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Vernon Parker
Vernon Parker was a Republican candidate for Arizona Corporation Commissioner in the 2014 elections.[1]
Biography
Parker was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent the 9th Congressional District of Arizona. Prior to his run, Parker served as mayor of Paradise Valley from 2008-2010, and had been elected to a four-year term on the Paradise Valley City Council in 2012. He resigned his seat on the council in early September 2012 to focus on his congressional run.[2] After his unsuccessful congressional bid, Parker ran for a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission. He was defeated in the Republican primary.[1]
Elections
2014
Parker ran for election to the office of Arizona Corporation Commissioner. Parker unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the primary election on August 26, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Primary election - August 26, 2014
| Arizona Corporation Commission, Republican Primary (Elect 2), 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Doug Little |
29% | 250,193 | ||
| Tom Forese |
28.9% | 249,951 | ||
| Lucy Mason | 23.1% | 199,821 | ||
| Vernon Parker | 19% | 163,773 | ||
| Total Votes | 863,738 | |||
| Election results via Arizona Secretary of State. | ||||
Polls
| Arizona Corporation Commission | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Doug Little | Tom Forese | Lucy Mason | Vernon Parker | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||
| Harper Polling August 19-20, 2014 | 29% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 26% | +/-3.44 | 812 | ||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
2012
Parker ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 9th District. He defeated Leah Campos Schandlbauer, Travis Grantham, Lisa Borowsky, Wendy Rogers, Martin Sepulveda and Jeff Thompson in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He lost to Kyrsten Sinema (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[3][4][5][6]
According to the website Daily Kos, this race was one of nine top-ballot 2012 races that contained a Libertarian candidate who received more total votes than was the difference between the Democratic winner and the GOP runner-up. In this case, Powell Gammill took in over 7,300 more votes than the number that separated Sinema and Parker.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema |
48.7% | 121,881 | |
| Republican | Vernon B. Parker | 44.6% | 111,630 | |
| Libertarian | Powell Gammill | 6.6% | 16,630 | |
| Total Votes | 250,141 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Vernon Parker |
22.5% | 11,184 |
| Lisa Borowsky | 6.6% | 3,281 |
| Leah Campos Schandlbauer | 4.3% | 2,139 |
| Travis Grantham | 18.4% | 9,179 |
| Wendy Rogers | 21% | 10,479 |
| Martin Sepulveda | 20.4% | 10,165 |
| Jeff Thompson | 6.7% | 3,358 |
| Total Votes | 49,785 | |
Endorsements
Parker was endorsed by former President George H.W. Bush. A full list of endorsements can be found here.[8]
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was used to recall this version of the website from June 20, 2014.
Campaign themes
2012
Parker's campaign website listed the following issues:[9]
- Economic Recovery
- Excerpt: "Americans deserve the opportunity to have a job and provide for their family. The Obama Administration is stifling private sector economic growth and denying Americans an opportunity to work. We need tax cuts, not deficit spending, to unleash growth in America."
- Debt
- Excerpt: "The U.S. national debt stands at more that $15 trillion, and Parker is committed to making the government live within its means just like he did in Paradise Valley. We cannot continue to drown our children and grandchildren in a sea of debt, and Parker will oppose any efforts to raise the federal government’s “credit card” limit. "
- Immigration
- Excerpt: "We need leaders who will insist that border security is a national security problem for the United States. We must enforce our laws against employers who hire illegal aliens and eliminate the lawlessness along our border. By securing the California and Texas border, the federal government effectively funneled the majority of drug and human trafficking into Arizona."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Parker took the bus across town to attend a better high school, put himself through Long Beach State and earned a J.D. from Georgetown. He knows the difference an education can make, and he wants all students to have the same opportunity to change their own lives."
- Sanctity of Life
- Excerpt: " I believe all life – particularly that of the unborn – is sacred and deserves our protection. "
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Parker and his wife, Lisa, have two children.[10]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Vernon + Parker + Arizona + House
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Candidate Full Listing," June 19, 2014
- ↑ Azcentral, "Congress hopeful Parker resigns PV council post," September 8, 2012
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," August 28, 2012
- ↑ Associated Press, "Primary results," August 28, 2012
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ National Journal, "Kyrsten Sinema Winner in Arizona's 9th District," November 13, 2012
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Libertarians provided the margin for Democrats and at least nine elections," November 15, 2012
- ↑ Vernon Parker for Congress 2012 Official campaign website, "Endorsements," November 1, 2012
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
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