David Schweikert
Bio | David Schweiker earned a B.A. for finance and real estate in 1985 as well as an MBA in 2005 from the Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business. He started his political career in 1991 when he was elected to the Arizona House of Reps. He ran for election into the US House in 1995 but lost. He ran again in 2008 and has served since. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election AZ-06 | AZ-06 | Yes | Running | 55.2% |
Campaign Financing | Schweiker has been primarily financed by private investment from real estate and retired. He has also accepted leadership P.A.C., security and investment, and republican/democrat funds. The largest contributors are house Freedom fund, Wdp Partners, Club for Growth, Bill Luke/Chrysler/Jeep and Blackstone Group. |
Voting Rights | Has made no clear stance except for voting for the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | He is not in favor of universal healthcare. Schweiker has stated that universal healthcare would "blow a huge hole in our budget," and voted to repeal patient protection and affordable care act. Believes in free market healthcare. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Believes in free market health care. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Signed the Contract for America or the defund, repeal and replace federal health care with private. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | He opposes same sex marriage. Is apart of the Christian Coalition and opposes same sex marriage and has voted against it. |
| Taxes | Against | Schweiker is for repealing certain taxes and cutting others. Has stated it would be a positive to repeal death tax and tax hikes. Is for the Taxpayer protection act and has stated that a single tax rate system should be adopted. |
| Flat Tax Rate | For | Has stated that america should adopt a single tax rate system. Has stated it would be a positive to repeal death tax and tax hikes. Is for the Taxpayer protection act and has stated that a single tax rate system should be adopted. |
| Abortion | Against | Is pro-life Schweiker has voted for the pain capable unborn child protection act and co-sponsored the Born-alive abortion survivors protection Act. |
| Gun Control | Against | Is a strong advocate for the second amendment. Voted against the Bipartisan Background Check Act of 2019. Voted yes for numerous act like the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, Veterans 2nd Amendment protections act and wants to easy interstate restrictions for firearms purchases. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted against the Bipartisan Background Check Act of 2019. Voted yes for numerous act like the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, Veterans 2nd Amendment protections act and wants to easy interstate restrictions for firearms purchases. |
| Government Interference | Against | With previous view expressing restricting federal interference, he is opposed to this. Voted against the HERO'S act, and against numerous restrictions on guns, is against universal healthcare and for privatization and free markets. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Is against family planning operations that include abortion, is pro-life but has not voted to defund planned parenthood. |
| Welfare | Nuance | Has made no clear stance or votes for or against welfare. Voted to keep work requirement for welfare recipients and that photo ID is required to get food stamps. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Only vote about this issue was to prohibit use of human embryos in research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. N/A |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Has voted for the First Step and is rated at 54% indicating moderate/neutral stance. |
| Military Spending | For | Voted against bill that would appropriate funds from defense budget and has voted yes to NATO support. Has voted against action being taken against Iran unless authorized by congress. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Has previously voted yes for sanctions on Iran for acts of terrorism. Voted against sending forces to Libya. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Is for interaction with other nations. Voted yes to bills and acts like the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. Voted No then yes for the No War Against Iran Pact and NATO support act. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | For | Schweiker has stated that he is for free market on multiple subjects. Schweiker has talked about how health care should be left to open and free markets. He is against federal regulations on business and products. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Government Spending | Nuance | Is against federal intervention for most things on a business level, is for defense budget and spending. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue except voting for the DC scholarship program that helps fund charter schools. |
| Common Core | Unknown | N/A Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Clean Energy | Nuance | Has had a mixed voting record. Has a pro-coal voting record such as SENSE Act and has voted against the Climate Action Now Act. Has taken no direct action to implement clean energy solutions. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Believes in the practices and right of religion. Voted for condemning anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim acts and is a part of the Christian coalition. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Schweiker has made no direct comments on the issue has let belief judge actions like abortion and planned parenthood. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Border Control | For | Schweiker is for board control. Schweiker voted against the Farmer Modernization Act, for Securing America Future act and against the American Dream and Promise act. He has also stated that no citizenship should be granted as birthright unless one parent is American citizen. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Schweiker has made no clear stance on this issue |
| DACA | Against | Has stated that no one is given the right to citizenship at birth unless one parent is already a citizen or equivalent. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Voted for the no sanctuary for criminals act and for the Enforce the Law on Sanctuary Cities act. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Has stated that Marijuana is a gateway drug. Has made no effort for legalization. |