J.D. Mesnard
Bio | Mesnard is a devoted husband, father, small business owner, investor, and community member. When he is not teaching as an adjunct professor at ASU, he works with churches, charities, and other non-profits to improve his community. |
Status and Position | Current State Senator of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
Campaign Financing | He raised $297,615 in campaign donations in the 2020 election. |
Voting Rights | In 2021, several months after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was defeated in Arizona, Mesnard voted to purge approximately 200,000 individuals from Arizona voter roles from the state's permanent early voting list, because they have not voted in two consecutive election cycles. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Mesnard opposes the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). He also opposes Medicaid expansion, which Arizona adopted in 2013. In 2015, Mesnard was among 36 current and foremer Republican lawmakers who filed an unsuccessful lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona's Medicaid expansion on the grounds that an assessment imposed on hospitals was a tax that, under Proposition 108, required the approval of a two-thirds majority of the Legislature. The lawsuit was unanimously rejected by the Arizona Supreme Court in a 2017 decision. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Mesnard |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Private Healthcare | For | He opposes the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Mesnard |
| LGBT Rights | Against | He opposes LGBT rights. He has ties with the hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which indicates that his personal beliefs are ahead of Arizonans freedoms. The ADF were designated as a hate group for their anti-LGBT views. Source: https://adlcc.com/2018/07/30/release-where-does-rep-mesnard-really-stand-on-lgbtq-equality-womens-rights/ |
| Taxes | Against | He opposes taxing small businesses. Taxing small businesses would increase prices for the consumer, reduce wages for employees, and would cause job losses for the community. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/jobs.aspx |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No known stance. Taxing small businesses would increase prices for the consumer, reduce wages for employees, and would cause job losses for the community. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/jobs.aspx |
| Abortion | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Gun Control | Against | He supports the Second Amendment. He supports having discussions on ending gun violence without infringing on Constitutional rights. Source: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/02/florida-mass-shooting-arizona-gun-law-changes/ |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No known stance. He supports having discussions on ending gun violence without infringing on Constitutional rights. Source: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/02/florida-mass-shooting-arizona-gun-law-changes/ |
| Government Interference | Against | He opposes taxing and regulating small businesses. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/jobs.aspx |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Military Spending | Unknown | No known stance. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | No known stance. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Free Markets | For | He opposes government regulations on the economy. He opposes taxing and regulating small businesses. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/jobs.aspx |
| Brexit | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Government Spending | For | He supports increasing teacher pay and investing in school resources. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/education.aspx |
| Charter Schools | For | He supports investing in school resources. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/education.aspx |
| Common Core | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Clean Energy | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Border Control | For | He supports securing the border. He supports securing the border to stop human, drug and weapons trafficking. Source: http://www.jdmesnard.com/publicsafety.aspx |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No known stance. |
| DACA | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | He opposes legalizing marijuana. Source: https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/prop-205-is-a-dangerous-costly-mistake-we-can-t-afford-to-make/article_51c8374e-8cb4-11e6-b49b-db5c3e3c4f89.html |