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Karen Fann |
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Republican member of the
Arizona Senate, representing Arizona Legislative
District 1. Fann became President of the Arizona
Senate in 2019. After Joe Biden won the 2020
presidential election and Donald Trump and other
Republicans made false claims of electoral
fraud, Fann ordered an audit of the election
results in Maricopa County. The audit was widely
seen as an illegitimate "effort to undermine
valid election results". Fann announced in
November 2021 that she would not run for
re-election when her current term ends in
January 2023. |
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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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"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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Kory Langhofer told
the Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday that
legislators have broad latitude in keeping
confidential the conversations they have
about matters that could end up as future
legislation. That legislative privilege, he
said, is based on the premise that lawmakers
and those who work for them will be more
frank in their discussions if they are
assured it won’t become public" |
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"But some of the
justices appeared to be less convinced by
Langhofer’s argument that courts should
accept, as a “question of trust’’ claims by
lawmakers that documents or communications
they say are policy discussions that need
not be disclosed." |
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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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Dec. 7, 2020 |
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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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The post,
originally made
by a Trump
supporter in New
York named
Edward Woods,
claims that
people are
finding thrown
away "Trump
ballets
everywhere"
including
California,
Texas, and
Pennsylvania. A
photo of boxes
of mail on the
side of the road
is included in
the story as
well. |
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The photo,
however, is
actually from a
2018 story by
New Jersey
Advance Media.
When run through
a reverse image
search, the
photo links back
to the story
about a postal
worker quitting
and dumping
hundreds of
letters on the
roadside.
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The post was
quote-tweeted by
Suzanne Sharer,
a candidate for
Arizona State
Senate, which
was then
retweeted by
current Arizona
Senate President
Karen Fann. The
original post
has also gone
viral on its
own, with over
13,000 retweets
and 12,000
likes. |
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Multiple people
have corrected
Sharer and Fann
in comments
under the quoted
tweet, saying
that the photo
is from the 2018
story. Neither
Sharer nor Fann
has deleted the
post or
acknowledged the
misinformation" |
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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
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Arizona
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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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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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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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dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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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 |
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2018
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate
LD-1 |
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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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Position: Oppose. |
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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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Position: Support. |
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This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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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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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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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 |
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2014 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative LD-1 |
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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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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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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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Position: Support |
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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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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 Bil |
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Feb. 28, 2014 |
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Karen Fann
And Stan Barnes Capitol Circus Act -
Insult Arizona Activists |
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Feb. 22, 2013 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2012 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative LD-1 |
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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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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 |
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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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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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