Growing Our Party

Pachyderm Coalition

General Election Endorsements

*The PAChyderm Coalition only endorses for state and local offices after candidate submittal of a Coalition Syllabus and recommendation by the Executive Committee.

Governor - Jan Brewer
Secretary of State - Ken Bennett
Attorney General - Tom Horne
Treasurer - Doug Ducey
Supt. Public Inst. - John Huppenthal
Mine Inspector - Joe Hart
Corp. Comm. - Brenda Burns, Gary Pierce
Maricopa County Att'y - Bill Montgomery
Justice of the Peace - Gerald Williams, Philip Woolbright, Roger Valdez
Peoria School Board - John Rosado
Casa Grande High Board - Stephen Kohut
Casa Grande Elem. Board - Mindy Kohut
CAP Board - TC Bundy, Raymond Johnson, Mark Lewis, Cynthia Moulton, John Rosado

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LD1 - Andy Tobin
LD3 - Doris Goodale and Nancy McLain
LD4 - Judy Burges and Jack Harper
LD5 - Brenda Barton and Chester Crandell
LD6 - Carl Seel
LD7 - David Burnell Smith
LD8 - John Kavanagh and Michelle Ugenti
LD10 - Jim Weiers and Kimberly Yee
LD11 - Eric West
LD12 - Jerry Weiers and Steve Montenegro
LD15 - Caroline Condit and Paul Yoder
LD17 - Don Hawker
LD18 - Cecil Ash and Steve Court
LD19 - Kirk Adams and Justin Olson
LD20 - Jeff Dial
LD21 - Tom Forese and JD Mesnard
LD23 - John Fillmore and Frank Pratt
LD25 - David Stevens and Peggy Judd
LD26 - Terry Proud
LD30 - David Gowan and Ted Vogt

SENATE
LD3 - Ron Gould
LD4 - Scott Bundgaard
LD5 - Sylvia Allen
LD6 - Lori Klein
LD7 - Nancy Barto
LD9 - Rick Murphy
LD10 - Linda Gray
LD15 - Bob Nelson
LD18 - Russell Pearce
LD21 - Steve Yarbrough
LD23 - Steve Smith
LD24 - Don Shooter
LD25 - Gail Griffin
LD26 - Al Melvin
LD28 - Greg Krino
LD30 - Frank Antenori

PROPOSITIONS

Proposition 106 YES
Amends the Constitution to prohibit any law from compelling participation in any particular health care system. It would provide for purchase and sale of insurance in private health care systems. The proposition allows individuals to pay health care providers directly without penalty or fine.

Proposition 107 YES
Amends the Constitution to ban programs that give preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The ban would apply to the state, counties, cities and towns. It would also affect universities and school districts. This repeal of affirmative action policies allows for fair opportunities for all job candidates.

Proposition 109 YES
Establishes hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife as constitutional rights for Arizona citizens; prevents any law or rule that would restrict these rights.

Proposition 110 YES
Amends state land laws to allow for the exchange of public land. This proposition is vital to maintaining Arizona ’s military bases that have been threatened by encroaching development.

Proposition 111 Neutral
Changes the Office of Secretary of State to the Office of Lieutenant Governor, maintains current duties and funding.  Establishes that the Lieutenant Governor candidates run individually in the Primary with the Primary winners to run as a single team with the Governor candidate in the General Election.
Proposition 112 YES
Citizen initiatives have been disqualified from the ballot after checks of petition signatures uncovered fraudulent signatures. Increases the time for filing an initiative petition to no less than six months preceding the date of the election for the proposed measures to allow for accurate verification.

Proposition 113 YES
Amends the constitution to include a right to vote by secret ballot for employee representation. The right to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right. If unions attempted to institute a “card check” instead of the secret ballot, workers would face intimidation to support union organization.

Proposition 203 NO
This proposition would allow patients with specific medical conditions to obtain marijuana with a physician’s certification to treat the identified medical condition or related symptoms. The proposition also includes severe or chronic pain as a reason to prescribe, which invites the potential to abuse.

Proposition 301 YES
Would move money from the outstanding balance in the Land Conservation Fund to help balance the state budget for FY 2011. The balance is currently unused & estimated at $150+ million, and if the proposition does not pass, it would open up a hole that size in the current budget.

Proposition 302 YES
Voters also have an opportunity to repeal the Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First) and redirect the funding to health and human services to children. The tobacco revenues accrued for First Things First have done little except create a bureaucracy. The enacted FY 11 budget assumes the passage of Proposition 302 to close the budget gap by $345million in revenues. Should this measure fail at the ballot, deeper children’s program cuts are inevitable.