Republican District 6
- Office
- 130
- Assistant
- Phone
- (602) 926-5219
- [email protected]
- Website
- www.thorpeaz.com
- twitter.com/azrepbobthorpe
- Committees
- Endorsements
- Address
- 490 Lake Mary Rd,
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
- birthdate
- 2/1/1957
- birthplace
- Burbank, CA
- resident since
- 2003
- occupation
- Residential construction and remodeling, self-employed, 5+ years; published author, constitutional handbook, 2 years; volunteer firefighter 1 & 2, EMT, Highlands Fire District, 7.5 years; website design and development, 5+ years. Other employment: small business owner (software company), the Walt Disney Company, Price Waterhouse Accounting firm, the aerospace industry, the software and online ecommerce industries, medical records, K-12 education, and as a high technology instructor at UCLA Extension.
- marital
- Married
- spouse
- Donna, interior designer and project manager
- children
- 2
- religion
- Christian
- education
- Emergency medical technician – basic (EMT), Coconino Community College, 2005; AZ State certified firefighter 1 & 2, Highlands Fire District, 2004; graduate studies, human factors psychology, California State University, Northridge, 1986-87; engineering courses, Los Angeles Pierce College, 1982, 1984; design course, Art Center School of Design (Pasadena, CA), 1982; B.A., liberal arts, California State University, Northridge, 1981.
- political experience
- I am a co-founder of an educational/issues-based organization that volunteers its time to state legislators across the nation regarding state and U.S. constitutional issues.
- legislative experience
- House since 2013.
- memberships
- Heritage Foundation, Freedom Works, Balanced Budget Amendment Taskforce, NRA.
- interests
- My family, our black Labs, constitutional and economic/fiscal issues, politics, hiking and mountain climbing, target and skeet shooting, fly fishing, astronomy, antiques, old tractors.
- campaign finance
- public
- term limit
- 2020