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							| Chester Crandell |  |  
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																	| Republican Chester 
									Crandell was a member of the Arizona State 
									Senate, representing District 6 from 2013 to 
									August 5, 2014. Crandell served in the 
									Arizona House of Representatives, 
									representing District 5 from 2011 to 2013. He was 
									found dead August 4, 2014 after having been 
									thrown by his horse. |  |  
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																				| Center for Arizona Policy |  
																				| 2014 Candidate Questionnaire |  
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																				| Position Sought: State Senate LD-6 |  
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																							| Question 9: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible. |  
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																							| Candidates' Position: Support |  
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																							| Question 11: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |  
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																							| Candidates' Position: Oppose |  
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																							| Question 15: 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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																							| * Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |  
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																	| State Sen. 
																	Chester 
																	Crandell 
																	Says 
																	Regulating 
																	CO2 Will 
																	Cause Global 
																	Starvation |  
																	| Feb. 21, 
																	2014 |  
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																	| Antiscience 
																	Bill Dies In 
																	Arizona |  
																	| "A 
																	typical 
																	instance of 
																	the 
																	"academic 
																	freedom" 
																	strategy for 
																	undermining 
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																	integrity of 
																	science 
																	education, 
																	SB 1213 
																	specifically 
																	targeted 
																	"biological 
																	evolution, 
																	the chemical 
																	origins of 
																	life, global 
																	warming[,] 
																	and human 
																	cloning" as 
																	supposedly 
																	controversial." |  
																	| Feb. 25, 
																	2013 |  
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																	| Lawmaker 
																	Wants State 
																	To Nullify 
																	‘Unconstitutional’ 
																	Federal 
																	Actions |  
																	| Feb. 20, 
																	2013 |  
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																	| Who Should 
																	Own The 
																	Grand 
																	Canyon? |  
																	| Nov. 2, 2012 |  
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																				| PLEASE NOTE:  A "Yes" vote would allow ranch dogs to be neglected or abandoned, killed and tortured. It would allow the owner of a ranch dog to inflict unnecessary injury to the animal and not provide medical attention. |  |  
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																				| Center for Arizona Policy |  
																				| 2012 Candidate Questionnaire |  
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																				| Position Sought: State Senate LD-6 |  
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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 11: 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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																				| Center for Arizona Policy |  
																				| 2010 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |  
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																				| Position Sought: State Representative LD-5 |  
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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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																	| Complaints 
																	Filed 
																	Against 
																	Allen, 
																	Barton, 
																	Crandell 
																	Campaigns |  
																	| Aug. 23, 
																	2010 |  
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