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Elijah Norton |
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Republican candidate for election
to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 1st
Congressional District. He lost in the Republican
primary on August 2, 2022. |
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Failed Congressional
Candidate Elijah
Norton
Is
Butthurt Over Peach
Emoji |
Whether it’s
fantasizing about
stolen elections or
bogging down the
local courts with
questionable
lawsuits,
Republicans in
Arizona don’t lose
with grace.
Elijah Norton, a
failed congressional
candidate, is suing
his former opponent,
U.S. Representative
David Schweikert,
over a laundry list
of complaints,
including defamation
and emotional
distress surrounding
attack ads that ran
during last year’s
GOP primary
campaign. Norton's
complaints also
include comments
Schweikert's
campaign made to
Phoenix New Times."
[ . . . ] "The
business executive
from Missouri filed
the 31-page lawsuit
in Maricopa County
Superior Court in
February and wants
at least $300,000 in
damages for, among
other things,
unlawful use of the
peach emoji. |
Mar. 28, 2023 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2022
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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U.S.
House of
Representatives
CD-1 |
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Question
4: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “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
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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* Discriminatory
"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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