Mary Honne
Mary Honne (Democratic Party) (also known as Kathleen) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 22. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Honne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mary Honne was born in Douglas, Arizona. She graduated from Proud Douglas High School in 1986. Honne earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Western New Mexico University in 1991. She also earned an M.A. in education counseling from the University of Phoenix in 1995 and an M.A. in educational leadership from Western New Mexico University in 2002. Honne’s career experience includes working as an educator.
Honne served as the Unitown Diversity Education Trainer from 2005 to 2009, the President and Vice President of the Grant County DWI Task Force from 1995 to 2000, and the President of the Grant County Tobacco Free Coalition from 1995 to 2000. She also served as a member of the Silver City Arts in Education Task Force from 1995 to 1999.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ben Toma and incumbent Frank Carroll defeated Wendy Garcia and Mary Honne in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Toma (R) | 32.3 | 92,912 |
| ✔ |  | Frank Carroll (R) | 32.1 | 92,231 |
 | Wendy Garcia (D) | 18.6 | 53,522 | |
 | Mary Honne (D)  | 17.0 | 48,821 | |
| Total votes: 287,486 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)
Wendy Garcia and Mary Honne advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendy Garcia | 57.3 | 20,854 |
| ✔ | | Mary Honne | 42.7 | 15,519 |
| Total votes: 36,373 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ben Toma and incumbent Frank Carroll advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Toma | 50.0 | 33,677 |
| ✔ | | Frank Carroll | 50.0 | 33,667 |
| Total votes: 67,344 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mary Honne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Honne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Kathleen Honne grew up in rural Southern Arizona. Participating in 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) programs, she learned the values of citizenship, responsibility, and service to her community; as well as valuable life skills such as clear thinking and healthy living. Along with those values and skills Kathleen will bring her leadership and experience to the job of representing the voters in the Northwest Valley (Arizona’s Legislative District #22).
Mrs. Honne has worked in education for over 20 years serving as both an assistant principal and a classroom instructor. She has taught 3rd grade, managed an elementary school with over 900 students, and balanced multi-million dollar budgets. Kathleen has also successfully written safety grants and advocated for individual students with special needs. So she knows, first-hand, how to navigate the bureaucratic red-tape and address the challenges we face in getting the politicians down at the Capitol to act for the public good.
During this campaign, as both a Democratic and Clean Elections candidate. Kathleen will address the issues of political corruption, improving student education, healthcare access for all, embracing our diverse abilities, and making our economy work for everyone.
1—Clean Up Politics: Remove “C”--orruption from Arizona Capitol A—Ideally representatives serve the public interest; not their private/special interest —representatives are accountable for their record (votes, etc.) —reps listen to voters (respond, communicate & meet with constituents) B—good government best practices —reps step aside when they have a private conflict of interest —create a neutral 3rd party to be ombudsman and evaluate policy programs C—need to eliminate or diminish the role of money in politics —clean elections campaigning makes candidate accountable to public —traditional campaign funding makes politicians accountable to special interests —disclose dark money funding sources (make campaign donors transparent)
Healthcare: This should be a right, so the only question left is how to pay for it. A—universal coverage for everyone solves the problem of access to healthcare —what is the baseline of catastrophic care guaranteed to everyone? —pre-existing conditions should never exclude a person —drug coverage must be included —mental healthcare coverage must be included —women’s healthcare issues must be included B—point of insurance is to prevent family bankruptcy from a medical emergency—must include accidents, chronic conditions, and “unplanned emergencies”—spread the cost over everyone and a lifetime of care each individual—can include behavioral incentives —preventive care and checkups —risk factors such as drinking, smoking & diet —b
Economy: Rising tide lifts all boats (so everyone needs to benefit from growth) A—good paying jobs (requires a living wage and a “vocation”)—raise the minimum wage to $15/20 —must be able to maintain family with regular work hours B—modernize business industries (5 old C’s + 4 new C’s) —old industries: Cattle, Copper, Cotton, Citrus, & Climate —new industries: Computers, Conservation, Construction & Consumers) C—sales tax cut: stimulate economy with a 50% rate break —gives money back now to all taxpayers (shares the break with everyone)—regressive so it helps poor & middle class more than rich or corporations —stabilizes government revenue stream with income and property taxes —grows economy by refunding money with every point
- —Question: How do we get out of last place for educational performance?
Answer: Fix Funding First (go from FFF- to AAA+)
L—Local Control: Curriculum and unfunded state mandates must be addressed
A—Accountability: Charter school transparency & neighborhood school excellence
S—Safe Environment: Infrastructure, public school specialist teams, & training
T—Teacher Respect: increase pay for all staff involved in public education
—Education: L A S T (acronym)
I don’t want our students, teachers, or public schools to be in “last” place, but how much you spend on education indicates the value you place on this issue: It also shows your basic respect or priority for education policy (and more importantly the people it affects most—children).Public schools always have a “lasting” effect on everyone involved; including the students, educators, and wider community. If we continue to do nothing about our education crisis in Arizona—that effect will spiral down the drain in a “vicious circle” ending up with more people in prison and more money spent on the prison system. The bottom line is this: We
Currently, Arizona ranks in the bottom 10% in the nation for public education across everything from average student academic performance to educator pay, teacher retention, physical building maintenance, new classroom technology, and funding levels.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 5, 2020
