12 Facts About Rusty Bowers

Rusty Bowers previously represented the 21st legislative district in the Arizona House from 1993 to 1997 and in the Arizona Senate from 1997 to 2001.

Rusty Bowers is a classically trained artist specializing in watercolor, oil painting, and sculpting, and has been involved in the construction and education industries.

In February 2022, Rusty Bowers filed paperwork to run for the Arizona Senate in the 10th district.

Rusty Bowers, who is a fourth-generation Arizonan, grew up on a sheep ranch in Chino Valley.

Rusty Bowers attended Mesa Community College, Arizona State University, and Brigham Young University.

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Rusty Bowers killed a bill in the Arizona House of Representatives which would have allowed the state legislature to override the results of a presidential election in Arizona.

In December 2020, colleague Senator Kelly Townsend wanted Rusty Bowers to call the legislature into session and appoint an alternate slate of electors.

Rusty Bowers was one of five honorees to receive the award in 2022.

In 2022, Rusty Bowers ran for the State Senate, as he was being termed out from the State House.

Rusty Bowers lost the Republican primary for the State Senate by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, with the loss being attributed to his resistance to overturning the 2020 presidential election.

Rusty Bowers is married to Donetta Russell, with whom he had seven children; one of these, Kacey Rae Rusty Bowers, died in 2021 at the age of 42.

Rusty Bowers's property was deeply affected by a fire that ravaged his farm, and burnt his painting studio where much of his work, as well as a significant portion of his legislative papers, was stored.