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LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 06 ELECTED PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN

MINUTES OF

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

            A Special Meeting of the Legislative District (LD) 06 Elected Precinct Committeemen was held at the Deer Valley Airport Restaurant, 702 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027 and was called to order at 7:20 p.m. The purpose of the meeting was to elect three (3) duly qualified nominees whose names would then be submitted to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors as replacement candidates for the seat now vacant due to the resignation of State Senator Pamela Gorman. LD-06 First Vice-Chair, Carrie Rauch announced that David Braswell, Chairman, would not be presiding over the meeting as he intended to have his name placed on the ballot for consideration. Ms. Rauch presided and Linda White, Secretary, Arizona Republican Party, recorded the minutes. Paul Theut, LD-06 Chaplin, gave the invocation and Keith Broadwater led the Pledge of Allegiance.

            Ms. Rauch asked Rep. Carl Seel and Rep. Sam Crump to address the meeting. Rep. Seel gave precinct committeemen (PC) an update on the legislature session. He has released his budget noting there were no taxes increases and considerable spending cuts contained therein. M. Seel commented on two bills he is sponsoring and asked that PCs contact his office for information.

            Rep. Sam Crump introduced Treasurer and LD-06 PC Dean Martin and mentioned the passing of Kerry Pratt, a friend and fellow PC. Mr. Crump then announced he had resigned his State House seat earlier in the day to actively run for Congress in CD3. He stated LD06 should have a member of the House able to devote his or her full attention to the constituents of the district.

            Ms. Rauch then introduced members of the Credentials and Tally Committee: Hon. Michael Jeanes, Chair, Wes Harris and Vera Anderson and asked for the Preliminary Credentials Report.

            Mr. Jeanes read the preliminary report as follows:

                        Elected PCs Present            By Proxy   Total

                                    58                        67                     125

Ms Rauch announced candidates would need to garner a minimum of 63 votes in order to qualify as a replacement candidate.  Credentials were ordered re-opened for 15 minutes.

            Ms. Rauch then introduced State Party Chairman, Randy Pullen. Chairman Pullen explained procedures for the meeting then introduced Hon. Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder, Yvonne Reed, Executive Assistant to the Recorder, Treasurer Dean Martin, Phoenix City Councilman Bill Gates, Clerk of the Court Michael Jeanes and Maricopa County Republican Chairman, Rob Haney.  He then asked for a motion to close credentials. There being no discussion and, on motion made and seconded, credentials were ordered closed.  Mr. Jeanes read the final credentials report as follows:

                        Elected PCs Present            By Proxy         Total

                                     58                       67                 125

            Mr. Pullen next explained the Rules governing the meeting and election. He said three names will be turned over to the Board of Supervisors, and, within the next 5 days they will appoint a replacement for Senator Pamela Gorman. He then asked for a motion to adopt the Rules. Several questions were asked to which the Chairman explained that each candidate needed a minimum of 63 votes; no election would be by acclamation as the Board of Supervisors needed actually paper ballots with a tally of votes cast; each candidate would receive 5 minutes to speak and anyone nominating a candidate would not be able to give a nominating speech. Mr. Pullen asked for a motion to adopt the rules. Rep. Crump offered a motion to amend the Rules to allow for a 2-minute speech by those making nominations. Upon voice vote, the motion to amend failed. There being no further discussion, and on motion duly made and seconded, the Rules were adopted.

            Mr. Pullen turned the meeting over to Ms. Rauch to being the election process.

Declaring the election open, the following names were placed into consideration:

            Bill Gates nominated, with several seconding:         David Braswell

            Dean Martin nominated, with several seconding:     Lori Klein

            Dr. Painshore nominated, with several seconding:   Bob Haran

A call to the floor for further nominations was made. There being none, a motion was made and seconded to close nominations.

            Mr. Braswell, Ms. Klein and Mr. Haran each addressed the membership.

            Ms. Rauch then asked the PCs to mark and place their ballots in the ballot box. She stated each candidate could have an observer while ballots were being counted. The meeting recessed at 8:00 p.m. for voting; at 8:12 p.m. balloting closed. Sen. Gorman was introduced and addressed members offering her appreciation and gratitude to the LD-06 precinct committeemen for their commitment and support over the past 5 years.

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The meeting resumed at 8:30 p.m. and the vote was announced as follows:

                                    David Braswell            80 votes

                                    Lori Klein                55 votes

                                    Bob Haran                  23 votes

            Mr. Braswell was declared eligible to be placed as a replacement candidate and Mr. Pullen ordered a re-vote for the other candidates who did not receive the minimum number of votes to qualify. The second round of voting commenced at 8:33 p.m. and balloting was declared closed at 8:44 p.m. Mr. Braswell was asked to address the meeting and thanked the precinct committeemen for their support.

            At 8:55 the second round vote was announced as follows:

                                    Bob Haran                82 votes

                                    Lori Klein                 67 votes

            Mr. Pullen declared each eligible to be placed as a replacement candidate, along with Mr. Braswell, to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.  He thanked everyone for attending and stated official notification would be sent promptly to precinct committeemen to meet once again to vote on the replacement of Rep. Sam Crump.

            There being no further business to come before the meeting, Chairman Pullen called for a motion to adjourn.  On motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 8:57 p.m.

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted

                                                                                    Linda G. White

                                                                                    Secretary for the Meeting