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															Brenda Burns |  |  
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																	| Republican Brenda Burns is a 
							former member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, 
							the state body charged with regulating the state's 
							utility companies. Burns was elected to the 
							commission in 2010. She was sworn in the following 
							January and served a single four-year term. Burns 
							decided not to seek re-election in 2014, and left 
							office when her term expired on January 5, 2015. She 
							served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 
							1987 to 1995, also serving as Majority Leader from 
							1993 to 1995. She then served in the Arizona Senate 
							from 1995 to 2003, also serving as Senate President 
							from 1997 to 2003. 
																	Burns was 
																	also the 
																	National 
																	Chair of
																	
																	ALEC in 
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																		| Center 
																		for 
																		Arizona 
																		Policy |  
																		| 2010 Survey 
															Questions For 
															Arizona And County 
															Candidates |  
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																		| Position Sought: 
															Governor |  
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																					| Question 
																					9: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |  
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																					| Candidates' 
																					Position: Support |  
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																					| Question 
																					12: 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 
																					15: Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |  
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																					| Candidates' 
																					Position: Support |  
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												Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |  
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