Shawnna Bolick

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]

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"Representative Shawnna Bolick's proven leadership has been refreshing in today's political environment. Bolick is a dedicated policymaker whose work on behalf of her constituents has captured positive news headlines far and wide. Shawnna has proven herself worthy of re-election by standing for the principles of limited government, free enterprise, individual liberty, and fiscal responsibility. I encourage you to support her return to Arizona Legislature."~ US Senator Jon Kyl

As your legislator, I supported every election integrity measures to come across my desk; collaborated with the Attorney General on consumer protection laws; helped obtain grants for nonprofits who assist victims of human trafficking; supported the final two installments of the 20 by 2020 promise to fund teacher salaries; helped pass a responsible budget reflecting our new fiscal realities; and worked across the aisle on criminal justice reforms. I will continue to fight to keep small businesses alive. Many Arizonans have lost their jobs, homes and economic livelihoods. I am committed to helping Arizona's economy regain its footing by putting people back to work so we can thrive again. Please visit my website to learn more or ask questions, and I humbly ask for your vote.

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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.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

- Serving Arizonans

- Secure Elections

- Championing Small Business

- Education Options

- Transparency and Integrity

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Campaign website

Bolick’s campaign website stated the following:

Education and Jobs

Arizona families should have the ability to send their school aged children to any school of their choice regardless of their zip code. I support parents having the ability to choose from district, private, charter, online learning, Education Savings Accounts, tax credit programs, home schooling or open enrollment (in a different district school). Education is not a one size fits all system. I believe parents are best equipped in making the best choice for their child’s education needs, not a bureaucrat. School choice has been my passion and I firmly believe it makes Arizona more competitive.

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

Government needs to be limited and spending needs to be restrained. I support a balanced budget as a step towards making Arizona prosperous. As a fiscal conservative, my family does not spend out of its means and neither should our state government. I will work especially hard to ensure our state’s books are balanced since it is a requirement of our state’s constitution. I would be more than happy to devote my time and energy looking for ways to further reduce wasteful spending to ensure we don’t have to sell state buildings ever again in order to help fund our public safety community, public education institutions and keep state government open.

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

In the late 1990s I had the privilege to work for a little known Texas Lieutenant Governor who brought high technology executives together to find out what a more hospitable business environment would look like for the high tech sector in the State of Texas. It turns out strong schools, reducing the regulatory burdens, and a low tax environment were part of the recipe for encouraging and spurring growth.

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

In July 2010 I physically toured parts of the Arizona/Mexico border and even had the pleasure to meet with then Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever to discuss the Border. I also met with third generation ranchers who have been adversely affected by illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The locals want a stronger presence of Border Patrol, unmanned drones and more strategic fencing. Together, we also need to ensure we have the best functioning E-Verify system.

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.

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—Shawnna Bolick’s campaign website (2014)[10]