2008 Elections

2008 Elections

ELECTION RESULTS

Exit Polling on Prop 102, Arizona's Marriage Amendment

PRESIDENT

McCain won Arizona with 53.7% to Obama's 45.1%

MARRIAGE AMENDMENTS

Arizona – Yes 56.6% / No 43.4%
California – Yes, 52.5% No 47.5%
*Florida – Yes 62.4% / No 37.6%

*Requires 60-percent majority to pass

CONGRESS/ARIZONA

Republicans lose control; Dems now up 5-3 in House seats

District 1 – Hay (R) 39.5% / Kirkpatrick (D) 55.9%
District 2 – Franks (R) 59.3% / Thrasher (D)
District 3 – Shadegg (R) 53.9% / Lord (D)
District 4 – Karg (R) 21.4% / Pastor (D) 72.1%
District 5 – Schweikert (R) 43.7% / Mitchell (D) 53.2%
District 6 – Flake (R) 62% / Schneider 35%
District 7 – Sweeney (R) 33.2% / Grijalva (D) 62.9%
District 8 – Bee (R) 42.9% / Giffords (D) 54.7%

ARIZONA SENATE

Conservatives--17

Liberals/Leftists--13

ARIZONA HOUSE

Conservatives--32
Liberals/Leftists--28

ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

3 elected

1. Newman (D) 18.1%; 2. Kennedy (D) 18.1%; ; 3. Stump (R) 16.2%;

4. George (D) 16.2%; 5. Wong (R) 15.8%; 6. McClure (R) 15.6%

MARICOPA COUNTY

Attorney
Thomas (R) 530,600
Nelson (D) 455,032

Sheriff

Arpaio (R) 606,636
Saban (D) 459,913

ARIZONA PROPS

100--Won with 76.9%
101--Lost with 49.9%
102--Won with 56.6%

105--Lost with 34.2%
200--Lost with 40.5%
201--Lost with 22.1%

202--Lost with 40.9%
300--Lost with 35.5%

The Harsh Realities of an Obama
Presidency: Kiss America Good-bye

Pat Buchanan: Comrade Obama?

Editorial: Five Major Things to Fear from an
Obama Presidency

Obama Rips Constitution

Obama Wants All Pro-Life Laws Overturned

Hushing Rush and Hannity sounds great to Obama fans

Obama's law firm led charge benefiting socialist party

Ex-Hitler youth compares Obama to Nazi rise

Obama courts illegal aliens

Campaign exposes Obama's anti-parent agenda

2008 Election News/Endorsements/Arizona Primary Results

Candidate Recommendations

PRESIDENT

Chuck Baldwin, Constitution Party

CONGRESS--Arizona

District 1--Sydney Hay

District 2--Trent Franks

District 5--David Schweikert

District 8--Tim Bee

LEGISLATURE

Senate

District 1--Steve Pierce

District 2--Royce Jenkins

District 3--Ron Gould

District 4--Jack Harper

District 5--Sylvia Allen

District 6--Pamela Gorman

District 7--Jim Waring

District 9--Bob Burns

District 10--Linda Gray

District 11--Barbara Leff

District 12--John Nelson

District 17--Jesse Hernandez

District 18--Russell Pearce

District 19--Chuck Gray

District 20--John Huppenthal

District 21--Jay Tibshraeny

District 22--Thayer Verschoor

District 23--Andre Campos

District 25--Mary Ann Black

District 26--Al Melvin

District 30--Jonathan Paton

House

District 1--Andy Tobin

District 3--Nancy McLean

District 4--Tom Boone, Judy Burges

District 6--Sam Crump, Carl Seel

District 7--Ray Barnes, Nancy Barto

District 8--John Kavanaugh

District 9--Rick Murphy, Debbie Lesko

District 10--Doug Quelland, Jim Weiers

District 11--Jon Altmann, Adam Driggs

District 12--Jerry Weiers, Steve Montenegro

District 13--Timothy Schwartz

District 15--Ed Hedges

District 17--Mark Thompson

District 18--Cecil Ash, Steve Court

District 19--Kirk Adams, Rich Crandall

District 20--Jeff Dial, John McComish

District 21--Warde Nichols, Steve Yarbrough

District 22--Andy Biggs, Laurin Hendrix

District 23--John Fillmore, Frank Pratt

District 24--Russ Jones

District 25--David Stevens, Timothy Davies

District 26--Vic Williams, Marilyn Zerull

District 29--Pat Kilburn, Juan Ciscomani

District 30--David Gowan

ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

Bob Stump

Several of the candidates running for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) have established records on the scorecards produced in recent years by the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity and the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers. Available online are the AFT/AFP Arizona records for the last two years in office for each candidate.

COUNTY ELECTIONS

Maricopa

Attorney--Andy Thomas

Supervisors--Andy Kunasek, Don Stapley, Max Wilson, Fulton Brock

Community College Board--Paul Srch, Debra Pearson

Maricopa County Health Care District

District 1         Bill Bruno
District 2         Greg Patterson
District 3         Colette Rosati
District 4         Gerald Cuendet
District 5         Todd Hansen

Cochise

Sheriff--Bill Cloud

PROPOSITIONS

100--Protect Our Homes--YES

101--The Freedom Of Choice In Health Care Act--YES

102--Arizona Marriage Referendum--YES
Yes For Marriage!

105--Tax Increases Require Majority Vote--Yes

200--NO

201--NO

202--Stop Illegal Hiring--NO

Arizona Prop 202 - Stop Illegal Hiring

Fraud for Arizona voters

HISTORY

Arizona has the most effective, non-discriminatory employer sanctions law in the nation. It has been upheld in four court challenges. The Legal Arizona Workers Act, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2008, requires all Arizona employers to use the E-Verify program. E-Verify is an essential tool to assure a legal workforce. It achieves an accuracy rate of 97 percent by matching names, birth dates, social security numbers and, in some instances, photos for job seekers.

As early as October of 2007, before the new law went into effect, Arizona saw positive results. Illegal workers were leaving voluntarily. Fraudulent documents and identity theft that were previously used were no longer enough to obtain employment.

The Stop Illegal Hiring Act (Prop 202) was drafted for a consortium of businesses, chambers of commerce, and trade associations seeking an endless supply of cheap illegal labor. Those organizations would profit from a modern-day form of slavery − exploiting illegal aliens. Those same groups were responsible for legal efforts which were rejected by District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court.

When legal challenges were thrown out, those groups devised Stop Illegal Hiring. This brilliant scheme is so deceptive. It counts on Arizona voters to only read the title and not pay attention to the contents. These authors of this proposition believe that the 70-75 percent of Arizona voters who want only legal workers employed will not look at the details.

Here is their deception:

THE PROPOSITION

The “Stop Illegal Hiring Act” guts the primary enforcement mechanisms of the current employer sanctions law:

It abolishes required use of E-Verify. This is key change that the initiative’s backers cleverly buried on page seven. It would return E-Verify to a voluntary program and allow employers to resume the former “wink and nod” method of verifying employment eligibility through the I-9 process. Federal Judge John Walker blasted the current federal I-9 process when he said “The I-9 documents (that workers present to companies) are fraudulent.” Proposition 202 backers wish to perpetuate the same verification system that has been proven over 20 years to be rife with fraud and identity theft. Governor Napolitano has stated that E-Verify is a very simple process and takes only minutes to accomplish. If an employer complies with the I-9 requirement (which we know is not enforced by the feds) this creates a non-rebuttable presumption they are innocent (that means a court cannot find them guilty because it cannot be rebutted.
It requires Arizona to wait until the Federal Government has taken action against an employer before the state takes action. We all know how ineffective and useless the Federal Government has been.
It exempts thousands of Arizona employers by offering the use of the same standards that have not worked in the past. It removes corporations from the definition of “license.” It has introduced language to subject an employer to sanctions “if the employer has more than four employees and pays hourly wages or salary in cash and not by check or direct deposit to a financial institution” and fails to make withholding deductions, fails to report new hires to the Department of Economic Security or fails to provide coverage for workers compensation. The same provisions already exist for violations by employers with just one employee. It also provides that out of state employers (who are licensed in AZ) are not governed by the employer sanctions law.
It eliminates the Silent Witness portion of the current law. All complaints regarding employer violations of the law must be written and signed. This would stop employees from reporting violations. Anonymous tips are an important tool in taking criminals, including serial killers, off the streets.
It imposes an impossible standard of proof. High-level managers who are not officers or owners could hire illegal aliens with impunity, and would not face any enforcement.

CONCLUSION:

Arizona citizens are not as naïve as this proposition's sponsors assume!

Stop Illegal Hiring sounds good, but is a veiled attempt to deceive voters by confusing them with a concept with which they all agree. This proposition is “employer amnesty” and will nullify HB2779. Don’t let the name fool you! Those supporting this measure intend to make hiring of illegals easier with less chance of penalty. DON'T BE DECEIVED!

It is up to Arizona voters to recognize deception.

Vote No on Proposition 202.

VOTE NO on Prop 202
It's not what they say it is!
www.stopproposition202.com

300--State Legislator Salaries--YES (Arizona's Legislative salaries are only $24,000, hardly enough to feed a family. The proposition will increase it to $30,000, which is reasonable and will encourage more of the quality candidates to pursue positions of state leadership.)

JUDGES

AZ Supreme Court Scott Bales No (Democrat; member of 2004 John Kerry steering committee)

AZ Court of Appeals Ann Scott Timmer Yes

Superior Court, Maricopa County

Crane McClennen (Judicial Performance Review Commission Recommended NO)

Helene F. Abrams -- NO (suppressed confession in a child molestation case)

A. Craig Blakey III -- NO (liberal bias)

John Dittsworth -- NO (Leftist)

Glenn M. Davis -- NO (Leftist Napolitano appointee)

Ruth Hilliard -- NO (Leftist)

Kristin Hoffman -- NO (radical Feminist)

Paul Katz -- NO (Leftist)

Robert Oberbillig -- NO

Karen Potts -- NO (Leftist)

Timothy Ryan -- NO

Roland Steinle III -- NO (bias against prosecutors)

Christopher Whitten -- NO (Democrat)

CITIES

Chandler Council--Kevin Hartke, Jack Sellers

Paradise Valley School Board (Vote for 3/Two Recommended)

Nancy Case West Kenyon

PV School Question 1/Question 2 NO

Arizona Primary -- Key Races

GOP

Congressional District 1 (100%): Sydney Hay 17,563 (39.2%); Sandra Livingstone 15,316 (34.2%); Hansen 7698 (17.2%)

CD 2 (100%)– Trent Franks, 58, 119
CD 3 (100%) – John Shadegg, 43,512
CD 4 (100%) – Don Karg 8073
Congressional District 5, GOP (100%): David Schweikert, 14,233 (29.5%); Susan Bitter-Smith 13,211 (27.4%); Laura Knaperek 7523 (15.6%); Mark Anderson 6539 (13.6%); Jim Ogsbury 6042 (12.5%)
CD 6 (100%) – Jeff Flake 51,562
CD 7 (100%) – Joe Sweeney 10,668 (66.7%); Gene Chewning 5315 (33.3%)
CD 8 (100%) – Tim Bee 52,135

Arizona Senate (Winner advances to November election)
LD1 (100%) – Pierce 12,831 (52.7%); O’Halleran 11,528 (47.3%)
LD2 (99.2%)— Jenkins 2599
LD3 (100%) – Gould 11,290
LD4 (100%) – Harper 16,037 (69.4%); Zerby 7056 (30.6%)
LD5 (100%) – Sylvia Allen 8662
LD6 (100%) – Gorman 10,227
LD7 (100%)— Waring, 11,028
LD8 (100%) – Carolyn Allen 15,026
LD9 (100%) – Burns 11,460
LD10 (100%) – Linda Gray 6545
LD11 (100%) – Leff 11,962
LD12 (100%)— Nelson 10,630
LD13 (%) – No GOP candidate
LD14 (%)–No GOP candidate
LD15 (%) – No GOP candidate
LD16 (100%) – Veres 1699
LD17 (%) – Hernandez 5589
LD18 (100%) – Russell Pearce 5717 (68.8%); Kevin Gibbons 2587 (31.2%)
LD19(100%) – Chuck Gray 11,695
LD20 (100%) – Huppenthal 9356
LD21 (100%) – Tibshraeny 12,133
LD22 (%) — Thayer Verschoor 6100 (51.9%); Eddie Farnsworth 5,664 (48.9%)
LD23 (100%) – Campos 6260
LD24 (%) – No GOP candidate
LD25 (100%) – Black 6855
LD26 (100%) – Al Melvin 8555 (52.8%), Pete Hershberger 7646 (47.2%)
LD27 (100%) — Westerman 3248
LD28 (97.8%) – Steimer 0
LD29 (%) – No GOP candidate
LD30 (100%) – Paton 16,340

Arizona House (Top 2 advance to November election)
LD1 – Mason 17,971 (53%); Tobin 15,920 (47%)
LD2—No GOP candidate
LD3 – McLain 8172 (38.2%); Goodale 7183 (33.6%); Groe 6027 (28.2%)
LD4 – Burges 17,705 (51.8%); Boone 16,451 (48.2%)
LD5 – Konopnicki 8415 (58.1%); Brewer 6070 (41.9%)
LD6 -- Crump 8142 (43.3%); Seel 6634 (35.3%); Bouie 4008 (21.3%)
LD7 – Barto 9305 (52.8%); Barnes 8323 47.2%)
LD8 – Reagan 13,167 (51.7%); Kavanaugh 12, 278 (48.3%)
LD9 – Lesko 9597 (51.8%); Murphy 8931 (48.2%)
LD10 – Weiers 5756 (51.9%); Quelland 5324 (48.1%)
LD11 – Driggs 9886 (51.1%); Altmann 9541 (48.9%)
LD12— Weiers 8069 (40.6%); Montenegro 6073 (30.6%); Blendu 5731 (28.8%)
LD13 – Schwartz 1727 (100%)
LD14 – No GOP candidate
LD15 – Hedges 2958 (100%)
LD16 – Williams 1464 (52.6%); Harders 1318 (47.4%)
LD17— Thompson 5632 (57.7%); Waddle 4137 (42.3%)
LD18 – Ash 5344 (38.4%); Court 3459 (24.9%); Middlebrook 3387 (24.4%)
LD19 – Crandall 10,034 (51.4%); Adams 9472 (48.6%)
LD20 – Dial 5269 (29.8%; Schmuck 4824 (27.3%); McComish 4759 (26.9%)
LD21 – Yarbrough 11,205 (54%); 9553 Nichols (46%)
LD22— Biggs 8212 (33.7%); Hendrix 6412 (26.3%); Brown 5168 (21.2%)
LD23 – Pratt 5386 (50%); Fillmore 5380 (50%)
LD24 – Jones 4752 (100%)
LD25 – Stevens 6380 (58%); Davies 4618 (42%)
LD26 – Williams 9184 (36.4%); Humphries 8093 (32.1%); Zerull 7965 (31.6%)
LD27— Schecter 3128 (100%)
LD28 – No GOP candidate
LD29 – Kilburn 3379 (64.1%); Ciscomani 1894 (35.9%)
LD30 – Gowan 9610 (31.7%); Antenori 7151 (23.6%); Sposito 6922 (22.8%); Collins 6656 (21.9%)

Arizona Corporation Commission, GOP (100%): Bob Stump 141,183 (21.6%); Marian McClure 102,689 (14.6%); Barry Wong 90,613 (12.9%); John Allen 89,846 (12.8%)