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Tom
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Far-right MAGA Republican extremist who served as
the 25th Attorney General of Arizona from 2011 to
2015. Horne lost to Mark Brnovich in the Republican
primary for Attorney General in 2014. He previously
served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public
Instruction from 2003 to 2011. Horne threatened to
sue the city of Bisbee, Arizona, over a 2013
ordinance recognizing same-sex couples. He withdrew
the threat several days later when Bisbee agreed to
rewrite the ordinance, removing rights reserved for
married couples under Arizona law. In October,
2014, a federal judge ruled that Arizona's law
banning gay marriage was unconstitutional, and Horne
did not appeal. He felt the chance of it being
overturned was "zero," and, added, "I think it is
over." On May 5, 2014, an attorney representing a
former AG staff member and ex-Horne campaign
volunteer, filed a litigation hold letter with the
Arizona Attorney General's office, alleging that
much of Horne's executive office staff is involved
in "substantial campaigning" for his 2014
re-election, "while on state time and utilizing
State resources," which, if proven true, could
"represent a substantial violation of State and
Federal laws which prohibit such conduct". The
allegations first arose in the AG staffer's letter
of resignation, which claimed that the office is
"not following campaign laws or finance laws,"
imperiling her "legal well-being." Horne has denied
the allegations, calling them a "complete
fabrication." On July 7, 2014, the Arizona Secretary
of State's Office released a memo, finding probable
cause that Horne violated several campaign-finance
laws related to allegations that Horne had employees
doing his campaign work on state time, at the AG's
office. Horne was elected as the State
Superintendent of Public Education in the 2022
General Election. |
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Tom Horne Strikes Alliance With Moms For
Liberty Over Flipping Arizona School Boards |
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"Arizona
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
Horne struck an alliance with
Moms for Liberty supporters at an
East Valley event Thursday evening over what
he said was a shared goal:
electing conservatives to school boards in
2024. "That's going to be my main occupation
for 2024," Horne said." [ . . . ]
'The group has since become a force in
school board races across the country — and
in conservative politics more broadly — and
has made national headlines for attempts to
restrict teaching and student access to
books related to race, gender and sexual
orientation." |
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Sep. 15, 2023 |
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Tom Horne, Conservative Lawmakers To Speak
At Moms For Liberty Town Hall In Mesa |
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"Superintendent of
Public Instruction Tom Horne and
other Republican elected officials are
slated to speak at a Mesa town hall Thursday
organized by
Moms for Liberty, a "parental rights"
organization founded in Florida that has
been labeled an extremist group and has made
national headlines in recent years for
attempts to take over school boards and
restrict teaching related to race, gender
and sexual orientation." [ . . . ] "State
lawmakers Sen.
Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, Sen.
Justine Wadsack, R-Tucson, Rep.
Justin Heap, R-Mesa, and
Barbara Parker, R-Mesa, are expected to
participate in a panel at the event. The
panel will be moderated by Descovich, and
attendees will be able to ask
education-related questions." "Moms for
Liberty was founded in 2021 by Descovich and
Justice, former school board members in
Florida, out of opposition to
pandemic-related school closures and mask
mandates. Its chapters have since made
national headlines for attempts to take over
school boards, explosive appearances at
school board meetings and efforts to
restrict the teaching of race and
gender-related topics." |
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Sep. 13, 2023 |
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Horne Cancels $70 Million In COVID-19
Funding To Set Up Tutoring Program |
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"State schools chief
Tom Horne is canceling millions of
dollars in contracts funded by COVID-19 aid
that his Democratic predecessor awarded to
Arizona education programs in order to
funnel the money into a new tutoring program
for struggling students. But
the
tutoring will help only about 10% of the
students who are falling behind academically." |
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Sep. 6, 2023 |
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Arizona Schools Chief Targets Transgender
Students And Bathrooms |
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"State Superintendent
of Public Instruction Tom Horne is
targeting school policies dealing with
restrooms and transgender students." |
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Aug. 17, 2023 |
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'Misogynistic, Sexist, And
Really Disrespectful': New
Arizona Education Hire Posts
Far-Right Content Online |
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Jan.
5 2023 |
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"Two days
into his second tour as state
school superintendent,
Republican Tom Horne is putting
his stamp on the Department of
Education with a slew of new
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One of them,
Mila Makal, is raising eyebrows:
The new director of a program
that promotes good character
among students is also a
frequent poster of far-right and
sexist content on social media. |
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Some of the
extreme images Makal has posted
on his Facebook page include: |
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Far-right
personality
Candace Owens
claiming
liberals want to
destroy Western
civilization
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A vulgar
description of
Canada's prime
minister with
environmental
activist Greta
Thunberg
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Joe Biden
without a brain
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Women in bikinis
brandishing
semiautomatic
weapons
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Horne's
spokesman is defending the
director's free speech rights" |
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School Superintendent Candidate Befriended,
Defended Multiple Alleged Child Sex
Criminals |
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"Tom Horne, whose
entire campaign for Arizona Superintendent
of Public Instruction has been marred by his
repeated defense of a
child molester apparently associated
with his campaign, voted against harsher
penalties for statutory rape while serving
as a state lawmaker and voted twice to
reinstate a teacher who resigned in disgrace
after students reported him for looking at
pornography in the classroom—including of
minors—while superintendent." |
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Oct. 5, 2022 |
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Arizona
Schools Superintendent Hoffman Focuses On
Issues In Debate While Opponent Horne
Decries LGBTQ Website And CRT |
"The Republican
candidate for Arizona's top educational
official is lashing out at incumbent Kathy
Hoffman for her agency's decision to promote
a web site for LGBTQ and "questioning
teens.''
"I think its very harmful,'' said Tom Horne
of QChat during a debate Wednesday for
superintendent of public instruction." |
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Sep.15, 2022 |
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Tome Horne, left, is defending
David Stringer, right, who is working on
his campaign but has a problematic
past.(Arizona's Family) |
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AZ Head Of Schools Candidate Defends
Disgraced Ex-Lawmaker Working On His
Campaign |
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"Tom Horne, a
Republican candidate for Arizona State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
confirmed that former state Rep.
David
Stringer, who was at one time charged with
child sex crimes, is doing work for his
campaign for state office." [...] “David
Stringer resigned in disgrace from the
legislature to avoid being expelled after
reports of his
molestation of children
came to light. And Tom Horne counts him as a
top campaign ally and donor. It’s deeply
unsettling.” |
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Aug. 26, 2022 |
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Ethically/Legally Challenged
Tom
Horne Gives Thanks To Accused Child Sex
Offender David Stringer |
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Arizona Republican
Superintendent of Public Instruction Nominee
and ethically/legally challenged Tom Horne
has chosen some dubious friends to associate
himself with in his campaign to reenter
public office. In an August 3, 2022 social
media post (that has since been taken down,)
the former Superintendent and State Attorney
General gives thanks to former State
Legislator and accused child sex offender
David Stringer for supporting his
campaign. |
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Aug. 21, 2022 |
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Arizona’s Ban On Mexican American Studies Was
Racist, U.S. Court Rules |
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"the program came under
scrutiny in 2006 when Dolores Huerta, a Latina labor
leader and civic rights activist, gave a speech at
Tucson High School and said that “Republicans hate
Latinos.” Tom Horne, then Arizona’s superintendent
of public instruction, labeled Huerta’s remarks as
“hate speech.” He ordered a deputy to make a
rebuttal speech at the school, during which
protesting students taped their mouths, turned their
backs, raised their fists and walked out of the
auditorium." |
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Aug.
23, 2017 |
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On Trial, Former Arizona Schools Chief Says Radicals
Taught Ethnic Studies Program He Later Banned |
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"Tom Horne, who ended a popular Mexican-American
history program, testified that it taught students
to be disruptive." |
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Jul.
19, 2017 |
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Ruling Gives Ex-Attorney General,
Tom
Horne, Chance To Avoid $1.2M Fine
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By
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services May 25, 2017
Updated May 25, 2017 |
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"PHOENIX
-- The Arizona Supreme Court this morning gave
former Attorney General Tom Horne another chance to
escape a $1.2 million fine for campaign finance
violations. |
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In a
unanimous decision, the justices said it was wrong
for Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, who
initially concluded Horne and a former aide had
broken the law, to then overrule the findings of an
administrative law judge who said there was no
violation. |
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”We hold
that due process does not permit the same individual
to issue the initial decision finding violations and
ordering remedies, participate personally in the
prosecution of the case before an administrative law
judge, and then make the final agency decision that
will receive only deferential judicial review,”
wrote Clint Bolick for the court. |
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But the
justices did not absolve Horne of guilt. Instead,
it sends the issue back for a review by someone,
unlike Polk, who is neutral. |
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At issue
is $513,340 spent by Business Leaders for Arizona on
a last-minute commercial attacking Felecia Rotellini,
Horne's 2010 Democrat foe." |
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What Ever Happened To The Investigations Into Tom Horne? |
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"More than two years have
passed since then-Attorney General Tom Horne,
seeking re-election beneath a cloud of controversy,
lost the Republican primary to
Mark Brnovich. A
former employee turned whistleblower came forward
claiming Horne was using the Attorney General's
Office as a de facto campaign headquarters, with his
employees planning events, contacting donors and
doing other work related to the race on state time.
Horne denied the allegations and called them
politically motivated. But no fewer than two
separate investigations were launched" |
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Dec. 8, 2016 |
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Philandering
Former Arizona AG
Tom
Horne Loses Appeal, Still On Hook For $400K
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"Anyone remember
Tom
Horne? You know, the Republican political
zombie and onetime Arizona Attorney General
who hired his girlfriend, Carmen Chenal, as
an assistant attorney general, got himself
investigated by the FBI, and was witnessed
riding around town with Chenal, wearing a
trucker hat as a disguise, as he pulled a
vehicular hit and run in a parking lot
without leaving a note? Yeah, that guy.
Well, he's still alive, eking out a living
practicing law with his former defense
attorney Sandra Slaton and dodging a
$400,000 fine levied on him by Yavapai
County Attorney Sheila Polk." |
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Feb. 24, 2016 |
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Tom Horne Scores New Gig, And Why He Still Needs To Be Punished |
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Jan. 23, 2015 |
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Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Hobnobs With Radical
Nullificationists |
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"Horne’s staff has confirmed
to the New Times that the attorney general will be
attending the “Liberty on Tap” event, so we can move
on to questioning why Arizona’s top law enforcement
officer will be attending an event that appears to
promote the radical belief that the county sheriff
is the highest law enforcement officer in the nation
and has the power to ignore federal laws that he
thinks are unconstitutional and to arrest federal
law enforcement officers." |
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Aug. 5, 2015 |
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Horne Vows To Continue 'Crusade' vs. Ethnic Studies |
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""I went on a crusade against it and destroyed the
entire program," Horne said proudly." |
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Aug.
22, 2014 |
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Legal Woes Pose Hurdles For Attorney General Tom
Horne Of Arizona In Campaign |
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Jul. 11,
2014 |
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Arpaio Endorses Horne's Re-Election Campaign |
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Jun. 17, 2014 |
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Top Aide To Ariz. Attorney General Tom Horne Resigns |
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May 16, 2014 |
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Tom Horne
Campaign Finance Case To Move Forward |
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May
14, 2014 |
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AG Horne's Checkered Past Might Just Be Enough For
Reelection |
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"Once again we are being told
about the shenanigans of Republican Arizona Attorney
General Tom Horne. [...]
Horne has left a trail of
stink dating back to his Massachusetts law school
days forty years ago. With his history of crookery
back east one can only wonder how Horne ever became
a lawyer in Arizona following his serious legal
issues involving the U. S. Securities and Exchange
Commission?" |
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Oct. 29, 2013 |
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New Ethical Complaint Against Arizona AG Tom Horne |
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"The Attorney General's Office
has doubled as a campaign office for Arizona
Attorney General Tom Horne, a former employee
alleges, with top staff working on state time to
raise money for Horne's re-election, plan campaign
events and discuss talking points to deploy against
his challengers." |
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May 12, 2014 |
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State Investigator Files Scorcher Against Arizona
A.G. Tom Horne |
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"Arizona Attorney General
Tom Horne defamed and
tried to ruin the career of a state criminal
investigator who told the FBI in good faith that she
believed Horne may have received $500,000 in illegal
campaign contributions, the woman claims in court." |
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Jan.
21, 2013 |
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Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles
Gubernatorial Bid |
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"Picture Elmer Fudd as the
lead in Oliver Stone's Nixon, and you've got Arizona
Attorney General Tom Horne in a nutshell. Truly, the
FBI's massive, 3,000-plus page investigative file
detailing its year-long probe of Horne's office
reads like a tragicomic novel wherein a powerful but
goofy politician does a colossal belly-flop into a
pool of sleaze and chicanery, ending any likelihood
that he could become governor someday." |
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Dec. 6, 2012 |
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FBI: AG Horne Having Affair When Involved In Hit-And-Run |
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Oct. 31, 2012 |
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Attorney General Horne Hired Carmen Chenal To A Highly Paid Top Post
-- 'Cause She's His Goomba |
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"If you
needed the services of a criminal attorney, would
you hire a lawyer with no experience in criminal
law, who had been suspended from the State Bar of
Arizona for 120 days, had not practiced law in five
years, and who was still on probation for her past
misdeeds?" |
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Jul. 14, 2011 |
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Here's What The U.S. Securities And Exchange
Commission Said About Republican AG Candidate Tom
Horne |
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"A February 14, 1973 SEC
document, release Number 10008, said "Horne, among
other things, (a) failed accurately to make and keep
current certain books and records, (b) violated the
anti-fraud provisions of the Federal securities
laws, (c) filed false financial reports with the
Commission."" |
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Sep. 14, 2010 |
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Attorney-General Candidate Tom Horne Denied 1970
Bankruptcy |
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"In a series of annual reports
for his law firm, Superintendent of Public
Instruction
Tom Horne wrongly denied having a
bankruptcy in his past. Reports filed with the
Arizona Corporation Commission from 1997 to 2000 for
Horne's law firm show that when asked if any partner
in the firm had ever been a partner in a business
that went bankrupt, Horne checked "no" and signed
the form. In fact, Horne was the president of T.C.
Horne & Co., an investment firm that went bankrupt
in 1970 and led to him receiving a lifetime trading
ban from the Securities and Exchange Commission." |
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Jun. 20, 2010 |
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The Brains Behind Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban |
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May, 14, 2010 |
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Legislative
Election
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