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Maricopa County Republican Party

PAChyderm Coalition

Arizona Right to Life
NRA with an A+ rating
District 18 Precinct Committeemen
Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (2,500 police officers)
AzCops (over 6,000 public safety officers)
AZ FOP
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu
Maricopa County Deputy's Law Enforcement Association
Arizona Highway Patrol Association
Arizona Federation of Firefighters
State Fraternal Order of Police
U.S. Border Patrol Officers of the Southwest United States (over 3,500 Arizona Officers)

Committee Chairs

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas, Corp. Commissioner Gary Pierce, Honorable Tom Freestone, Retired Col. Albert Rodriguez, Minutemen Founder Chris Simcox; Former Sheriff Dick Godbehere, Reed Flake.


Legislative Endorsements

Eddie Farnsworth, Andy Biggs, Mark Anderson, Judy Burgess, Bob Stump, Speaker Jim Weiers, Majority Leader Tom Boone, Majority Whip John McComish, Trish Groe, Steve Yarbrough, Ray Barnes, Sam Crump, John Kavanagh, Andy Tobin, Warde Nichols, Lucy Mason, Michelle Reagan, Nancy McLain and Senators Linda Gray, Chuck Gray, Thayer Verschoor, Bob Burns, Ron Gould, Jack Harper, Karen Johnson; Pamela Gorman, and Sylvia Allen.

Charlie Adair
Theresa Adair
Aaron Adams
Danny Adams
Ellen Adams
Judy Adams
Kathy Adams
Kerry Adams
Landis Aden
Patricia Ainsworth
Greg Albright
Frank Alger
Lorraine Alldredge
Toni Alldredge
Anita Allen
Cindy Allen
Dave Allen
David Allen
Jackie Allen
Jalyn Allen
Jay Allen
Justin Allen
Kathy Allen
Keaton Allen
Kim Allen
Rochelle Allen
Roy Allen
Trent Allen
Scott Allred
John Alston
Lela Alston
Frank Alvarez

Monica Alvarez
Jill Alvis
Mitch Alvis
Daryl Andersen
Kaye Andersen
Bill Anderson
Carol Anderson
Eve Anderson
Jerilyn Anderson
Joel Anderson
Lee Anderson
Mark Anderson
Nicki Anderson
Reese Anderson
Robyn Anderson
Sam Anderson
Robert Applegate
Harold Archer
Virginia Archer
Chet Arnett
Constable Fred Arnett
Jay Arnett
Patricia Arnett
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Geneva Arthin
Chance Asay
Mary Asay
Candidate Cecil Ash
Fred Ash
Linda Ash
Don Ashford
Marlene Ashford
Lavona Babbitt
Elaine Bagley
Don Baker
Layton Baker
Marilyn Baker
Sue Ballew
Glen Banks
Jackie Banks
Anne Hamilton Bark
Richard Bark
Joe Barto
Diane Bates
Helen Bates
Kathryn Bates
George Beatty
Marcia Beatty
Gina Bellus
Ron Bellus
Brian Bender
Melinda Benson
Spencer Benson
Linda Bevell
Bill Biesemeyer
Joan Biesemeyer
Carolyn Biggs
Cindy Biggs
Denise Bingham
Justin Bingham
Ann Black
Don Black
Richard Blake
Glenn Blanch
Tauna Blanch
Sandra Blasnek
Steve Blasnek
Honorable Barbara Blewster
Bill Blewster
Beverly Bluth
Jim Bluth

Butch & Delynn Bodine

Robert Bodine
Genevra Bond
JoEtta Bond
Ken Bond
Larry Bond
Greg Bongiarno
Bill Bonham
Carolee Bonham
Doug Bonham
Marci Bonham
Donetta Bowers
Honorable Rusty Bowers
Gary Bradshaw
Joan Bradshaw
Rodney Bradshaw
Ruth Bradshaw
Ann Bramley
Dr. Mel Bramley
Rhondia Bretz
Russell Bretz
John Brewer
Carma Brewer
Tom Brice
Brett Brimhall
Honorable Debra Brimhall
Dwayne Brimhall
John Brimhall
Neva Brimhall
Bret Brinkerhoff
Dean Brinkerhoff
Evelyn Brinkerhoff
Florene Brinkerhoff
Jake Brinkerhoff
Joseph Brinkerhoff
Robin Brinkerhoff
Sherry Brinkerhoff
Staci Brinkerhoff
Troy Brinkerhoff
John Bristow
Supervisor Fulton Brock
Andrea Brown
Barry Brown
Brandy Brown
Daryl Brown
Debbie Brown
Flint (Jake) Brown
Kathe Brown
Parry Brown
Phil Brown
Ron Brown
Ruth Brown
Shirley Brown
Honorable Wayne Brown
Michael Bruning
Alta Budge
Wayne Budge
Dean Buetler
Jean Buetler
Leah Burns
Harold Bushman
Inga Bushman
Deon Caddy
Lisa Caddy
Gene Cafarelli
Dennis Call
Diane Call
Noel Candland
Wendy Candland
Alma Carpenter
Jay Carpenter
Trulee Carpenter
Clark Chapman
Glenn Chapman
Linda Chapman
Terrance Chapman
Kay Chapman
Judy Chesley
Honorable Larry Chesley
Emily Childers
Roger Childers
Cheryl Clark
Norm Clark
Don Clement
Joann Clement
John Clement
Bill Close
Sandra Close
Eldred Cluff
Bowen Clyde
Danlie Collins
Julie Collins
Daryl and Michelle Colvin

Dave Combs
Dawn Conover
Don Conover
Kevin Cook
Rhonda Cook
Honorable Dean Cooley
Janet Cooley
Randy Cooper
Sally Cooper

Charlie & Sandy Cooper
Delilas Corbett
John Corbett
Linda Cox
Jim Craig
Linda Craig
Ruth Crandall
Dr. A. Keith Crandell
Carolyn Crandell
Jim Crandell
Leslie Crandell
Steve Crandell
Julie Crane
Richard Crane
Web Crockett
Emily Cruz
Bill Cunningham
Susan Cunningham
James Cutler
Lois Cutler
Rick Dalton
Ted Dalton
Curt Dana
Denelle Dana
Gail Dana
Lola Dana
Aaron Daniels
Cindy Daniels
Paul Daniels
Shirleen Daniels
Charles Davis
Crystal Davis
Jed Davis
Jill Davis
Dr. Morgan Davis
Honorable Susanne Davis
Bruce DeCell
Roger Decker
Helen DeGroff
Lee DeGroff
Elizabeth Denman
Wade Denman
Brook DeWalt
Honorable Sal DiCiccio
Denny Dobbins

Joe Dobbins
John Dobbins
Leann Dobbins
LouAnne Done
Mark Done
Dorothy Dooley
Aaron Doster
Gabriel Doster
Reanne Doster
Rueben Doster
Sarah Doster
Sandy Doty
Lee Draper
Pepper Draper
John Dyer
Doug Eaves
Barbara Ellingson
Jay Ellingson
John Ellingson
Carma Lee Ellingson
Mons Ellingson
Sally Ellingson
Brent Ellsworth
Carma Ellsworth
Gail Ellsworth
Ken Ellsworth
Linda Ellsworth
Steve Ellsworth
Don Enevoldsen
Chris Evans
GariLu Evans
Gary Evans
Marsha Evans
Eawnele Everett
Judy Everett
Marshall Everett
Ron Everett
Brad Farber
Kathy Farber
Anne Farnsworth
David Farnsworth
Janet Farnsworth
Kathleen Farrow
Norma Farrow
Vernon Farrow
Cara Filichia
Elizabeth Filichia
Tim Filichia
Tim (Sr.) Filichia
Lavon Finlinson
Richard Finlinson
Boyce Fish
Boyd Fish
Charles Flake
Collin Flake
Derrick Flake
Don Flake
Jeremy Flake
Reed Flake
Robert Flake
Travis Flake
Bridgett Flake-Wright
Connie Fletcher
Darrell Fletcher
Kelli Fletcher
Ann Flora
LD8 Chairman Royce Flora
Gayla Flores
Mario Flores
Bradley Flottmann
Bill Flowers
Ronda Flowers
Anita Freeman
Art Freeman
Gene Freeman
Marilyn Freeman
Helen Freeman
Phyliss Freestone
Clarence Freestone
Mike Freestone
Honorable Tom Freestone
Velma Freestone
Byde Fuller
Don Fuller
Glenn Fuller
Kay Fuller
Pam Fuller
Yolanda Fuller
Amy Funk
Gary Funk
Glen Gaddie
Jenny Gaddie

Anna Gaines
Dina Galassini
Don Galbasini
Joan Galbasini
James Garron
Pamela Garvin
LaRue Gates

Doug Giles
Honorable John Giles

DeeDee Glasgow
Lathe Glasgow
Martha Glasgow
David Glenn
John Glenn
Lyn Glenn
Former Sheriff Dick Godbehere
Brick Goodman
Mary Lou Goodman
Myles Gorin
Leila Gould
Paul Gould
Honorable Randy Graf
Brittani Graham
Mark Graham
Mike Graham
Senator Chuck Gray
Connie Gray
Senator Linda Gray
William Green
Eleanor Greene
Willian Greene
Bill Gregory
Nancy Gregory
Dana Groscost
Amy Groscost

Chad Groscost
Brent Gunnell
Bruce Gunnell
Doug Gunnell
Harold Gunnell
Jeff Gunnell
Jon Gunnell
Karl Gunnell
Laura Gunnell
Rachel Gunnell
Sally Gunnell
Scott Gunnell
Vicki Gunnell
Mark Gunning

Camille Hakes
Kathleen Hakes
Meryl Hale
Anita Hallsted
Keith Hallsted
Greg Hamblin
Kerri Hamblin
Marilyn Hamblin
Jeanne Hamman
Jim Hamman
Gayle Hammons
Glen Hammons

Charles Hancock
Twila Hancock
Jan Hannan
Sam Hannan
Dana Harper
Darrel Harper
Ed Harper
Jack Harper
Lorraine Harper
Nina Harper
State Mine Inspector Joe Hart
Bruce Harvey
Renee Harvey
John Harwood
Rebecca Harwood
Alan Hatch
Dave Hatch
Delcie Hatch
Korin Hatch
Loren Hatch
Jay Hathcock
Edna Haws
Henry Haws
Judieth Hempal

Candidate Kanani Hendersen
Honorable Charlie Hendrix
Daniel Hendrix
Calvin Herron
Connie Herron
Barry Hess
Annette Hettinger
Delbert Hiatt
Jan Hibbard
Darwin Hineman
Tom Hineman
Sarah Hinze
Bob Hisserich
Paula Hisserich
Bill Hoffman
Connie Huber
E.Clark Huber
John Huber
Elaine Huish
Jared Huish
Jarrod Huish
Dave Hulet
Dawna Hulet
Valene Hunt
Danette Huston
Kevin Huston
Gene Hutloff
Dr. Alan Immerman
Jerry Irvine
Vannie Irvine
Don Iverson
Jimmy James
Toni James
Sue Ann Jansen Betty Jarvis
AJ Jensen
David Jensen
Dean Jensen
Jean Jensen
Jerry Jensen
Kurt Jensen
Richard Jensen
Shirley Jensen
Beverly Johnson
Chris Johnson
Duane Johnson
Earl Johnson
Emmy Lou Johnson
Evan Johnson
Jeffrey Johnson
Jerry Johnson
Maureen Johnson
Merrill Johnson
Myrna Johnson
Walter Johnson
Lyle Johnson
Myrna Johnson
Kay Johnston
Larry Johnston
Carmen Jones
Carol Jones
Dodi Jones
Jane Jones
Kent & Jane Jones
Arlo Judd
Rob Judd
Thaddeus Kaemmer
Marta Klein
Kurt Kleinman
Robyn Kleinman
John Klien
Daneda Knowles
Danetta Knowles
Joanne Knowles
Mar Kobza
Norm Kobza
Nicholas Kunz
Dennis Lambson
Sheryl Lambson
Phillip Lambson
Jared Landkilde
Dale Langkilde
Dotti Layton
Janee Layton
Dr. Kent Layton
Owen Layton
Bren Leavitt
Jay Leavitt
Jenni Leavitt
Joanna Leavitt
Laurel Leavitt
Betty LeBaron
Donna LeBaron
Milo LeBaron
Amy Lee
Eric Lee
Jared Lee
Terry Lee
Crystal LeSueur
Gary LeSueur
Julie LeSueur
Larry LeSueur
Rusty LeSueur
Wilma LeSueur
Jay Leveatt
Bethany Lewis
Candy Lewis
Colleen Lewis
Kent Lewis
Robyn Lewis
Dr. Talmage Lewis
Tom Lewis
Garth Liechty
Sally Liechty
Glenn Lilly
Kimberly Lilly
Klonda Lilly
Gene Lines
Suzanne Lines
Becky Lisonbee
Reed Lisonbee
Russ Lisonbee
Glenda Lloyd
Dennis Lloyd
Doris Lockwood
Adam Lofgran
Jeff Lofgran
David Lopez
Daniel Lovell
Nicole Lovell
Evelyne Lowis
Anette Ludwig
Werner Ludwig
Gordon Luke

Chris Lulloff
Earl Lulloff
Susan Lulloff
Tony Mackelprang
Robert Maddock
Karen Mahoney
Leo Mahoney
Tony Malaj
Joel Marqual
Peggy Marqual
Adam Martinez
Daniel Martinez

Richard & Nancy Martinez
Charles Matheny
Joan Matheny
Don McCracken
Enilissa McCracken
Gloria McCracken
Todd McCracken
Mel McDonald
Honorable Bill McGibbon
Barbara McGrath
Wayne McGrath
Laurie McRae
Randall McWatters
Cyd Mecham
John Mecham
Calli Mechem
Cyd Mechem
John Mechem
Richard Merrill
Sandy Merrill
Jim Michaud
Judy Michaud
Jill Middlebrook
Candidate Ron Middlebrook
Deborrah Miller
Elliot Miller
Eva Miller
Jeff Miller
Julianne Miller
Steven Miller
Wendy Miller
Harold Millett
Herberta Millett
Adam Mills
Karl Millsaps
Paul Montague
Donna Moon
Ray Moon
Jerry Morris
Ken Morris
La Nelle Morris
Charlotte Mortensen
Sherrie Nattrass
Greg Naylor
Thomas Naylor
Vernon Naylor
Ken Neal
Janelle Neil
Matthew Neil
Steve Neil
Chairman LD22 Craig Nelson
Duane Nelson
Judy Nelson
Kimberly Nelson
Warde Nichols
Carill Ina Nicoll
John Nicoll
Lars Nielson
Ken Noble
Marie Noble
Stephen Noble
Colleen Norris
Leslie Oberly
Mark Oberly
Chairman LD19 Pat Oldroyd
Erma Oliphant
Jacqueline Olson
John Olson
Dr. Delbert Opie
Dr. Doug Opie
Garry Opie
Valerie Opie
Arthur Packard
Larry Packer
VaLois Packer
Cary Palmer
Jeanie Palmer
Debra Papa
Dr. Joseph Parham
Maria Parham
Jess Park
Kathy Park
Richard Park
Sharon Park

April Parker
William Paul
Myra Payne
Amelia Pearce
Colten Pearce
Deanna Pearce
Diane Pearce
Holli Pearce
Joshua Pearce
Justin Pearce
Kathy Bretz Pearce
Kathy McRae Pearce
Leone Pearce
Logan Pearce
Marion Pearce
Megan Pearce
Melissa Pearce
Richard Pearce
Rustin Pearce
Sammy Pearce
Sean Pearce
Spencer Pearce
Sterling Pearce
Talmage Pearce
Tamara Pearce
Tyler Pearce
Richard Pearce
Leone Pearce
Linda Pena
Keith Perkins
Larry Perkins
Dave Perkinson
Susie Perkinson
Fred Peters
Joseph Petersen
Honorable Dave & Patti Peterson

Honorable David & Tawna Peterson
Jerry Petrie
Becky Phelps
Jerry Phelps
Norris Phelps
Rebecca Phelps
Fred Phillis
Commissioner Gary Pierce
Sherri Pierce
James Pinkerman
Sheri Pinkerman

Floyd Pinkney
Rick Piper
Louisa Porter
Matt Porter
Raeleen Porter
Charlie Powell
Doris Prince
Mike Prince
Jeff Pugmire
Kathryn Pugmire
Craig Pulver
LuAnne Pulver
Ellsworth Ray
Janet Ray
Kathy Ray
Lynette Ray
Michael Ray
Nita Ray
Oakley Ray
Charlotte Reed
Gene Reed
Doug Reeder
Liz Reeder
Karen Reidhead
Marian Reidhead
Patricia Reidhead
Randy Reidhead
Stan Reidhead
Randy Ricedorff
Rebecca Ricedorff
Becky Richardson
Garth Richardson
Kyle Richardson
Alton Riggs
Trelva Riggs
Mary Ann Ritchie
Russell Ritchie
Col. Albert Rodriguez
Jim Roehr
Liz Roehr
Duane Rogers
Phyllis Rogers
Collette Rosati
Vincent Rosemann
Bruce Ross
Cindy Ross
Lina Rott
Evelyn Row
Kerri Rowley
Kenneth Rowley
Cory Rudd
Kirk Rudd
Sharon Rudd
Shelly Rudd
Barbara Runyan
Russell Runyan
Alta Russell
Becky Russell
Brigham Russell
Evangaline Russell
Hollie Russell
Joe Russell
Joseph Russell
Honorable Keith Russell
Dr. Ray Russell
Colin Ruttinger
Heather Ruttinger
Nancy Salmon

Bob Salmon
Helen Schlie
Larry Schnepf
Terry Schnepf
Antonette Schofield
Mark Schofield
Fred Schroeder
Teddi Schroeder
Frosty Schultz
Vicki Schultz
Patricia Schwind
Patrick Schwind
Carmen Scott
Dean Sellers
Danette Sessions
Dean Sessions
Shilo Sessions
Troy Sessions
Buzz Shahan
Susan Shahan
Don Shelly
Susan Shelly
Otto Shill
Nicole Shults
Roger Shults
Dave Shumway
Roy Shumway
Bill Skousen
Ken Skousen
Ruthie Skousen
Brent Skouson
Virgina Skouson
Paul Skrlec
Brent Slade
Kathy Smith

Amanda Smith
Derelyn Smith
Doug Smith
Douglas Smith
Ida Smith
JoAnne Smith
Jody Smith
Karen Smith
Kathy Smith
Ken Smith
Kenneth Smith
Kenny Smith
Kevin Smith
Losa May Smith
Melba Smith
Minyon Smith
Ray & Vickie Smith
Ross Smith
William Smith
Cortney Snell
DeEtta Snell
Kristine Snell
Kristine Snell
Lori Solomon
Dora Sommer
John Sommer
Joseph Sorensen
Elizabeth Sowards
Tom Sowards
Helen Spuhler
Lynn Spuhler
Cleo Stapley
Hillary Stapley
Honorable Jim Stapley
Ken Stapley
Preston Stapley
Shane Stapley
Kathy Steadman
Ron Steadman
Dean Steffey
Honorable Lela Steffey
Warren Steffey
Boyd Steiner
Douglas Steiner
Maxine Steiner
Patricia Steiner
Brenda Stevens
Mark Stevens
Todd Stevens
Wendi Stevens
Andrew Stewart
Charles Stewart
Charlotte Stewart
Doreen Stradling
Elaine Stradling
Harold Stradling
Lamar Stradling
Lester Stradling
Londa Stradling
Honorable Louis Stradling
Mel Stradling
Ron Stradling
Shelly Stradling
Stan Stradling
Susan Stradling
Melanie Sturgeon
Paul Swanson
Rebecca Swanson
Anne Taylor
Dennis Taylor
Don Taylor
Donald Taylor
Earl Taylor
Inez Taylor
Jerry Taylor
Mary Lou Taylor
Melanie Taylor
Myrtice Taylor
Ruth Taylor
Dolores Testerman
Honorable Janie Thom
Karen Thompson
Norm Thompson
Delbert Tingey
Representative Andy Tobin
Brenda Lee Tolman
Chairman LD18 Matt Tolman
Honorable Stan Turley

Jay Turley
Leone Turley
Amber Uchytil
Brent Uchytil
Julie Uchytil
Ken Uchytil
Val Uchytil
Chris Udall
Ted Udall
Bill Upchurch
Galen Updike
Charles Vak
Arlene Valentine
Troy Valentine
Angela Vance
Blaine Vance
Charles Vark
Bob Vonflekinger
Phyliss Vonflekinger
Anne Waite
Annette Waite
James Waite
Jones Waite
Chuck Walhiem
Patricia Warn
Anthony Washington
Brett Washington
Patrice Washington
Liesl Webb
Richard Webb
Bill Whetten
Carolyn Whetten
Jed Whetten
Paul Whetten
Rhonda Whetten
Bud Whipple
Sheryl Whipple
Val Whipple
Virginia Whipple
Willard Whipple
Edward White
Nancy White
Priscilla Whitfield
Shirley Whitlock
Wayne Whitlock
Ron Whitton
Sandy Whitton
Darlene Williams
T.Lance Williams
Terry Williams
Lida Willis
Ron Willis
Edith Wiltbank
Ronald Wiltbank
Annie Wimmer
Kendra Winfree
Larry Winward
Honorable Willie Wong
Diane Woods
Gregory Woods
Christian Woolf
Leslie Woolf
Barbara Worman
Bill Worman
Dolores Wresinski
Adam Wright
Bridgett Wright
Jacob Wright
Jim Wright
John Wright
Susan Wright
Bob and Mary Wynne
Rosemarie Yamamoto
Solomon Yamamoto
Steve Yarbrough
David Young
Rae Young
Walt Zimmerman

David McCallum

Sharon M. Cushler

Dee Crosley

Janet McMillan

Jamison Flake

Rick & Melody Crandall

Herman and Barbara Eaton

Barbara Pierce

Vern Fuller

Richard Thompson

Larry Ryerson

Ray & Melissa Crandell

Timothy J. Hamill

Michael Maier

Sandra Bresson

Jim Hastings

Travis Pullen

Al Pettit

Ted Parks

Darryl Jacobson-Barnes

Kim & John Spencer

Nancy & John Allen 

Randy Hamilton

Loran and Marilyn Webb

DL Donovan

Don Cline

Alberto Gutier

Ron & Diane Kriloff

Elliot Crosby

Floyd Robinson

Mark freeman

April Parker

Bradley T. Christmas

Becky Chatwin

Steven gearhart

Martin Sarager

Pat Kelly

Jennifer Amavisca

Mary Lou St Cyr

Constable Ed Malles

Christ G. Dimitroplos

Landis Aden

Toni and Lorraine Alldredge

James H. Allen

John & Betty Bevell

Ester Lee

Dan Rush

Sheriff Navajo County Gary Butler

Linda Bevell

Don & Valerie Biggs

Harold Black

Roger & Verdell Button

Theresa Carmichael

Jeffrey Cassner

Sharon L. Coleman

Gregory Etts

Mark & Leeann Freeman

Debra Rae Frost

Kent & Jane Jones

Max & Peggy Morton

Larry Pew

Ralph & Janeen Pew

Bruce & Gina Burnham

Jerry & Shenla Jones

Glen & Jenny Gaddie

Gary Ong

Walter Ong

Manny Wong

Justin & Summer Allen

David & Christina Allen

Ray & Vicki Smith

Richard & Karren Merrill

Laurie Mcrae

Bill Barnharat

Diane Brown

James Chapman

Jay & Jennifer Hathcock

Jeff McIntyre

Mike & Doris Prince

Mark & Brenda Stevens

Diana Free

Rustin Pearce

Aaron & Alisa Stone

Clint & Lyndi Brinkerhoff

….and Many more



MARICOPA COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release
July 4 2008

Frosty Taylor,
Communications/PR

frostytaylor@cox.net

MCRC Endorses Rep. Russell Pearce for State Senate


The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) has endorsed current State Representative Russell Pearce in his primary contest for the vacant State Senate seat in Legislative District 18.  The endorsement was voted upon Thursday evening (July 3rd) during the regular MCRC Executive Guidance Committee (EGC) meeting held at GOP headquarters in Phoenix.

While not without precedence, the endorsement of a candidate in a primary by the MCRC is very rare.  The last time it occurred was in the 2004 LD20 State Senate contest between John Huppenthal and Slade Mead.  According to MCRC Chairman Tom Husband, like the 2004 endorsement, this decision was not the result of one single thing, but an accumulation of many things.

“It is hard to imagine a better and more principled legislator than Russell Pearce” said Husband, who added “What is going on in LD18 is an attempt by fringe open-border and amnesty advocates to exact revenge on Rep. Pearce for his brave stands on border security and preserving the rule of law.”  Proponents providing major funding to Pearce’s opponent, Kevin Gibbons, are often related to agricultural, fast food, and homebuilding businesses.  Many are also major donors to the perversely named “Stop Illegal Hiring” initiative that would gut Arizona’s employer sanctions law.  Another major factor in the MCRC’s decision was the high-profile support Gibbons is receiving from Democrat legislators and party leaders, including Yuma State Representative Lynne Pancrazi and 2006 U.S. Senate candidate and Democrat party boss Jim Pedersen.

As one “Yes” vote observed during the discussion of the endorsement, “The Democrats already have one candidate in the general election.  They don’t deserve to have two shots at the seat.”

The MCRC endorsement allows the Maricopa County Republican Committee to use its resources and large grassroots organizations to get involved on Pearce’s behalf.  Several district chairmen involved in the endorsement have indicated that they will be lining up volunteers to phone bank and door knock on Pearce’s behalf.