Russell H. Diamond is an American politician and businessman from Pennsylvania. Following a string of unsuccessful runs for various offices,he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 102nd District in 2014.
Michelle Eunjoo Steel is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district since 2023,previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she concurrently served as a member of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress. Steel ran for re-election to a third term in 2024,but was defeated in the general election by Democratic challenger Derek Tran.
Kenneth Roy Bennett is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Arizona Senate since 2023. He previously was a member of the state Senate from 1999 to 2007,and president of the state Senate from 2003 to 2007. He was Secretary of State of Arizona from 2009 to 2015. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Arizona in the 2014 and 2018 elections.
The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix. The party currently controls six of Arizona's nine U.S. House seats,sixteen of thirty State Senate seats,thirty-one of sixty State House of Representatives seats,four of five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission and three Statewide Executive Offices
Arizona Downs (formerly known as Yavapai Downs,is a horse racing track in Prescott Valley,Arizona. The track hosts both thoroughbred and quarter horse racing. Formerly known as Yavapai Downs,it last conducted regular races in 2010 and resumed a shortened season of live racing in 2019. Following the COVID pandemic,Arizona Downs ran a mixed Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred race meet in the summer from 2020-2022 and did not race its typical summer meet in 2023 due to financial difficulties.
Paul Anthony Gosar is an American far-right politician and dentist who has represented Arizona's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 and represented Arizona's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A Republican,he was elected in 2010 to represent the neighboring 1st congressional district until redistricting. Gosar's support of conspiracy theories,his extreme opposition to abortion and contraception,his alleged connections to Holocaust deniers,and his alleged ties to far-right militant groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers,have sparked controversy.
Karen Fann is a former Republican member of the Arizona Senate,representing Arizona Legislative District 1. Fann became President of the Arizona Senate in 2019,and served until 2023.
Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and Republican politician who served as the 23rd governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023 and as Arizona State Treasurer from 2011 to 2015. He was CEO of the ice cream parlor chain Cold Stone Creamery from 1995 to 2007.
Judy M. Burges is a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives,representing District 1,and a former member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 22. She was first appointed to the State Senate by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on January 23,2012.
Thomas Ray "T. J." Shope Jr. is an American Republican politician and businessman who has been a member of the Arizona Legislature from the 16th Legislative District,which covers central and eastern Pinal County and southern Gila County. First elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2012,he was a member of the House from January 2013 to January 2021;in the latter part of his time in the state House,he was Speaker Pro Tempore. Shope was elected to the Arizona State Senate in November 2020,and took office in January 2021.
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019,representing District 26. In 2018,Reinbold was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing the G district. She served in the State Senate from 2019 until retiring in 2023. From 2015 to the end of her tenure,Reinbold was the only member of the Alaska State Legislature unaffiliated with a caucus organization,as she was ejected from the Republican-led majority caucus in March 2015.
Kelly Townsend is an American author,childbirth educator and birth doula who was a Republican politician. She was a member of the Arizona Senate representing District 16 from 2021 to 2023,and previously was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021,acting as Majority Whip from 2017 to 2018.
Andrew Steven Biggs is an American attorney and politician who represents Arizona's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district,which was once represented by U.S. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake,is in the heart of the East Valley and includes most of Mesa and Chandler and all of Queen Creek and Biggs's hometown of Gilbert.
ĐỗQuang Giai was a Senator of the Republic of Vietnam from 1966 to 1972. In his early political career,he was Mayor of HàNội from 1952 until Vietnam was partitioned at the 17th parallel as a result of the Geneva Accord in 1954. He was a staunch nationalist who opposed the French colonial rule and the Hanoi's communist government.
David Stringer is an American politician who was elected in 2016 to represent district 1 in the Arizona House of Representatives. After being reelected in 2018,he resigned in March 2019 after refusing to cooperate with an ethics investigation into 1983 charges against him for sexually molesting two boys. A member of the Republican Party,Stringer has been co-chair of the GOP finance committee for Yavapai County,in addition to a Republican precinct committeeman and state committeeman.
Benjamin Cornel Toma is a Romanian-American politician serving as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 27th district. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in January 2017. He was selected to be Speaker of the House in 2022,taking office in 2023. From 2021 to 2023,Toma served as majority leader of the Arizona House.
Arizona's 1st legislative district is one of 30 in the state,consisting of most of Yavapai County,along with a small section of Coconino County. As of 2023,there are 46 precincts in the district,45 in Yavapai and one in Coconino,with a total registered voter population of 167,810. The district has an overall population of 237,896.
The Goodwin Fire was a wildfire that burned 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona over 16 days,from June 24 to July 10,2017. The fire destroyed 17 homes and damaged another 19 structures,but no firefighters or civilians were injured or died in the fire. Investigators did not determine any particular cause for the fire.
Homer R. Wood was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature.
Juan Ciscomani is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district since 2023. A Republican,he was a senior adviser to former Governor Doug Ducey and vice chair of the Arizona-Mexico Commission. Ciscomani was chosen to deliver the Republican response to the 2023 State of the Union Address in Spanish.
