53 Arizona mayors support John McCain’s re-election bid
Jun 23, 2016, 8:45 AM
(AP Photo/Ralph Freso)
(AP Photo/Ralph Freso)
John McCain is seeking a sixth term in the Senate, and he has a lot of current and former Arizona mayors supporting him.
Fifty-three in fact.
Sen. McCain, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, faces a primary challenger in Kelli Ward, who was elected to the Arizona State Senate in 2012.
Ward resigned from her post in order to focus all of her resources on landing a position on the U.S. Senate, but she won’t have as many Arizona mayors backing her as McCain will.
The mayors supporting McCain are:
Apache Junction’s John Insalaco
Avondale’s Kenneth Weise
Buckeye’s Jackie Meck
Carefree’s Les Peterson
Cave Creek’s Vincent Francia
Camp Verde’s Charles German
Chandler’s Jay Tibshraeny
Cottonwood’s Diane Joens
Dewey-Humboldt’s Terry Nolan and Vice Mayor Douglas Treadway
Duncan’s Billy Waters
El Mirage’s Lana Mook
Fredonia’s Alvy Johnson
Gilbert’s John Lewis
Goodyear’s Georgia Lord and Vice Mayor Sheri Lauritano
Holbrook’s Bobby Taylor
Huachuca City’s Ken Taylor
Kingman’s Richard Anderson
Litchfield Park’s Thomas Schoaf
Marana’s Ed Honea
Mayor John Giles and former Mayor Scott Smith
Nogales’ John Doyle
Oro Valley’s Satish Hiremath
Paradise Valley’s Michael Collins
Payson’s Kenny Evans and former Mayor Barbara Brewer
Peoria’s Cathy Carlat
Pima’s Tom Claridge
Pinetop-Lakeside’s Gregory Smith and former Mayor Roger Williams
Prescott’s Harry Oberg and former Mayor Marlin Kuykendall
Prescott Valley’s Harvey Skoog
Queen Creek’s Gail Barney
Safford’s Chris Gibbs
San Luis’ Jerry Sanchez
Show Low’s Daryl Seymore
Sierra Vista’s Rick Mueller and former Mayor Bob Strain
Snowflake’s Tom Poscharsky
Star Valley’s Ronnie McDaniel
Tempe’s former Vice Mayor Onnie Shekerjian
Thatcher’s Bob Rivera
Tusayan’s Craig Sanderson and former Mayor Greg Bryan
Wellton’s Cecilia McCollough
Willcox’s Robert Irvin
Williams’ John Moore
Winslow’s Robin Boyd
Youngtown’s Michael LeVault
Yuma’s Douglas Nicholls
