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Ken Bennett |
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Far-right Republican
conspiracy theorist and MAGA extremist member of
the Arizona State Senate, representing
District 1. He assumed office on January 9,
2023. His current term ends on January 13,
2025. Bennett ran for election to the
Arizona State Senate to represent District
1. He won in the general election on
November 8, 2022. Bennett was a 2016
Republican candidate who sought election to
the U.S. House to represent the 1st
Congressional District of Arizona. He was
defeated by Paul Babeu in the Republican
primary on August 30, 2016. Bennett ran for
governor in 2014 and was defeated by Doug
Ducey in the Republican primary on August
26, 2014. Bennett was the Arizona Secretary
of State from 2009 to 2015. Bennett, a
Republican, was first appointed to the
position by former Arizona Governor
Jan Brewer (R) in January 2009. Brewer
served as the secretary of state prior to
the resignation of former Governor Janet
Napolitano (D). He won election to a full
four-year term as secretary in 2010 and was
barred by term limits from seeking
re-election in 2014. In
2021, the Arizona state senate controlled by
Republicans provided $150,000 for funding an
audit of the 2020 election presidential
results in Maricopa County, with Bennett
becoming a liaison between the contractors
performing the audit, the state, and the
county. In late July 2021, it was reported
that Bennett had been "banned from entering
the building where the recount process is
ongoing, after he shared some data with
experts that showed the results match the
officially certified numbers in Maricopa
County"
In 2012, Bennett made
national news when he requested President
Barack Obama's birth certificate from the
state of Hawaii as a prerequisite to listing
Obama on that year's presidential ballot.
Bennett ran for
re-election
to the
Arizona
State Senate
to represent
District 1.
He lost in
the
Republican
primary on
July 30,
2024.
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Arizona
State
Senator
Blocks
Bill
Sending Transgender
Laws
To
Ballot,
Citing
'Nephews
And
Nieces' |
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"Bennett helped
pass
two
conservative
bills
that
would
require
transgender
students
to
use
different
bathrooms
and
changing
rooms
from
their
peers
and
ban
school
employees
from
using
a
student's
preferred
pronouns
without
parental
consent.
Both
bills
are
sure
to
be
vetoed
by
Democratic
Gov.
Katie
Hobbs.
But
Bennett
rejected
a
third
measure
that
would
have
bypassed
the
governor
and
put
both
those
same
policies
up
to a
vote
on
the
ballot
in
November." |
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*NOTE:
This
is
called
"One
step
forward,
two
steps
back"
and
again,
while
he
voted
"no"
on
one
measure,
he
voted
yes
on
two
others. |
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Feb.
27,
2024 |
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The anti-Drag Storey Time Bill. This bill would apply only to libraries and other government facilities. |
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The anti-Drag Storey Time Bill. This bill would apply only to libraries and other government facilities. |
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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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Audit
Twitter
Accounts,
Cyber
Ninjas
Contract Dispute
And
Other
Details
Revealed
In
New
Documents |
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"Audit
liaison Ken
Bennett and
other
audit
officials
would
not
disclose
to
journalists,
who
asked
frequently,
who
was
running
the
Twitter
accounts.
Bennett
at
one
point
said
the
initial
account
he
started
was
run
by a
group
of
volunteers." |
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Sep.
25,
2021 |
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There Will Be Winners And Losers When Arizona's Election Audit Ends. Here Are A Few |
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LOSER: Ken Bennett |
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| "The former secretary of state decided to volunteer his services to act as the Senate’s liaison to the audit, hoping he could lend his expertise in elections to the ensure legitimacy in the audit. |
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| It was a laudable goal. Unfortunately, he became the affable stooge, unable even to control his own Senate liaison Twitter account, which at times appeared to be authored by a third grader, chiding journalists and promoting conspiracy theories. |
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| Bennett is the first person you see in the trailer for “The Deep Rig,” a documentary about the supposedly stolen election. The filmmaker was granted special access to the auditors, possibly because the documentary is based upon a book written by former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who claims to have raised $2.8 million to help fund the audit. |
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| Ken Bennett is a respected Republican, a longtime elected state official and Prescott businessman who lent his time and his generally good reputation to this audit. |
| “I’m not trying to give credibility to crazy people or, as (12 News') Brahm (Resnik) accused me of on Sunday Squareoff, I’m not trying to add fuel to the insurrection fire,” he told me in April. “I’m just trying to make sure that Arizonans have confidence that their elections are fair, transparent and accurate.” |
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| Chalk this one up as a loss, all the way around. If Bennett was hoping this would serve as a springboard back into statewide office, he can put that dream to rest." |
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Jun. 22, 2021 |
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| Article mentioned can be found below on May 22, 2012, Photo: Twitter, Source |
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"Arizona
Audit"
Updates:
Former
Secretary
Of
State
Can't
Convince
Companies
Audit
Is
Not
Part
Of
"Big
Lie";
Notorious
Atty
Lin
Wood
Is
Major
Funder
AND
Has
Ties
To
Head
"Cyber
Ninja" |
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Apr.
16,
2021 |
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Promoter
Of
False
Election
Fraud
Claims
Is
Raising
Money
For
Arizona
Senate
GOP’s
Election
Audit.
Is
That
even
Legal? |
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"Spokesman Ken
Bennett says
Senate
needs
private
donations
because
costs
will
top
the
$150,000
being
paid
to
election
fraud
promoter
who’s
leading
audit. |
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Apr.
11,
2021 |
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Dirty
Tricks:
Ken
Bennett
Angles
For
Maricopa
County
Elections
Job |
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Mar.
2,
2017 |
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| Arizona Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test |
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| Position Sought: U.S. House of Representatives CD-1 |
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Arizona
Political
Candidates
Hobnob
With
Cliven
Bundy
At
GOP
Picnic |
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"PHOENIX
–
Outlaw
Nevada
rancher
Cliven
Bundy
and
his
armed
posse
hobnobbed
with
numerous
Arizona
Republican
political
candidates
last
weekend
at
the70th
annual
Mohave
County
Republican
Party
Picnic.
[...]
Stumping
politicians
who
attended
the
Aug.
16
picnic
along
with
Bundy
included:
Gubernatorial
candidates
Treasurer Doug
Ducey, Christine
Jones and
Secretary
of
State Ken
Bennett;
Secretary
of
State
candidate Michelle
Reagan;
Attorney
General
candidate Mark
Brnovich;
Treasurer
candidates Jeff
DeWitt and Randy
Pullen;
and
Superintendent
of
Public
Instruction
candidate Diane
Douglas.
[...]
Bundy
made
national
and
international
headlines
in
April
over
his
tense
standoff
with
local
sheriff’s
deputies
and
federal
land
management
officials
during
which
his
followers
trained
guns
on
law
enforcement
officers
and
media." |
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Aug.
22,
2014 |
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Top
GOP
Candidate
for
Governor
Led
Birther
Efforts
In
Arizona |
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Jun.
3,
2014 |
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Ken
Bennett
Is
The
Free
Enterprise
Crony
Of
The
Month |
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Jun.
2,
2014 |
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Arizona
Secretary
Of
State
On
Payroll
Of
Freedomworks
Activist |
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"Arizona
Secretary
of
State Ken
Bennett,
a
Republican, has
been
paid
$2,000
a
month
by a
key
bankroller
of
the
Tea
Party
group Freedomworks since
he
took
office
in
2009" |
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May
7,
2013 |
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Ken
Bennett
Courts
Ridicule
With
More
Birther
Nonsense |
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Jun.
20,
2012 |
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Bennett
Backs
Off
Birther
Threat,
Apologizes
To
Arizona |
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May
22,
2012 |
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Emails
Show
How
Hawaii
Stiffed
Arizona
Secretary
Of
State's
Birther
Investigation |
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May
21,
2012 |
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Ken
Bennett's
Son
+
Youth
Camp
+
Broomsticks
= AZ
SOS? |
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May
18,
2012 |
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Obama
May
Not
Make
The
Arizona
Ballot
For
Usual
Stupid
Arizona
Reasons |
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"Arizona's
Secretary
of
State
has
threatened
not
to
put
President
of
the
United
States
of
America
Barack
Obama
on
the
ballot
this
fall
because
(a)
he
had
a
persuasive
chit-chat
with
World
Net
Daily
arch-grifter
Jerome
Corsi
and
(b)
"he
got
more
than
1,200
emails"
demanding
he
look
into
the
president's
birth
certificate
after Joe
Arpaio’s
"investigation"
came
out.
This
is
the
current
power
system
in
Arizona,
folks.
This
is
how
things
are
done
now.
We're
tempted
to
declare
the
devolution
complete
and
finally
throw
that
big
State
of
Nature
parade
in
the
blood-soaked
hellscape
streets
of
outer
Phoenix,
but
maybe
it's
too
soon.
They'll
do
something
dumber,
eventually.
They
always
do.
Christ,
Arizona.
Stop
hitting
yourself." |
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May
18,
2012 |
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Ken
Bennett,
Arizona
Secretary
Of
State,
Plays
To
The
"Birthers" |
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May
17,
2012 |
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Senate
President's
Son
Gets
Plea
Deal |
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"The
son
of
Arizona
Senate
President Ken
Bennett may
not
see
prison
time,
though
he
confessed
that
he
and
another
counselor sodomized
18
boys
with
broomsticks
and
flashlights at
a
youth
camp
in
June." |
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Apr.
3,
2006 |
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Marriage
