31 Facts About Michele Reagan

Michele Reagan was born on October 13,1969 and is an American Republican politician who served as the 20th Arizona Secretary of State, from 2015 to 2019.

Michele Reagan is currently a Justice of the Peace for the Maricopa County McDowell Mountain Precinct.

Michele Reagan graduated from Illinois State University and was named by the Aspen Institute to its Rodel Fellowship.

Michele Reagan was first elected to the Arizona State House in 2002.

Michele Reagan was first elected to the Arizona State Senate in 2010.

Michele Reagan was elected to serve as Arizona's 20th Secretary of State in 2014.

Michele Reagan voted in support of a bill that was referred as the "birther bill" in 2011, which required candidates to prove their citizenship to the secretary of state of Arizona, and bill 1062, a controversial religious freedom bill that was vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer.

Michele Reagan ended up facing Steve Gaynor, a businessman, in the 2018 Republican primary.

Michele Reagan lost the primary to Gaynor, who went on to lose the general election to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

In September 2019, Michele Reagan was appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors as a Maricopa County Justice of the Peace for the McDowell Mountain Precinct.

Michele Reagan succeeded her father, Michael Reagan who retired in July 2019.

Michele Reagan is fiscally conservative and voted against the Medicaid expansion, an online sales tax, and she voted to cut business taxes.

Michele Reagan supported same-sex marriage after it was legalized in Arizona.

Michele Reagan voted for the Medicaid expansion in Arizona in order to move the vote forward, but she voted against the Medicaid expansion during its last vote.

Michele Reagan voted to reduce taxes for businesses and voted against imposing a sales tax on online sales.

Michele Reagan voted to establish working requirements in order to receive welfare benefits.

Michele Reagan has been given mixed ratings from organizations on both sides of the abortion rights issue.

In 2011, Michele Reagan voted against HB2416 which defined the abortion pill as a surgery, and voted against a bill prohibiting physicians assistants from providing an abortion pill; conversely, Michele Reagan voted in favor of a bill making Planned Parenthood ineligible for The Working Poor Tax Credit.

Michele Reagan voted against banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Michele Reagan broke with her party and voted with Democrats against allowing employers to refuse to provide birth control coverage to employees.

Michele Reagan voted in favor of defining marriage as between one man and one woman, but she voted against a bill that would have prevented same-sex couples from adopting.

Michele Reagan was one of four Republicans in the state house to vote in favor of giving domestic partner rights to unmarried gay and straight couples.

Michele Reagan voted to allow guns in certain public buildings, including on college campuses, and to legalize the display of a firearm for self-defense.

Michele Reagan had voted for SB1070, the controversial immigration law passed in Arizona meant to oppose illegal immigration and tighten enforcement.

Michele Reagan joined Democrats to oppose a bill that would have defined and restricted Arizona citizenship.

Michele Reagan voted to make English the official language of the state, and she voted against issuing separate birth certificates to non-citizens as well as against requiring proof of citizenship for some benefits.

In 2018, Arizona faced a lawsuit over its requirement that voters show proof of citizenship to register to vote; as part of a settlement, Michele Reagan agreed to a deal that requires proof of citizenship to vote in state elections but does not require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections in accordance with federal law.

In 2016, Michele Reagan proposed a bill in the Arizona Legislature ostensibly simplify elections, which would allow dark money groups to spend twice as much money on ballot measures as legally allowed, and allow nonprofit groups to spend more on elections.

In 2016 Michele Reagan came under scrutiny for failing to mail out as many as a half million publicity pamphlets as required by Arizona law in connection with an election.

Michele Reagan is a member of Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, formerly a congregation of the Presbyterian Church and currently a congregation of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.

Michele Reagan has no relation to the family of Ronald Reagan.