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Wil Cardon |
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Republican Wil Cardon was a candidate for Arizona Secretary of State in the 2014
elections. He lost the Republican primary to
Michele
Reagan on August 26th. Reagan went on to win the
general election on Nov. 4, 2014. Cardon ran
unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2012. He lost the
Republican primary to
Jeff Flake, who later won the
general election in November. |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2014
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
Secretary
of State |
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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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Siblings Sue Arizona Candidate Over Trust Money |
"A lawsuit filed by siblings
of Wil Cardon accuses the Mesa businessman and
candidate for Arizona secretary of state of abusing
family trust funds with spending on his unsuccessful
U.S. Senate candidacy in 2012 and more recently to
support a lavish lifestyle." |
Jul. 22, 2014 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2012
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
United
States
Senate |
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Question
3: 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
8: 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
13: 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: Oppose |
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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Wil Cardon's Illegal Worker Problem |
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"In the case of immigration,
some of Cardon's business
interests have drawn
scrutiny from U.S.
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement. A Subway
franchise company co-owned
by Cardon was fined three
years ago for federal
violations related to
failure to document the
legal status of more than
150 employees suspected of
being illegal immigrants,
federal and state records
show. |
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Investigators for ICE
reported that nearly half of
the 315 employees at some
Subway restaurants owned by
RCC Partners were believed
to be "undocumented alien
workers." Investigators also
reported that their employer
failed to comply with
federal
employment-eligibility
paperwork. Two of the
ownership groups for RCC
Partners are at least partly
owned by Cardon, according
to state corporate records." |
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Jul. 10, 2012 |
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Wil Cardon Threatens Clair Van Steenwyk At Pima County Fair |
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"Wil Cardon for US Senate
THREATENED Van Steenwyk for
US Senate at the Pima County
Fair, Thurber Exhibit Hall,
Friday afternoon April 27,
2012." [...] "Cardon was
shouting so loud in Van’s
face that Pima County Fair
goers left the two hundred
foot aisle to observe from a
safe distance, and the
vendors are still talking
about it today." [...]
Apparently Cardon’s Pima
County Campaign Manager was
at his side and did nothing
to stop Cardon’s public
outburst, or check Cardon’s
behavior that was clearly
unbecoming of a US Senate
Candidate, let alone a
Campaign Manager. |
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Apr. 29, 2012 |
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AZ GOP Senate Candidate Wil Cardon Launches Immigrant-Bashing Ad |
Apr. 11, 2012 |
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