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"
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."
