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Steven B. Yarbrough
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 21
Arizona State Senate District 17

Education

Bachelor's

Arizona State University, 1968

Law

Arizona State University Law School, 1971

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Personal website

Steven B. Yarbrough is a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 17 from 2011 to 2019. Yarbrough served as state Senate president from 2017 to 2019.

Yarbrough was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Arizona State Senate because of term limits. Yarbrough previously served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2017.

Yarbrough served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 21 from 2003 to 2011.

Biography

Yarbrough' professional experience includes working as a Partner with Yarbrough, Moll and Dunn, as a teacher at Mesa Community College and as Director of the Office of Student Affairs at Arizona State University.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arizona committee assignments, 2017
• Rules, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Yarbrough served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

Campaign themes

2014

Yarbrough's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]

Education

  • Excerpt: "I am committed to improving student academic achievement for Arizona K-12 students. School choice, high Arizona created standards and delivering more resources to the classroom are key components for accomplishing this goal."

Tax Policy & Economic Development

  • Excerpt: "If I am re-elected I will continue to advance legislation that minimizes the tax and regulatory burden on our citizens and embraces the American entrepreneurial spirit."

Religious Freedom And S.B. 1062

  • Excerpt: "As for me, I will stand with the First Amendment and our Constitution. I choose freedom. Perhaps you will join me."

Life / Abortion

  • Excerpt: "Abortion is the ultimate denial of due process of law relative to the unborn child. It is an American tragedy. As long as we deny the fact that an unborn child is a human being created in God’s image we tear at the fabric of our nation."

Private Charity

  • Excerpt: "Charity really does begin at home. If re-elected I’ll continue to look for ways to help more of that happen."

Medicaid expansion lawsuit

See also: Can Arizona conservatives beat the clock to block Medicaid expansion from taking effect Jan. 1?

Steven Yarbrough was one of the 36 Republican members of the Arizona State Legislature who signed onto a lawsuit brought by the Goldwater Institute in September 2013 against Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) over the expansion of Medicaid in Arizona under provisions of the Affordable Care Act.[2] Brewer announced her support for Medicaid expansion in Arizona in 2013, and by June of that year the legislature passed a bill expanding Medicaid in the state .[3] In September 2013, the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law's implementation. They argued that the law contained a tax, and its implementation under the control of the executive branch violated state laws enforcing the separation of powers.[2] In 2015, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled against the 36 Republican lawmakers and the Goldwater Institute, saying that the law contained an assessment, not a tax. The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the Superior Court's 2015 ruling on March 16, 2017.[4]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2018

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2018

Steven B. Yarbrough was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2016

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Steven B. Yarbrough defeated Steven Weichert in the Arizona State Senate District 17 general election.[5][6]

Arizona State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven B. Yarbrough Incumbent 56.65% 54,454
     Democratic Steven Weichert 43.35% 41,676
Total Votes 96,130
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Steven Weichert ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 17 Democratic Primary.[7]

Arizona State Senate, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Steven Weichert  (unopposed)


Incumbent Steven B. Yarbrough ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 17 Republican Primary.[8]

Arizona State Senate, District 17 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven B. Yarbrough Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona State Senate 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. Kristie O'Brien was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Steve Yarbrough was unopposed in the Republican primary. Yarbrough defeated O'Brien in the general election.[9][10][11][12]

Arizona State Senate District 17, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Yarbrough Incumbent 60.1% 32,598
     Democratic Kristie O'Brien 39.9% 21,619
Total Votes 54,217

2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Yarbrough won election in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 17. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He won the general election on November 6, 2012.[13][14]

Arizona State Senate, District 17, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Yarbrough Incumbent 57.2% 48,581
     Democratic Bill Gates 42.8% 36,349
Total Votes 84,930

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Yarbrough was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 due to the term limits of the Arizona House of Representatives. He instead won election to the district 21 seat of the Arizona State Senate. He ran unopposed.[15]

2008

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Yarbrough and Warde Nichols were elected to the 21st District Seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating opponent Phil Hettmansperger (D).[16]

Arizona State House, District 21 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Warde Nichols (R) 46,478
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Yarbrough (R) 56,980
Phil Hettmansperger (D) 44,943

Campaign finance summary

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Steven B. Yarbrough campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Arizona State Senate, District 17Won $136,220 N/A**
2014Arizona State Senate, District 17Won $81,067 N/A**
2012Arizona State Senate, District 17Won $40,231 N/A**
2010Arizona State Senate, District 21Won $29,299 N/A**
2008Arizona State House, District 21Won $74,307 N/A**
2006Arizona State House, District 21Won $32,732 N/A**
2004Arizona State House, District 21Won $20,645 N/A**
2002Arizona State House, District 21Won $30,130 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the 54th Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 4.

  • Center for Arizona Policy: Senate and House Voting Records
Legislators' votes are recorded by the Center for Arizona Policy on bills related to family issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013

Personal

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Yarbrough and his wife, Linda, have three children.

Yarbrough serves as Executive Director of the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization, and is on the Board of Directors of the Arizona State University Alumni Association and the Children's Hope Association.[18]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Steven + Yarbrough + Arizona + Senate"

Steven Yarbrough News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Yarbrough for Senate, "Issues," accessed October 15, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arizona Republic, "Goldwater Institute sues over Arizona Medicaid law," September 12, 2013
  3. ↑ Office of the Arizona Governor, "State of the State Address," January 14, 2013
  4. ↑ AZCentral, "Court rejects Arizona GOP lawmakers' Medicaid challenge," March 16, 2017
  5. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
  6. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
  7. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
  8. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
  9. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
  10. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 28, 2014
  11. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
  12. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
  13. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013
  14. ↑ C-SPAN/Associated Press, "August 28, 2012 Primary Results - Arizona," accessed August 28, 2012
  15. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election results," accessed December 13, 2013
  16. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed April 7, 2014
  17. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ARA
  18. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 7, 2014
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Preceded by
David Schapira (D) 		Arizona State Senate District 17
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J.D. Mesnard (R)
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Jay Tibshraeny 		Arizona State Senate District 21
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