Ken Clark

Civil Rights

Work to find a reform that will allow Clean Elections to function again as a law that encourages public participation in elections. Learn more

Actively fight HB2305 and any future voter suppression bills like it. Learn more

Work to over-turn recent changes in the laws that allowed for massive increases in campaign contribution limits. Learn more

Ken will fight in the Arizona Legislature to prevent further discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation and will fight for full funding for community health care and reproductive health services. Learn more

Economy

Support changes to the state procurement standards to recognize the economic benefits of "buying locally". For every $100 spent with a locally-owned business, about $42 stay in the state to contribute to further job growth. That same money spent outside of Arizona contributes only $13 to our state's economy.(2) Learn more

Fight to support Career and Technical Education in order to build a stronger, highly-tailored workforce. Learn more

Ken will also vote to preserve define pension plans for police and fire so we can support those who put their lives on the line for our safety. Learn more

Education

Fight to fully-fund the School Facilities Board so that our school buildings are safe,  well-maintained and energy efficient. Learn more

Work to end the practice of building schools on a lease-to-own basis. This practice costs the state more to build schools than if they simply paid outright or bonded for new school construction --saving money that could better be spend in the classroom, rather than lining the pockets of real estate developers. Learn more

Vote to require charter schools to follow standard accounting practices, which all governments, public companies and public non-profits must follow. Learn more

Support Common Core standards and funding so that Arizona students will be educated to at least the same level as students in competing markets and countries. Learn more

Environment / Energy

Project property owners' right to generate electricity for personal use. Learn more

Push the legislature towards setting higher standards for energy efficiency and renewable energy in new home and business construction. Learn more

Advocate for a review of the 1980 Ground Water Management Act, in order to encourage long-term sustainability. Learn more

Fund the School Facilities Board, generally, and allow it more latitude to make renewable energy and energy efficiency part of new school construction. Since the School Facilities Board was created, most of the schools that it has built have been energy hogs rather than energy stars, due to short-sighted policies put in place by the legislature. Learn more

Government Reform

Work to pass an Arizona version of the American Anti-Corruption Act. Learn more

Housing

Vote to protect state shared revenue, which provides fund to cities that they can in turn spend on community development block grants. Learn more

Ken will work to amend 2013's SB1454, a provision of which prohibited home owner's associations from collecting criminal background checks on the tenants of property owners. The collection of criminal background checks has been an effective tool in preventing criminal activity in Phoenix. Learn more

Taxes / Budget

Build an alliance to create a single state-wide policy for the creation of Tax Increment Financing, which allows cities and towns to focus economic development geographically. Learn more

Reform the Arizona tax code to result in a broader tax base. Arizona has been moving toward a more regressive, sales tax preference for decades. Arizona can lower the tax burden on the middle class while re-balancing the three legs of its tax revenue system. Learn more