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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 | |
Preceded by | Lupe Diaz |
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 12th district | |
In office January 9, 2017 – January 9, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Warren Petersen |
Succeeded by | Patty Contreras |
Personal details | |
Born | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | February 24, 1979
Political party | Republican |
Education | Arizona State University, Tempe (BS) |
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Website | Campaign website |
In 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]
In 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]
Grantham received a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from Arizona State University. He is a current Lieutenant Colonel in the Arizona Air National Guard.[7]
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