Author: Steve Ware

Featured Speakers: 
Karrin Taylor Robson

Candidate for Arizona Governor

• Founder and President of Arizona Strategies, a premier land use strategy firm
• Appointed by Governor Doug Ducey to the Arizona Board of Regents
• Served as vice chair of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council
• Serves as a member of the Civic Leader Group for the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Served as the honorary commander of Luke Air Force Base

Abraham Hamadeh

Candidate for Arizona Attorney General

• Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve
• Former prosecutor of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office
• Graduate of Arizona State University and the University of Arizona College of Law

Shawnna Bolick

Candidate for Arizona Secretary of State

• Member of Arizona House of Representatives, 20^th District
• Appointed by Governor Doug Ducey to serve on Arizona’s Early Childhood Education and Health Board
• Serves as a board member to Benchmark School
• School board member for BASIS Scottsdale’s advisory board
• Worked for U.S. Senator, Rick Santorum and policy researcher at The Heritage Foundation
• Graduate of Syracuse University and American University

Jim Lamon, candidate for the U.S. Senate, will be one of our speakers at our February 18, 2022 meeting. 

Lacy Cooper

Candidate for Arizona Attorney General Former State & Federal Prosecutor Civil Litigator 
Border Security Section Chief in the US Attorneys Office 
Graduate of Texas A&M and Univ. of Texas Law School 

Kathleen Winn

Candidate for U.S House of Representatives, District 6
27 years in Banking & Real Estate 
Community Outreach & Education Director Ariz. AG Office 
Former Television Reporter in Tucson 
Graduate of the University of Arizona 

And Maybe More! 

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the US, will hold a “Save America Rally’ at 7 pm., Jan 15, 2022 at the Country Thunder Festival Grounds, 20585 E Water Way, in Florence, AZ. Gates open at 8 am. Doors open/live entertainment at 2 pm. Pre-program speakers at 5 pm. Trump speaks at 7 pm. Register for tickets here: Save America Rally in Florence, AZ

The Quail Creek Republican Club will kick off this 2022 election year with two of our Republican candidates in the primary election — State Senator Michelle Ugenti-Rita running for Secretary of State, and Juan Ciscomani, running for Congress in the new Congressional District 6. Michelle will also install the Quail Creek Republican officers for 2022. Be there!

In the final meeting of the year, the 2021 Quail Creek Republican Club Board of Directors is hosting the Annual Wine & Cheese event. It will feature the election of the new 2022 Board and summary of exciting events for 2022, a midterm election year! The meeting is open to all 2021 active members at no charge. Please come, enjoy talking with like-minded folks, and meet the new 2022 Board Members.  RSVP to Rich Ulery (rlulery@sbcglobal.net) by December 10.

Membership renewal for 2022 will be accepted at this meeting.  Renewal membership forms will be available, or you can bring the form enclosed in the renewal letter sent to you in early December. 

Featured Speaker: Shelley Kais Pima County Republican Party Chairman Inside Arizona Politics  The campaign season is heating up and the candidates are moving forward. Shelley will give us a first peek at the process that will lead us to our August 2022 election. From party politics to candidates to elected officials, all questions are on the table. What’s the strategy to win in 2022 and 2024 and take back the House/Senate and the White House? Who is working on the ground in Arizona to make it happen? When will the candidates come and speak at Quail Creek? Bring your questions. Come and talk politics freely and openly!

Shelley Kais is the current chairman of the Pima County Republican Party.  Shelley has been actively working with the Pima County Republican Party since meeting with former Chairman Carolyn Cox almost a decade ago. That’s when she jumped in using her business acumen and organizational skills to create a plan to move the party forward. Since then Shelley has worked with numerous campaigns as well as run for office herself on the State and Federal level. Currently, Shelley is a Governing Board Member on the Continental Elementary School District #39.

Mark Brnovich, AZ Attorney General
Quail Creek Republican Club Meeting
Friday, September 17, 2021
Madera Clubhouse Ballroom
9:00 AM (8:30AM-Coffee)

Mark Brnovich Arizona Attorney General   Mark Brnovich currently serves as Arizona’s 26th Attorney General. He was first inaugurated in 2015, and again in 2019 after winning re-election. He’s spent most of his professional life serving as a prosecutor at the local, state, and federal levels. Brnovich met his wife Susan while they both worked as prosecutors for the Maricopa County Attorney’s office. He worked in the Gang/Repeat Offender Unit and prosecuted many difficult and high profile cases from 1992 to 1998. Brnovich then went on to work as an Assistant Attorney General with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO) from 1998 to 2003, where he developed an expertise in gambling law. He later went on to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona where he prosecuted public integrity crimes, as well as crimes occurring in Indian Country. Brnovich has also been a Judge Pro Tem of Maricopa County Superior Court, a Command Staff Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army National Guard, the Director for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, and the Director of the Arizona Department of Gaming, a law enforcement agency that investigates illegal gambling activity, as well as working with tribal regulators to ensure the integrity of tribal gaming. Brnovich is known for restoring public confidence in the office of “Arizona’s Top Cop” and for assembling some of the nation’s most talented public servants for his administration. In March 2021, he argued at the United States Supreme Court to protect Arizona’s commonsense election-integrity restrictions on ballot harvesting and out-of-precinct voting in Brnovich v DNC. In 2015, Brnovich also argued at the United States Supreme Court in defense of the “one-person, one-vote” principle. He has been featured on 60 Minutes in defense of capital punishment and has initiated national public education efforts to combat human sex trafficking. Additionally, Brnovich has secured more than $200 million in consumer restitution, debt and timeshare fee savings, and event ticket refunds since taking office in 2015. This amount far exceeds the restitution secured by the AGO from 2000-2014 combined. Brnovich has been recognized by the National Federation of Independent Business as a “Champion of Small Business” and was elected by his bi-partisan colleagues to serve as the Chairman of the Conference of Western Attorneys General. His wife Susan was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona. Brnovich has two teenage daughters and lives in Phoenix.

Dr. Kelli Ward was first elected Chairwoman of the Republican Party of Arizona on January 26, 2019, and is the first woman to be elected Chair of the State Party in over thirty years. On January 23, 2021, she was reelected to serve her second term after successfully defending our Republican majorities in the State House, the State Senate, and the Arizona Corporation Commission. Dr. Ward graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University, and graduated top of her class from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH), is a family physician, has served as a lawmaker, and ran her small business for nearly two decades in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.  Dr. Ward is focused on bringing her conservative bona fides and winning track record as Chair to the fight against the onslaught of liberal policies assailing our state. Going forward, she will continue to work to unify Republicans and win more elections in 2022.  As a wife and a mom, preserving liberty, freedom, and opportunity in our country is her primary objective. As Chairwoman, she is putting her experience as a physician, small business owner, and lawmaker to work to ensure more Republican victories up and down the ballot. As we head into the 2022 election cycle, she will continue to use her expertise, experience, and abilities to fight for Republican wins and to keep America First.