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Sonny Borrelli |
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Serial homophobe and
Republican MAGA extremist
member of the Arizona Senate, representing the 30th
district. He is the Senate Majority Leader. Borrelli
formerly served in the Arizona House of
Representatives as a representative of District 5,
from January 14, 2013, to January 9, 2017. |
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Fanatical Republican Extremist Of The Day:
Sonny Borrelli |
"he’s been able to use
his new place in the state government to
sponsor legislation to redefine “rioting” as
a form of racketeering (?) vote for
legislation to try and eliminate all
background checks on firearm purchases
(again, you can’t nullify federal law,
Sonny) and vote for a bill to try and force
physicians performing an abortion to try and
revive the fetus if it is viable after the
abortion (which, fetuses aren’t viable at 24
weeks, so this one is just a
head-scratcher)." |
Nov. 29, 2023 |
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Citing ‘Plenary Powers,’ GOP
Leader Claims A Non-Binding
Resolution Bans Arizona Election
Machines |
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May
22, 2023 |
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"Claiming that a non-binding
resolution overrides state law,
an Arizona Republican state
senator on Monday declared that
Arizona counties are barred from
using machines to count ballots
— an assertion that was quickly
shot down by elections
officials, the state’s attorney
general and county leaders. |
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Senate
Majority Leader Sonny
Borrelli penned a letter to
all 15 Arizona counties on
Monday, telling them that they
were barred from using any
machines to administer future
elections. He claimed that the
legislature’s recent approval of
Senate Concurrent Resolution
1037 was binding under a radical
interpretation of a
constitutional provision that
would effectively allow state
legislatures to do whatever they
want with elections." |
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"Borrelli’s
letter isn’t backed by his
fellow GOP leaders in the state
Senate. Kim Quintero, a
spokeswoman for Senate
Republicans, said he sent the
letter “independent” of Senate
President Warren Petersen and
others in the caucus." |
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The anti-Drag Storey Time Bill. This bill
would apply only to libraries and other
government facilities. |
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This bill,
had it become law, would be the same as laws covering a cabaret but with
the words "drag
show" instead of "cabaret". This is simply a sneaky attempt to
outlaw drag shows. |
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Arizona Senate Panel Ignores Own
Attorney, OKs Bills Attacking Trans
Students And Drag Queens
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Elias Weiss
/ Phoenix New Times |
Mar. 1, 2023 |
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"Relentless
Republicans advanced three anti-LGBTQ
bills to the full Arizona Senate on
Monday despite warnings that the bills
might be unconstitutional. |
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Senate Rules
Attorney Chris Kleminich warned the
Senate Rules Committee that SB 1001,
which targets transgender children in
schools, and SB 1026 and SB 1698, two
weapons in the GOP’s war on drag queens,
weren’t likely to be upheld in a court
of law." |
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"Despite
Kleminich’s admonition, Republicans
advanced the bill to the full Senate
with a 4-3 vote. Republican Senators
Warren Petersen, Sonny Borrelli,
Sine Kerr, and
T.J. Shope voted to advance the
bill. Democratic Senators Lela Alston,
Catherine Miranda, and Raquel Terán
voted against it." |
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GOP Arizona
Legislators, Including Leaders Of The House And
Senate, Subpoenaed To Testify In Special
Counsel Probe Of Trump |
At least three Arizona
Republican state legislators have been subpoenaed by
the U.S. Justice Department’s special counsel, Jack
Smith, as part of the criminal investigation into
former President Donald Trump and his efforts to
reverse his 2020 election loss. The federal grand
jury subpoenas were issued to Senate President
Warren Petersen, Sen. Sonny Borrelli and
House Speaker
Ben Toma. And at least one former state senator,
Michelle Ugenti-Rita, who led the Senate’s
Election Committee in 2021, received a subpoena. All
four have been ordered to produce records and travel
to Washington, D.C., to testify. |
Feb. 17, 2023 |
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Fanatical
Republican
Extremist Of The Day: Sonny Borrelli- 2022 Update |
On this date in both 2017,
2018, 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical
Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled Arizona
State Senator Sonny Borrelli, who as a member of the
Arizona House of Representatives from 2013-2017,
established quite clearly that he does not get along
with any Republicans unless they are as rabidly
conservative as he is. |
Nov. 29, 2022 |
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These
Arizona
Candidates
Still
Say
Donald
Trump
Won In
2020, Or
They're
Not Sure
What
Happened
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The
Arizona
Republic
via The
Rose Law
Group
Reporter |
Jul. 15,
2022 |
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"Elected
officials
and
candidates
for
office
in 2022
continue
to
challenge
and
question
the
results
of the
2020
presidential
election
in
Arizona. |
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The
results
have
been
examined
and
re-examined,
challenged
in court
and in a
monthslong
ballot
review.
No
evidence
has been
found of
widespread
fraud or
error in
the
results. |
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Yet
candidates
deny the
outcome.
Others
don't
quite go
as far.
But they
raise
questions
about
potential
irregularities
they say
could
have
influenced
the vote
and
should
be
examined. |
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The
Arizona
Republic
is
listing
candidates
by
category
by the
race
that
they are
entered
in. This
list is
not
complete
and will
be
updated
throughout
the 2022
election
season. |
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These
candidates
in
Arizona
races
deny
that Joe
Biden
won the
2020
presidential
election,
either
in
Arizona
or
nationwide." |
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US Senate
US House
of
Representatives
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Josh
Barnett,
Republican,
1st
District
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Walter
Blackman,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Eli
Crane,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Ron
Watkins,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Jeffrey
Zink,
Republican,
3rd
District
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David
Giles,
Republican,
4th
District
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Jerone
Davison,
Republican,
4th
District
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Andy
Biggs,
Republican,
incumbent,
5th
District
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Brandon
Martin,
Republican,
6th District
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Debbie
Lesko,
Republican,
incumbent,
8th District
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Paul
Gosar, Republican,
incumbent,
9th District
Governor
Secretary
of state
Attorney
general
Treasurer
Arizona
Corporation
Commission
State
Senate
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Steve
Zipperman,
Republican,
Legislative District
1
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Sonny
Borrelli,
Republican,
Legislative
District
5
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Wendy
Rogers,
Republican,
Legislative District
7
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David
Farnsworth,
Republican,
Legislative District
10
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Jake
Hoffman,
Republican,
Legislative District
15
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Anthony
Kern,
Republican,
Legislative District
27
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Janae
Shamp,
Republican,
Legislative
District
29
State
House of
Representatives
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Judy
Burges,
Republican,
Legislative
District
1
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Robert
Scantlebury, Republican,
Legislative
District
9
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Liz
Harris, Republican,
Legislative
District
13
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Austin
Smith, Republican,
Legislative
District
29
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John
Gillette,
Republican,
Legislative
District
30
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Nohl
Rosen,
Republican,
Legislative
District
30
Maricopa
County
Board of
Supervisors
Read the
complete
article
on The
Arizona
Republic |
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Shame
On Every
Republican Who Voted To Sabotage Arizona's Schools |
"It’s not surprising that our
leaders finally broke down and agreed to allow the
public schools to spend money that’s already sitting
in their bank accounts – money the Legislature
appropriated last June. What is stunning is that 20
Republicans – 14 in the House and six in the Senate
– actually voted to stiff the schools and to heck
with the impact on the one million Arizona children
who attend them." |
Feb. 22, 2022 |
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Trump-Supporting Arizona Politicians Push Election Lies At Florence Rally |
Jan. 16, 2022 |
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"Like-minded Trump supporters in the Legislature included speakers at Saturday's rally such as Rogers, Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, and former representative Anthony Kern, who's running for the state Senate." |
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"Borrelli pushed back on the fact that the belief in widespread election fraud that stole the presidency from Trump in 2020 was a “conspiracy theory.” He said there was indeed a conspiracy, but he claims "it’s not a theory.” He said the problem was “obstructionists” who oversee elections at the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office and in Maricopa County. Borrelli said that many of his peers in the Arizona House and Senate were behind him and other election deniers and that they were going to “tighten up the loopholes that these commie (expletive) have exploited.” The crowd cheered as Borrelli claimed that the “shamestream media” were hiding facts like “ghost voters” he said were found to have voted in Pima County in 2020. Pima County election officials deny there were any widespread problems with the election." |
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Pfizer Gave Money To
Arizona Legislators
Speaking At Anti-Vaxxer
QAnon Conference
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"Pfizer likely may
not have its
executives at the
QAnon conference in
Las Vegas on Oct.
22-25, but three
Arizona legislators
it gave money to
will be there as
“special guests” and
speakers. The three
Republican Arizona
legislators are Rep.
Mark Finchem,
Rep.
Leo Biasiucci
and Sen. Sonny
Borrelli. In the
2018 and 2020
election cycles, the
drug maker gave
Finchem a total of
$900 and Biasiucci a
total of $800.
Pfizer gave Borelli
a combined $1,000
between 2014 and
2018. QAnon
followers have
become one of the
leading national
sources of
conspiracy theories
about the Covid-19
vaccines produced by
Pfizer and others.
Based on the belief
that there is a
worldwide
Satan-worshipping
pedophile network
controlling the
government and
media,
QAnon has
increasingly become
enmeshed with claims
that Covid-19 is a
hoax and that the
injection’s purpose
it to insert a
tracking chip in
peoples’ arms"
[...] "Finchem, who
is running for
Arizona Secretary of
State and has been
endorsed by former
President Trump, has
fully embraced
Trump’s big lie that
the 2020 election
was stolen and was
outside the Capitol
on Jan. 6 while it
was being stormed by
pro-Trump
insurrectionists." |
Sep. 29, 2021 |
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New Mike Flynn QAnon
Gathering Raises
Alarms -- And Shows
How They've
Penetrated The GOP
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"attendees will
include several
current and former
GOP lawmakers,
including Arizona
state Sen. Sonny
Borrelli, Arizona
state Rep.
Leo
Biasiucci" |
Aug. 24, 2021 |
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GOP Legislators
Spread Debunked
Claims At Lindell’s
‘Cyber Symposium’ |
"one of the
cybersecurity
experts that Lindell
hired told the
Washington Times
that Lindell failed
to provide the data
he had long promised
to deliver. The
expert, Josh
Merritt, said the
data that Lindell
did provide cannot
prove China hacked
the election. “We
were handed a turd,”
he said." |
Aug. 12, 2021 |
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GOP Lawmakers Ask
Gov. Ducey To
Withhold Funding
From School
Districts Mandating
Masks |
"Several prominent
Arizona Republicans
issued a joint
letter Wednesday
afternoon asking
Gov.
Doug Ducey to
withhold funding and
begin legal action
against school
districts that are
not following state
laws." |
Aug. 11, 2021 |
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QAnon Las Vegas
Event Adds Two
Republican Lawmakers
As 'Special Guests' |
"Arizona State
Senator Sonny
Borrelli and Arizona
House Representative
Leo Biasiucci have
both been listed as
future attendees of
the "For God &
Country: Patriot
Double Down" in
October." |
Jul. 28, 2021 |
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Arizona State Senate
GOP Whip Orders
People Using Mail-In
Voting To ‘Get Off
Your Lazy Ass’ |
"Earlier this week,
Arizona State Senate
Majority Whip Sonny
Borrelli (R-5th
District) – whose
record on voting
rights is
predictably abysmal
– threw a tantrum
during a discussion
with right-wing
radio host Josh
Bernstein, claiming
that he is
“offended” that
people use mail-in
voting and that
those who do are
lazy and unpatriotic" |
May 27, 2021 |
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Is
Sen. Sonny Borrelli
An Insurrectionist? |
"Borrelli was a
major proponent of
the “Stop the Steal”
movement, which
claims former
President
Donald
Trump won the
election despite no
proof of widespread
fraud." |
Mar. 10, 2021 |
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Sen. Sonny Borrelli
To Dumpster Divers
Who Say They Found
Shredded Ballots:
Trust No One |
"A legislative
leader warns a
dumpster diver who
claims to have found
shredded ballots
that she could be
killed. Trust no
one, he says. This
is how
out-of-control
things have gotten
in Arizona." |
Mar. 12, 2021 |
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Seven Arizonan
Republican
legislators Face
Calls To Ban Them
From The House And
Senate |
"Arizona’s
legislative
leadership are
hearing calls that
seven of their
Republican
colleagues be banned
from the House and
Senate. The incoming
legislators in
question back “Stop
The Steal.” They are
Republican
Representatives
Mark Finchem,
David Cook, and
Walt Blackman
along with
Republican Senators
Wendy Rogers,
Kelly Townsend,
Sonny Borrelli, and
David Livingston." |
Jan. 8, 2021 |
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Arizona Republicans
Back Texas AG’s
Attempt To Overturn
Election |
"Arizona state
Reps.
Nancy Barto,
Frank Carroll,
John
Fillmore,
Mark
Finchem,
Travis
Grantham,
Anthony
Kern,
Steve Pierce,
Bret Roberts and
Kelly Townsend, and
Sens.
Sylvia Allen,
Sonny Borrelli,
David Gowan and
David
Livingston signed
onto the amicus
brief." |
Dec.
10, 2020 |
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4 Legislators, 2
From Southern
Arizona, Flout
Restaurant Shutdown |
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State
Rep.
Anthony
Kern,
R-Glendale,
(left)
posted a
photo of
himself,
Rep.
Mark
Finchem
and
Sens.
David
Gowan
and
Sonny
Borelli
on
Twitter
on March
17
dining
out
after 8
pm, the
time
when
Phoenix
bars
were
ordered
to shut
dining
rooms as
a public
health
precaution.
Photo:
Twitter |
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Mar. 20, 2020 |
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Battle Lines Drawn In Arizona Gay Discrimination Case |
Dec. 24, 2018 |
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Republicans Push To Nullify Arizona Clean-Energy Ballot Measure, Benefit APS |
"Republican
Sen.
Sonny Borrelli
of Lake Havasu City introduced the "striker"
amendment" |
Mar. 15, 2018 |
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Arizona Lawmakers Who'll Make Your Jaw Drop |
Mar. 30, 2017 |
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'Tea Party' Bill Would Lock Up Tea Partiers |
Feb. 8, 2017 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2016 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate LD-5 |
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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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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Ariz. Republican Caught On Tape Railing
Against ‘C*cksucking Idiots’
Backing Opponent |
Aug. 25, 2016 |
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Sonny Borrelli Leads Arizona Legislators In
'Dark Money' Race |
Aug. 23, 2016 |
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Arizona Lawmaker Denies Details Of 2001
Domestic-Violence Report, Claims Political
Hit |
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"The older boy looked out of his own room
and saw his stepfather punch his mom in the
mouth and face three times with a closed
fist, according to the report. She picked up
a crutch and swung it at her husband, but he
blocked her. She went into the kitchen and
called 911, but Borrelli took the phone out
of her hand, told the operator everything
was fine, and hung up. The two resumed
arguing. When the 911 operator called back,
Borrelli and his stepson picked up the call
on two different phones. Borrelli went to
his son's room and removed the phone cord
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The boy said that his mother and stepfather
continued fighting, and that he saw Borrelli
push his mother, causing her to fall onto a
video poker machine in the living room. |
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"His mom could not get up for a few moments
and crawled across the floor," the report
says. |
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She called to her son to call 911 again, and
he did. That's when
Borrelli allegedly came
crashing through the boy's door, damaging
the doorframe before ripping the phone out
of the wall. He told the boy to wake up his
younger brother, and that they were leaving.
The boy found his brother awake and crying." |
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Jul., 26,
2016 |
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Sonny
Borrelli's DUI Bill Targets
Medical-Cannabis Users With
"Inactive" Metabolites |
Jan., 28,
2015 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2014
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-5 |
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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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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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List Of Arizona Republicans Who Voted For
Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill |
Feb. 28, 2014 |
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Atheist? Not If You Want To Finish High
School In Arizona |
Jan. 26, 2013 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2012
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-5 |
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Question
9: Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
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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
nondiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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Question
15: Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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