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Holly Lyon
Holly Lyon was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 11 of the Arizona House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2014
Lyon's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
K-12 Education
- Excerpt: "One of the ways we do that is to restructure the school finance formula to ensure more funding ends up directly in the classroom. Another, is to ensure every school receiving taxpayer dollars has the same requirements for transparency and accountability. Money doesn't solve every problem, but the lack of it may make it impossible to implement some solutions."
Infrastructure, Including Utilities
- Excerpt: "Arizona should be a world leader in solar energy harvesting and technology development. No; solar alone can’t sustain us, at least not yet. But, if we apply ourselves to making it work for us, we’ll find more and more ways to use it to offset non-renewable energy sources and create jobs in a new industry. If we wait too long, someone else will."
Ethics & Transparency for Public Officials
- Excerpt: "Legislators and their campaign funds should not be allowed to accept money nor gifted items, services, travel, or meals from any lobbyist or company that has a contract with any office or jurisdiction over which those officials have influence. Public officials, especially elected officials, should not be allowed to lobby for for-profit organizations for two years after they leave office, nor be allowed to go to work for any company that benefited from their activities in the Legislature for that same two years."
Liberty, Fairness, and Human Rights
- Excerpt: "People must be allowed to make their own choices, and then live with the results. But, the "game" needs to have rules, i.e., laws, that ensure fairness for everyone. The right of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" must be an opportunity afforded to all, regardless of race, gender, creed, sexual orientation, or position of birth."
Jobs & The Economy
- Excerpt: "Cutting taxes to corporations is a race to the bottom strategy pitting states against each other when the real competition is in the global economy. Arizona can win that competition by investing in itself and our children, and offering a predictable business environment with an emphasis on innovation."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Holly Lyon was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Mark Finchem and Vince Leach defeated Jo Grant in the Republican primary. Finchem and Leach defeated Lyon and write-in candidate Barry McCain (D) in the general election.[2][3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mark Finchem |
37.3% | 36,732 | |
| Republican | Vince Leach |
34.8% | 34,274 | |
| Democratic | Holly Lyon | 27.8% | 27,392 | |
| Democratic | Barry McCain (Write-In) | 0% | 49 | |
| Total Votes | 98,447 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Vince Leach |
41.8% | 15,596 |
| Mark Finchem |
36.5% | 13,584 |
| Jo Grant | 21.7% | 8,087 |
| Total Votes | 37,267 | |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Holly + Lyon + Arizona + House"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
See also
- Arizona State Legislature
- Arizona state legislative districts
- Arizona House of Representatives
- Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
- Official campaign website
- Holly Lyon on Facebook
- Holly Lyon on Twitter
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Arizona State Legislature
Footnotes
- ↑ Lyon for 11, "My Views," accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 27, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
