Conservative Apache Junction Mormon Republican Rusty Bowers Out-On-A-Limb

What's with this long-time serving member and Speaker of the AZ State House got up his sleeves after the resignation of David Stringer. His vacant seat has temporarily left Republicans with a 30-29 majority in the House.

Bowers branches of power could be breaking down when you consider all the bills finding their ways into his committee.

 

Police Report: Former Rep. David Stringer Paid Boys For Sex

The report, released with 426 pages of investigative files, offers details of the unspecified sex charges that prompted two ethics complaints against Arizona Republican Rep. David Stringer. He resigned on Wednesday after refusing to turn over documents demanded by the ethics committee. 

In a different report, Bowers is quoted as saying, “How this could happen is beyond my imagination, how a justice system could fail in this way, in my view.”

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Under state law, GOP precinct leaders from the county where Stringer was elected must nominate three people to fill his seat.

Republican precinct leaders met in a Prescott banquet hall Sunday afternoon to debate who should represent District 1, a deep-red stronghold that spans the city and rural areas.

The three Republican finalists named to replace Stringer for the District 1 seat:

• Former Arizona Senate President Steve Pierce
• GOP field organizer Steven Sensmeier 
• Former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors must now pick someone to fill the seat from the list of three nominees. They're scheduled to meet for a vote at 9 a.m. Wednesday.