Debbie Lesko
Bio | Born in Wisconsin, Lesko grew up to attend the University of Wisconsin. After moving to Arizona, she became a member of the Arizona House of Representatives where she served from 2009-2014, changing districts just one time. In 2015, she became a member of the Arizona Senate as well as serving as the Arizona Senate President Pro tempore and remained here until 2018 when she became a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona’s 8th District. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election AZ-08 | AZ-08 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | In 2018, Lesk's campaign committee, gave $50,000 to Conservaive Leadership for Arizona, a federal PAC authorized to spend independently of other campaigns. This prompted criticism and her Republican opponent filed a complaint against her for misusig campaign funds. |
Voting Rights | She has no clear stance on voting rights |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Lesko opposes universal health care coverage. Lesko favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). She opposed Arizona's expansion for Medicaid coverage. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Lesko favors repealing Obamacare and sued Arizona governor after she expanded Medicaid. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance on private healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Lesko opposes the Equality Act. The Equality Act is a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban descrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. She urged Congress members to vote against the bill. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Taxes | Against | She suupports The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. She favors a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. She said on the federal level there are a lot of areas to cut spending. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | She has no known stance on this issue She favors a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. She said on the federal level there are a lot of areas to cut spending. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Abortion | Against | She opposes abortion. She has proposed legislation to give employers religious exemptions from providing contraceptives in health insurance plans. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Gun Control | Against | Lesko opposes changes to existing gun laws. She said that there are enough laws that need to be enforced. She received an A rating from the NRA. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Lesko has no known stance on assisted suicide. She said that there are enough laws that need to be enforced. She received an A rating from the NRA. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Government Interference | Against | Lesko opposes the concept of big government. She supports less government regulation on gun laws and on taxation. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Health_care |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Lesko opposes abortion. |
| Welfare | Unknown | She has no known stance on welfare. |
| Welfare | Unknown | She has no known stance on stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | She has no known stance on the death penalty. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No known votes on madatory prison sentencing. |
| Military Spending | For | She has voted in favor of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that will help Luke Air Force Base, which included a pay raise for troops. Source: http://debbieleskoforcongress.com/accomplishments/ |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | No known stance on the war on terrorism. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | No known stance. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance on United Nations Powers. |
| Nationalism | For | Lesko is a Republican that encourages securing the borders and solving the issue of illegal immigration. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Political_positions |
| Free Markets | For | She supports less government regulation on the economy. She voted to repeal burdensome and unnecessary Obama era regulations, which violated states' rights and impeded economic growth. Source: http://debbieleskoforcongress.com/accomplishments/ |
| Brexit | Unknown | She has no known stance on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | She has no known stance on Affirmative Action. |
| Government Spending | Against | Voted to cut nearly $15 billion in previously authorized unnecessary government spending. Source: http://debbieleskoforcongress.com/accomplishments/ |
| Charter Schools | For | Lesko supports empowering private schools and charter schools. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Political_positions |
| Common Core | Unknown | She has no known stance on Common Core. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Lesko is opposed to measures that might counter climate change. In 2016, she crafted a measure that will allow the state of Arizona to charge separate rates for customers who used solar panels to prevent $600 million in subsidies from non solar customers to solar customers. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Political_positions |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | She has no known stance on religious freedom. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | She has no known stance on the separation of church from state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | She has no known stance on slavery reparations. |
| Border Control | For | During her 2018 campaign, Lesko supported building a wall on the Mexico border. She made the construction of a border wall with Mexico the main goal of her campaign. Furthermore, she backed the Trump's administrtion hardline policies on immigration. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Lesko#Immigration |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | She has no known stance on passenger profiling. |
| DACA | Unknown | She has no known stance on DACA |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | She has no known stance on sanctuary cities. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | She supported a bill to legalize marijuana in the state of Arizona. Source: https://www.cannabisvoter.info/state-news/arizona/ |