BOWLES, MICHAEL DANIEL
Meet the Candidate
Running For:
State House of RepresentativesDistrict:
100Political Affiliation:
RepublicanSurvey
Response Legend
- SSStrongly Supports
- SSupports
- OOpposes
- SOStrongly Opposes
- *Comment
- −Declined to respond
- †Declined to respond, Position based on citation
| Question | Response | Comments/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Public School Funding in Montana is at an inadequate level. | - | |
| 2. Parents should have greater freedom to choose how and where their children are educated, including options such as education savings accounts, tax credits, vouchers, or other school-choice mechanisms. | - | |
| 3. Parents should be allowed to homeschool their children without additional state regulation | - | |
| 4. Curricula based on Critical Race Theory (CRT) should be prohibited in Montana public schools | - | |
| 5. Comprehensive sex education should be taught in public elementary schools, beginning as early as kindergarten. | - | |
| 6. Montana’s income taxes are too high. | - | |
| 7. Montana’s property taxes are too high | - | |
| 8. Montana’s corporate taxes are too high | - | |
| 9. The Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms for self-defense. | - | |
| 10. Montanans should not be discriminated against or treated differently based on their vaccination status. | - | |
| 11. Climate change is a serious problem that requires increased government regulation. | - | |
| 12. Environmental regulations in Montana are currently too restrictive. | - | |
| 13. Abortion should be illegal at all stages of pregnancy. | - | |
| 14. Abortion should be legal only in the early stages of pregnancy and restricted after a specific point, except when necessary to save the life of the mother. | - | |
| 15. Abortion should remain legal at all stages of pregnancy, without restriction. | - | |
| 16. Individuals and organizations should be allowed to opt out of abortion-related mandates, if those mandates violate their religious or moral convictions. | - | |
| 17. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal in Montana. | - | |
| 18. Biological males who identify as transgender should be allowed to compete in women’s and girl's athletic competitions. | - | |
| 19. Medical procedures intended to change a minor’s sex or gender should be prohibited. | - | |
| 20. Same-sex couples should be permitted to adopt children. | - | |
| 21. State and local nondiscrimination laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the same manner as race, religion, and national origin. | - | |
| 22. Montana’s marriage laws should be revised to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. | - | |
| 23. Objective moral truths exist and should inform laws and public policy, rather than shifting cultural preferences. | - | |
| 24. Government should be limited in scope, with most decisions best made by individuals, families, and local communities rather than centralized authorities. | - | |
| 25. Homosexuals and transgender people should be allowed to adopt children: | - | |
| 26. Personal responsibility and self-governance are more effective at solving social problems than expanded government programs: | - | |
| 27. Parents—not government institutions—are the primary authority responsible for the education and moral formation of their children: | - |