Cris Dush

Cris Dush served in the U.S. Air Force from 1982 to 1990 and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard from 2000 to 2016. Dush earned an associate degree in criminal justice from the Community College of the Air Force.[1] His career experience includes working as a corrections officer with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and as a law enforcement patrolman, hostage negotiator, and anti-terrorism program manager with the U.S. Air Force.[2]

Cris Dush did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Cris Dush did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

In an electronic communication with [the profile publisher], Dush described his political philosophy as constitutionalist. He went on to explain this central theme of his campaign:

"I believe the founders, as a group, understood human nature relative to governance in a way that has been unique in human history. The Constitution of the United States was written to address the tendency of those in power to seek to draw it unto themselves, and provided means to prevent it. It allowed the Federal Republic to operate effectively without trampling on the sovereign rights of either the states or the individuals. Pennsylvania's original constitutions of 1776 and 1790 benefited from the proximate date and essential authors of the United States Constitution. The fact that we've strayed from the founders' intent is reflected in the social and economic woes we face today."

He also detailed his policy goals:

"Bring bureaucrats before open sessions of house committees to be held to account for:

Unfunded Mandates

Excessive, duplicative, and wasteful documentation requirements on municipal governments, schools, businesses and individuals

Regulatory abuses"

"Cut Secretariat staffing levels to 1980 levels."

"Constitutional Amendments defining life as beginning at conception and marriage as being between one man and one woman."