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Complete List of Legislative Endorsements

The following endorsements of 53 candidates for the Arizona Legislature were made by the NFIB/Arizona Save America’s Free Enterprise (SAFE) Trust. NFIB/Arizona represents 7,500 member businesses.

Legislative District 1 – Senate: Sen. Steve Pierce; House: Rep. Andy Tobin, Karen Fann
Legislative District 3 – Senate: Sen. Ron Gould; House: Rep. Nancy McLain, Rep. Doris Goodale
Legislative District 4 – Senate: Scott Bundgaard; House: Sen. Jack Harper, Rep. Judy Burges
Legislative District 5 – Senate: Sen. Sylvia Allen; House: Brenda Barton
Legislative District 6 – Senate: Lori Klein
Legislative District 7 – Senate: Rep. Nancy Barto
Legislative District 8 – Senate: Rep. Michele Reagan; House: Rep. John Kavanagh
Legislative District 9 – Senate: Rep. Rick Murphy; House: Rep. Debbie Lesko,  Rick Gray
Legislative District 10 – Senate: Sen. Linda Gray; House: Rep. Jim Weiers, Rep. Kimberly Yee
Legislative District 11 – Senate: Rep. Adam Driggs; House: Kate McGee , Eric West
Legislative District 12 – Senate: Sen. John Nelson; House: Rep. Jerry Weiers, Rep. Steve Montenegro
Legislative District 16 – Senate: Sen. Leah Landrum-Taylor
Legislative District 17 – Senate: Wendy Rogers; House: Steve May
Legislative District 18 – Senate: Sen. Russell Pearce; House: Rep. Cecil Ash, Rep. Steve Court
Legislative District 19 – Senate: Rep. Rich Crandall; House: Speaker Kirk Adams, Justin Olson
Legislative District 20 – Senate: Rep. John McComish
Legislative District 21 – Senate: Rep. Steve Yarbrough; House: Tom Forese, J.D. Mesnard
Legislative District 22 – Senate: Rep. Andy Biggs; House: Eddie Farnsworth
Legislative District 23 – House: Rep. Frank Pratt
Legislative District 24 – Senate: Don Shooter; House: Rep. Russ Jones
Legislative District 25 – Senate: Gail Griffin; House: Rep. David Stevens
Legislative District 26 – Senate: Sen. Al Melvin; House: Rep. Vic Williams, Terri Proud
Legislative District 30 – Senate: Sen. Frank Antenori; House: Rep. David Gowan, Rep. Ted Vogt.

The political clout of small business is more influential than most people know: 

  • In April, the Pew Research Center released a study on the negative and positive views people hold on various American institutions. Small business came out first, 39 percentage points higher than labor unions, 46 points higher than large corporations, and 49 points higher than banks and financial institutions.
  • Small business owners comprise 15% of all registered voters in the United States, by comparison union voters make up 11.9%. When small business employees are added, the small business voting bloc swells to 43%.
  • The most common public affairs and political activities in which small employers engage, according to the NFIB Research Foundation, include initiating discussions with employees regarding the impact of a policy issue on the firm.
  • Voters prefer candidates supported by small business by a margin of 3 to 1 over those supported by organized labor, according to the Winston Group.