Kimberly Yee

Kimberly Yee
Arizona State Senate District 20
Incumbent
In office
January 7, 2013-Present
Term ends
January 5, 2015
Years in position	0
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$24,000/year
Per diem	$35/day for the first 120 days of regular session and for special sessions and $10/day thereafter.
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	Four consecutive terms
Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 10
2011-2013
Education
Bachelor's	Pepperdine University
Master's	Arizona State University
Personal
Birthday	February 23, 1974
Place of birth	Phoenix, AZ
Profession	Small Business Owner
Religion	Christian
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Kimberly Yee (b. February 23, 1974) is a Republican member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 20 since 2013.

Yee was a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives. She represented the 10th district from January 10, 2011 to 2013.

Yee has served as State Committeeman for the Arizona Republican Party, Precinct Committeeman for Maricopa County, and Chairman of the Arizona Legislative District 10 Republican Committee. In 2008, she was a delegate for Arizona at the Republican National Convention.

Yee earned her BA in Political Science & English from Pepperdine University. She went on to receive her MPA, Master of Public Administration, from Arizona State University.

Yee has worked in the following positions: executive fellow for the Office of the CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction, program and policy analyst for the appointee of Governor Pete Wilson to the California State Board of Education, senior research analyst for the Arizona Senate Committee on Education, deputy cabinet secretary for the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and director of communications and government affairs for the Arizona State Treasurer's Office.

Issues

Campaign themes

Yee's website highlights the following campaign themes:

Excellence In Education

• Excerpt:"Parents have the freedom to choose where their child is educated."

Health Care Freedom

• Excerpt:"We must repeal Obamacare."

Strong Economy

• Excerpt:"We must end excess spending and cut wasteful government programs."

Family Values

• Excerpt:"The life of the unborn is precious and should be protected."

Security

• Excerpt:"Our neighborhoods should be safe."

Conception law

She received national coverage for her law, effective April 2012, which changed the date of conception to the date of ovulation in order to prevent women from having an abortion if their fetus has a severe or life-threatening problem, usually discovered in a 20th week ultrasound.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Yee served on the following committees:

Arizona Committee Assignments, 2013
• Education, Chair
• Elections
• Health and Human Services
• Judiciary

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Yee served on these committees:

Arizona Committee Assignments, 2011
• Education, Vice Chair
• Employment and Regulatory Affairs
• Health and Human Services

Elections

2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Yee ran in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 20. She ran unopposed in the August 28, 2012, Republican primary. She won the general election on November 6, 2012.

Arizona State Senate, District 20, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kimberly Yee	51.1%	37,371
	Democratic	Michael Powell	36.9%	26,987
	Independent	Doug "Q" Quelland	12.1%	8,829
Total Votes				73,187

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Yee faced Bill Adams, incumbent Doug Quelland, and incumbent Jim Weiers in the August 24 primary. Yee and Weiers advanced by garnering the most votes, 6,670 votes and 6,359 votes, respectively. Weiers and Yee defeated Democrats Aaron Jahneke and Jackie Thrasher in the November 2 general election.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Kimberly Yee (R)		19,485
Jim Weiers (R)		18,237
Jackie Thrasher (D)		14,770
Aaron Jahneke (D)		12,226

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Jim Weiers (R)		6,670
Kimberly Yee (R)		6,359
Doug Quelland (R)		4,005
Bill Adams (R)		2,330

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Yee raised $52,313 in contributions.

Her four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Greater Phoenix Chamber Of Commerce	$1,600
Arizona Chamber Of Commerce & Industry	$1,200
Arizona Dental Association	$1,000
Cox Communications	$1,000

Scorecards

Goldwater Institute

See also: Goldwater Institute's Legislative Report Card

The Goldwater Institute releases its "Legislative Report Card" annually for all Arizona legislators. This report card tracks how legislators voted on key votes and assigns them a letter grade based on how closely their votes agree with the Institute's positions. The primary values emphasized in the ratings are whether votes expand or restrict liberty.

2012

Yee received a score of 62 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of B- according to the Goldwater Institute’s grading scale. This score was the same as her score on the 2011 report card. Yee’s 62 in 2012 was tied for the 27th highest grade among all 60 Arizona State Representatives.

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a google news search for the term "Kimberly + Yee + Arizona + House"

Kimberly Yee News Feed

• SB 1440 would give medical marijuana clearer packaging - White Mountain Independent

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• House website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Kimberly Yee on Facebook
• Campaign contributions at Follow the Money

References

Political offices
Preceded by John McComish (R)	Arizona State Senate, District 20 2013–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by Doug Quelland	Arizona House, District 10 2011–2013	Succeeded by '

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