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August 9th meeeting was a Full House
Juan Ciscomani, Chairwoman Dr. Kelli Ward, and Supervisor Jeffrey McClure were the featured speaker
By the Honorable Douglas Wolf
Juan Ciscomani primary winner in Congressional District 6, was presented with a donation from The SaddleBrooke Republican Club by club President Daniel Culver. Ciscomani gave his thanks for the money and support that the SaddleBrooke Republican club voters supplied. He noted that his competitors had called and pledged their support in the November election where he faces the Democrat candidate. Congressional District 6 covers parts of Pinal and Pima county and most of Cochise.
Prior to Ward’ speech, County Supervisor Jeffrey McClure detailed the problems with the Pinal County Primary elections and the steps put into place to assure a smooth election in November. Last week, the Board fired the Elections Director, David Frisk, and replaced him with Virginia Ross, who resigned as County Recorder (an elected position). Dana Lewis was sworn in Friday as her replacement and will have to run for office in 2024.
The crowd was generally accepting of the actions taken but expressed anger and frustration in the question-and-answer session with McClure. “This spectacle made the Republicans look very bad, especially after the 2020 debacle in Maricopa” and “it seems very strange only Republican ballots were short on election day, heads should roll at the County.” added another. Some called for the firing of County Manager Leo Lew as he was the direct supervisor of the elections director. McClure was non-committal on that issue except to say all aspects of the election process and staffing is under intense scrutiny.
Dr. Kelli Ward the chairwoman of the Republican Party of Arizona, was the featured speaker. Ward charmed the crowd of over 200 stalwart Republicans who wanted the insights on the primaries in Arizona and the influence of former President Trump. She exclaimed to the faithful for about 55 minutes-right up to cocktail time.
Primary candidate winners Justine Wadsack, Coy McGarr and Rachel Jones, winners in LD 17 were also introduced to the crowd. The meeting was held Tuesday, August 9th, at the Mountain View Ballroom west at 3pm to a packed room.
Our Next Meeting is September 13
Your club will host 2 Conservative Republican Candidates for the Oracle Elementary School Governing Board. It is important for us to reelect these strong voices for education, Jeri Taylor, and Gary Terrell. “There have been so many great accomplishments during our tenure” said Jeri Taylor, “Including our Principal was awarded Arizona Rookie Elementary Principal of the Year and we retained 96% of our Certified Teachers in the district for the coming year.” The SBRC has focused on keeping you informed about candidates, and we believe our School Board candidates are very important. This promises to be a very informative meeting.
County Announces Changes in elections
David Frisk is no longer in the position of Elections Director and fired by the county !!!
Virginia Ross will resign as County Recorder and take over as Elections Director
Despite rumors to the contrary, Ross did not oversee the Elections Department for this primary election in her role as the County Recorder. Ross was in charge of Pinal County Elections in her first term in 2014 and 2016, but with the growth of Pinal County, and as a result, an increase in Recorder responsibilities, an Elections Director was brought in to oversee the Elections Department from 2017. Since that time, the Elections Department has reported to County Management, which is overseen by the Board of Supervisors.
Ross is an experienced and highly respected professional, who, prior to being elected as the Recorder in 2012, enjoyed a progressive career in the private sector for Fortune 100 and 500 corporations Ryder System, Inc. and IBM as a certified Project Manager, Telecommunications Manager, and Senior Contract Negotiator.
Election Results
Blake Masters, US Senate
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Blake Masters, US Senate
Blake Masters 242,880 39%
Jim Lamon 179,237 28%
Kari Lake, Governor
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Blake Masters, US Senate
Kari Lake 294,259 46.22%
Karrin Taylor Robson 282,935 44.45%
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Juan Ciscomani, US Congress
Mark Finchem, Secratary of State
Mark Finchem, Secratary of State
Juan Ciscomani 34,560 46%
Brandon Martin 15,814 21%
Mark Finchem, Secratary of State
Mark Finchem, Secratary of State
Mark Finchem, Secratary of State
Mark Finchem 243,403 40%
Beau Lane 145,598 24%
Abe Hamadeh, Attorney General
Mark Finchem, Secratary of State
Abe Hamadeh, Attorney General
Abe Hamadeh 194,681 32%
Rodney Glassman 144,277 24%
Decline to Sign
By Senator Vince Leach
Save Our Schools (aka SOS) is trying to stop families from having the freedom of school choice. These activists are trying to defund and deprive Arizona kids from receiving an amazing education.
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts save Arizona taxpayers money and ensure every child gets the education they deserve. The ESA program has existed in Arizona for over a decade for special needs and other select qualifiers, however HB2853 expands access to ALL Arizona kids .
The ESA program DOES NOT drain money from the public school system. Instead, the ESA program simply ensures that each student’s funding follows the student, just like it already does each time a student leaves a public school for a different public school .
Sadly, anti-parental rights groups like Save Our Schools want to stop the universal expansion of ESA, trapping kids in ill-fitting or underperforming school districts by trying to refer HB2853 to the ballot.
If you see them collecting signatures, please DECLINE TO SIGN!
For more information www.declinetosignarizona.com
We Hate to see you move...
Bill George
Bill George has taken photographs for the SaddleBrooke Republican Club since 2016. He and his lovely wife Jet are moving to a life plan community (Royal Oaks) in Sun City and our club, as well as many other groups, have lost a fabulous photographer and genuine terrific person.
Bill and Jet have lived in SaddleBrooke for the last 15 years and both were active in several activities. Bill has been using his skills to photograph events, meetings, golf tournaments, a couple of weddings, and birthday parties. Whenever someone asked Bill to photograph something, he did it. “Jet has said many times the word "no" does not exist in my vocabulary,” said Bill. “I've enjoyed photography since the age of 10 when my grandfather showed me his darkroom in the basement”. Bill pursued his love and had a 41-year career with Eastman Kodak. After retiring and moving to SaddleBrooke he shared his love and talent with us.
The SaddleBrooke Republican Club will miss his smile, charming nature, and most importantly…his talent. His last official job was taking photographs at the Breakfast with the Candidates July 1. His photographs are on the website for everyone to view.
Not only was July 1 his birthday, but he had to pick up Jet from rehab and bring her home after the breakfast. (She had fallen, fractured her hip and was coming home from rehab after surgery). With all of this going on in his life, he still showed up and provided the club with photo memories of a major event!!!
We wish Bill and Jet continued happiness as they move north to their new home where they have family nearby. You both are missed already.
Breakfast with the Candidates...
The July 1 event was a huge success
Over 300 guests bought tickets to the hottest show in town. Our club's first Breakfast with the Candidates was a success, and the thank you messages keep coming in. Both Candidates and attendees have written notes of gratitude. Everyone seemed to love the Breakfast food too!!!
To view the photos of the festivities, go to the tab at the top of our website titled Candidate Breakfast. All the Candidates who said they would come...came. It was a great morning and a chance for voters and the candidates to talk one-on-one.
The SaddleBrooke Republican club thanks all of our Republican candidates. We have an outstanding group of individuals who stepped up to run. It is a huge sacrifice, and we are appreciative of their hard work. Over and over, we heard how in the last months some have put over 30,000 miles on their car.
While in some races there are more candidates running than listed here, these are the candidates who addressed the group July 1.
US Senate: Blake Masters, General McGuire, and Jim Lamon
US Congress: Juan Ciscomani, Lucretia Free, and Kathleen Winn
Governor: Kari Lake, Karrin Robson
Attorney General: Rodney Glassman, Andrew Gould, Dawn Grove, and Abe Hamadeh
If the Governor of Arizona does not complete his/her term, the Secretary of State becomes Governor.
The following four candidates are the only four running for Secretary of State:
Shawnna Bolick, Mark Finchem, Beau Lane, Michelle Ugenti-Rita
Unfortunately Mark Finchem was out of town and could not attend the Breakfast.
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