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Kirk Adams |
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American politician who
served as the 50th Speaker of the Arizona
House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011.
A member of the Republican Party, he was the
Arizona State Representative for the 19th
district from 2006 to 2011. Adams also
served as Chief of Staff to Governor
Doug
Ducey from 2015 until 2018. n the spring of
2011, Adams resigned from office to announce
that he would run in 2012 for Congress in
Arizona's 5th congressional district, after
redistricting, the seat left open by
Jeff
Flake. He was then defeated by former U.S.
Representative
Matt Salmon in the primary. A
few weeks after losing the primary, Adams
became president of Americans for
Responsible Leadership, a political lobbying
non-profit 501(c)(4). Adams has claimed as
one of his responsibilities the allocation
of funds and directed $750,000 spent
opposing Arizona Proposition 204 and
$450,000 against Proposition 121. Under
Adams's direction, Americans for Responsible
Leadership funneled a total of $11 million
given by undisclosed sources via Americans
for Job Security and the Center to Protect
Patient Rights to groups in California who
used the money to oppose California's
Proposition 30 and support the anti-union
Proposition 32. Proposition 30 won and
Proposition 32 was defeated; California's
Attorney General announced considering a
money laundering investigation against
Americans for Responsible Leadership and
those that directed its funds. |
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Ducey's
Former Chief
Of Staff
Resigned In
2018. But
Kirk Adams
Didn't Go
Very Far |
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Apr. 22,
2020 |
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Groups Tied
To The Koch
Brothers
Lied To The
IRS-And
They're
Paying For
It |
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"Kirk
Adams became
director and
president of
ARL, which received
funding from
CPPR and
spent much
of it
supporting a
policy
initiative
of
then-Arizona
state
treasurer,
Republican Doug
Ducey, a
Koch
favorite." |
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Aug. 9, 2016 |
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Uranium
Mining Is
Coming To
The Grand
Canyon, If
Koch-Backed Group
Gets Its Way |
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"the
Arizona-based Prosper
Inc. and
its sister
organization
the Prosper
Foundation
Inc.,
which share
a physical
address, a
logo, a
staff, and a
founder — Kirk
Adams." |
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Mar. 2, 2016 |
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Governor-Elect
Doug Ducey
Hires Koch
Lackey As
Chief Of
Staff |
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Dec. 10,
2014 |
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Controversial
Arizona
Nonprofit
Drops $1
Million
Against
Obama |
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Oct. 30,
2012 |
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Governor
Palin To
Campaign In
Arizona For
Kirk Adams
On Monday |
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Aug. 25,
2012 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2012 Candidate Questionnaire |
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| Position Sought: United States House of Representatives CD-5 |
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| Question 3: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| Question 8: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “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 13: Repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and declares states do not have to recognize same-sex marriage from other states. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppose. |
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Arizona
House
Speaker To
Repay Bowl
Trip |
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"Kirk
Adams is
the latest
politician
to be swept
into the
Fiesta Bowl
scandal" |
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Apr. 7, 2011 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2010 Survey Questions For Arizona And County Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-19 |
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| Question 9: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| Question 12: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “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 15: Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| * Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2008 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-19 |
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| Question 7: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| Question 8: . Adding “sexual orientation” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppose. |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2006 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-19 |
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| Question 7: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| Question 8: . Adding “sexual orientation” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppose. |
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Arizona Catholic Conference 2006 Candidate Survey |
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Question #6. Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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