14 Facts About Vince Leach

Vince Leach was a mineral-products salesman in Wisconsin until 2009, when he retired to Arizona.

Vince Leach then became a conservative activist and political candidate.

Finchem received 36,732 votes and Vince Leach received 34,274 votes, defeating Democratic challenger Holly Lyon, who received 27,392 votes in the general election with 34,274 votes.

In 2019, Vince Leach voted for a bill expanding so-called "junk" health insurance plans in Arizona that do not protect against pre-existing conditions.

Vince Leach criticized Arizona public schoolteachers over the 2018 Arizona teachers' strike and for wearing red shirts to support salary increases.

In 2019, Vince Leach sponsored legislation that would give unrestricted power to the Arizona attorney general to rewrite the ballot text of citizen voter initiatives.

In 2020, Vince Leach sponsored legislation to weaken the 1998 Voter Protection Act, a voter-approved amendment to the Arizona Constitution that barred the legislature from changing initiatives approved by the voters, unless they "further the purpose" of the voter initiatives and obtained a three-quarters supermajority vote of the Legislature.

Vince Leach said that he sponsored the Republican-supported measure due to his opposition to the voter-approved initiatives that authorized medical marijuana and raised the state minimum wage to $12.

Vince Leach sponsored several anti-medical marijuana bills in the state Senate; none advanced.

In 2020, Vince Leach promoted the conspiracy theory QAnon, a radical pro-Trump fringe movement, on social media.

In 2021, Vince Leach supported legislation that made it easier to purge Arizona voters from the early voting list.

In 2022, Vince Leach sponsored Arizona legislation to give the legislature the power to overturn election results.

Vince Leach was defeated for reelection in the Republican primary by Justine Wadsack.

In 2024, Vince Leach ran for reelection to the Arizona state senate from Legislative District 17.