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Ptah

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4. Sen. Vince Leach gives snowbirds a bad reputation.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:58 AM

17 hrs ago

Leach was a mineral-products salesman in Wisconsin until 2009, when he retired to Arizona.

Leach criticized Arizona public schoolteachers over the 2018 Arizona teachers' strike and for wearing red shirts to support salary increases

In 2019, Leach sponsored legislation that would give unrestricted power to the Arizona attorney general to rewrite the ballot text of citizen voter initiatives.

In 2020, Leach sponsored legislation to weaken the 1998 Voter Protection Act

Leach sponsored several anti-medical marijuana bills in the state Senate; none advanced.

In 2020, Leach promoted the conspiracy theory QAnon

In 2022, Leach sponsored Arizona legislation to give the legislature the power to overturn election results

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Leach

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Senator ? A Mr. Schwarzenegger on line 2 ... nt eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #1

32 is a pretty low number, proportionately less than the general population. eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #2

Well, we know that zero Republicans represent their Democratic constituents. sinkingfeeling 18 hrs ago #3

Sen. Vince Leach gives snowbirds a bad reputation. Ptah 17 hrs ago #4