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Warren Petersen |
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Serial homophobe and
far-right 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
Republican primary
on July 30, 2024. |
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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." [ . . . ] "Both
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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Apr. 11, 2024 |
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Apr.
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"The
Republican leader of the Arizona
Senate said Wednesday he wanted
the state Supreme Court to rule
the way it did on abortion. The
state’s high court issued a
decision Tuesday that will
reinstate a near-total ban on
abortions. The only exception is
when the procedure is necessary
to save the life of the mother.
“It
was hoped that it was going to
happen by pro-lifers, myself
included,” Arizona Senate
President Warren Petersen
told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The
Mike Broomhead Show. “We were
looking forward to a day where
we could protect life.”" |
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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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Nov. 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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Sep. 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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Sep. 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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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 |
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Mar. 1,
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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 |
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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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Center
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Arizona
Policy |
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2022 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate
District
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Question 2: 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'
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Oppose. |
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Question 4: Allowing biological males that identify as transgender to play on female sports’ teams. |
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Position: Oppose |
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Question 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.* |
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Position: Support |
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Question 9:
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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"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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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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Mar. 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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Center for Arizona
Policy (Cathi
Herrod) |
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2020 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate LD-12 |
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Question 2:
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 4:
Allowing biological males that
identify as transgender to play
on female sports’ teams. |
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Position: Oppose |
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Question 9:
Protecting a parent's right to
seek professional counseling for
their minor child with same-sex
attraction or gender identity
issues to help them reach their
desired outcome.* |
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Position: Support |
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Question 11:
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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dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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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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Apr. 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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Center for Arizona
Policy (Cathi
Herrod) |
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2018
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-12 |
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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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Position: Oppose. |
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9: Protecting a parent’s right to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same– sex attraction or gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome.* |
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Position: Support. |
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This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
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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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Oct. 3, 2017 |
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Here 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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Mar. 14, 2017 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy (Cathi
Herrod) |
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2016 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate LD-12 |
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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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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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Jan. 29, 2015 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2014
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-12 |
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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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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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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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Legislators
Defend Support For SB 1062 |
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Mar. 17, 2014 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2012
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Representative
LD-12 |
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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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15: Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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Position: Support |
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