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John Fillmore |
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Photo: Ross D.
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Former extremist Republican member of the
Arizona House of Representatives representing
District 16 since January 14, 2019. Fillmore
also previously served in the Arizona House of
Representatives from 2011 to 2013 from District
23. In 2020, he proposed House Bill 2082, to
"prevent public schools from penalizing
employees who use incorrect pronouns for
transgender students." It would also prohibit
schools from requiring that employees use
correct pronouns for students, unless the
pronoun 'corresponds to the sex listed on that
student's birth certificate.'" After Donald
Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to
concede while making false claims of fraud,
Fillmore sponsored HB 2701, a bill which would,
among other things, limit mail-in voting in
Arizona as well as limit the number of voting
centers in each county. Counties with
populations less than 200,000 persons would have
a maximum of four centers, those from 200,000 to
1,000,000 would have not more than 8 voting
centers, and those with over 1,000,000 persons
would be limited to 15 voting centers. The very
populous Maricopa County would therefore have
about one center for 300,000 people, while the
very spread out Coconino County would have four
voting centers total. In 2022, Fillmore proposed
to eliminate most early and absentee voting, as
well as force people to vote in their home
precincts rather than at voting centers across
the state of Arizona. Fillmore also proposed to
allow the Arizona legislature to overturn
election results. Fillmore was a member of
the radical, pro-insurrectionist
"Freedom
Caucus". Fillmore is running for
election to
the Arizona
House of
Representatives
to represent
District 7.
He is on the
ballot in
the
Republican
primary on
July 30,
2024. |
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Former
Republican
State
Rep.
John
Fillmore
Tapped
To
Lead
“Patriot
Party” |
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"The Patriot
Party
of
Arizona,
which
tried
and
failed
to
qualify
as a
new
Arizona
political
party
in
2021,
has
announced
that
its
new
leader
is
former
Republican
State
Representative John
Fillmore,
and
that
he
will
be
leading
the
party
in
its
fresh
effort
to
become
an
official
party
and
compete
directly
with
both
the
Republican
and
Democratic
parties.
[ .
. .
] “By
the
end
of
his
last
campaign,
the
only
friends
Fillmore
had
left
were
a
handful
of
Patriot
Party
supporters,
so
this
isn’t
a
surprise,”
observed
one
active
GOP
voter" |
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Apr.
23,
2023 |
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AJ
Lawmaker
Wins
Prize
For
Dumbest Legislation |
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"As
we
head
toward
April
and
the
Arizona
legislative
session
winds
down,
the
fierce
competition
for
the
dumbest
idea
yet
appears
to
be
over.
This
year’s
honors
go
to
Apache
Junction
Rep. John
Fillmore for
his
tireless
efforts
to
destroy
the
state’s
voting
system
with
his
masterpiece,
now
known
as
House
Bill
2289.
Fillmore’s
mantra,
as
quoted
from
a
hearing
on
election
matters:
“We
need
to
get
back
to
1958-style
voting.” |
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Mar.
31,
2022 |
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In other words, as PROVEN by this bill, Republicans and ammosexuals find it wrong to discriminate against inanimate objects but have no problem discriminating against people. |
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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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Arizona
Lawmaker
Works
To
Limit
Gender
Option
On
State
Forms |
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"Rep. John
Fillmore,
R-Apache
Junction,
said
he
believes
there
currently
are
no
forms
that
provide
an
alternative.
Instead,
he
called
it
"kind
of a
precautionary
thing,"
given
that
other
states,
including
California,
do
allow
that
option.
"Historically,
what
happens
in
California
is
like
a
tidal
wave,"
Fillmore
said.
"It
just
kind
of
rolls
our
way."
But
unbeknownst
to
Fillmore,
that
already
is
happening:
The
Arizona
Department
of
Transportation
does
provide
an
option
for
driver
licenses
to
have
an X
instead
of M
or F
where
"sex"
is
listed.
That,
however
requires
an
applicant
to
present
a
government
document
—
presumably
from
another
state
—
showing
their
gender
as
non-binary.
It
is
not
an
option
for
an
Arizonan
simply
seeking
a
change
in
designation.
Fillmore
said
all
his
measure
does
is
recognize
reality.
"There
are
two
biological
sexes,"
he
said,
regardless
of
how
people
identify
themselves." |
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Feb.
6,
2022 |
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Republican
Election
Bill
Would
Move
Arizona
One
Step
Closer
To A
Dictatorship |
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"Some
Arizona
Republicans
want
the
kind
of
democracy
where
they
alone
can
change
election
results.
Laughable,
right?
It
is
not.
Republican
Rep. John
Fillmore is
proposing
legislation
to
kill
early
voting
altogether,
mandate
a
hand
count
of
votes
within
24
hours
and
give
the
Legislature
the
final
say
over
results.
Under
House
Bill
2596,
the
only
voters
allowed
to
vote
absentee
would
be
those
who
are
serving
in
the
military
overseas,
visually
impaired,
hospitalized
or
out
of
state
on
Election
Day.
More
than
a
dozen
state
lawmakers
have
signed
onto
the
legislation,
the
latest
of a
flood
of
proposals
designed
change
voting.
This
week,
a
Senate
committee
approved
seven
election-related
bills
by
those
who
falsely
claim
the
2020
presidential
election
was
rigged
against
Donald
Trump.
But Fillmore’s
proposal
is
the
ultimate
attempt
to
turn
democracy
into
a
de-facto
dictatorship." |
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Jan.
26,
2022 |
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GOP
Lawmakers
Ask
Gov.
Ducey
To
Withhold
Funding
From
School
Districts
Mandating
Masks |
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"Several
prominent
Arizona
Republicans
issued
a
joint
letter
Wednesday
afternoon
asking
Gov. Doug
Ducey to
withhold
funding
and
begin
legal
action
against
school
districts
that
are
not
following
state
laws." |
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Aug.
11,
2021 |
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AZ GOP’s Rep. John Fillmore Admits That Republicans Will Believe The “Big Lie” |
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NO MATTER WHAT |
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May 4, 2021 |
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Losing
Arizona:
Is
Rep.
John
Fillmore
An
Insurrectionist? |
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"More
than
two
months
after
the
insurrection,
these
lawmakers
still
hold
their
elected
position
and
have
not
been
held
accountable
for
their
actions
despite
repeated
calls
for
some
to
be
disciplined
or
expelled
from
the
legislature." |
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Mar.
10,
2021 |
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Arizona
Legislator
Compares
Transgender,
Non-Binary
Kids
To
Barnyard
Animals |
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"Republican John
Fillmore compared
trans
and
non-binary
kids
to
chickens" |
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Feb.
11,
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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State
Rep
Stands
By
Comment
Comparing
Efforts
To
Slow
COVID-19
To
The
Holocaust |
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Sep.
9,
2020 |
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Arizona
ALEC
Politicians
-
SourceWatch |
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Sep.
21,
2018 |
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John
Fillmore:
The
Perpetual
Candidate |
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Oct.
21,
2015 |
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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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