Small-business group releases its list of pre-primary endorsements for state House and Senate
PHOENIX, Ariz., —Arizona’s voice of small business announces its endorsement of 51 candidates running for the state Legislature. Eleven of the 16 Senate candidates supported are incumbents running for re-election; five Senate candidates are members of the House of Representatives running for a seat in the upper chamber.
Twenty-six of the 35 House candidates receiving an endorsement are incumbents running for re-election plus one senator who is running for the House due to term limits. Also, eight non-incumbents running for the House receive NFIB’s nod. The organization expects to supplement its list of endorsements after the August 30th primary election.
“These candidates represent small business’ choice for the Arizona Legislature either due to their excellent voting records in office or because of pro-free-enterprise public policy positions detailed in our non-incumbent candidate questionnaire,” said Farrell Quinlan, Arizona state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s largest and leading small-business association with 350,000 members nationwide, including more than 6,000 in Arizona. Today’s endorsements were made by the NFIB/Arizona SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, the political action committee for NFIB.
* denotes member of NFIB
Arizona Senate:
LD01 – Rep. Karen Fann
LD06 – Sen. Sylvia Allen
LD08 – Rep. Frank Pratt
LD11 – Sen. Steve Smith
LD12 – Rep. Warren Petersen
LD13 – Rep. Steve Montenegro
LD14 – Sen. Gail Griffin*
LD15 – Sen. Nancy Barto
LD16 – Sen. David Farnsworth
LD17 – Sen. Steve Yarbrough
LD20 – Sen. Kimberly Yee
LD21 – Sen. Debbie Lesko
LD22 – Sen. Judy Burges
LD23 – Sen. John Kavanagh
LD25 – Sen. Bob Worsley
LD28 – Rep. Kate Brophy McGee
Arizona House:
LD01 – Rep. Noel Campbell
LD02 – Rep. John Ackerley
LD05 – Rep. Regina Cobb
LD05 – Paul Mosley
LD06 – Rep. Brenda Barton
LD06 – Rep. Bob Thorpe
LD08 – David Cook*
LD08 – Rep. T.J. Shope
LD10 – Todd Clodfelter
LD11 – Rep. Mark Finchem*
LD11 – Rep. Vince Leach
LD12 – Rep. Eddie Farnsworth
LD12 – Travis Grantham
LD13 – Rep. Darin Mitchell
LD13 – Sen. Don Shooter
LD15 – Rep. John Allen
LD15 – Rep. Heather Carter
LD16 – Rep. Doug Coleman
LD16 – Rep. Kelly Townsend
LD17 – Rep. J.D. Mesnard
LD17 – Rep. Jeff Weninger*
LD18 – Rep. Jill Norgaard
LD18 – Rep. Bob Robson
LD20 – Rep. Paul Boyer
LD20 – Rep. Anthony Kern
LD21 – Kevin Payne
LD21 – Rep. Tony Rivero
LD22 – Rep. David Livingston
LD22 – Rep. Phil Lovas
LD23 – Rep. Jay Lawrence
LD23 – Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita
LD25 – Rep. Rusty Bowers
LD25 – Ross Groen
LD28 – Matt Morales*
LD28 – Maria Syms
