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Arizona's
Election
Auditor Is
In Hot
Water, And
Karen Fann
Is Keeping
Secrets |
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"Just
when you
think Senate
President Karen
Fann and
her silly
election
audit could
not look any
more foolish
… Along
comes a
report that
her
“independent”
auditor,
Doug Logan,
was working
with Donald
Trump’s
legal team
to overturn
the 2020
election
results in
several
swing
states. This,
even as Fann
was hiring
him to
conduct a
supposedly
independent
audit of
Maricopa
County’s
election
results." |
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Sep. 7, 2022 |
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Karen Fann
Used Senate
Resources To
Campaign For
Kari Lake |
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"Senate
President Karen
Fann and
the Senate
GOP
spokeswoman
violated
Arizona laws
barring the
use of
government
resources
for
political
activity
when they
sent a press
release
calling on
voters to
“unite
behind
(Kari) Lake”
in the
governor’s
race." [...]
“President
Fann
purposely
used
taxpayer
resources to
support a
candidate
for office, Kari
Lake,
continuing a
culture of
disregard
for our
laws,” he
said. “Be it
Fann or Kari
Lake, these
MAGA
candidates
act with an
appalling
disregard
for the law.
This is yet
another
reason why
we need
leaders like
Katie Hobbs
who hold
themselves
accountable
and have
respect for
the laws of
the state.” |
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Aug. 5, 2022 |
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Arizona
Senate
President
Gets FBI
Subpoena For
Trump-Related
Records |
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"The
FBI has
subpoenaed
records from
the
Republican
leader of
Arizona’s
state Senate as
well as
another GOP
senator, as
part of a
federal
investigation
into former
President
Donald
Trump’s
pressure
campaign on
state-level
officials
after the
2020
election. A
spokeswoman
for Senate
President Karen
Fann of
Prescott
confirmed
the
subpoena." |
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Jun. 30,
2022 |
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Arizona
Lawmaker
Tries Again
To Keep
Election
Audit
Records
Secret |
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"An attorney
for Senate
President Karen
Fann is
making a
last-ditch
effort to
let her keep
secret more
than 700
records
related to
the audit of
the 2020
election." |
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May 11, 2022 |
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'Uncertify
The
Election'?
The
Embarrassment
Of Senate
President Karen
Fann Is Now
Complete |
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"Senate
President Karen
Fann now
suggests the
2020
election
will be
'uncertifiable'
if Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich verifies
the results
of her
audit. Never
mind that no
fraud was
found." |
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Apr. 29,
2022 |
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Senate
President
Karen Fann
Has Now
Spent $500k
To Keep
Secrets
About Her
Election
Audit |
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"As we
approach
Month No. 10
in Senate
President Karen
Fann’s
legal battle
to keep
secrets
about
Arizona’s
election
audit, it
seems a good
time for
Arizona
taxpayers to
contemplate
a question:
Just how
much (of
our) money
is Fann
willing to
spend to
prevent us
from getting
a look at
the backroom
maneuverings
and outside
manipulation
that
resulted in
her election
audit? How
much (of
our) money
is she
willing to
spend to
prevent us
from seeing
public
records
detailing
how she came
to be
auditing
Maricopa
County’s
election and
why she
hired wholly
unqualified,
blatantly
biased
auditors to
do the job?" |
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Mar. 30,
2022 |
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Arizona
Senate
President
Karen Fann's
Failings Are
Worse Than
The Woeful
Cyber
Ninjas' |
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"The
colossal
incompetence
of the Cyber
Ninjas and
their sham
election
audit cannot
be
overstated.
However,
what is
being
colossally
understated
is the
incompetence
of the
person who
hired them,
Arizona
Senate
President Karen
Fann" |
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Jan. 10,
2022 |
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On Tape,
Arizona
Senate
President
Karen Fann
Accuses
Supervisors
Of Hiding
Election
Fraud |
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The
investigative
news website
Documented.net
has released
what it
described as
a “private,
invite-only
meeting
organized by
the American
Legislative
Exchange
Council (ALEC)”
earlier this
month.
During the
meeting,
Republican
Arizona
Senate
President Karen
Fann – the
person
behind the
wildly
expensive,
grossly
incompetent
and
comically
partisan
Arizona
election
audit –
makes a
damning
accusation
against the
Maricopa
County Board
of
Supervisors.
Almost from
the start,
Fann and the
board,
controlled
by
Republicans,
were at
odds. Almost
from the
start, Fann
and the
board,
controlled
by
Republicans,
were at
odds. [...]
Primarily
because the
supervisors
refused to
go along
with the
baseless
claims of
election
fraud, or to
play ball
with Fann
and the
associates
of
President Donald
Trump who
were trying
to overturn
an election
the
supervisors
knew to be
conducted
fairly and
checked
competently
for
accuracy. |
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Dec. 10,
2021 |
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As Speakers
Urge
Transparency,
ALEC Chair
Defends
Keeping
Donors
Secret |
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Karen
Fann,
the Arizona
Senate
president
who ordered
the state’s
2020
presidential
election
audit of
Maricopa
County, took
the gavel
Thursday as
2022 chair
of ALEC. |
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Dec. 3, 2021 |
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Arizona Senate Still Trying To Keep Some Audit Records Sealed |
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May 12, 2022 |
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Karen Fann
Might Be The
Only One Who
Doesn’t
Realize The
‘Audit’ Is
All About
Donald Trump |
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"More than
anything
else, the
disclosure
last week of
who has paid
nearly $6
million for
the
embarrassingly
incompetent
so-called
“audit” of
the Maricopa
County
election
blows to
smithereens
the
insistence
from Senate
President Karen
Fann that
the audit
isn’t about Donald
Trump." |
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Aug. 4, 2021 |
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Arizona's
Election
Auditor
Appears In
Film On How
Election Was
Stolen? Oh
Come On,
Sen. Fann |
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"It's just
beyond
belief that
the
Arizona's
election
auditor, the
Cyber
Ninjas' Doug
Logan, would
appear in a
movie about
how the
election was
stolen. And
yet, there
he is ...
Come on,
Sen. Fann.
How can you
allow this
state-sanctioned
farce to
continue?" |
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Jun. 27,
2021 |
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GOP Official
Promised
$20,000
'Contribution'
To Arizona
Rangers To
Guard Ballot
'Audit':
Report |
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"documents
reveal that
the Arizona
Senate GOP
leader Karen
Fann,
along with a
right-wing
dark money
group, made
a
"contribution"
of $20,000
to the
Arizona
Rangers to
help guard
the
controversial
"audit" of
ballots in
Maricopa
County" |
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Jun. 24,
2021 |
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Arizona
Audit Could
Lead To ...
Mass
Executions?
What Have
You Done To
America,
Sen. Fann? |
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""OAN,
Arizona's
audit
partner,
says 'radical
Democrats'
should be
executed once
evidence of
a 'coup' is
unearthed in
Arizona and
other
audits. Look
what you
started,
Sen. Karen
Fann."" |
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Jun. 24,
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: Senate President Karen Fann |
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"One of enduring mysteries of the year has been why a business-oriented conservative would order an audit of an election she has said she doesn’t believe was stolen. And why oh why she would then hire an auditor whose biases are clear and whose experience auditing elections is non-existent.
But then, roughly half of Fann’s 16-member GOP caucus and a shockingly sizable number of Republicans bought into the belief that the election was stolen despite no actual evidence of a problem.
Fann could have put a stop to the crazy but it might have cost her the presidency. So instead, she threatened to arrest the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and promised an unbiased, independent, transparent audit that was, laughably, anything but that.
Fann will be easily re-elected in her heavily Republican district, should she run again. But she can forget about using her position to run for higher office a la Andy Biggs.
In fact, with the Senate now a laughingstock, I’d bet it has a new president come 2023." |
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Jun. 22, 2021 |
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'A Personal
Call From
Trump': GOP
Senate
Leader's
Emails
Reveal
Contacts
With Former
President,
Giuliani In
Runup To
Partisan
Arizona
Audit |
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"I have been
in numerous
conversations
with Rudy
Giuliani
over the
past weeks
trying to
get this
done," Fann said
Dec. 28,
2020, in
response to
an angry
email from a
self-described
"Patriot
voter."
Fann added,
"I have the
full support
of him and a
personal
call from
President
Trump
thanking us
for pushing
to prove any
fraud." |
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Jun. 6, 2021 |
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AZ GOP
Senate Pres.
Karen Fann:
Idiot, Liar,
Or All Of
Them, Katie? |
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"Sure,
you've read
the amazing
letter the
Maricopa
County Board
of
Supervisors
(80 percent
Republican)
sent Fann responding
to her
batshit
accusations against
them,
related to the
shitshow
fraudit Fann
and the
other
Arizona GOP
legislators
have
unleashed on
the state. You
might
remember her
trying to
deflect from
her clownass
frauditors
literally
hunting for
bamboo on
the ballots" |
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May 26, 2021 |
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'Deleted'
Files Found?
Donald Trump
And Karen
Fann Owe
Maricopa
County A
Bigtime
Apology |
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"Senate
President Karen
Fann and
her auditors
clearly
screwed up
when they
accused
Maricopa
County of
deleting
election
files. Did I
miss the
part where
they
apologize?" |
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May 20, 2021 |
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Maricopa
County Just
Made Karen
Fann And Her
Senate Ninja
Auditors
Look Like
Fools |
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May 18, 2021 |
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Fann
Threatens
Maricopa
County With
More
Subpoenas |
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"One
question
that
neither Fann nor Petersen asked
of Logan is
where he is
getting the
money to
conduct the
review.
[...] Logan
has long
since
acknowledged
the audit is
costing more
than the
$150,000
authorized
by the
Senate. And
outside
interests
tied to
efforts to
discredit
the election
results have
been engaged
in
fundraising
efforts." |
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May 18, 2021 |
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County:
Senate
Making
‘Mockery’ Of
Audit |
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"Maricopa
County
supervisors
on Monday
accused
Senate
President Karen
Fann, of
allowing a
“mockery” to
be made of
the election
process with
her audit." |
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May 17, 2021 |
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Fann Really
Thinks
Accusing
Maricopa
County
Supervisors
Of Election
Crime Isn't
Personal? |
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"Senate
President Karen
Fann wonders
why the
Maricopa
County Board
of
Supervisors
took it
personally
when
auditors
basically
accused them
of a crime.
Is she
really this
clueless?" |
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May 18, 2021 |
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The Fraudit
Doesn’t Add
Up |
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"Senate
President Karen
Fann just
can't
understand
why so many
people view
her
so-called
"audit" of
Maricopa's
2020
election as
a sad and
pathetic
joke." |
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May 13, 2021 |
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Justice
Department
Warns
Arizona
Senate
President
Karen Fann,
Of Civil
Rights
Violations
In 2020
Election
Audit |
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May 6, 2021 |
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Fann Passes
On
Experienced
Auditor,
Picks
Cheapest |
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"The records
request
revealed
only two
firms that
put in an
official
offer –
neither of
which was
Cyber
Ninjas, the
group Fann ultimately
selected" |
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Apr. 23,
2021 |
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Arizona
Republicans
Take Outside
Money For
Partisan
Audit |
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"Senate
President Karen
Fann (R),
who is
leading the
audit
effort, has
admitted the
money she
and other
GOP allies
are helping
raise may go
directly to
the private
firms hired
for the
audit" |
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Apr.15, 2021 |
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Arizona GOP
Hires
Conspiracy
Theorist To
Conduct
Third 2020
Election
‘Audit’ |
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"Arizona
Senate
President Karen
Fann announced
that she has
hired Cyber
Ninjas, a
firm led by
a Donald
Trump
supporter
who was
active in
pushing
"Stop the
Steal"
conspiracy
theories" |
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Apr. 2, 2021 |
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Senate
President
Defends
Auditors
Over
Election
Fraud Tweets |
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"Arizona
Senate
President Karen
Fann is
denying that
anyone
involved in
a sweeping
audit of the
2020
election in
Maricopa
County has
links to
conspiracies
of stolen
elections or
fraud" |
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Apr. 1, 2021 |
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Arizona
Senate Hires
A Trump
Ninja To Do
Its Election
Audit. No
... Really |
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"Cyber
Ninjas
founder and
CEO Doug
Logan
repeatedly
promoted
conspiracy
theories
that last
year’s
election was
stolen" ...
"This is who
Senate
President Karen
Fann has
hired to
lead its
"independent"
audit of the
election." |
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Mar. 31,
2021 |
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Karen Fann
Owns This
Farcical
Crusade To
Prove Trump
Isn’t A Big
Loser |
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Mar. 22,
2021 |
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About ALEC |
Feb. 28,
2021 |
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Who Are The
Republicans
Attacking
Arizona’s
Education? |
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Senate
President Karen
Fann has
jumped back
into her
notorious
role of
attacking
any type of
funding for
Arizona’s
students. Arizona
voters
should
expect the
Arizona
Senate to
hear bills
not only
attempting
to weaken
Prop 208,
but also
other
attempts to
undermine
public
education as
a whole
throughout
the state
...
Proposition
208 passed
during the
2020 general
election,
and received
1,675,810
votes, with
approximately
52% of the
vote and
also
received
more votes
than
President-Elect
Joe Biden,
or Donald
Trump did
this
election ...
Now, there
is a group
of
Republican
politicians
that are
teaming up
with one
another to
find any
possible way
to undermine
the
education
funding
initiative–including
a joint
lawsuit
attempting
to challenge
the
constitutionality
of the
education-funding
proposition.
This
Republican
coalition to
invalidate
the Invest
in Education
initiative
includes
Republicans
from both
legislative
chambers,
and even
statewide
politicians. |
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| VERIFY: False Claim That Trump Ballots Are Being Thrown Out Shared By Arizona Politicians |
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| "The Arizona state Senate president and a candidate for a state Senate seat both shared misinformation in a tweet on Sunday, falsely claiming that the United States Postal Service is throwing out Trump ballots. |
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AZ Senate
President
Karen Fann
Vacationed
While
Arizonans
Suffered |
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"Fann traveled
to Georgia
to golf and
lay at the
beach with
lobbyists
while
Arizonans
were left to
deal with
COVID-19" |
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Sep. 8, 2020 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2020 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Senate LD-1 |
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| Question 2: 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 4: Allowing biological males that identify as transgender to play on female sports’ teams. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppose |
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| Question 9: Protecting a parent's right to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| Question 11: 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.** |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| **Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Battle Lines
Drawn In
Arizona Gay
Discrimination
Case |
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Dec. 24,
2018 |
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Arizona ALEC
Politicians
-
SourceWatch |
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Sep. 21,
2018 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2018 Candidate Questionnaire |
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| Position Sought: State Senate LD-1 |
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| Question 4: 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 9: Protecting a parent’s right to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same– sex attraction or gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2016 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Senate LD-1 |
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| Question 4: 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 6: Prohibiting government from discriminating against an individual, organization, or small business based on their beliefs about marriage.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| Question 10: Implementing policies to allow students and faculty to use the restroom, locker room, and shower room that aligns with their gender identity. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppose. |
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Arizona Catholic Conference 2016 Candidate Survey |
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Question #4. Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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Candidates answer: SUPPORT |
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Source |
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Roll Call:
Who
Supported
Expanding
Dark Money
In Arizona? |
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Jul. 18,
2016 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2014 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-1 |
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| Question 9: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible. |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| Question 11: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” 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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| Question 15: 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.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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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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List Of
Arizona
Republicans
Who Voted
For Anti-Gay
Discrimination
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Feb. 28,
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Karen Fann
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Capitol
Circus Act - Insult
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2012 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-1 |
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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 11: 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 |
| 2010 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-1 |
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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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