These are core beliefs and when you have core beliefs you stand by them and for them.

For what offices should term limits be implemented?

All offices.

What distinguishes you from your opponent?

I do not know my opponent so I have nothing to say about him.  I am sure he is a fine gentleman.

Please list 3 federal agencies that are popular in our culture and should be abolished

We need to get back to the Constitution.  Most of the growth of government has been since the New Deal.  We need to relook at everything that has been implemented since then and reevaluate the need for these departments.

Are the United States and Texas constitutions living documents?  Please answer in the context of Progressivism versus Originalism.

I am an old fashion Constitutional originalist.  The Constitiution is the framework of this nation.  Occasionally, that framework may need to be updated but I feel that this must be done only when absolutely necessary. 

Taxes

What form of federal tax law do you support and why (e.g., current, flat tax, fair tax, other)?

Flat Tax

2nd Amendment - guns

Do you believe the Second Amendment grants an individual right or a militia right?

I have a CHL and carry daily, I think that speaks for itself.

10th Amendment

Please explain your interpretation of the Tenth Amendment and the principle of nullification. Do states have a right of nullification? What should the federal government do if a state attempts nullification?

I am a firm supporter of the 10th Amendment.  We are the "United" States of America not the Federal Union of America.  The Constitution gives each state specific rights.  I believe that the government that works best is the one closest to the people.

Other civil liberty

At what point should the "right to life" or "personhood" be granted to new human beings (e.g., at conception, 13 weeks of gestation, birth, 5 days old, 18 years old, etc)? What action, if any, will you take to reflect this in law?

Concerption.

Do you support or oppose federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other agencies that perform abortions, both in the U.S. and abroad (even if they use money derived from other sources)?

No.

Education

Do you support or oppose allowing parents direct the flow of federal education funds (e.g., to their school or home school of choice)? Support? Oppose? Please explain.

I believe in school choice.

Immigration

What, if anything, should be done to protect our borders from illegal immigration?

We secure our borders and inforce the laws that we currently have on the books.  I have no problem with legal immigration.  I have no patience for illegal immigration.

Transportation

Do you support or oppose the referendum passed by both the MoCo GOP Executive Committee and SREC to allow voters, at the statewide level, to decide in the voting booth whether or not they want a particular toll road?  Why or why not?

Transportation is one of the most important issues in Texas.  We can not grow and prosper withou the ability to freely move from place to place.  I believe that we need to have an open and honest discussion about how are tax dollars are being used in repsect to transportation.  The current system is broken and needs to be fixed.

Other

What does being a conservative mean to you?

I believe in the Constitution and the rights afforded by that document.  To put it in the most basic form, I believe that everyone should leave me alone and mind their own business.  As such, I will do the same.  When an issue arises that needs a common solution, then as a group we should get to together and come up with a fix for the issue.  After that issue is fixed we should go back to our own lives and mind our own business.  My beliefs are my beliefs and yours are yours.  I will fight to the death for you to have your beliefs, whether I believe in them or not.  It's your right.

The government has only three duties in my opinion.  They must protect me from all enemies, foreign or domestic.   The second is to regulate interstate trade and the third is to run the post office.  Everything else should be the purview of the states.