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.
*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.
