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Charles Lingerfelt

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Precinct Chair, Republican Party (1976 - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Lee University, 1963-1965

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Lee University, 1963-1965
  • Founder/Co-Director, Kurdish American School, Dohuk, Iraq, 2006-present
  • High School Teacher, retired
  • High School Principal, retired
  • Owner/Executive Director, Lingy's Barbecue & Catering, 1989-Present

Political Experience

  • Attended, Lee University, 1963-1965
  • Founder/Co-Director, Kurdish American School, Dohuk, Iraq, 2006-present
  • High School Teacher, retired
  • High School Principal, retired
  • Owner/Executive Director, Lingy's Barbecue & Catering, 1989-Present
  • Precinct Chair, Republican Party, 1976-present
  • Delegate, Republican National Convention
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2018
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 30, 2016
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 30, 2010
  • Former Senatorial Chair, Republican Party of Texas, District 2, 2004-2008

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Lee University, 1963-1965
  • Founder/Co-Director, Kurdish American School, Dohuk, Iraq, 2006-present
  • High School Teacher, retired
  • High School Principal, retired
  • Owner/Executive Director, Lingy's Barbecue & Catering, 1989-Present
  • Precinct Chair, Republican Party, 1976-present
  • Delegate, Republican National Convention
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2018
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 30, 2016
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 30, 2010
  • Former Senatorial Chair, Republican Party of Texas, District 2, 2004-2008
  • Executive Director, NORTH TEXAS FREEDOM RALLY, 1998 - present
  • Member, Dallas County Republican Assembly Board, 2000-2006

Other Info

Favorite Movie:

'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Gone With the Wind', 'Saving Private Ryan'

Favorite Quote:

"Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country."

  • --Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America, 1788

    "Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity than those you have received from your ancestors."

  • --John Adams, letter to the young men of the Philadelphia, 7 May 1798
  • Favorite Type of Music:

    Patriotic, Classical, Americana, Kurdish, Assyrian

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    Policy Positions

    2021

    Abortion

    Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
    - Unknown Position

    Budget

    1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
    - No

    2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
    - Unknown Position

    Campaign Finance

    Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
    - Unknown Position

    Economy

    1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
    - Unknown Position

    Education

    Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
    - Unknown Position

    Energy & Environment

    1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
    - Unknown Position

    Guns

    Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
    - Unknown Position

    Health Care

    Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
    - Unknown Position

    Immigration

    1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
    - Yes

    2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
    - Yes

    Marijuana

    Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
    - Unknown Position

    National Security

    1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
    - Unknown Position