Anthony Kern
2023 - Present
2025
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Anthony Kern (Republican Party) is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 27. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.
Kern (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 8th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on July 30, 2024.[source]
Kern was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona. All 58 delegates from Arizona were bound by state law to support the winner of the statewide primary, Donald Trump, for one ballot at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Biography
Anthony Kern was born in Minnesota. He earned an associate degree in business administration from Western International University in 2009. Kern’s career experience includes working as a Code Enforcement Officer with the El Mirage Police Department. He founded the Arizona Hoarder Task Force, which describes itself as “an organization to assist persons with chronic hoarding.”[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Kern was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Senate Commerce Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee, Chair
- Transportation and Technology Committee
- Joint Legislative Audit Committee
2019-2020
Kern was assigned to the following committees:
- House Appropriations Committee
- House Commerce Committee
- House Rules Committee, Chairman
- Public Safety Committee, Vice Chairman
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Arizona committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Judiciary and Public Safety, Vice chair |
• Military, Veterans and Regulatory Affairs |
• Ways and Means |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Kern served on the following committees:
Arizona committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Judiciary |
• Military Affairs and Public Safety |
• Ways and Means, Vice chair |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
Arizona's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Republican primary)
Arizona's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Democratic primary)
General election
The primary will occur on July 30, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 8
Jeremy Spreitzer is running in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 8 on November 5, 2024.
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Jeremy Spreitzer (Independent) |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8
Bernadette Greene Placentia, Marc Lewis, and Gregory Whitten are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8 on July 30, 2024.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 8 on July 30, 2024.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Debbie Lesko (R)
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2022
District 27
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 27
Anthony Kern defeated Brittani Barraza in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Anthony Kern (R) | 55.1 | 43,719 | |
Brittani Barraza (D) | 44.9 | 35,574 |
Total votes: 79,293 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 27
Brittani Barraza advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 27 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Brittani Barraza (Write-in) | 100.0 | 903 |
Total votes: 903 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 27
Anthony Kern defeated Jamie Kelly in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 27 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Anthony Kern | 67.6 | 17,335 | |
Jamie Kelly | 32.4 | 8,297 |
Total votes: 25,632 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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District 20
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 20
Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales defeated Eric Perkins in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Sally Ann Gonzales (D) | 99.9 | 49,966 | |
Eric Perkins (D) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 31 |
Total votes: 49,997 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 20
Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 20 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Sally Ann Gonzales | 100.0 | 23,318 |
Total votes: 23,318 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shataera Bey (D)
Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Anthony Kern (R)
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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2016
Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.[3]
Incumbent Paul Boyer and incumbent Anthony Kern defeated Chris Gilfillan in the Arizona House of Representatives District 20 general election.[4][5]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 20 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | Paul Boyer Incumbent | 34.89% | 39,780 | |
Republican | Anthony Kern Incumbent | 34.31% | 39,118 | |
Democratic | Chris Gilfillan | 30.80% | 35,117 | |
Total Votes | 114,015 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
Chris Gilfillan ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 20 Democratic Primary.[6]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | Chris Gilfillan (unopposed) |
Incumbent Paul Boyer and incumbent Anthony Kern were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 20 Republican Primary.[7]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Republican | Paul Boyer Incumbent | |
Republican | Anthony Kern Incumbent |
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. Amy Schwabenlender was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Paul Boyer and Anthony Kern defeated incumbent Carl Seel, Bill Adams and Thurane Aung Khin in the Republican primary. Boyer and Kern defeated Schwabenlender in the general election. Aaron Flannery (R) withdrew before the primary.[8][9][10][11]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | Paul Boyer Incumbent | 37% | 25,610 | |
Republican | Anthony Kern | 34.4% | 23,799 | |
Democratic | Amy Schwabenlender | 28.6% | 19,779 | |
Total Votes | 69,188 |
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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|Anthony Kern and wife Jenny have 4 grown children and serve in a local church in Peoria. Anthony served as a Reserve Deputy Marshal in Tombstone, Arizona.
As a State Representative, Anthony Kern fought for secure elections and secure borders. Anthony will keep fighting to fix the process until it’s easy to vote and impossible to cheat. I support law enforcement and our constitutional rights. These include free speech, freedom of religion, and our right to keep and bear arms. He won the Hero of the Taxpayer award. These were for my record of lowering taxes, cutting spending, and returning more money back to you, the taxpayer.
Also, I won the Friend of the Family award every year in office. This was for my work on increasing teacher pay, school choice, and school funding. I have a strong record of supporting pro-family policies that strengthen and help Arizona parents and kids.
- Secure Our Borders
- Secure Our Elections
- Support Our Law Enforcement
Border Security, Election Integrity, and Public Safety
My parents. Joan and Victor Kern raised 13 children and were the best parents one could hope to have.
Trust. Integrity. Transparency.
Love people. Listen often. Grew up in a family of 13 and learned the art of getting along.
Listen much, talk not so much.
Strong America First Policymaker.
Bible. The foundation of our great country.
The blessing by Kari Jobe.
Growing up in a large family on a farm in central Minnesota. It was fun but it was not easy.
Working together.
Securing our southern border with Mexico.
Yes. It is always good to hear all sides of an issue.
Give the process back to the state legislature, who are elected by the people.
Judiciary, Rules, Appropriations.
The legislature should oversee emergency powers. The elected representatives are closes to the voters.
It depends upon the issue.
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2020
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2014
Kern's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[12]
- Excerpt: "I strongly believe in our constitution and the principles and ideas which make us great. Ideas such as limited government, states rights and tax reform."
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Kern was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona. He was bound to support Donald Trump for one ballot.
Delegate rules
In Arizona, district-level and at-large delegates were selected at the Arizona Republican State Convention. Under state law, these delegates were required to vote on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention for the winner of the statewide primary.
Arizona primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2016
Arizona Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 4,393 | 0 | |
Ben Carson | 2.4% | 14,940 | 0 | |
Chris Christie | 0.2% | 988 | 0 | |
Tim Cook | 0% | 243 | 0 | |
Ted Cruz | 27.6% | 172,294 | 0 | |
Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,270 | 0 | |
Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 498 | 0 | |
Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 1,300 | 0 | |
John Kasich | 10.6% | 65,965 | 0 | |
George Pataki | 0% | 309 | 0 | |
Rand Paul | 0.4% | 2,269 | 0 | |
Marco Rubio | 11.6% | 72,304 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 523 | 0 | |
Donald Trump | 45.9% | 286,743 | 58 | |
Totals | 624,039 | 58 | ||
Source: The New York Times and Arizona Secretary of State |
Delegate allocation
Arizona had 58 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts). Arizona's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's district delegates.[13][14]
Of the remaining 31 delegates, 28 served at large. At-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[13][14]
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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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2020
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In 2020, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 26.
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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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2018
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In 2018, the 54th Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 4.
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2017
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In 2017, the 53rd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 4.
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2016
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In 2016, the 52nd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 11 through May 7.
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2015
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In 2015, the 52nd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 12 to April 2.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate U.S. House Arizona District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Republican Party, "Arizona’s Elected Delegates to Republican National Convention," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Hoarder Task Force, "Arizona Hoarder Task Force," accessed October 3, 2019
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Facebook.com, "About: Vote Kern for Arizona LD 20," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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Preceded by Rebecca Rios (D) |
Arizona State Senate District 27 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Arizona House of Representatives District 20 2015-2021 |
Succeeded by Judy Schwiebert (D) |