- Party: Democrat
- Occupation: Manufacturing supervisor
- Former active-duty naval officer
- Public office experience: Municipal councilmember
- Eagle Scout & Explorer Post Advisor
- BS & MEd degrees from Arizona State University
- Neighborhood activist
- Tutoring project coordinator for business-education partnership
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Safe, effective schools which respond to local citizen involvement.
- Neighborhoods where crime and illegal drug use will not be tolerated.
- Individual control of quality health care & regulation of powerful HMOs
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- Arizona State AFL-CIO
- The Arizona Republic newspaper
- Arizona League of Conservation Voters
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- Education
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Ken Thomas supports public schools, seeking to achieve an education for the 21st Century. He is opposed to vouchers which weaken public schools, and will work for smaller class sizes, improved learning technology, and training to make the school-to-work career transition easier for high school graduates who have met state standards.
- Health Care
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The power of Health Maintenance Organization administrators to dictate individual health care treatments, even when HMO physicians and patients seek other treatments, is not acceptable. Also, Arizona's behavioral health care system is simply not working. The Board of Medical Examiners needs to monitor and discipline more effectively.
- Crime & Domestic Violence
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We need to rid our neighborhoods & schools of violence, crime, and drugs. Individual involvement and partnerships with neighborhood police are the key. Domestic violence shatters homes and must be dealt with. Shelters for victims are not adequate.
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