Republican Mark Brnovich was the
Attorney General of Arizona. He assumed office on
January 5, 2015. He left office on January 2, 2023.
Brnovich ran for election to the U.S. Senate to
represent Arizona. He lost in the Republican primary
on August 2, 2022. He defeated one-term incumbent
Tom Horne (R) in the Republican primary on
August 26, 2014, before winning the position in the
general election. The 2018 election was considered a
battleground race. Republicans won seven of the ten
attorney general elections held in the state between
1972 and 2014, and Democrats won three. State term
limits require the attorney general to serve no more
than two consecutive terms. Brnovich was an at-large
delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention
from Arizona. Above: Mark
Brnovich and his nun-chuks.
"The former attorney general of Arizona, Mark Brnovich, failed to release documents that showed his office’s investigation into the 2020 election did not find evidence of widespread fraud in the state’s most populous county. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Brnovich would not turn over public records that detailed his investigators’ findings. His successor, the Democratic attorney general Kris Mayes, released the records, which showed several reports that debunked rampant claims of election problems in Maricopa county. Brnovich, a Republican, was running for US Senate in 2022 while his office oversaw an investigation into the 2020 election. He released two reports related to the work – one that showed just one example of a dead person voting and one “interim report” that made nebulous, unfounded criticisms of the county’s elections. But the unreleased reports show Brnovich’s investigators did not agree with some assertions he made publicly, such as that the county did not follow proper signature verification procedures or that the county had not been responsive to his requests for information."
"Arizona
Governor
Katie Hobbs
is asking
the State
Bar to
investigate
former
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich.
The move
follows
reports
that Brnovich
concealed
records that
could have
debunked
claims about
widespread
election
fraud. In
a letter
sent to the
state bar on
Friday, an
attorney for
Hobbs
accused
Brnovich of
“unethical
conduct”
that
threatened
“our
democracy,
our state,
and the
legal
profession
itself.”
According to
reports,
numerous
ethics
complaints
have now
been filed
this week
against
Brnovich for
his handling
of the 2020
elections.
The State
Bar of
Arizona has
confirmed
there are
currently
eight
complaints
filed
against the
former
attorney
general."
"Nearly a
year after
the 2020
election,
Arizona’s
then-attorney
general Mark
Brnovich launched
an
investigation
into voting
in the
state’s
largest
county that
quickly
consumed
more than
10,000 hours
of his
staff’s
time.
Investigators
prepared a
report in
March 2022
stating that
virtually
all claims
of error and
malfeasance
were
unfounded,
according to
internal
documents
reviewed by
The
Washington
Post.
Brnovich, a
Republican,
kept it
private. In
April, the
attorney
general —
who was
running in
the GOP
primary for
a U.S.
Senate seat
— released
an “Interim
Report”
claiming
that his
office had
discovered
“serious
vulnerabilities.”
He left out
edits from
his own
investigators
refuting his
assertions.
His office
then
compiled an
“Election
Review
Summary” in
September
that
systematically
refuted
accusations
of
widespread
fraud and
made clear
that none of
the
complaining
parties —
from state
lawmakers to
self-styled
“election
integrity”
groups — had
presented
any evidence
to support
their
claims.
Brnovich
left office
last month
without
releasing
the
summary."
[...] "The
records show
how Brnovich
used his
office to
further
claims about
voting in
Maricopa
County that
his own
staff
considered
inaccurate.
They suggest
that his
administration
privately
disregarded
fact-checks
provided by
state
investigators
while
publicly
promoting
incomplete
accounts of
the office’s
work. The
innuendo and
inaccuracies,
circulated
not just in
the far
reaches of
the internet
but with the
imprimatur
of the
state’s
attorney
general,
helped make
Arizona an
epicenter of
distrust in
the
democratic
process,
eroding
confidence
not just in
the 2020
vote but in
subsequent
elections."
Feb. 22,
2023
Center for Arizona Policy
2022 Candidate Questionnaire
Position Sought: U.S. Senate
Question 4: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Candidates' Position: Oppose.
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.*
"In Arizona,
defending
consumers
from scams
and rip-offs
falls to the
office of
Arizona’s
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich.
Arizona’s
Family
investigators
poured
through
years of
budget
records for
the Attorney
General’s
office. The
investigation
found that Brnovich’s
office has
increasingly
diverted
funds
earmarked
for consumer
protection
to pay for
legal
battles that
have nothing
to do with
consumer
fraud."
"Former Arizona National Guard leader Michael "Mick" McGuire is calling on state Attorney General Mark Brnovich, his U.S. Senate campaign rival, to make public records tied to an investigation of Brnovich and his attorneys stemming from a State Bar of Arizona investigation.
“The public has a right to know, one, about the specific ethical violations, two, what were the findings of the investigation and three, what diversion or rehabilitation training has been accepted,” McGuire, a retired Air Force major general, said Monday.
Brnovich’s office cast the resolutions as a “victory” on Friday. A spokesperson for the office did not immediately respond to The Arizona Republic’s request for comment. A spokesperson for the State Bar said in an email Monday the matter “has concluded” and there are no publicly available records."
"It's easy
to run for
office when
you're
already in
office …
We're
getting the
legislative
band back
together …
And he's
attempting a
Hulk Hogan
impression.
Arizona
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich seems
to grab
daily
headlines
lately.
We’re sure
it’s just a
coincidence
for the AG
who’s
running for
U.S.
Senate."
[...]
"his allies
in the
Arizona
Legislature
filed a bill
to help him
out with the
State Bar of
Arizona
complaints
he’s facing
from
Secretary of
State Katie
Hobbs and
the Arizona
Board of
Regents,
Capitol
Media
Services’
Howie
Fischer
reports.
Sen. Vince
Leach’s
Senate Bill
1566 would
install
penalties
for people
who make Bar
complaints
that don’t
result in
discipline."
"Arizona
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich is
no longer
attorney
general. By
his actions,
anyway. For
example, he
is choosing
not
investigate
the fake
presidential
electors
from Arizona
who
fraudulently
claimed they
were valid
electors,
hoping to
subvert the
constitutional
work of the
Electoral
College and
overturn the
outcome of a
duly
certified
election.
Why? Because
he is
running for
the U.S.
Senate. And
while
Brnovich
ignores
traitors, he
indulges the
whims of
Republicans
in the state
Legislature
by having
his office
investigate
what we know
to be
completely
debunked
election
fraud. Why?
Because he
is running
for U.S.
Senate."
"A bitter behind-the scenes battle between Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Mark Brnovich could change election laws in Arizona.
Hobbs filed sweeping ethics complaints to the State Bar of Arizona in 2020 accusing Brnovich and several of his top attorneys of sabotaging election-related cases and misrepresenting her office.
More than 14 months later, the agency responsible for licensing and regulating attorneys is still asking questions and seeking records. The allegations of misconduct include conflicts of interest, improperly using confidential information and publicly maligning election officials."
"Arizona
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich asked
a reporter
if they had
an STD
rather than
answer if he
has received
the COVID
vaccine at a
news
conference
with leaders
of Phoenix
police and
firefighter
unions. A
reporter
asked
Brnovich, a
Republican
who is
running for
U.S. Senate,
the question
when his
press
secretary
called the
question
"inappropriate."
Brnovich
then waved
her off and
asked the
reporter,
"Have you
had an
STD?""
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich,
who is also
a Republican
candidate
for the U.S.
Senate,
appeared to
cast doubt
on COVID-19
vaccines in
an audio
recording
obtained by
Arizona's
Family."If
you can get
COVID after
you've had
the vaccine
and you can
still spread
it, then
what's the
point of the
vaccine,"
Brnovich
told a
packed room
of
Republicans
last week.
"Brnovich recently
threatened
to gut $676
million in
state
funding for
Maricopa
County
unless they
turn over
their
residents’
private
information
– including
social
security
numbers – to
the
untrustworthy
Cyber Ninjas
for the
“audit.”"
"Arizona
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich seems
to have
decided that
the best use
of his
office is
not to serve
as the chief
law
enforcement
agency in
the state
but as his
U.S. Senate
campaign
launching
pad."
"Arizona’s attorney general early on dismissed the various conspiracy theories surrounding Joe Biden’s win in Arizona. Now, he’s running for the Senate but his support of the audit has been tepid, at best. Donald Trump has noticed.
“He (Brnovich) is always on television promoting himself, but never mentions the Crime of the Century, that took place during the 2020 Presidential Election, which was Rigged and Stolen,” Trump complained in late May. “Arizona was a big part and Brnovich must put himself in gear, or no Arizona Republican will vote for him in the upcoming elections. They will never forget, and neither will the great Patriots of our Nation!”
Brnovich has since chased Trump’s approval by sending a strongly worded letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, warning the Department of Justice to stay out of Arizona’s audit. But it’s dicey to think Trump will consider that sufficient to battle “the Crime of the Century”.
Brnovich may be the Republicans’ best shot at unseating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, but first he’s got to get out of a Republican primary. "
"Arizona
Attorney
General Mark
Brnovich,
the one that
tried to
take your
health
insurance
away until
the United
States
Supreme
Court
stopped him
yesterday,
is trying to
make nice
with the
Trump Zone
Cult base
after he
would not
subscribe to
their world
view about
the November
2020
Presidential
election.
[...] In
trying to
get on their
good side
again, the
aspiring
2020
Republican
Senate
Candidate
wrote a
letter to
Attorney
General
Merrick
Garland, in
his best
attempt to
sound like
the child of
Wendy Rogers
and
Mark Finchem,
demanding
that the
Justice
Department
refrain from
investigating
the Maricopa
County Sham
Audit."
“Please let
the good
people of
Arizona know
about how
their
taxpayer
dollars are
being put to
work by the
attorney
general for
yet another
failed
lawsuit,”
wrote ASU
spokeswoman
Katie Paquet"
"Arizona’s
chief
prosecutor
is urging
the state’s
high court
to block
Phoenix from
enforcing
its
anti-discrimination
ordinance
against two
women who
refuse to
craft
wedding
materials
for same-sex
nuptials." [
. . . ] "No
one had
actually
complained
about Joanna
Duka and
Breanna
Koski, who
own Brush &
Nib Studio
and who
prepare both
custom and
pre-printed
wedding
invitations,
place cards
and other
materials.
Instead, the
women, who
say they are
“devout
Christians”
who believe
the only
legitimate
marriage is
between one
man and one
woman, filed
a peremptory
lawsuit
asking the
courts to
rule they
have a right
to refuse to
create the
same kind of
custom
designs for
same-sex
couples as
they
routinely do
for
heterosexual
couples."
"During a
televised
debate
Wednesday
evening,
January
Contreras
lashed out
at
Brnovich
for working
to overturn
a decision
by the Obama
administration
to put about
1 million
acres of
federal land
near the
Grand Canyon
off limits
to mining.
Federal
appellate
judges did
not agree
with
Brnovich.
Brnovich has
had no
better luck
in joining
with other
Republican
attorneys
general to
overturn the
Affordable
Care Act and
its mandate
to provide
coverage for
pre-existing
conditions.
Brnovich
also sided
with
Americans
for
Prosperity
in
challenging
a California
law that
would
require the
organization,
part of the
Koch
brothers
network, to
disclose its
donors."
"Arizona
Public
Service
really,
really
wanted to
see Mark
Brnovich
become
Arizona's
next
attorney
general.
Turns out
everybody's
favorite
electric
utility
really,
really,
really.
REALLY
wanted to
see him
elected. The
latest
Internal
Revenue
Service
report on
political
contributions
– the one
that comes a
full month
after the
election is
over – shows
that APS
parent
company
Pinnacle
West kicked
$250,000
into the
final month
of the
Republican
Attorneys
General
Association's
independent
campaign
aimed at
getting
Brnovich
elected." [
. . . ]
"This on top
of $175,000
it chipped
in a month
earlier."
Dec. 5, 2014
Center for Arizona Policy
2014 Candidate Questionnaire
Position Sought: Attorney General
Question 9: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible.
Candidates' Position: Support
Question 11: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law.
Candidates' Position: Oppose
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.*
"Mark
Brnovich,
AKA the NOT
Tom Horne
Republican
candidate
for AZ
Attorney
General is
a Goldwater
Institute and Tea
Party guy
who filed to
run against Tom
Horne over
a year ago
as a protest
candidate
back when no
one thought
Horne, with
all his
money, was
vulnerable
in a
primary.
Republicans
knew that
Horne would
have a lot
of baggage
going up
against
Felecia
Rotellini
again but
didn’t
bother to
recruit a
less
ragingly
right wing
back-up
candidate
just in
case, you
know, more
damning
revelations
came out
about Horne.
Oops. Now,
NOT Tom
Horne’s
supporters
are working
furiously to
portray him
as a
mainstream
guy who is
totally not
Tea Party."
"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 DeWit
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.
Two of
Bundy’s more
extreme
followers,
Jerad and
Amanda
Miller,
later
murdered two
Nevada
police
officers in
an attempt
to incite
revolution
against the
government."
