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Name: Vic Williams

Office seeking: State Representative, District 26

Party registration: Republican

Age: 45

Occupation/employer: Business owner/self

Family: One son, Trevor, 6

Religion: Catholic

Income: insufficient

Residence: Tucson

Education: GED / some college

Offices held/run for: Treasurer Pima County Republican Party

Civic activities/organizations: Dove Mountain Rotary, Marana Care Fair, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Club.

Why are you running? To bring back accountability and fiscally responsible government that reflect the will of the people.

The biggest issue facing my constituents is: I have walked to 9,000 houses in LD26 since January of this year. In the last few months people are becoming more and more concerned with our state's budget crisis as we are on track to eclipse a billion dollar deficit.

Favorite local hangout: My breakfast table with my 6-year-old son Trevor.

NPR or FOX? Neither, C-SPAN

How long have you lived in Arizona? Six years

What kind of vehicle do you drive? What kind of mileage does it get? 1999 Chevy Truck/lousy

If I could have dinner with any living person, I would choose: Candidate did not answer

If I had my own reality show, it would be titled: "Last Man Standing" or "Survivor."

First job: Doing odd jobs around the neighborhood at 6 years old.

Arizona must look to overhaul its tax and regulatory codes to be competitive with our neighboring states so we can stimulate and develop our economy. This will help to produce higher revenues for our state budget and, more importantly, will increase overall prosperity for Arizona citizens. However, during this unprecedented budget shortfall, it is critical that we act as responsible stewards and eliminate any and all wasteful spending while maintaining the reasonable tax rates. Arizona must not make the same mistake as the federal government by allowing reoccurring budget deficits. This is a priority for me to see that we not burden future generations of Arizonans with government debt.

The two most important steps that we should take to ensure that our children receive the highest quality of public education are to 1) Make certain that our teachers are paid at or above national averages as to attract the best teachers we can and 2) That we work to reduce class sizes for grades K through four. By raising teachers' salaries, we will have the best teachers coming to Arizona while at the same time the smaller elementary class sizes will make sure our children receive the personal attention they need during that critical stage of development.

Since both rely on the other, our economy and our transportation system must grow in tandem. Arizona must take the steps needed for continued economic growth. This growth needs to be ecologically sustainable while serving to broaden and diversify our economy. A growing economy will allow us to increase our funding for both our highway infrastructure as well as our local roads system. I support our current pay-at-the-pump method of funding and I would work to make sure that those funds are delivered directly to build our highway infrastructure and not spent on frivolous programs.

This upcoming session of our state Legislature will have to address our budget shortfalls head-on without the availability of the several gimmicks, fund sweeps and "rainy-day" funds which were mostly all used up this year. In order for Arizona to balance the budget, hard choices will have to be made. But as your state legislator I will work to ensure that whatever direction is taken at the state capital that we in Pima County will not have to bear a disproportionate portion of the burden. I will work to see that whatever choices are made they remain fair and equitable.

As a self-employed individual who pays for his own health insurance I believe that all Arizonans deserve to have access to affordable health care. I will work to apply basic free-market principles to our health-care system that will help to dramatically reduce cost.

I firmly believe that marriage should remain between one man and one woman as defined in our current state statues.

The state of Arizona should continue to implement and enforce quality illegal-immigration laws. Our federal government has refused to do anything substantial to secure our borders, turn off the employment magnet, or block the vast amount of services delivered to those who are here illegally. Thus the state of Arizona has rightfully started to take action. However, these laws must be racially unbiased and must move towards a state based guest-worker program that protects the employer and the employee alike. The state government must move forward by developing the tools necessary such that all industries within our state that will be able to identify those eligible for employment.

Arizona must work to ensure that our economic and industrial necessities avoid harming our treasured natural environment. I will support legislation that values our water and land and preserves Arizona's beauty.