| Full Name: | Thomas 'Tom' R. Nelson |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Melodee; 3 Children: Abby, AJ, Ben |
| Birth Date: | 07/30/1957 |
| Birth Place: | Lead, SD |
| Home City: | Lead, SD |
| Religion: | Catholic |
Summary
Thomas 'Tom' R. Nelson
Issue Category:
- Select One down
- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts, Entertainment, and History
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
Recent Key Votes
HB 1234 - Eliminates Teacher Tenure
Legislation (Yea)
Feb. 27, 2012 - Establishes the critical teaching needs scholarship for college students. Requires program applicants to (Sec. 5): Agree, in writing, to stay in ...
HCR 1004 - Urging Academic Study of the Bible in Public Schools
Legislation-Resolution (Nay)
Jan. 30, 2012 - Establishes the legislatures approval for all school districts in the state to introduce, or include in current curriculum, a course of study that permits ...
SB 121 - Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Education Promotion Programs
More Key Votes
Legislation (Nay)
March 29, 2010 - Requires that the program and policy "recognize" the following (Sec. 1): That deafness involves "the most basic of human needs," the ability to ...
Campaign Finances
| Top industry | Uncoded ($4,375.00) |
| Source | FollowTheMoney.org |
Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Thomas Nelson refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
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