Adam Kwasman

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In 2014, Kwasman sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in Arizona's 1st congressional district. He was defeated in the primary by Andy Tobin and Gary Kiehne. [7]

Representative
Adam Kwasman
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Member of the ArizonaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 11th legislative district
In office
2013–2015
Servingwith Steve Smith
Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Andy Tobin 18,814 35.8
Republican Gary Kiehne18,40735.1
Republican Adam Kwasman15,26629.1
Total votes52,487 100.0

Illegal Migrant/Bus Incident

In 2014, Kwasman was attending a morning protest over the expected arrival of migrant children being transported to a shelter near Oracle, Arizona. Kwasman spoke with a local reporter and voiced his opposition to locating the children at the shelter. [9] The reporter later informed Kwasman that the school bus in his tweet was actually carrying local children to a YMCA camp. [10] The incident was featured on the Colbert Report . [11] [12]

2020 State Senate Race

Kwasman announced his intention to run for the state senate in Legislative District 23, challenging incumbent republican Michelle Ugenti-Rita. Although he received sufficient signatures, Kwasman dropped out of the race and endorsed Alex Kolodin due to health concerns and the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] [14]

Personal life

Kwasman volunteers teaching economics to high school students through the Junior Achievement program. [15] In August 2014, Kwasman revealed that he had been diagnosed with "a form of slow-growing blood cancer that has presented no symptoms." [16]

Kwasman is a regular political and economic contributor to The Resurgent . [17]

Kwasman is married to political consultant Orit Kwasman (née Sklar), who is the former Development Director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition [18] and a conservative political consultant. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Member Page". Azleg.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  2. ↑ "About".
  3. ↑ MacDonald-Evoy, Jerod (2021-12-21). "Former staffer sues Sen. Wendy Rogers". Arizona Mirror. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  4. ↑ "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 General Election November 6, 2012" (PDF). Phoenix, Arizona: Secretary of State of Arizona. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ "ACU Rating". votesmart.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Arizona AFP 2013 Ranking" (PDF). Americans for Prosperity. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  7. ↑ Pallack, Becky (2014-08-27). "Tobin takes lead in tight CD1, Kwasman concedes". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ https://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/primary/Canvass.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  9. ↑ "Adam Kwasman's 'sad' effort to protect border from 'YMCA kids'". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  10. ↑ "Deleted tweet archived on Politwoops". politwoops.sunlightfoundation.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  11. ↑ "Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants - The Colbert Report | Comedy Central US". July 18, 2014 – via www.cc.com.
  12. ↑ "Adam Kwasman: The Latest Arizona Politician to Earn an Appearance on the Colbert Report". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  13. ↑ "Senate candidates vie for local, federal races in Arizona".
  14. ↑ @AdamKwasman (3 April 2020). "I entered this race so that @LD23azgop had a senator they could be proud of. By withdrawing today, I can help ensur…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ "Adam Kwasman – State Representative - About". Adamkwasman.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  16. ↑ Sanders, Rebekah (August 14, 2014). "GOP candidate Kwasman reveals he has cancer". AZCentral. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  17. ↑ http://theresurgent.com/author/adam-kwasman/
  18. ↑ "Search".
  19. ↑ "Services – Madison Strategies".
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