2010 Candidate Survey: Arizona State Senate

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2010 Survey Statements for Candidates

S = Support O = Oppose * = indicates candidate made comments on survey. Click on the candidates last name to see survey comments.

1. Allowing parents to use tax credits, vouchers, or education savings accounts to enable children to attend any public, private, or home school.

2. Prohibiting embryonic stem cell research.

3. Legalizing physician-assisted suicide.

4. Excluding newborn children conceived while their mothers were receiving welfare from the calculation of the family's welfare cash grant.

5. Prohibiting state and local government agencies, including police departments, from accepting matricula consular cards as a form of identification.

6. Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

7. Providing abortions with government funding.

8. Establishing and maintaining a statewide public defender's office to provide adequate legal representation to those facing the death penalty.

9. Making the presence of undocumented immigrants in Arizona a state crime.

10. Mandating healthcare providers to facilitate the distribution of "emergency contraception" (i.e., morning after pills).

11. Simplifying the existing tax credit for donations made to nonprofit charitable organizations serving the working poor so that people who do not itemize their taxes are eligible to participate.

12. Creating a temporary guest worker program to provide foreign workers to Arizona employers experiencing a labor shortage.


Arizona Senate

Dist Name   Party                    
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Bob Donahue D S S O O O O O S O O S S
1 Steve Pierce R S S O O S S O S S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 Kee Allen Begay, Jr. D candidate did not answer survey
2 Gloria Hale-Showalter D candidate did not answer survey
2 Jack C. Jackson, Jr. D candidate did not answer survey
2 Sylvia Laughter D candidate did not answer survey              
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
3 Beth Weisser D candidate did not answer survey
3 Ron Gould* R S S O S S S O O* S O O O*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
4 Sue Dolphin D candidate did not answer survey
4 Tony Bouie* R S S* O S S S O O* S O S O*
4 Scott Bundgaard R candidate did not answer survey  
4 Shawn Kohner R S S O S S S O O S O S O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
5 Elaine Bohlmeyer D candidate did not answer survey              
5 Sylvia Tenney Allen* R S S O S S S O O S* O S S
5 Bill Konopnicki R S S O O O S O S O O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
6 Pat Flickner D candidate did not answer survey
6 David Braswell* R S* S O * S S O O S O S* S*
6 Lori Klein R S S O S S S O O S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7 Eric Shelley D candidate did not answer survey
7 Ray Barnes R S S O S S S O S S O S S
7 Nancy Barto* R S S O O* S S O S S O S S
7 Brad Buch* R S S O O S O* O O S O S O
7 Bob Green R S S O S S S S S S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
8 Stuart Turnansky D candidate did not answer survey
8 Michele Reagan R candidate did not answer survey              
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
9 Sheri Van Horsen D candidate did not answer survey
9 Michael Patti L S O S O O O O S O O S S
9 Rick Murphy* R S S O S S S O  - S O S O*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
10 Justin Johnson D candidate did not answer survey              
10 Linda Gray* R S S O * S S O S S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
11 Rita Dickinson D candidate did not answer survey
11 Rich Davis* R S S O O S S O O S* O S O*
11 Adam Driggs R S S O O S S O S S O S O
11 Andrew Smigielski R candidate did not answer survey
Dist Name Party                    
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
12 Tyler Kissell D candidate did not answer survey
12 Michael White L S O S O O O O O O O S S
12 John Nelson* R S S O O S* S O * S O S S
12 Eve Nunez R S S O  - S S O S O O S S
12 Clark Silver* R S S O O S S O O S O S O*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 Steve Gallardo D candidate did not answer survey          
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
14 Robert Meza D candidate did not answer survey          
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
15 Kyrsten Sinema D candidate did not answer survey    
15 Bob Thomas R S S O O O S O S S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
16 Victor Jett Contreras D S O O O O O O S O O S S
16 Leah Landrum D candidate did not answer survey              
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
17 David Schapira D candidate did not answer survey
17 Garret Chartier-Dickie L S O S S O O O O O S S S
17 Wendy Rogers* R S S O O S S* O O * O S S*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
18 Robert Hernendez McDonald, Jr. D candidate did not answer survey              
18 Andrew Sherwood D candidate did not answer survey
18 Andrea Garcia L candidate did not answer survey
18 Russell Pearce R S S O S S S O S S O S O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
19 Rich Crandall R S S O S S S O S S O S S
19 James Molina* R S S O S S S O O * O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
20 John McComish R S S O O S S O S S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
21 Steve Yarbrough R S S O S S S O S S O S S
Dist Name Party                      
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
22 Andy Biggs* R S S O O S S O S* S O S S*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
23 Rebecca Rios D candidate did not answer survey              
23 Matt Byers* R S S O * * S* O * S O S O
23 Steve Smith R S S O S S S O S S O S O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
24 Amanda Aguirre D candidate did not answer survey
24 Jack Kretzer L S  - O S  - S O S  -  -  -  -
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
25 Manuel V. Alvarez D S O O O O O O O O O S S
25 Gail Griffin* R S S O * S* S O * S O S *
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
26 Cheryl Cage D candidate did not answer survey
26 Al Melvin R S S O O O S O O S O S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
27 Olivia Cajero Bedford D candidate did not answer survey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
28 Paula Aboud D candidate did not answer survey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
29 Linda Lopez D candidate did not answer survey
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
30 Todd Camenisch D candidate did not answer survey              
30 Frank Antenori R S S O S S S O S S O S  -
30 Marian Ann McClure* R S S O S S S O - S O - S*