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							| Carine Werner |  |  
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																	| Far-Right 
																	"MAGA" 
																	Republican 
																	Carine 
																	Werner is a 
																	member of 
																	the Arizona 
																	State 
																	Senate, 
																	representing District 
																	4. She 
																	assumed 
																	office on 
																	January 13, 
																	2025. Her 
																	current term 
																	ends on 
																	January 11, 
																	2027. Werner 
																	is also an 
																	at-large 
																	member of 
																	the Scottsdale 
																	Unified 
																	Governing 
																	Board in 
																	Arizona. She 
																	assumed 
																	office on 
																	January 1, 
																	2023. Her 
																	current term 
																	ends on 
																	January 1, 
																	2027. Werner 
																	ran for 
																	election to 
																	the Arizona 
																	State 
																	Senate to 
																	represent District 
																	4. She won 
																	in the 
																	general 
																	election 
																	on November 
																	5, 2024. |  |  
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																	| Scottsdale 
																	Residents 
																	Call On 
																	State Sen. 
																	Carine 
																	Werner To 
																	Resign From 
																	School Board |  
																	| "Dozens of 
																	protesters 
																	gathered 
																	outside of a 
																	Scottsdale 
																	school board 
																	meeting on 
																	Tuesday to 
																	demand Board 
																	Member 
																	Carine 
																	Werner 
																	resign, 
																	weeks after 
																	she was 
																	caught 
																	making 
																	denigrating 
																	comments 
																	about a 
																	district 
																	employee on 
																	a hot mic. 
																	During a 
																	board 
																	meeting, 
																	Werner can 
																	be heard 
																	calling the 
																	employee 
																	morbidly 
																	obese. “This 
																	is what I 
																	have to 
																	listen to. 
																	She's 
																	nutrition 
																	services and 
																	she's like 
																	morbidly 
																	obese,” 
																	Werner, who 
																	attended the 
																	meeting 
																	virtually, 
																	said." |  
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																		| Center 
																		for 
																		Arizona 
																		Policy |  
																		| 2024 Survey 
															Questions For 
															Arizona Candidates |  
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																		| Position Sought: 
																		Arizona 
																		Corporation 
																		Commission |  
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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 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.* |  
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																					| Candidates' 
																					Position: Support |  
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												| Question 9: 
												Permitting individuals and 
												businesses to not provide 
												services or promote ideas that 
												violate 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". |  
																					| **Discriminatory 
												"Religious Freedom" laws. |  
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																			| 'Anti-Woke' 
																			Tom 
																			Horne 
																			Promotes 
																			Right-Wing 
																			Teaching 
																			Materials 
																			For 
																			Arizona 
																			Classrooms |  
																			| "Horne is 
																			giving 
																			away 
																			prime 
																			real 
																			estate 
																			on 
																			the 
																			Arizona 
																			Department 
																			of 
																			Education 
																			website 
																			to 
																			allow PragerU Kids 
																			to 
																			promote 
																			free 
																			educational 
																			materials 
																			to 
																			parents 
																			and 
																			educators. 
																			PragerU 
																			Kids 
																			isn't 
																			connected 
																			to a 
																			university." 
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																			] "Carine 
																			Werner, 
																			a 
																			member 
																			of 
																			the 
																			Scottsdale 
																			Unified 
																			Governing 
																			Board, 
																			spoke 
																			in 
																			favor 
																			of 
																			the 
																			PragerU 
																			offerings 
																			at 
																			the 
																			Capitol 
																			news 
																			conference." |  
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																			1, 
																			2024 |  
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																						| Yup, another COVID conspiracy theorist. |  
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