Kelly Townsend

Kelly Townsend served in the U.S. Navy from 1988 to 1992. Townsend earned a B.S. in human communications and a master's degree in infant and family practice from Arizona State University. Her career experience includes working as a manager of customer relations with U.S. Airways Group, Doula Program director with Ashland Community Hospital La Clinica Del Valle, as a manager with Hub Distributing/Miller's Outpost, and owning a business.[1][2][3]

Kelly Townsend did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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Kelly Townsend did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Kelly Townsend did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Townsend's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Protecting the 2nd Amendment

Protecting the Unborn

Balancing the Budget

Securing the Border

Cleaning up the Department of Child Services

Improving Education with Parental Oversight

Protecting Veterans' Rights

Fighting Federal Overreach

Protecting the Salt River Wild Horses[15]

—Kelly Townsend[16]

Townsend stated the following about her political philosophy in a bio submission to [the profile publisher]:

"I believe in limited government, personal responsibility, free-market principles, deregulation of small businesses, American-made companies, and above all else, the rule of law. I am a Navy Veteran who swore an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution, and that oath did not end in 1992 when I was honorably discharged. I demand integrity and principled leadership of myself and my peers, and remembering where I have come from, I have a heart of compassion for the less fortunate. I expect top quality schools for my children and your children, and I will work to make sure common sense steps are taken to raise our standards and output in our schools. I am pro-life and pro-family, pro-second amendment, and pro-liberty. I am a Reagan Republican, but I put country ahead of party. I have pledged allegiance to this Republic and her Constitution, and I intend on voting accordingly. I look forward to representing you!"[1]

Medicaid expansion lawsuit

Kelly Townsend 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.[17] 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 .[18] 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.[17] 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.[19]