Janae Shamp

VOTING RECORD

Janae Shamp

Far-right extremist 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.

Sex Obsessed GOP Lawmakers Advance Bill Targeting Drag Shows

Elias Weiss / Phoenix New Times

Feb. 9, 2023

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.”

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.”

On a 5-3 party-line vote, the Senate Government Committee approved the bill. Republican Senators Jake Hoffman, Wendy Rogers, David Farnsworth, Justine Wadsack, and Janae Shamp voted in favor of the proposal. Democratic Senators Priya Sundareshan, Juan Mendez, and Eva Diaz voted against it.

These Arizona Candidates Still Say Donald Trump Won In 2020, Or They're Not Sure What Happened

The Arizona Republic

Jul. 15, 2022

Elected officials and candidates for office in 2022 continue to challenge and question the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona.

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.

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.

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.

Election deniers

These candidates in Arizona races deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, either in Arizona or nationwide.

US Senate

Jim Lamon, Republican
Blake Masters, Republican

US House of Representatives

Josh Barnett, Republican, 1st District
Walter Blackman, Republican, 2nd District
Eli Crane, Republican, 2nd District
Ron Watkins, Republican, 2nd District
Jeffrey Zink, Republican, 3rd District
David Giles, Republican, 4th District
Jerone Davison, Republican, 4th District
Andy Biggs, Republican, incumbent, 5th District
Brandon Martin, Republican, 6th District
Debbie Lesko, Republican, incumbent, 8th District
Paul Gosar, Republican, incumbent, 9th District

Governor

Kari Lake, Republican
Scott Neely, Republican
Paola Tulliani-Zen, Republican

Secretary of state

Mark Finchem, Republican

Attorney general

Rodney Glassman, Republican
Abe Hamadeh, Republican

Treasurer

Bob Lettieri, Republican

Arizona Corporation Commission

Kevin Thompson, Republican

State Senate

Steve Zipperman, Republican, Legislative District 1
Sonny Borrelli, Republican, Legislative District 5
Wendy Rogers, Republican, Legislative District 7
David Farnsworth, Republican, Legislative District 10
Jake Hoffman, Republican, Legislative District 15
Anthony Kern, Republican, Legislative District 27
Janae Shamp, Republican, Legislative District 29

State House of Representatives

Judy Burges, Republican, Legislative District 1
Robert Scantlebury, Republican, Legislative District 9
Liz Harris, Republican, Legislative District 13
Austin Smith, Republican, Legislative District 29
John Gillette, Republican, Legislative District 30
Nohl Rosen, Republican, Legislative District 30

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

Gail Golec, Republican, District 2
Thayer Verschoor, Republican, District 2

Center for Arizona Policy

2022 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates

Position Sought: State Senate District 29

Question 2: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.

Candidates' Position: Oppose.

Question 4: Allowing biological males that identify as transgender to play on female sports’ teams.

Candidates' Position: Oppose

Question 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.*

Candidates' Position: Support

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.**

Candidates' Position: Support.

* This is in reference to the dangerous and disproven "Reparative Therapy".

**Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws.