2010 Elections

2010 ELECTIONS

2010 Arizona Political Candidate Recommendations

First candidate listed is preferred by The Arizona Conservative

GOVERNOR:

Dean Martin (R) - State Treasurer, Ex-State Sen. & Businessman

SECRETARY OF STATE:

Ken Bennett (R)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:

Andrew Thomas (R) - Maricopa County Attorney, Ex-Gubernatorial Aide & '02 Nominee

STATE TREASURER:

Thayer Verschoor (R) - State Sen., Businessman & Army Veteran

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:

John Huppenthal (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Ex-Chandler City Councilman

STATE MINE INSPECTOR:

Joe Hart (R)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

J.D. Hayworth (R) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-Radio Talk Show Host & Ex-TV Sportscaster

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:

Bradley Beauchamp (R) - Attorney & Ex-Teacher
Rusty Bowers (R) - Ex-State Senate Majority Leader, Ex-State Rep. & Lobbyist
Paul Gosar (R) - Dentist

District 2:

Trent Franks (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:

Vernon Parker (R) - Paradise Valley Mayor, GHW Bush White House Aide & Attorney
Pamela Gorman (R) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Public Relations Consultant

District 4:

Janet Contreras (R) - Network Administrator, Ex-Businesswoman, Ex-Auto Worker & Tea Party Activist

District 5:

David Schweikert (R) - Maricopa County Treasurer, Ex-State Rep., Businessman & '08 Nominee

District 6:

Jeff Smith – Conservative businessman

District 7:

Ruth McClung (R) - Rocket Scientist & Physicist

District 8:

Tom Carlson (R) - Industrial Engineer & Army Veteran
Andy Goss (R) - Iraq War Veteran & Businessman
Jesse Kelly (R) - Iraq War Veteran & Construction Executive
Brian Miller (R) - Afghan War Veteran & Pilot
Jonathan Paton (R) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Political Consultant & Iraq War Veteran

NEWS & PROFILES

Arizona Congressman Kirkpatrick Walks Out of Town Hall Meeting

HOLBROOK –Congressman Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-District 1) walked out of her own "Chat with Ann" tour Thursday – after less than 15 minutes of a planned hour-long appearance.

Shortly after showing up at the Safeway grocery store, the first-term Democrat was asked, "Will you require Members of Congress to be included in the health care bill? Yes or No?"

Without a response she immediately left without comment or explanation. Just two questions prompted her early departure.

Kirkpatrick's prompt exit comes on the heels of negative comments made by her fellow Democrats in recent days, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demonizing Americans who dare to question HR 3200, the Democrats' medical rationing bill.

Radical Leftist Kotterman Running for State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Kotterman formerly served as president of the Arizona Education Association (the Arizona chapter of the liberal teachers’ union, the National Education Association) and established a radical hard-left track record in that role.

In fact, when the NEA failed to enact a K-12 homosexual curriculum agenda, the national office gave Kotterman the task of developing a stealth approach to ramrod it through. Fortunately, she did not succeed, though the NEA is once again making news for its support of the homosexual agenda.

As chief of the AEA, Kotterman and her cohorts accomplished little if anything meaningful for actual education, instead following a political agenda far out of line with mainstream American families.

Kotterman as superintendent would give the homosexual pressure groups control over Arizona’s public schools, which should start focusing on education and leave politics out of the classrooms. She would be nothing short of a disaster for Arizona’s children and the future of the state. We need vast improvement in our K-12 system, but Kotterman is not the answer.

A summer 2009 poll revealed that an appallingly-low 3.5 percent of Arizona preps were capable of passing the test required of immigrants to gain citizenship. This is the tragic legacy of extreme left politics and their great dumbing down effect on education. Kotterman deserves some of the blame for her time leading the teachers' union.