John Kovacs

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>John Kovacs completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kovacs' responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-101838-2021-07-28\" id=\"heading-bio-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-101838-2021-07-28\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-101838-2021-07-28\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI’m a first-generation American who was born in Newark, New Jersey. My father immigrated to the United States in 1956 following the Hungarian Revolution against communism.\r\n<p>I grew up in Piscataway, where I excelled in academics and athletics and learned deep respect for this country’s founding principles. I attended The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, where I earned Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1988.\r\n</p><p>I then began my career at the New York-New Jersey Port Authority. From that point on, I oversaw many projects, including repairs to the George Washington Bridge and the Holland Tunnel.\r\n</p><p>My lone stint in politics came in 1990, when I was elected to serve on the Piscataway Township Board of Education.\r\n</p><p>That same year, I opened my own construction company, Diamond Construction, growing it over decades into a successful, multi-state enterprise. \r\n</p><p>I moved to Henderson, Nevada, in 2015. Soon after, I founded Silver State Construction and NVNJ Construction Group. In 2019, I was a finalist for Equipment World’s Contractor of the Year Award.\r\n</p><p>I am happily married to my wife, Danielle, and have four children: Cristina, Johnny, Christopher, and Crue.\r\n</p>\n</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-101838-2021-07-28\" id=\"heading-key-message-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-101838-2021-07-28\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-101838-2021-07-28\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Our country has been misdirected away from a sound policy of secure borders, energy independence, and job prosperity. I am running to restore our national prominence and maintain our quality of life and standard of living.</li><li>The Biden Administration has embraced radical social policies that call for defunding the police and teaching Critical Race Theory to our children. I believe in American Exceptionalism and am running to protect the idea of America as envisioned by our Founders.</li><li>The depletion of Lake Mead has left Southern Nevada increasingly short of water, a situation no politician has the courage to talk about. If elected, I will work to find bold but achievable solutions to this unfolding crisis.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-101838-2021-07-28\" id=\"heading1-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-101838-2021-07-28\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-101838-2021-07-28\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-101838-2021-07-28\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tBorder Security: The Biden Administration’s border policy is a disgrace as it has allowed record numbers of illegal and unvaccinated immigrants into this country. We cannot consider ourselves sovereign if we do not police our borders. If elected, I will fight to reinstate the Trump Administration’s border policies, which kept illegal migration at bay.<br/><br/>\n<p>Public Safety: I am appalled at the continued calls from the left to “defund the police.” This rhetoric, even when not accompanied by cuts to police budgets, has had a dreadful impact on police morale and led massive numbers of officers to retire. If elected, I will push to ensure that local police forces do not get marginalized and that people who commit crimes are prosecuted.<br/><br/>\r\nSecond Amendment: I believe that the Founders put the Second Amendment in the Constitution as a check against any tyrannical tendencies the federal government might display. Owning a gun is a right that “shall not be infringed,” and I will fight any and all attempts to diminish or eliminate it.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nWater Scarcity in Southern Nevada: Politicians have not talked about the issue despite a clearly worsening situation in Lake Mead. I want to increase the water supply through methods such as piping in desalinated water from California and purchasing water rights from states with heavy amounts of rain.<br/></span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0\"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0\"); });</script></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nJohn Kovacs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kovacs' responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I’m a first-generation American who was born in Newark, New Jersey. My father immigrated to the United States in 1956 following the Hungarian Revolution against communism. I grew up in Piscataway, where I excelled in academics and athletics and learned deep respect for this country’s founding principles. I attended The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, where I earned Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1988. I then began my career at the New York-New Jersey Port Authority. From that point on, I oversaw many projects, including repairs to the George Washington Bridge and the Holland Tunnel. My lone stint in politics came in 1990, when I was elected to serve on the Piscataway Township Board of Education. That same year, I opened my own construction company, Diamond Construction, growing it over decades into a successful, multi-state enterprise. I moved to Henderson, Nevada, in 2015. Soon after, I founded Silver State Construction and NVNJ Construction Group. In 2019, I was a finalist for Equipment World’s Contractor of the Year Award. I am happily married to my wife, Danielle, and have four children: Cristina, Johnny, Christopher, and Crue. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? Our country has been misdirected away from a sound policy of secure borders, energy independence, and job prosperity. I am running to restore our national prominence and maintain our quality of life and standard of living. The Biden Administration has embraced radical social policies that call for defunding the police and teaching Critical Race Theory to our children. I believe in American Exceptionalism and am running to protect the idea of America as envisioned by our Founders. The depletion of Lake Mead has left Southern Nevada increasingly short of water, a situation no politician has the courage to talk about. If elected, I will work to find bold but achievable solutions to this unfolding crisis. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Border Security: The Biden Administration’s border policy is a disgrace as it has allowed record numbers of illegal and unvaccinated immigrants into this country. We cannot consider ourselves sovereign if we do not police our borders. If elected, I will fight to reinstate the Trump Administration’s border policies, which kept illegal migration at bay. Public Safety: I am appalled at the continued calls from the left to “defund the police.” This rhetoric, even when not accompanied by cuts to police budgets, has had a dreadful impact on police morale and led massive numbers of officers to retire. If elected, I will push to ensure that local police forces do not get marginalized and that people who commit crimes are prosecuted. Second Amendment: I believe that the Founders put the Second Amendment in the Constitution as a check against any tyrannical tendencies the federal government might display. Owning a gun is a right that “shall not be infringed,” and I will fight any and all attempts to diminish or eliminate it. Water Scarcity in Southern Nevada: Politicians have not talked about the issue despite a clearly worsening situation in Lake Mead. I want to increase the water supply through methods such as piping in desalinated water from California and purchasing water rights from states with heavy amounts of rain.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]