Policy Positions
Criminal Justice(7)
Opposes leniency on drug trafficking, sponsoring legislation to establish drug trafficking homicide as a class 1 felony and declaring drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
"HB2820 (2024) – Establishes drug trafficking homicide as a class 1 felony offense."
Supports increasing minimum imprisonment requirements for dangerous crimes against children and increasing sentences for sexual crimes against minors.
"HB2889 (2021) – Increasing sentences in sexual crimes against minors."
Opposes defunding police or issuing stand-down orders, sponsoring a resolution forbidding elected officials from giving stand-down orders to public safety officers.
"HCR2032 (2021) – Forbids elected officials from giving "stand-down" orders to public safety officers."
Supports a properly funded and staffed police force.
"Properly funded and staffed police force."
Opposes drug decriminalization, sponsoring legislation to establish drug trafficking homicide as a class 1 felony and declare drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
"HB2820 (2024) – Establishes drug trafficking homicide as a class 1 felony offense."
Supports increased sentencing for serious crimes, sponsoring legislation increasing minimum imprisonment for dangerous crimes against children and establishing higher felony classes for various offenses.
"HB2889 (2021) – Increasing sentences in sexual crimes against minors."
Opposes reducing police funding, sponsoring a measure to put a minimum law enforcement expenditure before voters and prohibiting elected officials from giving stand-down orders to public safety officers.
"HCR2028 (2022) – Puts to voters in 2022 a minimum law enforcement expenditure."
Economy(14)
Supports cutting individual income tax to a flat rate of 2.5%.
"HB2497 (2022) – Immediately cuts the tax rate to a flat 2.5% for individuals and 1.5% for small businesses."
Supports reducing taxes on small businesses to a flat rate of 1.5% and protecting businesses from forced closures during emergencies.
"HB2497 (2022) – Immediately cuts the tax rate to a flat 2.5% for individuals and 1.5% for small businesses."
Supports a flat income tax, sponsoring legislation to immediately cut the individual tax rate to a flat 2.5% and 1.5% for small businesses.
"HB2497 (2022) – Immediately cuts the tax rate to a flat 2.5% for individuals and 1.5% for small businesses."
Candidate supports low state income tax for all individuals.
"Low state income tax for all to prosper."
Supports low state income tax for all individuals.
"Low state income tax for all to prosper."
Supports allowing individuals to deduct health care costs from their state income tax.
"Supports laws allowing individuals to deduct the costs of health care from their state income tax."
Supports common sense policies that protect and help small businesses thrive.
"Common sense policies that protect small businesses."
Candidate supports common sense policies that protect and help small businesses thrive.
"Common sense policies that protect small businesses."
Supports small business tax relief and protections, including reduced flat tax rates for small businesses and protections from forced closures during declared emergencies.
"HB2107 (2022) – Protects businesses from forced closures by city or county officials during a declared emergency."
Supports prohibiting businesses from using forced labor, requiring attestation of compliance with forced labor laws.
"HB2657 (2022) – Requires businesses to file an attestation with the Attorney General that the business is compliant with forced labor laws."
Supports protections against forced labor, requiring businesses to file attestations of compliance with forced labor laws and prohibiting contracts with companies using Chinese Uyghur labor.
"HB2657 (2022) – Requires businesses to file an attestation with the Attorney General that the business is compliant with forced labor laws."
Supports eliminating taxes on food and residential rental transactions at the local level, prohibiting cities and towns from levying sales taxes on home consumption food items and residential rental taxes.
"HB2061 (2023) – Prohibits a city, town or other taxing jurisdiction from levying a transaction privilege tax (TPT), sales, use, franchise or other similar tax or fee on the sale of food and certain beverage items intended for home consumption."
Opposes taxes on food and residential rental transactions, sponsoring bills to prohibit such taxes at the local level.
"HB2061 (2023) – Prohibits a city, town or other taxing jurisdiction from levying a transaction privilege tax (TPT), sales, use, franchise or other similar tax or fee on the sale of food and certain beverage items intended for home consumption."
Candidate has a record of fighting reckless spending and positions himself as a fiscal conservative.
"Arizona needs a proven strong conservative voice in Washington—someone who will stand tall in D.C. and has been battle-tested to fight reckless spending and put the people ahead of special interests."
Education(15)
Candidate opposes comprehensive sex education in elementary school.
"Opposes comprehensive sex education in elementary school."
Supports school choice for all children.
"School choice for all children."
Opposes comprehensive sex education in elementary school.
"Opposes comprehensive sex education in elementary school."
Candidate supports school choice for all children.
"School choice for all children."
Supports expanding school choice programs, including extending K-12 Empowerment Scholarships to all Arizona families.
"HB2853 (2022) – Extends K-12 Empowerment Scholarships (ESAs) to all Arizona families and protected over 50,000 student scholarships when Hobbs threatened to cut them."
Supports school choice programs, including extending K-12 Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to all Arizona families and creating an Arizona School Choice Program.
"HB2853 (2022) – Extends K-12 Empowerment Scholarships (ESAs) to all Arizona families and protected over 50,000 student scholarships when Hobbs threatened to cut them."
Opposes teaching critical race theory and concepts relating to race and ethnicity in public schools, sponsoring legislation to prohibit such instruction.
"HB2458 (2023) – Prohibits a public school, school district or state agency that is involved with K-12 education, from providing instruction to students or employees that promotes or advocates for specified concepts relating to race and ethnicity."
Opposes critical race theory and race/ethnicity advocacy instruction in public schools, sponsoring legislation to prohibit such instruction and defund CRT government training.
"HB2458 (2023) – Prohibits a public school, school district or state agency that is involved with K-12 education, from providing instruction to students or employees that promotes or advocates for specified concepts relating to race and ethnicity."
Supports results-based funding that rewards schools with positive outcomes, with full accountability and transparency.
"Full Accountability and Full Transparency that eliminates waste. Results-based funding that reward schools that are getting it right!"
Candidate supports results-based funding that rewards schools performing well, with full accountability and transparency.
"Results-based funding that reward schools that are getting it right!"
Supports exempting certain categories of state university students from student fees, including veterans, parents, and those with financial hardship.
"HB2496 (2022) – Allows for state university students to be exempt from student fees if they are a veteran, are recently married, have recently become a parent, have an objection on religious or moral grounds, have financial hardship, or are part-time students."
Supports allowing state university students who are veterans, married, parents, have financial hardship, or have religious objections to be exempt from student fees.
"HB2496 (2022) – Allows for state university students to be exempt from student fees if they are a veteran, are recently married, have recently become a parent, have an objection on religious or moral grounds, have financial hardship, or are part-time students."
No explicit position on teacher pay stated, though sponsored legislation on school governing board member employment restrictions.
"HB2459 (2023) – Stipulates a school district may employ a person who served on the school district's governing board during the preceding two years only in a position that provides services directly to students."
No explicit position on K-12 public school funding levels was stated.
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No explicit position on teacher pay or workforce was stated on this page.
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Guns(8)
Strongly supports Second Amendment rights, sponsoring multiple bills to expand gun rights and prohibit Arizona from enforcing federal laws inconsistent with the Second Amendment.
"HB2111 (2021) – Prohibits Arizona from using any state resources to enforce any federal law that is inconsistent with the second amendment and state law."
Supports expanding concealed carry rights for Arizonans with valid permits.
"HB2316 (2022) – Expands where Arizonans can carry who have a valid concealed carry weapons permit."
Strongly supports Second Amendment rights, sponsoring legislation to prohibit Arizona from enforcing federal laws inconsistent with the Second Amendment and state law.
"HB2111 (2021) – Prohibits Arizona from using any state resources to enforce any federal law that is inconsistent with the second amendment and state law."
Supports protecting firearm owners from financial discrimination by prohibiting government and financial institutions from discriminating based on firearm ownership.
"HB2472 (2022) – Prohibits the government and financial institutions from discriminating based on firearm ownership."
Candidate is pro-Second Amendment, supporting gun rights.
"Pro 2nd amendment."
Supports expanding concealed carry rights by expanding where Arizonans with valid concealed carry permits can carry.
"HB2316 (2022) – Expands where Arizonans can carry who have a valid concealed carry weapons permit."
Candidate has received an A rating from the NRA and endorsements from Gun Owners of America and National Association for Gun Rights, indicating strong support for Second Amendment rights.
"National Rifle Association"
Healthcare(6)
Candidate supports allowing individuals to deduct healthcare costs from state income taxes.
"Supports laws allowing individuals to deduct the costs of health care from their state income tax."
Supports legal challenges to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
"Supports fighting unconstitutionality of Obamacare."
Candidate supports fighting the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), indicating opposition to the law.
"Supports fighting unconstitutionality of Obamacare."
Supports protecting individuals with preexisting conditions from coverage denial.
"Supports protecting those with preexisting conditions."
No explicit position on reproductive healthcare access stated on this page.
"HB2294 (2022) – Government documents may only use male or female to indicate a person's sex."
No explicit position on reproductive healthcare access was stated on this page.
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Immigration(6)
Supports strong border security measures including funding the border wall and establishing state criminal liability for unlawful immigration.
"HB2317 (2022) – Funds the border wall, providing a desperately-needed defense against the rising crisis at Arizona's southern border."
Strongly supports border security measures including funding an Arizona border wall and establishing state criminal liability for unlawful immigration.
"HB2317 (2022) – Funds the border wall, providing a desperately-needed defense against the rising crisis at Arizona's southern border."
Candidate supports a strong and secure border to prevent illegal entry.
"A strong and secure border preventing illegal entrance."
Supports aggressive enforcement against unlawful immigration, sponsoring an emergency measure establishing state criminal liability for conduct relating to unlawful immigration.
"HB2821 (2024) – An emergency measure that establishes state criminal liability for a range of conduct relating to unlawful immigration."
Supports a strong and secure border to prevent illegal entry.
"A strong and secure border preventing illegal entrance."
Supports state-level criminal enforcement related to unlawful immigration, sponsoring emergency legislation establishing state criminal liability for a range of conduct relating to unlawful immigration.
"HB2821 (2024) – An emergency measure that establishes state criminal liability for a range of conduct relating to unlawful immigration."
Social Issues(12)
Supports religious freedom protections, including making religious services essential during emergencies and protecting religious exemptions from vaccine mandates.
"HB2648 (2021) – Religious services are considered essential services during a state of emergency."
Opposes use of taxpayer dollars for critical race theory training and instruction in government and schools.
"HB2906 (2021) – Requires government auditors to ensure no state, city, or county from using taxpayer dollars to pay for critical race theory training."
Supports protecting freedom of religion.
"Protect free speech, due process, and our freedom of religion."
Opposes LGBTQ+ policies in schools, sponsoring bills prohibiting use of preferred pronouns and requiring athletic teams to be divided by biological sex.
"HB2293 (2022) – Schools may not require employees to use pronouns that differ from the gender someone is assigned at birth."
Opposes racial equity training and critical race theory, sponsoring legislation requiring government auditors to ensure no taxpayer dollars are used to pay for critical race theory training.
"HB2906 (2021) – Requires government auditors to ensure no state, city, or county from using taxpayer dollars to pay for critical race theory training."
Candidate is pro-life, indicating opposition to abortion access.
"Pro-life."
Strongly supports religious freedom, sponsoring multiple bills including making religious services essential during emergencies and protecting employers who reject religious vaccine exemptions from liability.
"HB2648 (2021) – Religious services are considered essential services during a state of emergency."
Candidate supports protecting freedom of religion as a core liberty.
"Protect free speech, due process, and our freedom of religion."
Opposes recognition of gender identity beyond biological sex, sponsoring a bill requiring government documents to use only male or female to indicate sex.
"HB2294 (2022) – Government documents may only use male or female to indicate a person's sex."
Opposes LGBTQ+ gender identity policies in schools, sponsoring legislation preventing schools from requiring employees to use pronouns differing from biological sex at birth.
"HB2293 (2022) – Schools may not require employees to use pronouns that differ from the gender someone is assigned at birth."
Opposes recognition of gender identity beyond biological sex, sponsoring legislation requiring government documents to only use male or female to indicate a person's sex.
"HB2294 (2022) – Government documents may only use male or female to indicate a person's sex."