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Far-right Republican and ultra-MAGA
extremist member of the Arizona House of
Representatives, representing District 3. He assumed
office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on
January 11,
2027. Kolodin ran for election to the
Arizona House of Representatives to represent
District 3. He won in the general election on
November 8, 2022. He is a founding state house
member of the radical, pro-insurrectionist "Freedom
Caucus". He was a candidate for State Senate
district in 2020 losing to
Michelle Ugenti-Rita. Kolodin was an inside
player promoting
Donald Trump's "Big Lie' and
attempt to steal the office of the President in
2020. Kolodin ran for re-election to the Arizona
House of
Representatives
to represent
District 3.
He won in
the general
election on
November 5,
2024. |
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Kolodin Votes ‘Hell No’ On Preston Lord Bill, Pisses
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"In October 2023, a gang of
affluent teenagers attacked and fatally beat
16-year-old Preston Lord, one of a string of
assaults by a loosely affiliated group dubbed the
Gilbert Goons. Lord’s killing set off a firestorm of
negative attention for Gilbert, whose police
department had largely ignored a pattern of Goons
attacks until an Arizona Republic investigation put
the pieces together. A year and a half later, the
Arizona House passed “Preston’s Law,” a bill that
would impose harsher penalties for group assaults."
. . . "But only one lawmaker expressed his disdain
for the bill strongly enough to earn an internet
slap from Maricopa County Attorney
Rachel Mitchell." |
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Mar. 4, 2025 |
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Rep. Alexander
Kolodin Goes Full-On
Kook With 'Deep
State' Assassination
Plot |
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"“I think that you
guys have lost your
privileges to talk
about Jan. 6th after
you tried to
assassinate our
president. I’ll
leave it at that,”
Kolodin said.
“Excuse me?” Goodman
asked. “You guys.
You Democrats have
lost your privileges
to go on and on and
on – I know who
Democracy Now! is –
to go on and on and
on and on about.
Jan. 6 when you
literally tried to
shoot our president,
right?” Kolodin
replied." |
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Jul. 19, 2024 |
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Scottsdale Rep.
Kolodin Calls For An
End To ‘Scourge Of
Abortion’ In GOP
Party Platform
Dissent |
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"In addition to
fighting against a
repeal of the
state’s abortion
ban, Kolodin
has spent a great
deal of his time at
the state capitol
devising new ways to
restrict abortion
access. He supported
a number of fetal
personhood bills,
sponsored by fellow
Republican Rep.
Matt Gress, that
would have defined
conception as the
point of life, which
would make abortion
at any stage of
pregnancy a form of
murder. Kolodin also
introduced a
proposal that would
allow private
citizens to enforce
the state’s 15-week
abortion ban.
Arizona Attorney
General Kris Mayes
has prohibited any
prosecution under
the ban; Kolodin’s
motion would
circumvent this
prohibition by
allowing anyone to
sue healthcare
providers that offer
abortion services
they believe are in
violation of the
law. Other
initiatives
supported by Kolodin
would require public
disclosure of any
company that donates
to abortion-adjacent
organizations, a
“born alive” bill
that stigmatizes
abortion and could
put healthcare
providers at legal
risk, and an effort
for the state
legislature to
create a misleading
ballot initiative as
a way to confuse
voters and undercut
the Arizona Abortion
Access Act, a
citizen’s initiative
to restore abortion
access in Arizona." |
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Jul. 18, 2024 |
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Every name in
RED, as of this date, has now voted 3 times
in two weeks to keep the 1864 Abortion Ban
on the books and the law of Arizona. |
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Apr.
18, 2024 |
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Sandra Day O’Connor Is An Arizona Icon, But Is Too
‘Undistinguished’ To Warrant A Statue, Republicans
Say |
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"“We
cannot allow the distinguished members of this body
to have to suffer walking by such an undistinguished
jurist when they enter here in the morning,” Rep.
Alexander Kolodin,
R-Scottsdale, said. The statue would not have
been placed at the Arizona Capitol, but instead
inside Statuary Hall in the nation’s Capitol in
Washington, D.C. Kolodin said that O’Connor, who was
the first female majority leader in the nation while
she served in the Arizona Senate, was a good
lawmaker but an awful Supreme Court justice. He
specifically took offense with O’Connor’s rulings on
abortion and affirmative action." |
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Feb. 29, 2024 |
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MAGA Senator Shouts: “We Shoved
Election Integrity Down Her
Throat!” |
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State Rep. Alex
Kolodin, photo: Gage
Skidmore, CC BY-SA
3.0, via Wikimedia
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"At the
Arizona Legislative District 3
Republican Committee meeting on
Tuesday, Rep. Kolodin
delivered an impassioned speech
to celebrate and explain how he
“sideswiped” Governor Hobbs and
“forced her” into passing his
Election Integrity Bill, HB2785.
Kolodin said the bill includes
several “Republican wins”
including “legally binding
signature verification standards
to verify the identification of
voters” and “a prohibition of
election officials accessing the
election results before election
day.” Kolodin exclaimed at the
podium, “We have made
significant progress!” He
laughed, “We never win, right?
Well, not this time!” Referring
to Governor Hobbs, Kolodin
yelled: “We shoved election
integrity down her throat!”" |
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Feb.
15, 2024 |
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Arizona Lawyer Disciplined For Ethical
Violations In Republican Election-Related
Lawsuits After 2020 Vote |
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"According to
documents released by the State Bar,
Kolodin violated prohibitions on
"conduct that is prejudicial to the
administration of justice" and bringing "a
proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue
therein, unless there is a good faith basis
in law and fact for doing so that is not
frivolous."" |
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Dec. 14, 2023 |
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Arizona
Lawmaker
Tweets
About
Shooting
People
After
Hobbs
Aide
Quits
Over Gun
Meme |
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Ray
Stern /
Arizona
Republic |
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Mar. 31,
2023 |
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"Kolodin,
a lawyer
who's
serving
his
first
term in
office,
said in
an
interview
the
comparison
to
Berry's
tweet
"doesn't
track"
due to
context
and he
stands
by his
statements.
But he
acknowledged
that he
probably
could
have
worded
his
tweets
better. |
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His
posts on
the
theme
began
after 8
p.m.
March
29, when
Twitter
user
Patrick
Camunez
suggested
on the
social
media
platform
that
Kolodin's
on the
"shoot
them"
comment
might be
newsworthy.
In
another
tweet,
Camunez
said he
thought
Kolodin
should
apologize.
The
Arizona
House
Democrats
Twitter
account
had
noted
the
comment
in a
post
just
after
noon
that
day. |
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Kolodin
escalated
the
rhetoric
in a
tweet,
calling
Camunez
"antisemitic,"
continuing
with
"The
Jews in
Nazi
Germany
didn't
have the
second
amendment,
I do.
You got
a
problem
with
that?" |
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That's
when
Trevor
Nelson,
a
Scottsdale
constituent
in
Kolodin's
Legislative
District
3,
jumped
into the
fray,
accusing
Kolodin
of
repeating
"actual
threats
of
violence"
and
telling
the
lawmaker
to
resign. |
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Kolodin
then
called
Nelson a
"Nazi."
He
retweeted
a 2011
Politico
article
about a
potential
ballot
measure
in San
Francisco
that
would
have
banned
circumcisions.
A judge
later
struck
the
measure
from the
ballot
because
of a
California
state
law that
designated
the
regulating
of
medical
procedures
strictly
a state
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Nelson
denied
Kolodin's
accusation,
but
Kolodin
plowed
on,
saying
Nelson
had the
"right
to
advocate
for Nazi
ideology,"
but
if "you
try to
use the
state to
impose
Nazi
crap on
me,
well...
I'm a
good
shot."
He later
added,
"I love
assault
rifles.
They're
good for
shooting
Nazis."" |
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AZ
House Elections
Committee: Don’t Say
‘Conspiracy Theory’ |
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"GOP Rep. Kolodin
says lobbyist can
‘go f*** himself’
for implying the
Jewish lawmaker is a
white supremacist" |
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Mar. 10, 2023 |
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Rep Kolodin Doesn't
Want This Public |
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"In January,
freshman Republican
State Rep.
Alexander Kolodin
hit reply all on an
email to House
members and staff
complaining that he
didn’t like any of
the photos Timon
Harper Photography
took of him for
legislative photo
day. In the email he
inadvertently sent
to everyone, he
wrote, “These are
all awful and will
be used in hit
pieces on me. I'll
take the first one
if I have to for the
historical record
but I'd ask that it
not be posted online
or used in any press
releases. I can
provide a different
headshot for online
positing.”" |
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Mar. 8, 2023 |
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As
Hobbs Called For Collaboration, Some
Republicans Literally Turned Their Backs |
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"As Democratic
lawmakers applauded Hobbs’ education agenda,
Republican Sens.
Justine Wadsack and
Anthony
Kern stood and turned their backs to the
governor. Earlier, GOP Reps.
Rachel Jones,
Alexander Kolodin and
Jacqueline Parker
walked out of the speech. Midway through the
speech, Rep.
Jake Hoffman exited the House
floor. “It’s unfortunate that some members
chose an immature stunt instead, but we have
really tough issues in front of us and we
need to work together to stop them,” Hobbs
said during a news conference after the
speech." |
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Jan. 9 2023 |
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Center
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Arizona
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2022 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
District
3 |
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Question 2: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
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Oppose. |
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Question 4: Allowing biological males that identify as transgender to play on female sports’ teams. |
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Position: Oppose |
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Question 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.* |
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Position: Support |
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Question 9:
Protecting individuals and
businesses from being required
to provide services or use their
artistic expression in a manner
that violates their moral or
religious beliefs.** |
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Candidates' Position:
Support. |
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This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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**Discriminatory
"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Freedom Voter Guide: Alexander
Kolodin |
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2022 |
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4. |
Conscience Rights
for Creative
Professionals:
Allowing creative
professionals
(photographer,
baker, wedding
vendor) to decline
to participate in
events or create
messages that
violate their moral
or religious
beliefs. (Religious
Freedom Laws) |
Support |
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5. |
Conscience Rights
for Faith-Based
Organizations:
Exempting
faith-based
organizations from
regulations that
cause them to
violate their
sincerely held
religious beliefs.
(Religious Freedom
Laws) |
Support |
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Women's Sports:
Preventing
biological males who
identify as female
from competing in
women's sports.
(Transgender
Discrimination) |
Support |
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Gender Identity
Counseling: Allowing
parents to obtain
professional
counseling for
children struggling
with gender identity
issues to help them
reach their desired
outcome. (Dangerous
Reparative Therapy) |
Support |
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10a. |
Protected Class for
Sexual Orientation:
Adding “sexual
orientation” as a
protected class
alongside race,
religion, sex, age,
and disability in
nondiscrimination
law. (Candidate
supports LGBTQIA
Discrimination) |
Opposed |
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10b. |
Protected Class for
Gender Identity:
Adding “gender
identity” as a
protected class
alongside race,
religion, sex, age,
and disability in
nondiscrimination
law. (Candidate
supports LGBTQIA
Discrimination) |
Opposed |
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Medical Rights of
Conscience: Allowing
health care workers
and providers the
freedom to practice
medicine in
accordance with
their personal
beliefs and
conscience.
(Religious Freedom
Laws) |
Support |
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Parental Rights for
Healthcare
Disclosure:
Requiring schools to
disclose to parents
if the school is
providing counseling
or medical services
to a child who
desires to undergo
“gender transition.” |
Support |
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Release The Kraken
Attorney Alex
Kolodin Plans To Run
For State House Seat |
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"The Arizona
attorney who worked
with Sidney Powell
and the
Trump team
to bring several of
the lawsuits
claiming widespread
fraud in Maricopa
County's November
elections wants to
be on next year's
ballot. Alex Kolodin
last night filed a
Statement of
Interest to run for
one of the State
House seats in
Legislative District
23." |
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Jun. 18, 2021 |
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Judge Rejects Call
For Secret Election
Audit Hearing From
Auditors, Senate
Republicans |
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Attorneys
representing the
auditors argued that
policies and
procedures largely
related to security
needed to remain
under seal in order
to keep “bad actors”
from manipulating
the hand-recount of
the 2020 election
that is taking place
on the floor of
Veterans Memorial
Coliseum.
Attorney
Alexander Kolodin,
who is representing
Cyber Ninjas, said
that the documents
contain plans to
respond to security
incidents and show
vulnerabilities of
the one-time
basketball arena
where the nearly 2.1
million ballots are
stored. |
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Apr. 22, 2012 |
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Two Arizona
Lawmakers At The
Capitol During The
Riot Refuse To Turn
Over Their Phone
Records |
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""Our clients will
not comply with your
records request as
to any information
stored on or sent
from their personal
devices," attorney
Alexander Kolodin
wrote." |
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Jan. 27, 2021 |
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GOP Lawyer Filed A
Legal Bag Of Trash
To Overturn Election |
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"I was appalled to
see Trump lawyer
Alexander Kolodin
file a legal bag of
trash in Arizona
federal court in a
ludicrous attempt to
overturn Arizona’s
election results.
His complaint was a
sack of Venezuelan
conspiracies,
anonymous
“witnesses,” and
irrelevant material
from other states.
[...] Kolodin, who
lives in Scottsdale,
is an
anti-abortion,
anti-gay,
anti-income tax
zealot who thinks
teachers should
carry guns in
school. [...] The
fantastical
allegations spew
forth in a total of
23 bogus affidavits,
one harder to
believe than the
next." |
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Dec. 12, 2020 |
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Judge Skewers GOP
Lawsuit To Throw Out
AZ Election, Citing
Total Lack Of
Evidence |
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"Alexander Kolodin,
an Arizona attorney
who represented the
plaintiffs, said the
legal team is
reviewing its
options for appeal,
including whether to
appeal the case to
the U.S. Supreme
Court." |
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Dec. 9, 2020 |
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New Lawsuit Seeks To
Invalidate Election |
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"Prior lawsuits
challenging the
election — including
some by Powell’s
Arizona co-counsel
Alexander Kolodin —
have been dismissed.
That includes the
“SharpieGate” claim
that the use of the
markers resulted in
false counts." |
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Dec. 2, 2020 |
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AG Convinced No
Problems With
Sharpies, Steps Away
From Lawsuit |
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"Kolodin [...] said
there is evidence
that people were
denied new ballots
or that the ballots
with problems,
rather than being
counted by machines,
were set aside and
sent to county
offices where
individuals sought
to “adjudicate” what
is the voter’s
intent. But that,
however, runs afoul
of the right of
voters who show up
at polling places to
feed their ballots
into the machines
and verify that they
are being tallied.
He also wants
Mahoney to order
that outsiders,
including people who
say their
Sharpie-marked
ballots may have
been misread, to go
to county offices
and watch as these
ballots are fed back
through machines. Liddy said there are
no such boxes of
ballots waiting to
be rerun and
tabulated. But here,
too, Kolodin
questions that
assertion." |
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Nov. 6, 2020 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2020 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate LD-23 |
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Question 2:
Adding “sexual orientation,”
“gender identity,” or “gender
expression” to the protected
classes of race, religion, age,
sex, and ancestry in
nondiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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Question 4:
Allowing biological males that
identify as transgender to play
on female sports’ teams. |
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Position: Oppose |
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Question 9:
Protecting a parent's right to
seek professional counseling for
their minor child with same-sex
attraction or gender identity
issues to help them reach their
desired outcome.* |
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Position: Support |
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Question 11:
Protecting individuals and
businesses from being required
to provide services or use their
artistic expression in a manner
that violates their moral or
religious beliefs.** |
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Candidates' Position:
Support. |
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"Reparative Therapy". |
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"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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