Clair Van Steenwyk

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Clair Van Steenwyk

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 2, 2022

Education

High school

Bellflower High School

Personal

Religion

Christian

Profession

Radio host

Contact

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Clair Van Steenwyk (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 28. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.

Biography

Van Steenwyk grew up in Bellflower, California, and graduated from Bellflower High in 1965. Professionally, Van Steenwyk has worked in the steel industry, food industry, property management, and political radio host. He also owned an antique store. Van Steenwyk has also owned and operated a halfway house, a Christian coffee house that provided counseling services, and other outreach programs.

Elections

2022

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 28

Frank Carroll defeated David Sandoval in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 28 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Carroll (R)	61.8	72,873
		David Sandoval (D)	38.2	44,982

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,855
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 28

David Sandoval advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 28 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Sandoval	100.0	21,880

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,880
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 28

Frank Carroll defeated Clair Van Steenwyk in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 28 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Carroll	71.4	32,495
		Clair Van Steenwyk	28.6	13,045

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,540
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2020)

General election

General election for Maricopa County Recorder

Stephen Richer defeated incumbent Adrian Fontes in the general election for Maricopa County Recorder on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Richer (R)	50.1	944,953
		Adrian Fontes (D)	49.8	940,354
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,570

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,886,877
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maricopa County Recorder

Incumbent Adrian Fontes advanced from the Democratic primary for Maricopa County Recorder on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Fontes	100.0	359,527

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maricopa County Recorder

Stephen Richer defeated Clair Van Steenwyk in the Republican primary for Maricopa County Recorder on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Richer	57.6	208,772
		Clair Van Steenwyk	42.4	153,907

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 362,679
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2018

Arizona State Senate

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 22

David Livingston defeated Wendy Garcia in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 22 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Livingston (R)	63.3	70,775
		Wendy Garcia (D)	36.7	40,957

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 111,732 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 22

Wendy Garcia defeated Brianna Westbrook in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 22 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendy Garcia	58.1	10,531
		Brianna Westbrook	41.9	7,586

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,117 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 22

David Livingston defeated Clair Van Steenwyk in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 22 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Livingston	70.3	25,842
		Clair Van Steenwyk	29.7	10,908

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,750 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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U.S. House

See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District special election, 2018

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Arizona District 8

Incumbent Debbie Lesko defeated Hiral Tipirneni in the special general election for U.S. House Arizona District 8 on April 24, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Lesko (R)	52.4	96,012
		Hiral Tipirneni (D)	47.6	87,331

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 183,343
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Augie Beyer (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8

Hiral Tipirneni defeated Brianna Westbrook in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8 on February 27, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hiral Tipirneni	60.2	23,175
		Brianna Westbrook	39.7	15,288
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	22

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,485
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8 on February 27, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Lesko	35.4	27,047
		Phil Lovas	24.3	18,562
		Steve Montenegro	23.7	18,106
		Bob Stump	5.3	4,032
		Clair Van Steenwyk	2.3	1,787
		Christopher Sylvester	1.9	1,490
		David Lien	1.8	1,341
		Richard Mack	1.6	1,191
		Mark Yates	1.1	871
	Submit photo	Chad Allen	1.1	824
		Brenden Dilley	1.1	823
	Submit photo	Stephen Dolgos	0.5	377
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,459
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Cavanaugh (R)

2016

Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Arizona, 2016

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain Incumbent	53.7%	1,359,267
	Democratic	Ann Kirkpatrick	40.7%	1,031,245
	Green	Gary Swing	5.5%	138,634
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	1,584
Total Votes				2,530,730
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Arizona Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John McCain Incumbent	51.2%	302,532
Kelli Ward	39.9%	235,988
Alex Meluskey	5.3%	31,159
Clair Van Steenwyk	3.6%	21,476
Total Votes		591,155
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

House

See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Trent Franks (R) defeated Mark Salazar (G) and write-in candidate Joe DeVivo (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Franks defeated Clair Van Steenwyk in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Arizona District 8 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trent Franks Incumbent	68.5%	204,942
	Green	Mark Salazar	31.4%	93,954
	N/A	Write-in	0%	75
Total Votes				298,971
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

U.S. House, Arizona District 8 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Trent Franks Incumbent	71.1%	59,042
Clair Van Steenwyk	28.9%	24,042
Total Votes		83,084
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2014

See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014

Van Steenwyk ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 8th District. Van Steenwyk was defeated by incumbent Trent Franks in the Republican primary on August 26, 2014.

U.S. House, Arizona District 8 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Trent Franks Incumbent	73.3%	53,771
Clair Van Steenwyk	26.7%	19,629
Total Votes		73,400
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2012

Arizona House

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2012

Van Steenwyk (listed as Clair "Van") ran in the 2012 election for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 as a write-in candidate. Incumbent Steve Montenegro and Darin Mitchell defeated incumbent Russ Jones in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 13, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Montenegro Incumbent	51.7%	39,372
	Republican	Darin Mitchell	47.2%	35,968
	Republican	Robert Garcia (Write-in)	0.4%	323
	Republican	John Minore (Write-in)	0.3%	225
	Republican	Cheryl Brown (Write-in)	0.3%	194
	Republican	Clair Van Steenwyk (Write-in)	0.1%	110
Total Votes				76,192

Arizona House of Representatives, District 13 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steve Montenegro Incumbent	39.1%	10,189
Darin Mitchell	32.9%	8,572
Russ Jones Incumbent	28%	7,294
Total Votes		26,055

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate elections in Arizona, 2012

Van Steenwyk ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Arizona. He was defeated by Jeff Flake in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012.

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

Clair Van Steenwyk did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

The following issues were listed on Van Steenwyk's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Agenda 21: Agenda 21 will end life as we know it. Part of the plan is to dumb down our Children, and for the most part, they’ve done an excellent job already in our schools and are now adding into the mix Common Core the newest Government plan to complete the Dumbing down of our children. Radical Islams’ War Against America: More accurately, we need to form an Alliance with our True Allies in NATO, SEATO, this doesn’t include any Countries who have supported in anyway the Radical Islam Movement as all they’ve proved to us is they can’t be trusted as even Fair Weather Friends, let alone Allies. Our leaders are not taking the time to learn what Islam is about, as they keep telling us that it is a peaceful religion we will believe them. Islam is a religion and ideology all in one. The Islam religion / ideology is bent on total world domination and is willing to take the time necessary, even centuries, to bring this about. Secure Veterans Benefits: No More Undeclared Wars or Nation Building, a proven failed policy as the past involvements by just observing the results for ourselves and costs to our children. Illegal Aliens Securing Borders & Merit Immigration Reform: Upon the opening session of the US Senate I’ll introduce an Enforcement First Bill* that will require the immediate enforcement of all our Immigration Laws and Securing all Our Borders. Protecting the Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms, is a Fundamental God Granted Right for All Americans and this also extends to the ammunition needed for the firearms, as impossible to bear arms with no bullets, so there can be no restrictions on the Ammunition needed by the owners of the Arms to have the ability to use them, believe it’s one in the same thing.	”
—Clair Van Steenwyk's campaign website, http://vote4van.com/about-van/

2014

Van Steenwyk's campaign website listed the following issues:

“	Economy & Jobs: "We must revise our tax system to not punish those who achieve success and reward those who don’t at the expense of all of us. We must also put the Federal and hopefully all State Government on a Zero based budget rather than the Baseline Budget System now being used which just increases the budget automatically each and every year rather than going back." Energy: "It’s time for us to have a real Energy Plan for the United States of America. There’s more money made by big oil from importing and not drilling than if we’d allow drilling and encourage small businesses to do the work that big oil doesn’t seem to want to do." National Debt: "Every piece of legislation must have the constitution article and section cited before it leaves committee and is brought to the floor." Healthcare: "Our healthcare system, abolish Obama care. As proven by the form of Healthcare in Europe and especially Canada where many of the residents there come here for care as they can’t afford to wait while their condition worsens, we don’t need this type of Healthcare in America." Education: "We must close the Dept. of Education and send the job back to the states and communities where the Schools are and it belongs. This will give our citizens the ability to decide what’s best for the children in any given state, county, city or township this includes all public or private school systems which should be regulated by the individual state and not the federal government."	”
—Clair Van Steenwyk's campaign website, http://vanushouse.com/about-van/

2012

Van Steenwyk's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Economy & Jobs

Excerpt: "We must revise our tax system to not punish those who achieve success and reward those who don’t, at the expense of all of us. We must also put the federal, and hopefully all state government on a Zero-Based Budget rather than the Baseline Budget System now being used, which just increases the budget automatically each and every year rather than going back"

• Energy

Excerpt: "It’s time for us to have a real Energy Plan for theUnited States of America. There’s more money made by big oil from importing and not drilling than if we’d allow drilling and encourage small businesses to do the work that big oil doesn’t seem to want to do."

• National Debt

Excerpt: "Our Financial Security is at the brink of disaster. Our elected officials for generations have put us all on a path to destruction. We have a responsibility as Americans to put an end to this type of fiscal irresponsibility."

• Healthcare

Excerpt: "First, ABOLISH ObamaCare. As proven by the form of health care in Europe andCanada, government-run health care JUST DOESN’T WORK. Many Canadians come here for care, as they can’t afford to wait while their condition worsens."

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Clair Van Steenwyk campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Arizona State Senate District 28	Lost primary	$17,673	$21,251
Grand total			$17,673	$21,251
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Personal

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Van Steenwyk and his wife, Jean, have one child. They live in Sun City West, Arizona.

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Current members of the Arizona State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Warren Petersen

Majority Leader:Janae Shamp

Minority Leader:Priya Sundareshan

Senators

District 1

Mark Finchem (R)

District 2

Shawnna Bolick (R)

District 3

John Kavanagh (R)

District 4

Carine Werner (R)

District 5

Lela Alston (D)

District 6

Theresa Hatathlie (D)

District 7

Wendy Rogers (R)

District 8

Lauren Kuby (D)

District 9

Kiana Sears (D)

District 10

David Farnsworth (R)

District 11

Catherine Miranda (D)

District 12

Denise Epstein (D)

District 13

Javan Mesnard (R)

District 14

Warren Petersen (R)

District 15

Jake Hoffman (R)

District 16

Thomas Shope (R)

District 17

Vince Leach (R)

District 18

Priya Sundareshan (D)

District 19

David Gowan (R)

District 20

Sally Gonzales (D)

District 21

Rosanna Gabaldón (D)

District 22

Eva Diaz (D)

District 23

Brian Fernandez (D)

District 24

Analise Ortiz (D)

District 25

Tim Dunn (R)

District 26

Flavio Bravo (D)

District 27

Kevin Payne (R)

District 28

Frank Carroll (R)

District 29

Janae Shamp (R)

District 30

Hildy Angius (R)

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