Republican Rich Crandall served as
a member of the Arizona State Senate from 2011 to
2013 and the Arizona House of Representatives from
2007 to 2011. He resigned from the Senate on August
16, 2013, and the seat was declared open when
President of the Senate
Andy Biggs (R) received his paperwork on August
20, 2013. Crandall delayed his resignation because
two of his children have a pre-existing condition,
and he wanted to retain continuous health coverage.
"Prior to
his election
this year,
nearly
everyone
except his
constituents,
knew Senator
Rich
Crandall
was not
going to
stay around
the
Legislature
long. Many
believed
that the
only reason
Crandall ran
this year
was to
thwart the
conservative
Legislature’s
agenda and
throw a
monkey
wrench into
the
Republican
Party’s
machinery.
On Thursday,
he told the
Yellow Sheet
that his
years of
pandering to
the ASBA
(Arizona
School Board
Association)
and the AEA
(Arizona
Education
Association)
paid off in
a big way
and his
“dream job
has come
through –
consulting
with
national
education
leaders,
state groups
and some
local
districts.
I’ve had a
great
experience,
but it’s
time to move
from policy
creation to
policy
implementation.”
Crandall has
crafted
significant
legislation
over the
years
favoring
various
vendors to
public
school
districts
and has
opposed many
education
reform
efforts."
Mar. 8, 2013
*SB 1365 would have allowed a doctor to refuse to treat a person who was LGBTQ or allow a waitress or waiter to refuse service to a person who was LGBTQ simply by saying it was against their sincerely held religious beliefs to treat or serve a queer person.
