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David Gowan |
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Serial
homophobe
and
MAGA
Republican
extremist member of
the Arizona
State
Senate,
representing
District 19.
He assumed
office on
January 9,
2023. His
current term
ends on
January 13,
2025. Gowan
ran for
re-election
to the
Arizona
State Senate
to represent
District 19.
He won in
the general
election on
November 8,
2022. Gowan
is a former
Republican
member of
the Arizona
House of
Representatives,
representing
District 14
from 2009 to
2017. He
served as
speaker of
the House
from 2015 to
2017 and
majority
leader from
2013 to
2014. Gowan
was a 2016
candidate
who sought
election to
the U.S.
House to
represent
the 1st
Congressional
District of
Arizona. He
dropped out
of the race
on August
11, 2016,
and
endorsed Gary
Kiehne in
the
Republican
primary. In
late 2013,
Gowan was
one of a
number of
Republican
lawmakers,
represented
by the Goldwater
Institute who
sued
Governor Jan
Brewer in
an attempt
to block the
state's
acceptance
of Medicaid
expansion
under the
Patient
Protection
and
Affordable
Care Act.
During his
tenure as
Speaker,
Gowan faced
controversy
including
for spending
House funds
on
redecorating.
As state
House
speaker,
Gowan
generated
controversy
in April
2016 for
revoking
access of
reporters to
the House
floor unless
they agreed
to an
extensive
criminal and
civil
background
check. The
publisher of
the Arizona
Capitol
Times
suggested
that Gowan's
change in
the rule was
in
retaliation
for its
investigative
journalism.
In 2021,
Gowan
sponsored
legislation
that would
allow the
Arizona
state
Legislature
to override
election
results; he
later
dropped the
bill.
Gowan is
running for
re-election
to the
Arizona
State Senate
to represent
District 19.
He is on the
ballot in
the general
election on
November 5,
2024. He
advanced
from the
Republican
primary on
July 30,
2024.
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Vote Expected On Plan To Protect 2 Arizona
Supreme Court Justices From Losing Their
Seats |
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""If
passed by the voters,
it contains a clause that would
nullify the results of this
year’s retention election,
meaning Bolick and King would
stay on the bench even if the
voters voted them out of office.
The proposal would also
temporarily scrap retention
elections in the near future,
making judicial appointments
basically lifelong terms as long
as they have good behavior." [ .
. . ] "Sen. David Gowan,
a Republican from Sierra Vista,
introduced the bill in February.
In March, it passed the Senate
on a party-line 16-14 vote." |
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Jun.
11, 2024 |
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MAGA
Senators
Recruiting
Armed
Out-Of-State
“Peace
Officers” |
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"Republican
Arizona
State
Senators David
Gowan and Janae
Shamp co-sponsored
new
legislation
(SB
1683)
which
promotes
the
cross-certification
of
peace
officers
from
adjacent
states
(California,
Nevada,
Utah,
Colorado,
New
Mexico)
and
paves
the
way
for
out-of-state
peace
officers
to
work
in
Arizona
law
enforcement
agencies.
Fellow
Republican
Arizona
State
Senator Wendy
Rogers,
who
supports
the
legislation,
as
seen
below,
thanked
Coconino
Sheriff
Jim
Driscoll
and
his
deputies
“for
putting
forward
SB
1683
to
supplant
[sic]
Coconino
County
with
cross-state-border
law
enforcement
augmentation.”"
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"Rogers’s
celebration
of
out-of-state
peace
officers
coming
to
Arizona
and
“supplanting”
or
“augmenting”
local
law
enforcement
agencies
may
be
cause
for
alarm
among
some
Arizonans
—
and
federal
officials
— as
she
has
been
linked
to
the
Oath
Keepers,
the
“far-right
anti-government
militia
whose
leaders
have
been
convicted
of
violently
opposing
the
government
of
the
United
States.”" |
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Feb.
15,
2024 |
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| 6 Republican Lawmakers Push Legislation To Ensure Trump Can Stay On Arizona’s Ballot |
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| "Six Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation to ensure former President Donald Trump can stay on Arizona’s ballot, regardless of claims that he violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In other states, the case has been made that the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause disqualifies Trump from running for president or holding public office. Arizona’s Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says current state law doesn’t allow him to unilaterally remove Trump from the ballot, but that a decision from the court could potentially have that outcome." |
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The anti-Drag Storey Time Bill. This bill would apply only to libraries and other government facilities. |
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This bill, had it become law, would be the same as laws covering a cabaret but with the words "drag show" instead of "cabaret". This is simply a sneaky attempt to outlaw drag shows. |
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Shame On
Every
Republican
Who
Voted
To
Sabotage
Arizona's
Schools |
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"It’s
not
surprising
that
our
leaders
finally
broke
down
and
agreed
to
allow
the
public
schools
to
spend
money
that’s
already
sitting
in
their
bank
accounts
–
money
the
Legislature
appropriated
last
June.
What
is
stunning
is
that
20
Republicans
– 14
in
the
House
and
six
in
the
Senate
–
actually
voted
to
stiff
the
schools
and
to
heck
with
the
impact
on
the
one
million
Arizona
children
who
attend
them." |
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Feb.
22,
2022 |
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Is
Sen.
David
Gowan
An
Insurrectionist? |
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"In
the
current
legislative
session, Gowan is
behind
a
“strike
everything
amendment”
to
Senate
Concurrent
Resolution
1006
that
would
ask
voters
to
give
the
Legislature
the
power
to
disregard
the
public
vote
and
“the
sole
authority
to
appoint
the
presidential
electors
who
will
cast
this
state’s
votes
in
the
Electoral
College.”" |
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Mar.
16,
2021 |
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GOP
Proposal
Would
Criminalize
‘Intimidating’
Police,
First
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“This
bill
is
another
example
of
the
extreme
backlash
facing
Black
and
brown
communities
who
are
organizing
against
police
violence" |
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Jan.
15,
2021 |
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Arizona
Republicans
Back
Texas
AG’s
Attempt
To
Overturn
Election |
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"Arizona
state
Reps. Nancy
Barto, Frank
Carroll, John
Fillmore, Mark
Finchem, Travis
Grantham, Anthony
Kern, Steve
Pierce, Bret
Roberts and Kelly
Townsend,
and
Sens. Sylvia
Allen, Sonny
Borrelli, David
Gowan and David
Livingston signed
onto
the
amicus
brief." |
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Dec.
10,
2020 |
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Who
Are
The
Republicans
Attacking
Arizona’s
Education? |
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"Proposition
208
passed
during
the
2020
general
election,
and
received
1,675,810
votes,
with
approximately
52%
of
the
vote
and
also
received
more
votes
than
President-Elect
Joe
Biden,
or Donald
Trump did
this
election
...
Now,
there
is a
group
of
Republican
politicians
that
are
teaming
up
with
one
another
to
find
any
possible
way
to
undermine
the
education
funding
initiative–including
a
joint
lawsuit
attempting
to
challenge
the
constitutionality
of
the
education-funding
proposition.
This
Republican
coalition
to
invalidate
the
Invest
in
Education
initiative
includes
Republicans
from
both
legislative
chambers,
and
even
statewide
politicians." |
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Dec.
7,
2020 |
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As
Coronavirus
Spreads
In
Arizona,
Some
Members
Of
Legislature
Show
Less
Concern
Than
Others |
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Mar.
18,
2020 |
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Crazy/Stupid
Republican
Of
The
Day
—
David
Gowan |
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Dec.
21,
2017 |
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Ex-House
Speaker
David
Gowan
Avoids
Charges
In
Expense
Probe |
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"Brnovich said
his
attorneys
and
investigators
found
“a
lot
of
questionable,
even
I
would
say
unethical
behavior”" |
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Jul.
18,
2017 |
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More
Money
In
Arizona
Legislators'
Pockets
Is
'Reform'? |
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Jan.
27,
2017 |
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What
Is
House
Speaker
David
Gowan
Hiding? |
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Aug.
19,
2016 |
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David
Gowan's
Terrible,
Horrible,
No
Good,
Very
Bad
Week |
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May
10,
2016 |
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The
Arizona
House
Speaker's
Unwavering
Fascination
With
Pawnshops |
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Apr.,
26,
2016 |
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Reporters
Unmasked
Arizona’s
House
Speaker, So
They
Had
To
Be
Punished |
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Apr.
8,
2016 |
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Lawmaker:
State
Adoption
Preferences
Still
Don't
Recognize
Gay
Marriage |
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Apr.
6,
2016 |
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Gowan
Repays
State
$12,000 |
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Feb.
25,
2016 |
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List
Of
Arizona
Republicans
Who
Voted
For
Anti-Gay
Discrimination
Bill |
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Feb.
28,
2014 |
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Constantin
Querard's
Taxpayer-Paid
Bootlickers
David
Gowan,
Steve
Montenegro,
Carl
Seel,
Steve
Smith,
And
Kelly
Townsend Do
Their
Master's
Bidding |
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Feb.
26,
2013 |
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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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*SB 1365 would have allowed a doctor to refuse to treat a person who was LGBTQ or allow a waitress or waiter to refuse service to a person who was LGBTQ simply by saying it was against their sincerely held religious beliefs to treat or serve a queer person. |
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De-Kook
The
Capitol:
Laurie's
Top
Ten
Kooks |
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2011 |
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