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Adam Kwasman
2025 - Present
2029
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Adam Kwasman is an at-large member of the Scottsdale City Council in Arizona. He assumed office on January 14, 2025. His current term ends in 2029.
Kwasman ran for election for an at-large seat of the Scottsdale City Council in Arizona. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Scottsdale, Arizona (2024)
General election
General election for Scottsdale City Council At-large (3 seats)
Adam Kwasman and Maryann McAllen defeated incumbent Tammy Caputi and incumbent Tom Durham in the general election for Scottsdale City Council At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Kwasman (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 55,452 |
| ✔ |  | Maryann McAllen (Nonpartisan)  | 28.8 | 53,596 |
 | Tammy Caputi (Nonpartisan) | 27.2 | 50,617 | |
| Tom Durham (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 25,713 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 583 | ||
| Total votes: 185,961 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Scottsdale City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Scottsdale City Council At-large on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jan Dubauskas (Nonpartisan) | 18.0 | 27,717 |
| ✔ | | Tammy Caputi (Nonpartisan) | 15.8 | 24,320 |
| ✔ | | Adam Kwasman (Nonpartisan) | 14.9 | 22,952 |
| ✔ | | Maryann McAllen (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 18,898 |
| ✔ | Tom Durham (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 18,440 | |
 | Robert Lettieri (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 15,823 | |
 | Mason Gates (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 12,350 | |
 | Stephen Casares (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 7,057 | |
 | Justin Laos (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 6,492 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 178 | ||
| Total votes: 154,227 | |||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 23
Incumbent Michelle Ugenti-Rita defeated Seth Blattman and Kyle Kirsch in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R) | 59.1 | 89,677 |
 | Seth Blattman (D) | 40.9 | 62,115 | |
| Kyle Kirsch (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 151,805 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 23
Seth Blattman defeated Brandon Donnelly in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 23 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Seth Blattman | 100.0 | 27,231 |
 | Brandon Donnelly (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Total votes: 27,234 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 23
Incumbent Michelle Ugenti-Rita defeated Alexander Kolodin in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 23 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Ugenti-Rita | 60.4 | 24,945 |
 | Alexander Kolodin | 39.6 | 16,383 | |
| Total votes: 41,328 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Kwasman (R)
Campaign finance
2014
Arizona's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2014 due to the fact that the seat was held by a Democrat, but the district had a slight Republican lean. Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick faced no challenger in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, Andy Tobin triumphed over Gary Kiehne and Adam Kwasman. The race between Tobin and Kiehne remained too close to call for over a week following the primary. In the end, Tobin won by 0.7 percent of the vote. Kirkpatrick ultimately defeated Tobin in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1][2][3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andy Tobin |
35.8% | 18,814 | ||
| Gary Kiehne | 35.1% | 18,407 | ||
| Adam Kwasman | 29.1% | 15,266 | ||
| Total Votes | 52,487 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
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Migrant children comment
Kwasman mistook a bus of YMCA campers for an expected group of immigrant children being moved to a shelter in Oracle, AZ. Upon seeing the bus Kwasman tweeted, "Bus coming in. This is not compassion. This is the abrogation of the rule of law." He then told a reporter, "I was actually able to see some of the children in the buses. The fear on their faces.... This is not compassion." When he was informed of his blunder, he apologized "I apologize, I didn't know. I was leaving when I saw them."[4][5]
2012
Kwasman won election in the 2012 election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11. He and incumbent Steve Smith ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He won election in the general election on November 6, 2012, receiving the second-most votes.[6][7] The Arizona House employs "bloc with partial abstention" multi-member districts, electing two state representatives per district.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Steve Smith |
36.7% | 44,928 | |
| Republican | Adam Kwasman |
34.1% | 41,732 | |
| Democratic | Dave Joseph | 29.2% | 35,707 | |
| Total Votes | 122,367 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Adam Kwasman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Kwasman's campaign website listed the following issues:[9]
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Campaign finance summary
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State legislative tenure
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Kwasman served on the following committees:
| Arizona committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Appropriations |
| • Commerce |
| • Ways and Means, Vice Chair |
| • Budget |
Scorecards
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2014
In 2014, the 51st Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 13 to April 24.
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2013
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In 2013, the 51st Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 14.
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Medicaid expansion lawsuit
Adam Kwasman 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.[11] 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 .[12] 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.[11] 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.[13]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "2014 Arizona House Primaries Results," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ KTAR, "Andy Tobin wins Arizona's 1st Congressional District GOP primary," September 2, 2014
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Azcentral, "Arizona politician mistakes YMCA campers for migrant children," July 16, 2014
- ↑ Daily KOS, "Anti-immigrant Arizona Republican saddened by refugee kids ... from YMCA camp," July 16, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ Vermont Legislative Research Service, "The Pros and Cons of Multi-Member Districts," accessed July 17, 2014
- ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Arizona Republic, "Goldwater Institute sues over Arizona Medicaid law," September 12, 2013
- ↑ Office of the Arizona Governor, "State of the State Address," January 14, 2013
- ↑ AZCentral, "Court rejects Arizona GOP lawmakers' Medicaid challenge," March 16, 2017
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