Jon Zahm has provided Cal Skinner with the candidate vetting questionnaire being used for those seeking to replace Tim Johnson.
The questionnaire is comprehensive. Questions include:
- Have you ever been arrested?
- Has any member of your family been arrested?
- Have you ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor?
- Has any member of your family been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor?
- Have you ever been stopped under suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs? If so, what was the outcome?
- Have you ever been treated for substance abuse or spent time in a rehabilitation facility?
- Have you ever received any traffic tickets? If so, please provide a complete listing to the best of your knowledge.
- What is the status of your driving record and car insurance?
- Have you ever been denied car insurance or had car insurance cancelled?
- Have you ever been questioned by state or federal authorities in connection with the alleged commission of a crime? If so, when? If applicable, did you provide testimony or material evidence (testimony or documents) in the case? What was the ultimate disposition of that case?
- Have you ever testified or been served with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury, trial court, administrative or regulatory agency? If so, provide all details.
- Have you ever been served with a subpoena to produce records to a grand jury, trial court, administrative or regulatory agency? If so, provide all details.
- If you are an attorney, please list the type of clients /nature of the cases in which you are involved (corporate, criminal defense, family law, etc.) and any noteworthy cases that could be potentially relevant in a congressional campaign.
- Have you ever written for or in any newspaper (including op-eds, letters to the editor) magazines or blogs? If so, please elaborate.
- Have you ever been published in a journal, book or other written publication?
- Are you currently active on any social networking media? (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
- Where is your current residence? Do you lease or own this property?
- Do you maintain any other residences? If so, where? Do you lease or own these properties? Has your house or any property been foreclosed by court order?
- Have you ever been delinquent with personal, business or property taxes?
- Have you ever owned or run a business? If so, please elaborate.
- If you have owned or run a business, did that business ever outsource any of its production?
- If you have owned or run a business, did that business ever receive federal funding (grants, contracts, Stimulus funds, earmarks, subsidies, etc.)?
- Was the business ever sold? If so, to whom?
- Please list any history / problems with your employees (mass layoffs, illegal immigrants, benefit disputes, etc.)
- Please list any history / problems with your business partners (litigation, criminal matters, sanctions, etc.)
- Has there ever been a lien placed on your property or business?
- Have you or your business ever been investigated by any government agency (EPA, DOL, DOJ, etc)?
- Have you ever filed for bankruptcy?
- Has any member of your immediate family filed for bankruptcy?
- Are your taxes up-to-date?
- Have you ever been a party in a civil or criminal court case? If so, please elaborate.
- Has any member of your immediate family been sued?
- Has the IRS audited you or your business or family business?
- Have you ever been fined by the IRS?
- If licensing is required for your profession or business, please list the agencies and indicate if you are current with the licensing authority.
- Have you ever been delinquent in filing for these licenses?
- Have you been involved in any disciplinary action with any governing body or licensing organization in your professional career? If so, please elaborate.
- Have you ever run for elective office? If so, when, and for what office?
- What year did you register to vote and with what election authority?
- Is your voter registration current with your current election authority?
- Have you ever voted in the primary of any political party other than the Republican Party?
- Have you ever outwardly supported a candidate who was not a Republican Party candidate?
- Have you ever been fined by the FEC, State Board of Elections, or local election board?
- Have you ever made campaign contributions to a candidate that was not a Republican or a PAC that did not support Republican candidates/causes? If so, who, for what office and in what year?
- To what Republican campaigns/organizations have you or your spouse donated in the past 20 years. Please estimate the amounts of the contribution.
- Are you or have you ever been a registered participant or member of a radical, communist or socialist political party or organization?
- If you are, or ever have been, an elected official, have you cast any votes that your constituents or this body may consider controversial? If so, please explain.
- Is there anything in your past that has not been addressed in this questionnaire that may be considered a potential vulnerability in your run for Congress? If so, please elaborate?