Candidates

Over the last several months, Laura Tessier, some industry members, and I have been conducting candidate interviews. These interviews provide the opportunity to discuss issues that affect our industry and find out if the candidates running for the state legislatures are inclined towards support of the Tourism industry and our public policy initiatives. We have determined their relative support by how they addressed the following questions:

ATA neither endorses or encourages you vote for any one candidate – we are providing this information as an education piece for our members. The following is a list of candidates who were interviewed and have shown or indicated support for the Tourism industry.

State Senator - District No. 1	Republican	PIERCE	STEVE
State Senator - District No. 2	Democratic	JACKSON	JACK C.
State Senator - District No. 4	Republican	BUNDGAARD	SCOTT
State Senator - District No. 6	Republican	KLEIN	LORI
State Senator - District No. 7	Republican	BARTO	NANCY
State Senator - District No. 8	Republican	REAGAN	MICHELLE
State Senator - District No. 11	Republican	DRIGGS	ADAM
State Senator - District No. 12	Republican	NELSON	JOHN
State Senator - District No. 13	Democratic	GALLARDO	STEVE
State Senator - District No. 16	Democratic	LANDRUM	LEAH
State Senator - District No. 17	Republican	ROGERS	WENDY
State Senator - District No. 17	Democratic	SCHAPIRA	DAVID
State Senator - District No. 19	Republican	CRANDALL	RICH
State Senator - District No. 20	Republican	MCCOMISH	JOHN
State Senator - District No. 21	Republican	YARBROUGH	STEVE
State Senator - District No. 23	Democratic	RIOS	REBECCA
State Senator - District No. 23	Republican	SMITH	STEVE
State Senator - District No. 26	Republican	MELVIN	AL
State Senator - District No. 27	Democratic	CAJERO BEDFORD	OLIVIA
State Senator - District No. 29	Democratic	LOPEZ	LINDA
State Senator - District No. 30	Republican	ANTENORI	FRANK
State Representative - District No. 1	Republican	FANN	KAREN
State Representative - District No. 1	Republican	TOBIN	ANDY
State Representative - District No. 2	Democratic	CHABIN	TOM
State Representative - District No. 3	Republican	GOODALE	DORIS
State Representative - District No. 3	Republican	MCLAIN	NANCY
State Representative - District No. 5	Republican	BARTON	BRENDA
State Representative - District No. 5	Republican	CRANDELL	CHESTER
State Representative - District No. 6	Republican	REEVE	AMANDA
State Representative - District No. 7	Republican	CARTER	HEATHER
State Representative - District No. 8	Republican	KAVANAGH	JOHN
State Representative - District No. 9	Republican	GRAY	RICK
State Representative - District No. 10	Republican	YEE	KIMBERLY
State Representative - District No. 11	Democratic	MEYER	ERIC
State Representative - District No. 11	Republican	WEST	ERIC
State Representative - District No. 11	Republican	BROPHY MCGEE	KATE
State Representative - District No. 13	Democratic	MIRANDA	RICHARD
State Representative - District No. 13	Democratic	TOVAR	ANNA
State Representative - District No. 14	Democratic	CAMPBELL	CHAD
State Representative - District No. 15	Democratic	ALSTON	LELA
State Representative - District No. 15	Democratic	HOBBS	KATIE
State Representative - District No. 16	Democratic	GALLEGO	RUBEN
State Representative - District No. 16	Democratic	MIRANDA	CATHERINE
State Representative - District No. 19	Republican	ADAMS	KIRK
State Representative - District No. 20	Republican	DIAL	JEFF
State Representative - District No. 20	Republican	ROBSON	BOB
State Representative - District No. 20	Democratic	WATERS	RAE
State Representative - District No. 21	Republican	FORESE	TOM
State Representative - District No. 21	Republican	MESNARD	J.D.
State Representative - District No. 22	Republican	URIE	STEVE
State Representative - District No. 23	Republican	PRATT	FRANK
State Representative - District No. 23	Democratic	MCGUIRE	BARBARA
State Representative - District No. 24	Republican	JONES	RUSS
State Representative - District No. 25	Democratic	ORTEGA	RUBEN
State Representative - District No. 25	Republican	STEVENS	DAVID
State Representative - District No. 26	Republican	PROUD	TERRI
State Representative - District No. 26	Republican	WILLIAMS	VIC
State Representative - District No. 28	Democratic	FARLEY	STEVE
State Representative - District No. 29	Democratic	HEINZ	MATT
State Representative - District No. 30	Republican	GOWAN	DAVID
State Representative - District No. 30	Republican	VOGT	TED

(There may be some candidates who are supportive of the Tourism industry who are not listed above. This may be because they were unwilling or unable to meet with us for an interview. If any members know such candidates please let us know so we can add them to the subsequent list. This list reflects interviews conducted through October 1, 2010.)