Arizona Representative Gail Griffin addresses the QC Republican Club members. (Photo by Doris Van Vleet)
Pat Colburn
The Quail Creek Republican Club met on Jan. 17. There was electricity in the air, as everyone was excited for the Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20 and to hear from State Representative Gail Griffin, reelected LD 19 State Representative.
State Representative Gail Griffin represents Legislative District 19 in the Arizona House of Representatives and was reelected in the 2024 General Election. District 19 includes portions of five counties: Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, and Santa Cruz.
Gail Griffin is currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives and serves as the Chairman of the Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee and the Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee. She is also a member of the Land, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Committee and the Governor’s Water Council. She serves as Co-Chairman on the Ad Hoc Study Committees on Water Security and Air Quality and Energy. Gail Griffin served in the Arizona State Senate and has been involved in issues at the local, state, and federal level for many years.
Gail gave the Oath of Office to the 2025 QC Republican Club board members: Pat Colburn, Doug Shumway, Steve Lewis, Lin Sanford, Jim Bremer, Steve Hammond, and Steve Sanford.
Rep. Griffin reviewed the results of the state election, which provided a Republican majority in both the Senate (17) and the House (33). She gave a short description of her committee and legislative responsibilities, which are numerous. She described the results of a survey of Arizona voters, which stated that high taxation, school improvement, security concerns, election security, big government, and wise fiscal policies were the greatest concerns.
Rep. Griffin iterated the Republican legislative plan for 2025-26, which includes spending money wisely and efficiently, full transparency, the importance of water issues, passing good legislation, and blocking bad legislation. There are also plans to introduce a comprehensive election integrity bill based upon the State of Florida example. In her legislative update, Rep. Griffin provided attendees the Official Majority Plan of Preserve the American Dream, Promote Public Safety, and Protect Individual Rights & Liberties. Additional priorities are Keep Government Out of Rural Arizona, Make Homebuilding Affordable Again, and Prioritize Reliable and Affordable Power.
She congratulated the efforts of our Precinct #84 in the successful election monitoring in November through precinct committee work and poll watching. Gail would like to see that duplicated throughout the Legislative District 19. She then entertained questions from the attendees.
President Pat Colburn then reviewed the club’s efforts to support 2025 candidates for state and local elections and emphasized the meeting dates for the rest of the year. The Quail Creek Republican Club has an educational, informative, exciting, and fun year planned for 2025. Next month we will introduce the ever-popular Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County as our guest speaker. We anticipate that Congressman Juan Ciscomani will attend one of our spring meetings. A proposed trip to Douglas later in the year was presented, along with a BBQ social.
You can join the club for the first time or renew your membership for 2025 by visiting the club’s website at www.quailcreekrepublicans.com.