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Russell
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Republican
Russell
"Rusty"
Bowers was a
member of
the Arizona
House of
Representatives,
representing
District 25.
He assumed
office on
January 12,
2015. He
left office
on January
9, 2023.
Bowers ran
for election
to the
Arizona
State Senate
to represent
District 10.
He lost in
the
Republican
primary on
August 2,
2022 due to
MAGA
Republicans
retribution
for not
supporting
Trump's
attempts at
stealing the
Arizona
election.
Bowers began
serving as
state House
speaker in
2019. |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2022 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Senate District 10 |
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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 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| 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.** |
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| Candidates' Position: Support. |
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| * This is in reference to the dangerous and disproven "Reparative Therapy". |
| **Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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In other words, as PROVEN by this bill, Republicans and ammosexuals find it wrong to discriminate against inanimate objects but have no problem discriminating against people. |
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High Stakes:
Legislative Session
Begins With
Three MJ
Bills Out Of
The Gate |
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"From last
year’s
failed bill
to set
limits on
THC blood
content for
DUI—which
would be
unconstitutional
in Arizona,
given the
language of
Prop 207—to
Speaker Rusty
Bowers’
continuing
efforts to
paint
cannabis
users as
violent,
child-eating
zombies,
proposed
cannabis
legislation
continues to
remind us
that the
definition
of “legal”
is often a
moving
target." |
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Jan. 20,
2022 |
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Speaker
Bowers
Refuses To
Let Pregnant
Rep. Salman
Work And
Vote Safely
At Home |
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"Bowers’
behavior is
disgusting.
So much for
Republicans
claiming to
be the
pro-life
party. They
are also
acting with
pure
vindictiveness,
given Rep.
Salman’s
strenuous
opposition
to the
voting
suppression
measures
sought in
the last
session by Jake
“Troll Farm”
Hoffman" |
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Jan. 8, 2022 |
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Who Are The
Republicans
Attacking
Arizona’s
Education? |
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House
Speaker Rusty
Bowers is
one of the
lead figures
fighting to
overturn the
proposition
(Prop. 208)
as one of
the
plaintiffs
in the
lawsuit.
However, due
to his role
as Speaker
of the
Arizona
House of
Representatives,
Arizonans
should take
note of his
likelihood
to attempt
to attack
portions of
Prop 208
through the
state
legislative
route as
well. |
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Dec. 7, 2020 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2020 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-25 |
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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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| * This is in reference to the dangerous and disproven "Reparative Therapy". |
| **Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Mesa
Lawmaker
Opposes
Anti-Discrimination
Bill |
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"The
proposals
from Sen.
Kate Brophy
McGee,
R-Phoenix,
and Rep.
Daniel
Hernandez,
D-Tucson,
would expand
existing
laws now
prohibiting
discrimination
in public
accommodation
based on
race,
religion,
sex, age,
disability
or
nationality.
Both SB 1321
and HB 2716
would add
sexual
orientation
and gender
identification
to the list.
Only a
handful of
Arizona
cities
already have
such
protections.
[...] Both
measures
face an
uphill
fight.
Neither
Senate
President Karen
Fann nor
House
Speaker Rusty
Bowers of
Mesa has
agreed to
allow either
bill to be
heard." |
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Feb. 4, 2020 |
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House
Speaker
Bowers
Claims
Planned
Parenthood
Wants More
STDs And
Abortions |
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Sep. 16,
2019 |
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Arizona
Lawmaker
Says State
'Fortunate
Not To
Experience A
Major Mass
Shooting,'
Forgetting
Tucson |
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"In 2011,
a gunman
killed six
people and
injured 13,
including
then-U.S.
Rep.
Gabrielle
Giffords, in
a Safeway
parking lot
in the
Tucson
area." |
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Aug. 6, 2019 |
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Battle Lines
Drawn In
Arizona Gay
Discrimination
Case |
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Dec. 24,
2018 |
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Arizona’s
New State
House
Speaker
Doesn’t
Believe
LGBTQ People
Are Equal
Under The
Law |
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"Bowers is
in his
second stint
in state
government:
he
originally
served in
the state
House from
1993 to
1997, then
served in
the state
Senate from
1997 to 2001
(where he
served as
Majority
Leader).
After an
unsuccessful
2010
Congressional
campaign, he
was elected
to return to
the state
House in
2014. Over
that time,
one thing
has been
constant: he
does not
believe
LGBTQ people
deserve
equal
treatment
under the
law. His
bigotry was
on display
as early as
his first
term in the
legislature.
In 1994,
angry that
Phoenix
passed a
1992
ordinance
prohibiting
discrimination
based on
sexual
orientation
for city
employees
and large
city
contractors,
Bowers
authored a
proposed
amendment to
Arizona’s
state
constitution
to prohibit
localities
from
adopting gay
rights laws.
His
reasoning:
he believed
homosexual
behavior to
be bad for
society." |
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Nov. 29,
2018 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2018 Candidate Questionnaire |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-25 |
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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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Arizona ALEC
Politicians |
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Oct. 4, 2017 |
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Here Are The
Koch
Brothers' 5
Favorite
(And 5 Least
Favorite)
Arizona
Legislators |
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Aug. 20,
2017 |
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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2016 Survey Questions For Arizona Candidates |
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| Position Sought: State Senate LD-25 |
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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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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2014 Candidate Questionnaire |
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| Position Sought: State Representative LD-25 |
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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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| Center for Arizona Policy |
| 2010 Questions for Congressional Candidates |
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| Position Sought: United States Senate |
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| Question 5: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as between only one man and one woman. |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| Question 8: Protecting healthcare workers from being required to perform procedures that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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| Candidates' Position: Support |
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| Question 10: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in discrimination law. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppose |
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| Question 14: Repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and declares states do not have to recognize same-sex marriage from other states. |
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| Candidates' Position: Oppos |
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Gay
Discrimination
Bill
Rejected |
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"Sen. Rusty
Bowers,
R-Mesa, said
Richardson
is wrong to
try to cloak
this issue
in the
fabric of
civil rights
protections
and then
chide those
who do not
support the
legislation." |
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Mar. 28,
2001 |
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Mesa
Legislator
Introduces
Plan To Ban
Gay-Rights
Laws |
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"members of
the Arizona
House have
introduced a
proposed
constitutional
amendment to
ban laws
that protect
homosexuals
against
discrimination.
Rep. Rusty
Bowers,
R-Mesa, the
primary
sponsor of
the
legislation" |
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Jan. 24,
1994 |
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