Travis Grantham (born February 24, 1979) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 14 in 2022. He previously represented District 12 from 2017 to 2023. Grantham was also a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent the 9th congressional district of Arizona.
Travis Grantham | |
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| Speaker pro tempore of the Arizona House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | T. J. Shope |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 14th district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 Serving with Laurin Hendrix | |
| Preceded by | Lupe Diaz |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 12th district | |
| In office January 9, 2017 – January 9, 2023 Serving with Jake Hoffman | |
| Preceded by | Warren Petersen |
| Succeeded by | Patty Contreras |
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| Born | February 24, 1979 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Arizona State University, Tempe (BS) |
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| Website | Campaign website |
Elections
editIn 2012, Grantham ran for the U.S. House in the newly drawn 9th district. He was defeated by Vernon Parker in the 7-way Republican primary, receiving 18.4% of the vote and coming in 3rd.[1]
In 2016, Grantham and incumbent Eddie Farnsworth defeated LaCinda Lewis in the Republican primary for Arizona's 12th legislative district. They were unopposed in the general election.[2]
Legislative activity
editIn 2018 Grantham sponsored a proposed state constitutional amendment which would have allowed the legislature to place candidates for the US Senate on the ballot.[3] Also in 2018 he opposed the extension of a sales tax used to support education saying, "We're not addressing what I believe to be one of the main issues of the bill - which is hey, there's these buckets in the bill that money is dropped into them and the schools have to spend the money as the bill's written."[4] In 2021 he served as speaker pro tempore of the House.[5] In April 2021, he made news after referring "colored people" and demanding that a black legislator be "sat down" during a debate about a voting rights bill.[6]
Background and personal information
editGrantham received a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from Arizona State University. He is a current Lieutenant Colonel in the Arizona Air National Guard.[7]
References
edit- ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012" (PDF). Phoenix, Arizona: Secretary of State of Arizona. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016" (PDF). Phoenix, Arizona: Secretary of State of Arizona. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Do Away With US Senate Primary Vote". Arizona Public Media. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ Christie, Bob (2018-03-23). "Arizona Lawmakers Approve Education Sales Tax Extension - AZPM". news.azpm.org. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Kassandra Lau. "House Republicans' priorities for 2021 Arizona legislative session - AZPM". news.azpm.org. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Massie, Graeme (2021-04-23). "Arizona lawmaker uses racist language and demands Black colleague be 'sat down' in clash over voting rights bill". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "About Travis". Travis Grantham for Arizona. Retrieved 2021-09-27.