Individual Rights Pledge 2010

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Individual Rights Protection Pledge

I support the opening declaration of the Arizona Constitution which reads, “Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights…” I pledge to use my elected office to protect and maintain the individual rights of the citizens of Arizona. I will focus my lawmaking authority on keeping government focused on its core functions in an effort to protect individual rights. I will carefully consider how each vote I make and each law and regulation I support will impact the right of Arizonans to live their lives free from excessive government interference. I pledge that actions I take as an elected official will comply with the Arizona and U.S. Constitutions.

Furthermore, I pledge to respect the intentions of our state’s framers by complying with the spirit of the taxpayer protections included in our state constitution.

Specifically:

1. I will respect the intention that our state founders set by including a debt limit in the Arizona Constitution. I will commit to stop deficit spending. I will not vote for a budget that adds to the state’s (or county’s) structural deficit, including sale-leaseback or securitization schemes and “roll-overs.” I will not vote to increase the size of any program’s budget, including education, while the state (or county) faces a structural deficit.

2. I will respect the intention that our state founders set by including the “gift clause” in the Arizona Constitution. I will support tax proposals that apply equally to all taxpayers. I will not support laws that single out certain industries or individual companies for special tax benefits or penalties, except those that eliminate tax or regulatory burdens that are specific to one industry.

Governor
Barry Hess (L)
Bruce Olsen (L)

Attorney General
Tom Horne (R)
Andrew Thomas (R)

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Margaret Dugan (R)

Legislative District 4
Senate
Tony Bouie (R)
Scott Bundgaard (R)
Shawn Kohner (R)

House
Eric Sheats (R)

Legislative District 5
Senate
Sylvia Tenney Allen (R)

Legislative District 6
Senate
David Braswell (R)
Lori Klein (R)

House
William Barker (L)
Clint Van Wuffen (R)

Legislative District 7
Senate
Brad Buch (R)

House
Craig Barton (R)
Howard Lee Sprague (R)

Legislative District 8
House
Ray Mahoubi (R)

Legislative District 9
Senate
Michael Patti (L)

Legislative District 10
House
Kimberly Yee (R)

Legislative District 11
Senate
Rich Davis (R)

House
Shawnna Bolick (R)
Dusti Morris (R)

Legislative District 12
Senate
Clark Silver (R)

Legislative District 15
Senate
Bob Thomas (R)

House
Paul Yoder (R)

Legislative District 16
House
Michael Gular (R)

Legislative District 18
Senate
Andrea Garcia (L)
Russell Pearce (R)

House
Chris Will (L)

Legislative District 19
Senate
James Molina (R)

Legislative District 23
Senate
Matt Byers (R)
Steve Smith (R)

House
John Fillmore (R)

Legislative District 24
Senate
Jack Kretzer (L)

Legislative District 25
House
Peggy Judd (R)

District 26
House
Terri Proud (R)

Legislative District 28
House
Ken Smalley (R)

Legislative District 30
Senate
Frank Antenori (R)

House
Kurt Knurr (R)
Doug Sposito (R)

Maricopa County Attorney
Michael Kielsky (L)
Bill Montgomery (R)
Rick Romley (R)

While the pledge does not apply directly to the offices below, the following candidates voluntarily signed the pledge as well.

U.S. Senate
Jim Deakin (R)
Jerry Joslyn (G)
David F. Nolan (L)

U.S. Representative
Congressional District 1
Bradley Beauchamp (R)
Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R)
Paul Gosar (R)
Sydney Hay (R)
Joe Jaraczewski (R)
Jon Jensen (R)
Thomas J. Zaleski (R)

Congressional District 2
Charles Black (R)
Powell Gammill (L)

Congressional District 3
LeAnn Hull (R)
Ben Quayle (R)
Michael Shoen (L)
Ed Winkler (R)

Congressional District 4
Joe Cobb (L)
Joe Penalosa (R)

Congressional District 5
Susan Bitter Smith (R)
Nick Coons (L)
Chris Salvino (R)
David Schweikert (R)
Jim Ward (R)

Congressional District 7
Ruth McClung (R)
George Keane (L)
Joseph Sweeney (R)

Congressional 8
Brian Miller (R)
Steven Stoltz (L)

Central Arizona Water Conservation District/Central Arizona Project (Non-partisan office)
TC Bundy
Raymond Johnson
John Rosado