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Serial homophobe and MAGA Republican
extremist
member of the
Arizona State
Senate, representing
District 14. He
assumed office on
January 9, 2023. His
current term ends on
January 13, 2025.
Petersen ran for
re-election to the
Arizona State Senate
to represent
District 14. He won
in the general
election on November
8, 2022. Petersen
previously served in
the state Senate
from 2017 to 2019.
He served in the
state House from
2013 to 2017 and
2019 to 2021.
Petersen began
serving as state
Senate president in
2023. Petersen is
running for
re-election
to the
Arizona
State Senate
to represent
District 14.
He is on the
ballot in
the general
election on
November 5,
2024. He
advanced
from the
Republican
primary on
July 30,
2024. |
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GOP
Lawmakers
Fight
Against
Testifying
About
Transgender
Law's
Motives |
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"The state’s
top two
Republican
lawmakers
are asking a
federal
appeals
court to
protect them
from having
to explain
their
motives in
promoting
and voting
to ban
transgender
girls’
participation
in girls’
sports. The
attorney for
House
Speaker
Ben Toma
and Senate
President
Warren
Petersen
contends
that U.S.
District
Court Judge
Jennifer
Zipps got it
wrong when
she ordered
them to
answer
questions
from the
lawyers
representing
transgender
girls who
have sued to
overturn the
law." |
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Arizona Republicans
Ban Public From
Attending
Controversial
Immigration Bill
Vote, In Possible
Violation Of State
Law |
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"Republican Sen.
Warren Petersen
then ordered the
gallery to be
cleared and
was advised by
Republican Sen.
John Kavanagh to
have everyone in the
gallery arrested for
“disrupting the
legislature.”
This only further
incensed the crowd,
who began to chant,
“stop the hate!”" |
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Arizona
Republicans
Challenge
Campaign
Spending
Law
In
Appeals
Court |
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"Arizona
legislative
leaders
appeared
before
the
state
court
of
appeals
Tuesday
to
challenge
a
voter-backed
campaign
finance
disclosure
law
they
say
violates
the
state
constitution.
Senate
President Warren
Petersen of
Gilbert
and
House
Speaker Ben
Toma of
Peoria,
both
Republicans,
say
Proposition
211
— or
the
Voters
Right
to
Know
Act
—
takes
rulemaking
authority
away
from
the
Legislature
and
over-delegates
that
authority
to
Arizona
Citizens
Clean
Elections
Commission,
an
agency
of
the
executive
branch. Proposition
211
was
supported
by
more
than
70%
of
voters
in
the
2022
general
election and
requires
any
person
or
organization
making
campaign
media
expenditures
of
more
than
$50,000
to
statewide
elections
or
$25,000
to
local
elections
to
disclose
the
original
source
of
any
contributions
totaling
more
than
$5,000." |
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7,
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Instead
Of
Fixing
Arizona
Abortion
Law,
Republicans
Take
A
Vacation |
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"Republicans
in
the
Arizona
Legislature
had
a
chance
to
address
the
1864
law,
they
used
another
option—they
ran
for
the
exits.
GOP
lawmakers
ignored
votes
to
suspend
the
archaic
law
and
instead
voted
to
take
a
recess.
Twice.
Republicans
aren’t
taking
immediate
action.
They’re
not
even
taking
less-than-immediate
action.
Their
reaction
to
efforts
to
repeal
the
1864
ban
was
to
get
out
of
town
for
the
next
week."
[ .
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Arizona
House
Speaker Ben
Toma and
Senate
President Warren
Peterson are
supporters
of
the
1864
law.
Toma
and
Peterson
provided
an
amicus
brief
in
favor
of
restoring
the
Civil
War-era
legislation." |
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11,
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Gilbert
Senator
Must
Testify
In
Vote-Suppression
Case |
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"The
state’s
top
Republican
lawmakers
can’t
avoid
having
to
answer
questions
about
their
backing
of
legislation
making
it
more
difficult
to
register
to
vote.
Without
comment,
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court
rejected
a
claim
by
House
Speaker Ben
Toma and
Senate
President Warren
Petersen of
Gilbert
that
any
inquiries
into
the
background
of
how
2022
legislation
became
law
runs
afoul
of
legislative
privilege." |
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Dec.
7,
2023 |
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U.S.
High
Court:
Arizona
Lawmakers
Can't
Dodge
Voting
Rights
Questions |
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"Arizona’s
top
Republican
lawmakers
can’t
avoid
having
to
answer
questions
about
their
backing
of
legislation
making
it
more
difficult
to
register
to
vote.
Without
comment
Monday,
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court
rejected
a
claim
by
House
Speaker Ben
Toma and
Senate
President Warren
Petersen that
any
inquiries
into
the
background
of
how
2022
legislation
became
law
runs
afoul
of
legislative
privilege.
The
justices
did
not
explain
their
decision." |
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27,
2023 |
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Arizona
Senate
President
Warren
Petersen
On
navigating
A
Divided
Government |
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"Hoffman canceled
a
planned
hearing
of
the
Committee
on
Director
Nominations,
citing
his
displeasure
with
her
executive
actions
—
like
an
order
to
allow
gender-affirming
care
for
state
employees
and
an
order
consolidating
the
power
to
prosecute
doctors
who
perform
abortions
under
Attorney
General
Kris
Mayes,
a
Democrat. Hoffman
said
in
June
he
won’t
hold
any
more
hearings
unless
Hobbs
rescinds
executive
orders
that
he
takes
issue
with.
But
a
spokesperson
for
Senate
Republicans
confirmed
that
Hoffman
is
now
working
to
schedule
new
hearings,
even
though
Hobbs
never
met
his
demands." |
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7,
2023 |
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Petersen
And
Toma
Trying
To
Torpedo
Deal
That
Would
Lead
To
State’s
Obligation
To
Pay
For
Gender-Affirming
Surgery |
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"Top
Republican
lawmakers
are
trying
to
torpedo
a
deal
that
would
result
in a
court
order
that
would
forever
obligate
the
state
to
pay
for
gender-affirming
surgery
for
its
employees
and
dependents.
And,
if
nothing
else,
they
don’t
want
the
state
on
the
hook
for
$500,000
in
legal
fees
claimed
by
the
attorneys
that
sued.
In
arguments
filed
in
federal
court,
Senate
President Warren
Petersen and
House
Speaker Ben
Toma say
they
are
not
trying
to
block
the
state’s
insurance
program
from
covering
the
hysterectomy
sought
by
Russell
Toomey
who
filed
suit
four
years
ago.
That,
they
said,
already
is
going
to
happen,
pointing
out
that
Gov.
Katie
Hobbs
signed
Executive
Order
2023-12
in
June
directing
the
Department
of
Administration,
the
state’s
personnel
arm,
to
remove
language
exempting
“gender
reassignment
surgery”
from
the
health
care
policies
now
available
to
state
and
university
employees
and
retirees." |
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4,
2023 |
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Arizona
Lawmakers
Move
To
Block
"Dark
Money"
Law |
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"In
a
new
court
filing,
Senate
President Warren
Petersen and
House
Speaker Ben
Toma contend
that
Proposition
211
infringes
on
the
constitutional
right
of
the
Legislature
to
make
laws.
Now
they
want
Maricopa
County
Superior
Court
Judge
Frank
Moskowitz
to
override
what
voters
approved
just
last
year.
The
new
litigation
comes
less
than
two
months
after
a
different
Maricopa
judge
tossed
out
a
challenge
filed
by
the Arizona
Free
Enterprise
Club and
the Center
for
Arizona
Policy.
Scott
McCoy
rejected
their
claims
that
the
requirements
of
the
law
to
disclose
the
true
identity
of
those
who
spend
money
to
affect
candidate
races
and
ballot
measures
violates
the
rights
of
donors."
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211,
approved
in
November
by a
3-1
margin,
was
designed
to
close
that
loophole." |
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Aug.7,
2023 |
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Arizona
GOP
Legislative
Leaders
File
Emergency
Motion
To
Uphold
Transgender
Athlete
Ban
Law |
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"Senate
President Warren
Petersen and
House
Speaker Ben
Toma filed
Wednesday’s
motion
to
stop
the
federal
injunction" |
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Aug.
2,
2023 |
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Top
Arizona
Republicans
Ask
To
Defend
Trans
Athlete
Ban
In
Court |
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"Trans
people,
and
women
in
particular,
have
been
repeatedly
singled
out
by
Republican
politicians
in
recent
years,
as
the
party
has
weaponized
biological
essentialism
to
push
discriminatory
legislation
and
appeal
to
the
fringe." |
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2,
2023 |
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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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GOP
Arizona
Legislators,
Including
Leaders
Of
The
House
And
Senate,
Subpoenaed
To
Testify
In
Special Counsel
Probe
Of
Trump |
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"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." |
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Feb.
17,
2023 |
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Lawmaker
Who
Owns
Short-Term
Rental
Home
Looks
To
Block
PV
From
Enforcing
Regulations |
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"Gilbert
Republican
Sen. Warren
Petersen wants
the
attorney
general
to
investigate
an
ordinance
passed
by
Paradise
Valley
that
regulates
short-term
home
rentals,
which
he
says
violates
state
law,
while
the
lawmaker
himself
owns
a
million-dollar
luxury
Airbnb
listing
in
Gilbert.
If
Petersen’s
complaint
is
successful
in
striking
down
the
Paradise
Valley
ordinance,
it
would
effectively
block
other
cities
and
municipalities
from
pursuing
other
similar
ordinances,
including
in
Gilbert,
where
Petersen’s
Airbnb
is
located.
Petersen’s
listing,
discovered
by
Arizona
Mirror,
goes
for
$557
a
night
and
can
sleep
up
to
nine
people,
according
to
the
listing
by
“Warren”
along
with
a
photo
of
the
senator.
In a
text
message
to
the
Mirror,
Petersen
said
he
doesn’t
believe
it’s
a
conflict
of
interest
to
own
an
Airbnb
while
also
filing
a
complaint
with
the
Attorney
General’s
Office
regarding
regulations
of
short-term
rentals" |
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14,
2022 |
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Shame On
Every
Republican
Who
Voted
To
Sabotage
Arizona's
Schools |
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"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." |
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Feb.
22,
2022 |
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GOP
Lawmakers
Ask
Gov.
Ducey
To
Withhold
Funding
From
School
Districts
Mandating
Masks |
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"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." |
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Aug.
11,
2021 |
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Is
Sen.
Warren
Petersen
An
Insurrectionist? |
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"Petersen is
a
driving
force
behind
the
Republican-backed
push
to
audit
the
ballots
from
the
2020
election.
He
signed
off
on
subpoenas
ordering
the
ballots
to
be
delivered
for
inspection.
It’s
still
not
clear
who
exactly
will
audit
the
results
on
behalf
of
the
Senate
and
when
it
will
occur." |
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Mar.
10,
2021 |
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Brownies’
Project
Provokes
GOP
Leader
Attack |
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"An
Ahwatukee
Girl
Scout
Brownie
Troop
of
third
graders
may
one
day
learn
the
lesson
in
Arizona
hardball
politics
that
their
environmental
project
triggered." |
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24,
2019 |
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Battle
Lines
Drawn
In
Arizona
Gay
Discrimination
Case |
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Dec.
24,
2018 |
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Mesa
Lawmaker
Bullies
Bisbee
Over
Plastic
Bag
Ban |
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"State
Sen. Warren
Petersen,
a
Mesa
Republican,
filed
a
complaint
with
the
Arizona
attorney
general
Sept.
28
under
a
new
state
law
that
lets
any
individual
legislator
try
to
overturn
local
ordinances
they
say
violate
state
law.
He
says
that
Bisbee’s
ban
on
plastic
bags
for
the
purchases
people
make
at
stores
goes
against
a
law
that
he
helped
pass
last
year." |
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3,
2017 |
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Are
The
Koch
Brothers'
5
Favorite
(And
5
Least
Favorite)
Arizona
Legislators |
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Aug.
20,
2017 |
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AZ
Lawmaker
Supports
Stripping
Voters
Of
Right
To
Vote
For
U.S.
Senators |
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"For
113
years,
Americans
have
been
electing
their
U.S.
senators.
Now,
one
state
lawmaker
says
that's
long
enough.
Sen. Warren
Petersen,
a
Republican
from
Gilbert,
believes
lawmakers
like
himself
should
pick
U.S.
Senators
instead
of
the
same
voters
who
put
him
in
office." |
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14,
2017 |
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Nearly
$500K
In
‘Dark
Money’
Spent
On
Legislative
Primary
So
Far |
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Aug.
23,
2016 |
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Save
Saguaros,
Sacrifice
Self-Serving
Politicians |
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Mar.
17,
2015 |
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Republican
Bills
Aim
To
Ax
Clean Elections |
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"Petersen's
bill
and
SCR
1001,
authored
by
Sen. Steve
Pierce,
R-Prescott,
would
strip
the
commission
of
its
funding
[...]
Petersen
said
Clean
Elections
undermines
what
he
believes
to
be
an
important
part
of
any
election:
going
out
and
getting
contributions." |
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29,
2015 |
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