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Adam Kwasman
Adam Kwasman (born October 28, 1982) is an American attorney, politician, and a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 11 from 2013 to 2015. Kwasman ran unsuccessfully for United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congress in 2014. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona. Early life and education Kwasman was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. He earned his bachelor's degree (Cum Laude) from Tulane University, a master's degree in Economics from George Mason University, and a Juris Doctor, J.D. degree from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Career Kwasman worked at the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies and interned on United States House of Representatives, Capitol Hill for former Congressman Jim Kolbe. Kwasman worked in the United Kingdom for the RAND Corporation, assisting in their research of Islamic terrorism while studying at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Smith (Arizona Politician)
Steve Smith is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 11 since 2015 to 2019. He previously represented the 11th district in the House from 2013 to 2015, and District 23 seat in the Senate from 2011 to 2013. Early life and education Smith was born in Detroit, Michigan. He earned his BA in marketing from Michigan State University. He moved to Arizona in 2001. Elections In 2010, Smith challenged incumbent Democratic State Senator Rebecca Rios for the District 23 seat. Smith won the August 24, 2010, Republican primary with 11,719 votes (74.4%); and defeated Rios in the November 2, 2010, general election with 34,568 votes. In 2012, incumbent Republican State Senator Michele Reagan was redistricted from District 8 and State Representatives Eric Meyer and Kate Brophy McGee were redistricted to District 28. Smith declared his candidacy for House District 11. In the August 28, 2012, Republican primary, he placed first with 16,2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Kolbe
James Thomas Kolbe (June 28, 1942 – December 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2007. A moderate, pro–abortion rights Republican, he came out as gay in 1996 after voting in support of the Defense of Marriage Act; his subsequent re-elections made him the second openly gay Republican elected to Congress. After leaving Congress, Kolbe served on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations under Democratic president Barack Obama. Kolbe left the Republican Party and became an independent in 2018 after the election of Donald Trump. He endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Early life Kolbe was born in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, on June 28, 1942, the son of Helen Nevada (Reed) and Walter William Kolbe. When he was five, his family moved to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Ugenti-Rita
Michelle Ugenti-Rita (born June 28, 1980) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 23 from 2019 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. Ugenti served consecutively from January 10, 2011 until January 14, 2013 in the District 8 seat. She was a candidate for Secretary of State of Arizona in the 2022 election, but lost in the Republican primary. Education She attended Desert Mountain high school. Ugenti graduated from Arizona State University in 2003 with a degree in business administration. Career In 2017, Ugenti was the only Republican to oppose a 'Blue Lives Matter' bill that toughens penalties for assaulting off-duty police. In January 2019, she sponsored legislation which would prohibit voters who received early vote ballots from casting those votes at polling places before or on election day (they would only be allowed to cast them through mail). Election officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colbert Report
''The Colbert Report'' ( ) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show focused on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. Furthermore, the show satirized conservative personality-driven political talk programs, particularly Fox News's '' The O'Reilly Factor''. ''The Colbert Report'' is a spin-off of Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'', where Colbert was a correspondent from 1997 to 2005. The program, created by Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Ben Karlin, lampooned current events and American political happenings. The show's structure consisted of an introductory monologue and a guest interview, in which the Colbert character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Kiehne
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, to elect representatives for all 435 List of United States congressional districts, congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting members for the District of Columbia and Territories of the United States were also elected. These elections coincided with the 2016 United States presidential election, election of U.S. President, President Donald Trump, although his party lost seats in both chambers of Congress. The winners of this election served in the 115th United States Congress, 115th Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. In October 2015, the October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, House elected a new Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker, Republican Paul Ryan, who was re-elected in the new term. Democrat Nancy Pelosi continued to lead her party as Minority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Tobin
Andrew M. Tobin (born June 27, 1958) is the Director of the Arizona Department of Administration. He formerly was a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission and also served in the Arizona House of Representatives from the state's 1st district, and as former Speaker, beginning in 2011. He currently serves as the Director of the Arizona Department of Administration. In 2014 Tobin ran for Arizona's 1st congressional district against incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick (D), who won with 52.6% of the vote. He previously served as the appointed director of the State Department of Insurance and Interim Superintendent of the state Department of Financial Institutions. He additionally served nine months as director of the Arizona Weights and Measures Department. Tobin ran in 2016 for reelection to the Corporation Commission, he won in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016 and in the general election. Biography Tobin was born in 1958 as the second of six children in New York City to an Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona's 1st Congressional District
Arizona's 1st congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona, covering northeastern Maricopa County. Before 2023, geographically, it was the eleventh-largest congressional district in the country and included much of the state outside the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. From 2013 through 2022, it also included the Navajo Nation, the Hopi reservation, and the Gila River Indian Community, with 25% of the population being Native American. At that time, the district had more Native Americans than any other congressional district in the United States. It is currently represented by Democrat Tom O'Halleran, who has served since 2017; in the 2022 elections, David Schweikert was elected in the redefined district. The new 1st district will include Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and Chandler; will be majority-white; and will be the wealthiest congressional district in Arizona. History When Arizona was first divided into congressional di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans For Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), founded in 2004, is a libertarian conservative political advocacy group in the United States funded by Charles Koch and formerly his brother David. As the Koch brothers' primary political advocacy group, it is one of the most influential American conservative organizations. After the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama, AFP helped transform the Tea Party movement into a political force. It organized significant opposition to Obama administration initiatives such as global warming regulation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the expansion of Medicaid and economic stimulus. It helped turn back cap and trade, the major environmental proposal of Obama's first term. AFP advocated for limits on the collective bargaining rights of public-sector trade unions and for right-to-work laws, and it opposed raising the federal minimum wage. AFP played an active role in the achievement of the Republican majority in the House of Representativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Conservative Union
The American Conservative Union (ACU) is an American political organization that advocates for conservative policies, ranks politicians based on their level of conservatism, and organizes the Conservative Political Action Conference. Founded on December 18, 1964, it calls itself the oldest ongoing conservative lobbying organization in the U.S. The ACU is concerned with issues such as personal liberty or freedom, foreign policy, and traditional values, which they define as foundations of conservatism. Activities The ACU comprises three entities: The American Conservative Union, a 501(c)(4) organization which conducts lobbying; The American Conservative Union Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization best known for hosting the Conservative Political Action Conference; and The American Conservative Union Political Action Committee, a PAC that formally endorses and funds conservative candidates for federal and state level offices. Congressional ratings Dating back to 1971, ACU has i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Rogers (politician)
Wendy Rogers (born July 24, 1954) is an American far-rightAbridged list of sources that refer to Wendy Rodgers as far-right or having ties to far-right political causes: * * * * * * politician serving as a member of the Arizona State Senate from the 7th legislative district and the Republican Party. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 11, 2021. Rogers was an officer in the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1996. An outspoken supporter of Donald Trump, Rogers led a successful primary challenge in 2020 against incumbent Republican state senator Sylvia Allen and defeated Democrat Felicia French in the general election. She had previously made five unsuccessful campaigns for public office. Since her election, Rogers has emerged as a divisive and controversial figure, embracing inflammatory rhetoric including the Great Replacement conspiracy theory and appearing on TruNews. Rogers is a member of Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia whose members took part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
