VAN HORN, JACOB

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
State Senate
District:
48
Political Affiliation:
Republican

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSStrongly Supports
  • SSupports
  • OOpposes
  • SOStrongly Opposes
  • *Comment
  • −Declined to respond
  • †Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question Response Comments/Notes
1. Pubic Schools in Montana are overfunded: O
2. Pubic Schools in Montana are underfunded: O
3. Pubic Schools in Montana are adequately funded: S
4. Parental choice in education should be expanded through tax credits, education savings accounts, vouchers, and other means to allow children to attend any school of their or their parents choice: S
5. Montana should allow public charter schools: S
6. Parents should be allowed to home school their children without additional state regulation: SS
7. The teaching of "Critical Race Theory" (CRT) should be banned in Montana public schools: SS
8. Comprehensive sex education, beginning as early as kindergarten, should be allowed in public elementary schools: SO
9. Income taxes in Montana are too high: S
10. Property taxes in Montana are too high: S
11. Corporate taxes in Montana are too high: S
12. The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows all citizens to own firearms for self-protection: SS
13. Global warming is a problem requiring increased regulation: O
14. Environmental regulations in Montana are too stringent: S
15. Environmental regulations in Montana are NOT stringent enough: O* The power to tax is the power to enslave. We must always be vigilant and not let the Legislature tax us to serfdom. Less taxes means more money left in your pocket for you to do with how you see fit. I would rather trust the people with their own money to spend it the way they want to versus letting the government spend it for you. Less taxation has been tried and is proven to increase revenues and we must not have double taxation.
16. Montanans should not be discriminated against or treated differently because of their vaccine status: SS* We as Americans are born into are freedom bought and paid through the blood and treasure of our ancestors. If tyranny is wrong and freedom right then we should never treat it like a package of baloney and give it away a slice at a time. We as a people have fought so hard to make a more perfect union. We should never no backwards.
17. Doctor assisted suicide should be legal in Montana: SO
18. Abortion should be banned in ALL stages of pregnancy: S
19. Abortion should be banned during all stages of pregnancy, with the exceptions for rape and incest: S
20. Abortion should be banned only after a heartbeat is detected (around 6 weeks): SS
21. Abortion should be banned only after the first trimester (12 weeks): SS
22. Abortion should be banned only when a fetus becomes viable outside the womb (20 weeks): SS
23. Abortion should be banned only after the 2nd trimester (28 weeks): SS
24. Abortion should never be banned, not at any stage of pregnancy: O
25. The Montana Constitution should be amended to ban abortion: S
26. Infanticide (infants born alive with physical abnormalities, including infants born as a result of a botched abortion) should be banned in Montana. SS
27. Companies and individuals should be allowed to opt-out of the abortion related mandates contained in Obamacare: SS* Abortion has been an argument since the beginning of our nation. Our founders opposed it for the same way I do. English common law is basically the 10 commandents and that child is a human being that should never pay for the sins of its parents. The child is a human being at ever level of development to death, because of this, it has its own rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness that no one can take from them. From conception their life is protected by our laws and should be treated with the same respect to their rights as a human being.
28. Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete against athletes of the opposite sex: SO
29. Doctors should be banned from performing sex-change procedures on minors: SS
30. Homosexuals and transgender people should be allowed to adopt children: S
31. Non-discrimination laws should be expanded to protect sexual orientation and gender identity in the same way that race, creed, nationality, and religion are protected: S
32. Montana’s marriage laws should be changed to reflect the recent legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court: SO* Just like all my beliefs you have a right to be who you want to be. You cannot tell someone what they must be or believe. That is two way street, we will always disagree but we cannot have the government force us to comply with your neighbors belief by barrel of a gun. Government is not reason it is force, so we must be cautious in how we use it to compel others. It is better to let people live their lives without government intrusion and save our society's social fabric that binds us for times wen we will need it most. The best way to do that is to let everyone live the way they see fit, as long as you are not imposing upon there rights to life and liberty by physical or financial means.