Jacqueline Parker (politician)
Jacqueline Parker | |
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16th district | |
| In office January 11, 2021 – January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kelly Townsend |
| Succeeded by | Teresa Martinez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mesa, Arizona |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relations | Barbara Parker, mother |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University University of San Francisco Arizona State University |
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Jacqueline Parker is an American politician who has served as a member of the
Political career
Before being elected to office, Parker was an assistant to Commissioner Justin Olson of the Arizona Corporation Commission.[1] Parker was elected to the seat in the Arizona House of Representatives after incumbent Kelly Townsend, also a Republican, decided to run for Arizona Senate.[2] She and incumbent John Fillmore, a fellow Republican, won in a two–seat election in 2020, defeating Democrat Helen Hunter; Parker received 74,784 votes, Fillmore 68,760, and Hunter 47,071.[3] The district covers parts of Maricopa and Pinal counties.[3]
As a Representative-elect after the
2021 session
In 2021, Parker proposed a bill to allow people to have loaded guns in their vehicles on school grounds. The legislation passed the House on a 31–28 party-line vote.[5]
Parker introduced a bill to give Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich the power to sue the Arizona Board of Regents over tuition at Arizona public universities. Brnovich previously sued the Board in 2017; the suit was unsuccessful, as the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in November 2020 that Brnovich lacked the power to maintain the suit against the board. Parker's bill failed after a single Republican, Michelle Udall, joined all the Democrats in voting no.[6]
Parker introduced a bill in 2021 to give the Legislature more power over the
Parker is anti-abortion. In 2024, she voted against a legislative proposal to repeal a 1864 law that imposed a near-total ban on abortion in Arizona.[7]
References
- ^ a b Dillon Rosenblatt, Bill gives Legislature some control of utility regulators, Arizona Capitol Times (February 2, 2021).
- ^ Montini, EJ. "State Sen. Kelly Townsend plans to spew unmasked exhaust at the Capitol". AZCentral.
- ^ a b "Official Canvass of Results: 2020 General Election" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State.
- ^ Laurie Roberts, Fake Arizona electors vote for Trump. Real Arizona legislators ask Congress to accept them, Arizona Republic (December 15, 2020).
- ^ Arizona House OKs guns in cars on school grounds, Associated Press (March 3, 2021).
- ^ House votes down bill giving AG right to sue over tuition, Associated Press (March 11, 2021).
- ^ "Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban". Axios. 2024.
