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ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE DIOCESE OF GALLUP H DIOCESE OF PHOENIX H DIOCESE OF TUCSON HOLY PROTECTION OF MARY BYZANTINE CATHOLIC EPARCHY OF PHOENIX H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H The Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) is the Included on the ACC Voter’s Guide are races covering All candidates in the aforementioned races were public policy arm of the Diocese of Phoenix, the the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a survey and asked to respond with whether they Diocese of Tucson, the Diocese of Gallup, and the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Support (S) or Oppose (O) the given statements. The Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, ACC Voter’s Guide lists every one of these candidates of Phoenix. The ACC is a non-partisan entity and State Mine Inspector, Corporation Commission and regardless of whether they returned a survey. Many does not endorse any candidates. the Arizona State Senate and Arizona State House candidates elaborated on their responses which are The ACC Voter’s Guide is meant solely to provide of Representatives. It is important to remember indicated by an asterisk and a hyperlink to a scanned an important educational tool containing unbiased that members of the State Senate and State House document. information on the upcoming elections. Pursuant to are elected by legislative district. Each legislative Online in English and Spanish at Internal Revenue Service requirements for churches district includes one State Senator and two State www.azcatholicconference.org and nonprofi t organizations, this document does Representatives. not endorse candidates or indicate our support or Find your legislative district here: opposition to the questions. www.azredistricting.org/districtlocator We would strongly encourage you to fi nd out more information about those candidates who did not complete a questionnaire, as well as those who did. Contact information for each of these candidates can be found at https://apps.arizona.vote/electioninfo/elections/2018-general-election/legislative/1352/4/0 V1 Page V2 ✦ The Catholic Sun votersguide October 18, 2018 Arizona Catholic Conference 2018 Voters Guide UNITED STATES SENATE Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Martha McSally R Candidate did not answer survey. Kyrsten Sinema D Candidate did not answer survey. Angela Green G Candidate did not answer survey. H H H H H H UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Earlier this summer Dist. Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 candidates running for 1 Wendy Rogers R S O O S O O S O S S office were presented with a 1 Tom O’Halleran D Candidate did not answer survey. series of 10 statements and 2 Lea Marquez Peterson R Candidate did not answer survey. asked to identify whether or 2 Ann Kirkpatrick D Candidate did not answer survey. not they supported or 3 Nicolas “Nick” Pierson* R S O * * O * O * S S opposed them . 3 Raúl Grijalva D Candidate did not answer survey. 4 Paul Gosar R Candidate did not answer survey. Some candidates chose 4 David Brill D Candidate did not answer survey. not to answer the survey 4 Haryaksha G. Knauer G Candidate did not answer survey. while others took time to 5 Andy Biggs R Candidate did not answer survey. 5 Joan Greene D Candidate did not answer survey. elaborate on their answers . * 6 David Schweikert R Candidate did not answer survey. 6 Anita Malik D Candidate did not answer survey. View these answers at: 7 Ruben Gallego D Candidate did not answer survey. www .azcatholicconference .org 7 Gary Swing G Candidate did not answer survey. 8 Debbie Lesko R S O O S O - - O S S H H H H H H 8 Hiral Tipirneni D Candidate did not answer survey. 9 Stephen L. Ferrara R Candidate did not answer survey. 9 Greg Stanton D Candidate did not answer survey. 1 . Allowing parents to use tax credits, or empowerment GOVERNOR scholarship accounts to Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 enable children to attend any public, private, or home Doug Ducey R Candidate did not answer survey. school . David Garcia D Candidate did not answer survey. 2 . Legalizing physician-assisted Angel Torres G Candidate did not answer survey. suicide . 3 . Providing in-state college SECRETARY OF STATE tuition at public universities Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 for undocumented immigrants who graduate Steve Gaynor R Candidate did not answer survey. from Arizona high schools . Katie Hobbs D Candidate did not answer survey. 4 . Amending the United States Constitution to define ATTORNEY GENERAL marriage as the union of one Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 man and one woman . 5 . Providing abortion providers Mark Brnovich R Candidate did not answer survey. with government funding . January Contreras D Candidate did not answer survey. 6 . Placing a moratorium on the STATE TREASURER death penalty . 7 . Making the presence of Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 undocumented immigrants in Kimberly Yee R Candidate did not answer survey. Arizona a state crime . Mark Manoil D Candidate did not answer survey. 8 . Mandating healthcare providers to facilitate the SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION distribution of “emergency Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 contraception” (i .e ., morning after pills) . Frank Riggs R Candidate did not answer survey. 9 . Providing an inflationary Kathy Hoffman D Candidate did not answer survey. increase for the charitable organization tax credit which STATE MINE INSPECTOR benefits organizations serving Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 the working poor, and foster children . Joe Hart R Candidate did not answer survey. 10 . Exempting religious employ- William “Bill” Pierce D Candidate did not answer survey. ers from any abortifacient or contraceptive mandates that CORPORATION COMMISSION may violate the tenets of Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 their faith . Rodney Glassman R Candidate did not answer survey. Justin Olson R Candidate did not answer survey. ANSWER KEY Sandra Kennedy* D * * * * * * * * * * S . Supports Kiana Maria Sears D Candidate did not answer survey. O . Opposes —. No answer ARIZONA STATE SENATE * . Elaborated on answer Dist. Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Karen Fann R Candidate did not answer survey. PARTY KEY 1 Jo Craycraft D Candidate did not answer survey. AE . Americans Elect 2 Shelley Kais R Candidate did not answer survey. D . Democrat 2 Andrea Dalessandro D Candidate did not answer survey. I . .. Independent 3 Sally Ann Gonzales D Candidate did not answer survey. L . Libertarian 4 Lisa Otondo D Candidate did not answer survey. R . Republican 5 Sonny Borrelli R Candidate did not answer survey. 5 J’aime Morgaine D Candidate did not answer survey. H H H H H H 6 Sylvia Tenney Allen R Candidate did not answer survey. October 18, 2018 votersguide The Catholic Sun ✦ Page V3 ARIZONA STATE SENATE continued Dist. Name Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 Wade Carlisle D Candidate did not answer survey. 7 JL Mealer* R S O S* S* O S O* O S S 7 Jamescita Peshlakai D Candidate did not answer survey. 8 Frank Pratt R Candidate did not answer survey. 8 Sharon Girard D Candidate did not answer survey. 9 Randy Fleenor R S O O S O O O O S S 9 Victoria Steele D O S S O S S O S S O 10 Marilyn Wiles R Candidate did not answer survey. 10 David Bradley D O S S O S S O S O O H H H H H H 11 Venden “Vince” Leach R S O O O O O S O S S Earlier this summer 11 Ralph Atchue D Candidate did not answer survey. 11 Mohammad Arif G S O S O O S S O S O candidates running for 12 Eddie Farnsworth R S O O S O O S O O S office were presented with a 12 Elizabeth Brown D Candidate did not answer survey. series of 10 statements and 13 Sine Kerr R Candidate did not answer survey. asked to identify whether or 13 Michelle Harris D Candidate did not answer survey. not they supported or 14 David Gowan R S O O S O O S O S S opposed them . 14 Jaime Alvarez D Candidate did not answer survey. 15 Heather Carter R Candidate did not answer survey. Some candidates chose 15 Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko D Candidate did not answer survey. not to answer the survey 16 David C. Farnsworth R S O O S O O S O S S while others took time to 16 Benjamin Carmitchel D Candidate did not answer survey. 17 J.D. Mesnard R S O O S O O S O S S elaborate on their answers . * 17 Steve Weichert D Candidate did not answer survey. 18 Frank Schmuck* R S O O * O O * O S S View these answers at: 18 Sean Bowie D Candidate did not answer survey. www .azcatholicconference .org 19 Lupe Chavira Contreras D Candidate did not answer survey. 20 Paul Boyer R S O O S O O S O S S H H H H H H 20 Douglas Ervin D Candidate did not answer survey.