Shawnna Bolick
2023 - Present
2027
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Shawnna Bolick (Republican Party) is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 2. She assumed office on July 23, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Bolick (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 2. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Bolick to replace former state Sen. Steve Kaiser (R).[1]
Biography
Shawnna Bolick graduated from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with a B.A. in policy studies. She later graduated from American University with her M.A. In her career, she served on Texas Lt. Governor Rick Perry's high-tech council and later became a published author. In addition, she was appointed to the Arizona State Board of Education’s Academic Standards Development Committee and was appointed to Arizona’s Early Childhood Education and Health Board by Governor Doug Ducey.[2]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Bolick was assigned to the following committees:
- Ways and Means Committee, Chair
- Criminal Justice Reform Committee (Decommissioned), Vice-Chair
2019-2020
Bolick was assigned to the following committees:
- Federal Relations Committee
- Ways and Means Committee, Vice Chairman
- Elections Committee (Decommissioned)
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 2
Incumbent Shawnna Bolick defeated Judy Schwiebert and Dennis Pugsley in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shawnna Bolick (R) | 50.8 | 52,100 |
![]() | Judy Schwiebert (D) | 47.2 | 48,333 | |
Dennis Pugsley (G) | 2.0 | 2,076 |
Total votes: 102,509 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 2
Judy Schwiebert advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 2 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Judy Schwiebert | 100.0 | 14,351 |
Total votes: 14,351 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 2
Incumbent Shawnna Bolick defeated Josh Barnett in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 2 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shawnna Bolick | 53.7 | 10,469 |
![]() | Josh Barnett | 46.3 | 9,018 |
Total votes: 19,487 | ||||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Arizona State Senate District 2
Dennis Pugsley advanced from the Green primary for Arizona State Senate District 2 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dennis Pugsley | 100.0 | 10 |
Total votes: 10 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Pledges
Bolick signed the following pledges.
2022
Secretary of State
See also: Arizona Secretary of State election, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona Secretary of State
Adrian Fontes defeated Mark Finchem in the general election for Arizona Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Adrian Fontes (D) ![]() | 52.4 | 1,320,619 |
![]() | Mark Finchem (R) | 47.6 | 1,200,411 |
Total votes: 2,521,030 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Yeaple (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona Secretary of State
Adrian Fontes defeated Reginald Bolding in the Democratic primary for Arizona Secretary of State on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Adrian Fontes ![]() | 52.5 | 302,681 |
![]() | Reginald Bolding | 47.5 | 273,815 |
Total votes: 576,496 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dennis Florian (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona Secretary of State
Mark Finchem defeated Beau Lane, Shawnna Bolick, and Michelle Ugenti-Rita in the Republican primary for Arizona Secretary of State on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mark Finchem | 42.6 | 329,884 |
![]() | Beau Lane ![]() | 23.4 | 181,058 | |
![]() | Shawnna Bolick ![]() | 19.3 | 149,779 | |
![]() | Michelle Ugenti-Rita | 14.8 | 114,391 |
Total votes: 775,112 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wade Wilson (R)
- Remo Paul (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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State House
Shawnna Bolick did not file to run for re-election.
2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Judy Schwiebert and incumbent Shawnna Bolick defeated incumbent Anthony Kern in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Judy Schwiebert (D) ![]() | 34.4 | 50,633 |
✔ | ![]() | Shawnna Bolick (R) | 33.5 | 49,268 |
![]() | Anthony Kern (R) | 32.0 | 47,094 |
Total votes: 146,995 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Judy Schwiebert advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Judy Schwiebert ![]() | 100.0 | 18,520 |
Total votes: 18,520 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anthony Kern and incumbent Shawnna Bolick advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Anthony Kern | 50.6 | 16,164 |
✔ | ![]() | Shawnna Bolick | 49.4 | 15,760 |
Total votes: 31,924 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anthony Kern and Shawnna Bolick defeated Hazel Chandler and Christopher Gilfillan in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Anthony Kern (R) | 26.2 | 34,249 |
✔ | ![]() | Shawnna Bolick (R) | 25.9 | 33,848 |
![]() | Hazel Chandler (D) | 24.4 | 31,979 | |
![]() | Christopher Gilfillan (D) ![]() | 23.6 | 30,855 |
Total votes: 130,931 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Hazel Chandler and Christopher Gilfillan defeated Patrick Church and Dan Anderson in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Hazel Chandler | 37.7 | 8,429 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Gilfillan ![]() | 27.1 | 6,053 |
Patrick Church | 22.3 | 4,987 | ||
Dan Anderson | 12.8 | 2,869 |
Total votes: 22,338 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anthony Kern and Shawnna Bolick advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Anthony Kern | 56.8 | 13,801 |
✔ | ![]() | Shawnna Bolick | 43.2 | 10,483 |
Total votes: 24,284 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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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. Incumbent Eric Meyer was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Kate Brophy McGee and Shawnna Bolick defeated Mary Hamway in the Republican primary. Meyer and McGee defeated Bolick and Zhani Doko (L) in the general election.[3][4][5][6]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
36% | 37,054 | |
Democratic | ![]() |
30.7% | 31,646 | |
Republican | Shawnna Bolick | 28.2% | 29,061 | |
Libertarian | Zhani Doko | 5.1% | 5,306 | |
Total Votes | 103,067 |
Endorsements
In 2014, Bolick's endorsements included the following:[7]
- U.S. Senator Jeff Flake
- Former Congressman John Shadegg
- Former Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr.
- Former Congressman Ben Quayle
- Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman Bob Stump
- Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery
- Maricopa County Board of Supervisor Andy Kunasek
- Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri
- Vice Mayor of Phoenix Jim Waring
- Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio
2010
Bolick faced Kate Brophy McGee, Bev Kraft and Eric West in the August 24 primary. Bolick was defeated by Kate Brophy McGee and Eric West in the Republican primary.[8]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Shawnna Bolick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bolick's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Arizonans should be able to trust that their elections are conducted with integrity and transparency. But today, 51% of voters believe cheating affected the results of the 2020 election. The rules should be consistent and predictable – not changing at the last minute to fit partisan agendas. The office of Secretary of State should clearly communicate rules, expectations, and results with voters. Bolick led on election integrity as a State Representative, listening to and acting on voter concerns, and educating herself on cyber security and election procedures in other states. She began sounding alarms about election integrity in 2018 and believes many of the problems of the 2020 election could have been addressed in 2018.
- The office of Secretary of State should be neutral and the Secretary of State should check his or her political agenda at the door. But our current and past Secretaries of State have used the office as a political platform often at the expense of doing the jobs they were elected to do. The job description is to administer the papers and affairs of the state, work with Arizona businesses, and manage and certify elections. The Secretary of State is also next in line to govern the state. Bolick is tired of watching Arizonans suffer while elected officials abuse their role and undermine trust in one of our highest offices. Arizonans can trust that she will check her politics – but not her principles – at the door.
- Running a business is hard. But small business owners are the backbone of Arizona’s economy. It should be simpler and more straightforward to start and conduct a business in our state. Unfortunately, the current Secretary of State has not provided the responsiveness that businesses need and has shuttered the office for the past year. Bolick knows firsthand from local business owners that businesses are having a hard time filing the necessary required forms with the current Secretary’s office and many would not have been able to comply in a timely manner if they didn’t personally know a staffer somewhere in that office. We need to ensure this office is business friendly. The future of our state depends on it if we wish to remain competitive.
- Secure Elections
- Championing Small Business
- Education Options
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2020
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2014
Campaign website
Bolick’s campaign website stated the following:
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Education and Jobs As a product of a K-12 public education, I haveACSTa worked a majority of my adult life on behalf of our school children. I volunteered in the inner city knowing young children came from broken homes and might need a young mentor to guide them on a better path. I helped work in a GED classroom hoping both young and old high school drop outs would be able to pass the test giving them credentials to help obtain a better paying job, or a chance to receive a secondary education or attend a vocational training school. It was my last semester senior year of undergraduate school that truly opened my heart and mind. I spent a semester in an inner city high school in New York City where I realized the best asset of any school is a strong leader (a.k.a. the principal). Principals and teachers should be able to work together with parents on the best curriculum for their students, not the federal government or a public union representative. Our children are our most undervalued resource. I should know because I have two school aged children who attend two wonderful charter schools in the Phoenix area. We need to ensure our investments are directly made to their classrooms. As a founder and an actively engaged parent of my child’s school’s parent organization, I continue to help ensure each teacher of his school receives the necessary funds to ensure their students receive the best educational experience. All teachers should have access to the necessary funds for their classrooms in order to compete in our evolving global classrooms. Teachers should be held accountable for their children’s academic excellence. I am a firm believer in merit pay. If students are excelling in their subjects those teachers should receive additional compensation for their successes in their classroom. In a perfect world I would like to align master teachers in each classroom so each child could learn to love an academic subject from an expert in biology, chemistry, English, math or even art. I am a strong advocate of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum and schools. The United States exports more high skilled jobs each year to other countries because our high school and college graduates don’t have the skill-sets to fill these crucial jobs. This is just one reason why I continue to serve on the BASIS Scottsdale School Board. We need to grow our future pool of workers to ensure the U.S. maintains its global economic status in the marketplace right here in Arizona and encourage these students to stay here upon graduation from high school or college. Not all children learn at the same speed or in the same style. I support incubators of success we have experienced in our Arizona charter schools and believe they need to be replicated across the state. I have also advocated on behalf of public school students and each family’s ability to find the school that best fits their children’s learning needs within their district or via open enrollment. I have spent the last several years ensuring low-income, special needs and foster children receive the best education possible by finding a private school that understands their needs. These children now have better opportunities and a majority of these scholarship students go on to graduate high school and often onto college. As a Mom, I know the importance of a good education and I will be an ally of yours in this arena. Limited Government, Fiscal Restraint and States’ Rights Sweeping funds and accounting tricks were not envisioned by our state’s founders and it’s time to put Arizona back on the track towards fiscal responsibility without the fuzzy math. I am opposed to unfunded mandates handed down by the federal government and will work to protect the Arizona taxpayer if elected. Each resident of Arizona should be in favor of open government. As a taxpayer, we should be able to track each and every dollar the government spends so the process is transparent. It is our right to know how each dollar is spent. I am a firm believer in States’ Rights. I supported the passage of the 2010 Healthcare Freedom Act. Repealing Obamacare is a priority in improving economic freedom and rolling back taxes created to service Obamacare. Obamacare increased government reach, taxes, the price of health insurance and regulatory burdens while decreasing competitiveness in the healthcare marketplace. More choice and competition empowers individuals to move towards a consumer-driven healthcare system placing individuals in charge, not Washington bureaucrats. As a right-to-work state, Arizona is in favor of secret ballots, public pension reform, paycheck protection and more transparency in union contracts. I will help lead the charge in these areas. Building a Better Business Climate Arizona can easily replicate Texas’ successes. Arizona needs to become a stronger player in advocating to businesses reasons why they should move their corporate offices to Arizona. Arizona should also build a relationship with Mexico to invest in a port of entry to help with our state’s commerce. We have seen from the success in Texas that our regulatory policies need to be rolled back to move towards a free, civil society. Excessive regulations stifle our progress and limits consumer choice. The recipe to strong free enterprise is a tax system that taxes all consumed income once at the flattest rate. The government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace, or setting economic policies that will help one business over another. Our small businesses are the backbone of our economy. We need a level playing field to help all businesses survive. I will advocate on behalf of our small businesses to ensure the marketplace remains as fair to the future of their success. Prospective businesses need to know that Arizona’s charter schools are competing against some of our global counterparts and coming out on top. The best part: charter schools are free and their employee’s children can receive a world class education competitive to a private school education. Our weather is hands-down hospitable to outdoor activity a majority of the year. Who doesn’t want to traverse parts of the Grand Canyon on a weekend outing when other parts of the country are scraping ice off their windshield? I also believe in expanding energy production and rolling back unnecessary regulations in order to explore and drill on Arizona soil. Arizona’s sunshine is a valuable resource, but so is the Navajo Generating Station. An energy policy in a free market without government intervention expands all coal, oil, wind, nuclear, solar, and natural gas energy production without picking winners or losers. Securing our Nation’s Borders Our legal immigration system has been broken for decades. Once elected to the Arizona Legislature I will work with our Congressional delegation to find ways to end chain migration. In order to move forward with a better legal immigration system we must restore a work-based immigration system by limiting preferences to spouses and minor children. [9] |
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—Shawnna Bolick’s campaign website (2014)[10] |
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2024
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In 2024, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.
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2023
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In 2023, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 to July 31.
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2022
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In 2022, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 25.
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2021
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In 2021, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 11 to June 30.
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 28.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ KTAR, "Former Arizona Rep. Shawnna Bolick appointed to fill Senate seat vacated by Steve Kaiser," accessed August 1, 2023
- ↑ Bolick for Arizona, "About Shawnna," accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Bolick for Arizona, "Endorsements," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2010 Primary results," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Shawnna Bolick’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed June 3, 2014
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Steve Kaiser (R) |
Arizona State Senate District 2 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Arizona House of Representatives District 20 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Alma Hernandez (D) |