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Janae Shamp |
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Ultra-MAGA extremist
serial
homophobe Republican member of
the Arizona State
Senate, representing
District 29. She
assumed office on
January 9, 2023. Her
current term ends on
January 13, 2025.
Shamp was one of
several legislative
candidates endorsed
by former President Donald
Trump in
Arizona, defeating
incumbent State
Representative Joanne
Osborne in the
Republican primary.
Shamp ran for
election to the
Arizona State Senate
to represent
District 29. She won
in the general
election on November
8, 2022. Shamp is
running for
re-election to the
Arizona State Senate
to represent
District 29. She is
on the ballot in the
general election on
November 5, 2024.
She advanced from
the Republican
primary on July 30,
2024. |
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Proposal To
Lower
Mandated Pay
For Tipped
Arizona
Workers Dies
In Senate |
"Sen.
Janae Shamp
(R-Surprise)
defended the
measure" |
May 28, 2024 |
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Yet Again,
The AZ
Legislature
Hosts A
COVID
Hearing Full
Of
Misinformation |
"For the
third time
in less than
a year,
Arizona
Republican
lawmakers
listened
intently and
offered no
pushback
during a
special
hearing at
the state
Senate that
was billed
as examining
the state’s
response to
the COVID-19
pandemic but
was instead
rife with
conspiracy
theories,
misinformation
and
fear-mongering
about
vaccines and
public
health." [ .
. . ] "On
Friday, the
committee
once again
convened,
bringing
more of the
same people
to speak.
The
committee
had
previously
faced
criticism
for its
awkward
name, which
has been
promoted in
abbreviated
form by the
QAnon-friendly
political
nonprofit
The America
Project. The
abbreviated
name, NCSWIC,
is a
commonly
used
abbreviation
in the QAnon
world, where
it means
“Nothing Can
Stop What Is
Coming,”
alluding to
predictions
of arrests
and
executions
of members
of the “Deep
State.” The
Republican
elected
officials on
the panel
were state
Sens. Frank
Carroll and Janae
Shamp and
state Rep. Steve
Montenegro,
who chairs
the state
House of
Representatives’
Health and
Human
Services
Committee.
Sen. T.J.
Shope was
scheduled to
be on the
panel but
Carroll said
he filled in
for the
senator, who
was not able
to attend." |
Mar. 15,
2024 |
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GOP Senators
Move To
Ensure 14th
Amendment
Won’t Block
Trump In
Arizona |
"Trump is
facing
challenges
in multiple
states that
are aiming
to remove
him from the
Republican
primary
ballot on
the basis of
the 14th
Amendment.
In those
cases,
plaintiffs
argue that
Trump’s
involvement
in Jan. 6 as
well as
other
actions in
the
aftermath of
his
presidential
election
loss
disqualify
him for
office. " [
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"Senate Bill
1158 says
that “a
candidate
for
president
may not be
excluded or
removed from
the general
election
ballot on
the basis of
a claimed
violation of
the
Fourteenth
Amendment of
the United
States
Constitution”
if the
candidate is
the official
nominee or
“of a
political
party that
is entitled
to continued
representation
on the
ballot.”" [
. . . ] "The
bill’s
sponsor,
Sen. Janae
Shamp referenced
the Colorado
case when
discussing
the bill in
a Senate
Elections
Committee
hearing
earlier this
month." |
Feb. 27,
2024 |
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MAGA
Senators
Recruiting
Armed
Out-Of-State
“Peace
Officers” |
"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.”" |
Feb. 15,
2024 |
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"Arizona State Senator Janae Shamp, leveraging her extensive background in nursing and healthcare, has championed Senate Bill 1511, which is designed to support those who wish to reverse the adverse effects of gender transition procedures. Drawing inspiration from the story of 19-year-old Chloe Cole, a de-transitioner who faced significant challenges and regrets following her gender transition initiated at a young age, Senator Shamp’s bill mandates that insurers and healthcare providers cover and offer detransition procedures." |
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Arizona Lawmakers Introduce Border Bill Similar To A Law Texas Is Getting Sued For |
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"A Republican state senator has introduced legislation dealing with illegal immigrants that could conflict with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said Arizona has no right to enforce federal immigration laws." [ . . . ] "The bill, sponsored by Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise), copies parts of a Texas immigration law the U.S. Department of Justice says is unconstitutional. That Texas law has drawn comparisons to Arizona’s own SB 1070, the infamous immigration law challenged by not just various civil and immigrant rights groups but also the Justice Department." |
Jan. 25, 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." |
Jan. 23, 2024 |
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Arizona GOP
Pounces On
Viral Gender
Identity
Feud Hitting
U Of A
Nursing
School |
“I’m
absolutely
sickened
that this
institution
of higher
learning is
perpetuating
the lie that
a person’s
gender is
based off
feelings and
not their
God-given
biological
sex
established
upon
conception,”
Sen. Janae
Shamp,
vice-chair
of the
Senate
Committee on
Health &
Human
Services
says in the
release.
“This is
completely
groomer
garbage that
strives to
confuse our
kids in an
effort to
cater to the
evil that is
being
accepted by
today’s
society. As
a nurse, I
am so
disheartened
that the
next
generation
of nurses
are being
hijacked of
their
capabilities
to deliver
ethical
care.”
Tucson
lawmaker,
Sen. Justine
Wadsack,
also is
quoted." [ .
. . ] "“If
this issue
is not
immediately
resolved by
the
university,
Senate
Republicans
will weigh
all options
to make
certain tax
dollars are
no longer
used in such
an egregious
fashion,”
said
Senator T.J.
Shope,
who chairs
the Senate
Committee on
Health &
Human
Services.
“The mental
health of
our children
and the
state of our
health care
industry
(are) being
threatened
by this
radical
ideology.” |
Sep. 8, 2023 |
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Photo: Spencer Platt | Getty Images |
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Arizona’s Sen. Shamp Was There On Jan. 6 |
"At around 3:18 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, a rioter pulled Officer Michael Fanone into the crowd, where he was tased and beaten, as an angry mob continued to try to break into the U.S. Capitol building. The Lower West Terrace was the scene of some of the most violent skirmishes. Roughly 30 minutes later, Republican Sen. Janae Shamp, of Surprise, was in the crowd, watching things unfold. |
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In footage provided to the Arizona Mirror by extremist researchers, Shamp, along with her husband, can be seen in the large crowd that gathered along the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol on Jan. 6 outside of a tunnel entrance that became the forefront of violent clashes that would turn deadly." |
Jun. 16, 2023 |
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AZ GOP
Senator
Proudly
Flies Flag
Adopted By
‘Fringe’
Far-Right
Extremists |
"A West
Valley
Republican
state
senator
proudly
displays a
flag tied to
Christian
nationalism
and other
extremist
movements on
her desk on
the floor of
the Arizona
Senate,
though she
says she has
embraced the
symbol for
its
historical
meaning and
doesn’t care
that “fringe
groups” have
adopted it. |
Jun. 5, 2023 |
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Arizona
State Sen.
Janae Shamp
Has Promoted
Neo-Nazis
And Other
Virulent
Antisemites |
"Arizona
state Sen. Janae
Shamp has
promoted
antisemitic
influencers
on her
Facebook
page. Her
sources
include a
neo-Nazi who
previously
said he
wants a
picture of
Adolf Hitler
in “every
classroom”;
a Gab user
who urged
readers to
“Fight the
Jews on
Every Single
Issue”; a
QAnon
influencer
who dreamed
of the day
that Jewish
people would
be “gone”;
and a
neo-Nazi
radio host
who served a
prison
sentence for
issuing
violent
threats. In
addition to
her repeated
promotion of
antisemites,
Shamp has
also
forwarded
QAnon
propaganda
dozens of
times, which
Media
Matters
reported on
earlier this
week. QAnon
itself is
steeped in
antisemitism.
Shamp has
not
responded to
reporters’
questions
for comment
about her
QAnon
activity,
but she has
taken down
some of her
posts. Shamp
has also
compared
people who
oppose the
COVID-19
vaccine to
victims of
the
Holocaust.
In one
instance,
Shamp shared
an image of
the Jewish
badge with
the word
“unvaccinated”
written over
it." |
Jun. 1, 2023 |
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AZ Senator
Who
Spearheaded
QAnon-Linked
COVID
Hearing
Spread QAnon
Online |
"A
Republican
state
senator who
denied that
a COVID
conspiracy
hearing she
spearheaded
last week
that was
marketed
with a QAnon
acronym had
anything to
do with the
dangerous
conspiracy
theory had,
in fact,
posted lots
of QAnon
content on
social media
— including
the very
acronym used
by the
committee. A
report
Tuesday by
Media
Matters for
America
showed that
Arizona
Sen. Janae
Shamp has
peddled
QAnon online
for years.
Shamp last
week
co-chaired
the Arizona
Legislature’s
Novel
Coronavirus
Southwestern
Intergovernmental
Committee,
which held
two days of
hearings
featuring a
series of
COVID
conspiracy
theories.
The
ostensible
experts who
spoke at the
hearing had
deep
connections
to the QAnon
world and
spread
misinformation
about COVID
vaccines,
the pandemic
response and
more." |
May 30, 2023 |
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The COVID Vaccine Deniers And QAnon Believers Coming To Speak At The Arizona Legislature |
May 23, 2023 |
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"A special committee created by the Arizona legislature to examine the state’s response to COVID-19 will feature a litany of speakers who have spread disinformation about the pandemic, vaccines, spoken at QAnon events and have conspiratorial beliefs about the virus, including believing it will usher in the “mark of the beast.”" |
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"The “Novel Coronavirus Southwestern Intergovernmental Committee” will hold two days of hearings on May 25 and May 26 at the Arizona Capitol, during which a string of ostensible experts will tell the state and federal Republican lawmakers on the panel their opinions on the pandemic, and Arizona’s response to it. |
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The Republican elected officials on the panel include state Sens. T.J. Shope and Janae Shamp, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee; state Rep. Steve Montenegro, who chairs the state House of Representatives’ Health and Human Services Committee; and U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs, Eli Crane and Paul Gosar." |
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"Extremist researchers on Twitter were quick to note that the various groups sponsoring the committee had begun promoting it by the acronym, NCSWIC, which is commonly used within the QAnon community to stand for “Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming.” It most often refers to an unfounded belief that “Deep State” collaborators will soon be arrested." |
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*This bill, if passed, would only apply to Drag Storytime at public libraries or other locations which receive state money. |
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*This bill, were it to 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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Sex Obsessed GOP Lawmakers Advance Bill Targeting Drag Shows |
Elias Weiss / Phoenix New Times |
Feb. 9, 2023 |
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"It was standing room only inside an Arizona Senate hearing room on Wednesday morning as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would prohibit public money from being used to pay for “drag shows targeting minors.” |
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State Senator John Kavanagh, a Fountain Hills Republican who is leading the rush to erase drag from public life, sponsored SB 1026 despite admitting in a recent interview with Phoenix New Times that he can’t think of a single instance in which taxpayer dollars were ever used to put on a drag show for kids in Arizona. The bill defines public money as “tax monies of this state, federal monies passing through the state treasury or any other state monies.” |
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These
Arizona
Candidates
Still Say
Donald Trump
Won In 2020,
Or They're
Not Sure
What
Happened |
Oct. 27,
2022 |
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"Elected
officials
and
candidates
for office
in 2022
continue to
challenge
and question
the results
of the 2020
presidential
election in
Arizona. |
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The results
have been
examined and
re-examined,
challenged
in court and
in a
monthslong
ballot
review. No
evidence has
been found
of
widespread
fraud or
error in the
results. |
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Yet
candidates
deny the
outcome.
Others don't
quite go as
far. But
they raise
questions
about
potential
irregularities
they say
could have
influenced
the vote and
should be
examined. |
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The Arizona
Republic is
listing
candidates
by category
by the race
that they
are entered
in. This
list is not
complete and
will be
updated
throughout
the 2022
election
season. |
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These
candidates
in Arizona
races deny
that Joe
Biden won
the 2020
presidential
election,
either in
Arizona or
nationwide." |
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US Senate
US
House of
Representatives
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Josh
Barnett,
Republican,
1st
District
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Walter
Blackman,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Eli
Crane,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Ron
Watkins,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Jeffrey
Zink,
Republican,
3rd
District
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David
Giles,
Republican,
4th
District
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Jerone
Davison,
Republican,
4th
District
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Andy
Biggs,
Republican,
incumbent,
5th
District
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Brandon
Martin,
Republican,
6th District
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Debbie
Lesko,
Republican,
incumbent,
8th District
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Paul
Gosar, Republican,
incumbent,
9th District
Governor
Secretary
of State
Attorney
General
Treasurer
Arizona
Corporation
Commission
State Senate
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Steve
Zipperman,
Republican,
Legislative District
1
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Sonny
Borrelli,
Republican,
Legislative
District
5
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Wendy
Rogers,
Republican,
Legislative District
7
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David
Farnsworth,
Republican,
Legislative District
10
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Jake
Hoffman,
Republican,
Legislative District
15
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Anthony
Kern,
Republican,
Legislative District
27
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Janae
Shamp,
Republican,
Legislative
District
29
State House
of
Representatives
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Judy
Burges,
Republican,
Legislative
District
1
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Robert
Scantlebury, Republican,
Legislative
District
9
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Liz
Harris, Republican,
Legislative
District
13
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Austin
Smith, Republican,
Legislative
District
29
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John
Gillette,
Republican,
Legislative
District
30
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Nohl
Rosen,
Republican,
Legislative
District
30
Maricopa
County Board
of
Supervisors
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Election
questioners |
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These
candidates
in Arizona
continue to
raise issues
about the
2020
election
process but
do not deny
or affirm
that Joe
Biden won. |
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US House
of
Representatives
Arizona
Corporation
Commission
State Senate
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Steve
Kaiser,
Republican,
Legislative
District
2
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Nancy
Barto,
Republican,
Legislative
District
4
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Roxana
Holzapfel,
Republican,
Legislative
District
8
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Warren
Petersen,
Republican,
Legislative
District
14
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Justine
Wadsack,
Republican,
Legislative
District
17
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David
Gowan,
Republican,
Legislative
District
19
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Sine
Kerr,
Republican,
Legislative
District
23
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Frank
Carroll,
Republican,
Legislative
District
28
State House
of
Representatives
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Quang
Nguyen,
Republican,
Legislative
District
1
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Selina
Bliss,
Republican,
Legislative
District
1
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Joseph
Chaplik,
Republican,
Legislative
District
3
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Alexander
Kolodin,
Republican,
Legislative
District
3
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David
Cook,
Republican,
Legislative
District
7
-
David
Marshall,
Republican,
Legislative
District
7
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Robert
Scantlebury, Republican,
Legislative
District
9
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Mary Ann
Mendoza,
Republican,
Legislative
District
9
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Travis
Grantham,
Republican,
Legislative
District
14
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Neal
Carter, Republican,
Legislative
District
15
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Jacqueline
Parker,
Republican,
Legislative
District
15
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Teresa
Martinez,
Republican,
Legislative
District
16
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Rob
Hudelson,
Republican,
Legislative
District
16
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Cory
McGarr,
Republican,
Legislative
District
17
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Rachel
Jones,
Republican,
Legislative
District
17
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Lupe
Diaz, Republican,
Legislative
District
19
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Gary
Snyder,
Republican,
Legislative
District
23
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Timothy
Dunn,
Republican,
Legislative
District
25
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Beverly
Pingerelli,
Republican,
Legislative
District
28
-
Kevin
Payne,
Republican,
Legislative
District
27
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David
Livingston,
Republican,
Legislative
District
28
-
Steve
Montenegro,
Republican,
Legislative
District
29
-
Leo
Biasiucci, Republican,
Legislative
District
30
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No
Clear Answer |
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These
candidates
have failed
to answer or
not provided
a clear
answer on
whether Joe
Biden won
the
election. |
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Treasurer
State House
of
Representatives
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