Nine Newcomers Join 33 Incumbents as Small Business’ Choice
The political action committee of Arizona’s leading small-business association today announced its endorsements of 42 candidates for the Arizona Senate and Arizona House of Representatives.
NFIB/Arizona Leadership Council Chair Mark Giebelhaus and NFIB/Arizona State Director Farrell Quinlan flank LD18 House hopeful Jill Norgaard at the small business group’s Small Business Forum this week.
“The legislative candidates endorsed by NFIB today are proven friends of free enterprise whom Arizona small-business owners can trust to place their responsibility to taxpayers first over the interests of bigger government and its enablers,” said Farrell Quinlan, Arizona state director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
NFIB/Arizona Leadership Council member Jeff Fleetham and LD28 House hopeful Shawnna Shawnna Bolick at the small business group’s Small Business Forum this week.
The principal standard used to evaluate incumbents was their voting records on 12 bills supported or opposed by the National Federation of Independent Business during the 2013-2014 legislative sessions. Endorsements for non-incumbent candidates were largely based on the quality of their answers on a questionnaire. These endorsements are formally issued by the NFIB/Arizona Save America’s Free Enterprise (SAFE) Trust, the organization’s political action committee, and represent the culmination of the pre-primary phase of the candidate evaluation process. There may be further endorsements in select legislative and statewide races after the August 26th primary elections.
NFIB/Arizona Endorsements in 2014 Legislative Primary Contests
- LD05 Senate: Sen. Kelli Ward
- LD06 Senate: Sen. Chester Crandell
- LD10 Senate: Mark Morrison
- LD11 Senate: Rep. Steve Smith
- LD12 Senate: Senate President Andy Biggs
- LD13 Senate: Sen. Don Shooter
- LD14 Senate: Sen. Gail Griffin
- LD15 Senate: Sen. Nancy Barto
- LD16 Senate: Sen. David Farnsworth
- LD17 Senate: Sen. Steve Yarbrough
- LD20 Senate: Sen. Kimberly Yee
- LD21 Senate: Rep. Debbie Lesko
- LD22 Senate: Sen. Judy Burges
- LD23 Senate: Rep. John Kavanagh
- LD01 House: Rep. Karen Fann
- LD05 House: Rep. Sonny Borrelli
- LD06 House: Rep. Brenda Barton
- LD06 House: Rep. Bob Thorpe
- LD10 House: Todd Clodfelter
- LD10 House: William Wildish
- LD11 House: Mark Finchem
- LD11 House: Vince Leach
- LD12 House: Rep. Eddie Farnsworth
- LD12 House: Rep. Warren Petersen
- LD13 House: Rep. Darin Mitchell
- LD13 House: Rep. Steve Montenegro
- LD14 House: Rep. David Gowan
- LD14 House: Rep. David Stevens
- LD15 House: Rep. John Allen
- LD16 House: Rep. Kelly Townsend
- LD17 House: Rep. J.D. Mesnard
- LD17 House: Jeff Weninger
- LD18 House: Jill Norgaard
- LD20 House: Rep. Paul Boyer
- LD20 House: Rep. Carl Seel
- LD21 House: Rep. Rick Gray
- LD22 House: Rep. David Livingston
- LD22 House: Rep. Phil Lovas
- LD23 House: Rep. Michelle Ugenti
- LD25 House: Rusty Bowers
- LD25 House: Rep. Justin Olson
- LD28 House: Shawnna Bolick
For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America’s economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
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