State of Arizona Archives: on Principles & Values

Ann Kirkpatrick: Arizona is changing; voters are ready for a choice

But it's the boots she bought with her waitressing tips that are likely to take center stage in the race. Those same boots became a symbol in her last campaign as Republicans sought to portray her as some sort of high-heeled Washington liberal.

Kirkpatrick, 65, was careful not to blast the 78-year-old McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, who was first elected to the House in 1982 and to the U.S. Senate four years later. Instead, she said, it's about giving voters what she thinks they want now. "The state's changing," she said. "I hear from Arizona voters who are ready for a choice in the next election.'

Blake Masters: Runs program paying people to quit college & start companies

Blake Masters: Being a conventional politician is sort of overrated

Blake Masters: For patriotic education, mourns loss of American optimism

Blake Masters: Describes himself as an American first conservative

Blake Masters: America is still the best nation in the world

Deedra Abboud: Keep church and state separate

Deedra Abboud: Keep God out of government

A: Strongly Oppose

Doug Marks: Keep God in public, but not in government

A: Sure but not in gov't. This is a 1st Amendment issue, GOD can be wherever folks want it outside of gov't.

Doug Ducey: Condemns violence & destructive rioting at US Capitol

Doug Ducey: Certified Biden victory in AZ; then named GOP Governor chair

Oh, Kelli Ward will run. Ward has been snapping at Ducey for following the law and certifying the election and spouting all manner of claims of the many nefarious ways in which Joe Biden stole the election from Donald Trump. It doesn't matter that she hasn't prevailed even once in court because really, it's not about the 2020 election anymore. It's about 2022.

[But the Ward-Ducey fight is] one of the great matchups that will never happen. For now, Ducey's days of running for elective office in Arizona appear over. The surest sign came this week when he was named chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Not only was it a poke in the nose to Trump, who is furious that Ducey didn't deliver Arizona, it's a chance for Ducey to build a national profile and gain entree to the party's biggest donors.

Doug Ducey: Entrepreneur and "conservative ice cream guy"

After graduating with a degree in finance in 1986, Ducey joined up with the founder of Cold Stone Creamery And helped turn a shop into a global brand with more than 1,400 stores. He eventually became CEO. In 2007, at the age of 43, Ducey helped engineer a merger with another Arizona franchising heavyweight, Kahala Corp. He got very rich in the process, but that corporate marriage didn't work out, an experience Ducey described to Bloomberg Business as "incredibly frustrating and disappointing, but equally liberating all at once". Ducey took some time off, refocused, and became the lead investor and chairman of the board of iMemories, a friend's technology start up in Scottsdale, which helps people digitize their home movies and share them online.

J.D. Hayworth: McCain has been reduced to a political shape-shifter

"These are the facts," McCain said. "J.D. Hayworth was a lobbyist. He was in late-night infomercials. He said he didn't d due diligence. My God man, didn't you know that this was a group that was taking people's money to say it could give them free government money."

Hayworth said, "It's really sad to see John McCain, who should be revered as a statesman, basically reduce to a political shape-shifter," he said, then turned to his opponent. "John, you've changed positions so much in this campaign maybe we'll have to set up an extra podium for you depending on which John McCain is going to answer which question."

J.D. Hayworth: Twice informally ranked among dumbest members of Congress

But it fell to Hayworth, a glib galoot who was twice informally ranked among the dumbest members of Congress during his 12 years in the House, to deliver the dead-on zinger that summed up where McCain has found himself in this strange and angry political season, struggling not to win the presidency but simply to hold on to the job which defines him, and which is all he has left. "It's really sad to see John McCain, who should be revered as a statesman, basically reduced to a political shape-shifter," Hayworth said.

So it is. McCain would go on to trounce Hayworth in the August primary, by 24 points, but not before turning himself into an almost unrecognizable political creature.

Jan Brewer: Add "competition" to copper; cattle; cotton; citrus; climate

That is the clear answer when I reflect upon what I have learned these past four years, and what has changed across the three decades since I first sat in this chamber. Today, Arizona must COMPETE for the most desirable jobs for our citizens--the finest teachers in our schools--the most talented students and faculty in our universities.

And each of our citizens must likewise compete to earn a living, build a future and raise a family in a safe and healthy environment. They face threats that once did not exist. And we at this capitol had better make sure we are helping them--not hurting them--in their efforts.

Jeff Flake: Vowed not to serve more than 3 terms in Congress; broke vow

Jim Lamon: AdWatch: shootout with Biden, Pelosi, Kelly

The ad is being widely criticized. Sen. Kelly is the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Giffords was seriously wounded during a mass shooting in Tucson in 2011 when six people were killed. Mark Kelly's Senate campaign declined comment.

ABC15 is hearing from viewers who have seen the ad and want us to stop running it. Federal law requires broadcasters to accept candidates' political ads regardless of the content; television stations are not allowed to reject or censor them.

Jim Lamon: Our rights don't come from government, they come from God

Jim Pederson: I'm unhappy with Washington today; Kyl's OK with it

I'm very unhappy with the way things are going in Washington today.
• The mess in Iraq.
• Broken borders we can't seem to fix.
• Katrina.
• Special deals for special interests.
• An unfair tax policy.
• No bid contracts - what's that all about?
• Corruption and immoral behavior at the highest levels.
• But most important, this administration doesn't know how to keep America safe.

Joe Arpaio: America's Toughest Sheriff in nation's third largest Office

Joe Arpaio: Joe Arpaio Action Fund: help conservatives win office

Jon Kyl: My opponent is out of mainstream on judges & terrorism

1. He's running an ad that criticizes me for voting to confirm Sam Alito and John Roberts. That shows just how far out of the mainstream he is.
2. On immigration, he thinks illegal immigrants should get US citizenship. He flip-flops on the border fence. He opposes IDs at the polls.
3. On terrorism, he should tell us not how to leave, but how to win.

Justin Olson: Committed to confirming conservative justices

Justin Olson: My faith is critical to me and a big part of who I am

"My faith is critical to me and a big part of who I am," replied state Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa, who is Mormon. "If there is anything that I think is the wrong policy, and somebody is encouraging me to support the wrong policy for wrong reasons, then I will stand up to that pressure." Olson said laws need to be strengthened to allow people to petition courts for relief from government regulations based on deeply held beliefs.

Kari Lake: Cancel culture is meant to keep people from speaking out

Karrin Taylor Robson: All rights flow from God, not the government

Katie Hobbs: Never seen nation so divided; seen it up close in Arizona

Kelli Ward: Pro-life; pro-family; pro-freedom

• Pro-Life
• Pro-Family
• Pro-Freedom

Kelli Ward: Urged anti-closure protestors to dress as health workers

"Planning protest to #ReOpenAmerica? EVERYONE wear scrubs & masks--the media doesn't care if you are really in healthcare or not--it's the 'message' that matters," she wrote.

Ward's comments come a few days after she questioned the authenticity of a small group of health care workers in Colorado who counterprotested against people calling for the state to reopen.

"EVEN IF these 'spontaneously' appearing ppl at protests against govt overreach (sporting the same outfits, postures, & facial expressions) ARE involved in healthcare - when they appeared at rallies, they were actors playing parts #Propaganda #FakeOutrage," Ward tweeted last week.

Kelli Ward: Filed lawsuits to overturn Biden victory over Trump in AZ

She may not have evidence but she has a killer platform on which to launch yet another run for the Republican nomination. And so she puts out a daily videos, railing about fraud. And so she files lawsuit after lawsuit, hoping her righteous indignation will make up the lack of evidence. And so she keeps the party faithful riled, roiled and ready to repel the traitors who stand in her way.

Kyrsten Sinema: Took oath of office on Constitution, not Bible

In the House, Sinema took the oath of office on a copy on the Constitution, not the Bible. She said that she was not affiliated with a religion.

She has joined the organizations of moderate Democrats, occasionally has criticized Obama, and has worked across the aisle with House Republicans. She co-founded the United States Caucus, a bipartisan group of house freshmen working on solutions for both parties, "I'm just doing my thing," she told Roll Call in February 2015. "I know my thing's a little bit different than other people, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that at all. And you know what? I don't mind if some people like it or don't like it. That's OK."

Marco Lopez: Parents taught moral obligation to give back to community

Mark Brnovich: Immigrant parents fled Communist Yugoslavia

Mark Brnovich: Freedom is what makes us Americans, makes us special

Mark Brnovich: Church attendance is clearly an "essential activity"

Mark Kelly: Wife, Rep. Gabby Giffords, survived assassination attempt

Officials said she is fortunate because the single bullet that struck her during the shooting rampage at a supermarket north of Tucson did not pass through both hemispheres. The bullet entered through the back of her skull on her left side and exited through the front. The gravest danger now is swelling of her brain. Doctors have removed about half of her skull on the left side to alleviate the pressure.

Doctors said while Giffords' progress is promising, they don't know what future deficits might result from being shot in the head.

Her husband, veteran astronaut Mark Kelly, is at her side. Some family friends have been allowed in to visit.

Martha McSally: It "pisses me off" when Trump attacks John McCain

Matt Salmon: Democrat values scare the heck out of me

Matt Salmon: Can't let liberal politicians turn Arizona into California

Mick McGuire: America is the greatest country in the history of the world

Mick McGuire: Will always oppose infringement of our constitutional rights

Mick McGuire: The radical left is tearing this country apart

Mitt Romney: My job was to ask Congress for earmarks for Olympics

SANTORUM: I didn't suggest it was a bad earmark. I voted for it. But Gov. Romney asked for that earmark. His TV ads right now, unfortunately, attack me for saying that I'm this great earmarker, when he not only asked for earmarks for the Salt Lake Olympics, but also did as the governor of Massachusetts, $300 million. He said, "I would be foolish if I didn't try to get federal dollars."

ROMNEY: I would put a ban on earmarks. He mentioned coming to the Congress, asking for support. No question about it. That's the nature of leading an organization or a state. You come to Congress and you say, these are the things we need. In the history of the Olympic movement, the federal government has always provided the transportation and security. I was fighting for those things. But while I was fighting to save the Olympics, Santorum was fighting to save the "Bridge to Nowhere."

Orrin Hatch: 23 years of experience fighting for you

Richard Carmona: 1999: shot and mortally wounded a deranged murderer

Carmona, a Tucson trauma M.D., had been on his way to a football game when he stopped to deliver first aid at what appeared to be a traffic accident. When he got closer to the scene, bystanders told him Lafitte was armed. Carmona returned to his car, retrieved his Pima County Sheriff Deputy badge and gun, identified himself repeatedly and warned Lafitte to drop his weapon, news accounts say. Instead, the gunman blasted away at Carmona--one bullet grazed Carmona's head. Carmona returned fire, mortally wounding Lafitte. Next, he triaged the wounded man. And later, he was credited with saving the lives of bystanders and Lafitte's girlfriend, whom Lafitte was going to kill next.

Richard Carmona: Classified as disabled veteran from Vietnam wounds

In 1992, he rappeled from a helicopter to deliver medical help to victims of a helicopter crash in the snowy Arizona mountains. Carting an injured person, he was hauled up to the hovering helicopter. His life seems adrenaline-charged, and he self-identifies both as a law-enforcement officer and a doctor.

Richard Carmona: Of Puerto Rican descent; grew up poor in Harlem

'I am not a Hispanic candidate,' Carmona told The Daily Beast. 'I am an American candidate who happens to be of Hispanic heritage.'

Richard Carmona: Seeks to earn the respect of disenfranchised populations

A: This is my first rodeo, okay? So I'm not an expert. But I think that there's good reason to believe that I have earned the trust and respect of the Hispanic community--not just because I'm Hispanic--because I was always there when they needed me as a professor, as a doctor, & as a trauma director here in town. And I've earned the respect all of our Native American brothers and sisters because of my actions. So I think there's every reason to believe that these populations which are normally disenfranchised--and they don't want to participate because they don't feel anybody really understands them--in me, they have somebody who not only understands, but who's somebody who's lived their life and has experienced the American dream. And I think that they will entrust me with being their senator because they know that I will always do what is best for them."

Rodney Glassman: McCain missed key votes when running for President

He dogged McCain for missing Senate votes while he was running for president and for shifting positions on key policy matters.

The senior senator dismissed the remarks as "biased."

Rodney Glassman: Cooperation instead of partisan battering ram

Glassman said his own campaign "is about having someone who will work with everyone to find solutions--not just serve as a partisan battering ram trying to accomplish nothing except self-aggrandizement and furthering their political future."

McCain, with few exceptions, ignored Glassman's attempts at eye contact as well as his verbal jabs, even when the Democrat directly challenged him to more debates, saying it was "disrespectful" to voters to limit his appearance to 60 minutes in exchange for a six-year term.

Ruben Gallego: Child of Hispanic immigrants; speaks Spanish

Steve Gaynor: Would occupy highest office held by Jewish person in AZ

Blake Masters: The 2020 election wasn't free or fair: I think Trump won

At the end of the Republican primary in early August, Masters' campaign website claimed that "if we had had a free and fair election, President Trump would be sitting in the Oval Office today." After Masters won the primary, CNN's KFile team reported, that language was removed from the site and replaced with this vague declaration: "We need to get serious about election integrity."

Kari Lake: I'm working hard to earn your vote; she's avoiding a debate

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Kari Lake is answering the tough questions and working hard to earn your vote. [Graphic: "Earning Your Vote" with background scene "Arizona Kari Lake, Nov. 22" appearing like a car license plate on podium with Lake speaking in a full-color video]. But Katie Hobbs is too timid to debate or defend her liberal record: [Graphic: "Katie Hobbs Running Away From a Debate", Arizona Republic Columnist Laurie Roberts, 10/12/22, headline and byline with background scene of Katie Hobbs in a still B&W photo]: crisis at the border; skyrocketing inflation; a looming recession. Arizonans want answers and solutions, and they deserve a gubernatorial debate. If Katie Hobbs is too afraid to debate, how can we trust her to make the tough choices? Katie Hobbs is too weak to lead Arizona. [Graphic: another Katie Hobbs B&W still photo with caption "Paid for by Yuma County Republican Central Committee; Authorized by Kari Lake."

Kari Lake: 2020 resulted in illegitimate fool in the White House

Lake has said she would not have certified Biden's victory in Arizona if she had been governor. She has continued, even in 2022, to demand the decertification of the Biden-won states of Arizona and Wisconsin, though that is a legal impossibility.

Lake has made numerous false claims about the 2020 election. She has falsely claimed Biden didn't receive 81 million votes he indeed received, falsely claimed Trump won Arizona, though he actually lost by more than 10,000 votes, and promoted baseless conspiracy theories about the vote count.

Katie Hobbs: Let's work together, not chase conspiracy theories