{"id":37609,"date":"2024-11-01T11:57:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=37609"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:24:53","slug":"who-is-vivek-malek-and-does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/politics\/elections\/who-is-vivek-malek-and-does-it-matter-20241101","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Vivek Malek? And Does It Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Appointed in 2022 by Governor Parson for state treasurer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivekmalek.com\/\">Vivek Malek<\/a> is running for a full term in that position. What do you know about him? Well, he lives in Wildwood with his wife and three children. But what about policies and honesty?<\/p>\n<p>While the treasurer position may not seem worthy of voting for, who handles the money and where it goes should be important to every Missouri taxpayer.<\/p>\n<h3>Second Amendment<\/h3>\n<p>Malek is a supporter of our Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<h3>Pro-Life<\/h3>\n<p>He is also firmly pro-life and will always protect the unborn. He will work to protect the sanctity of life and support measures that provide care and assistance to mothers and families. Vivek&#8217;s pro-life stance is grounded in his belief in the inherent value of every human life.<\/p>\n<h3>Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>He will protect taxpayer money from liberal waste, fraud, and abuse. Vivek believes state funds should be managed based on merit and effectiveness, not ideological conformity.<\/p>\n<h3>Religious Freedom<\/h3>\n<p>Vivek recognizes that religious freedoms are enumerated in our Constitution. They are a fundamental part of American identity, and he will work to ensure that government policies do not infringe upon individuals&#8217; rights to practice their faith freely. Vivek&#8217;s commitment to religious liberty is unwavering, and he will advocate for policies that uphold these essential freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appointed in 2022 by Governor Parson for state treasurer, Vivek Malek is running for a full term in that position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[243,250,214,217,241,215,264,205,263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37609"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37615,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37609\/revisions\/37615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}