Anthony Kern
Republican · AZ
Anthony Kern served in the Arizona House from 2015 through 2020 and in the Arizona Senate from 2023 through 2024. His campaign identifies him as a former reserve deputy marshal in Tombstone, a precinct and state committeeman, and a member of the Arizona Freedom Caucus.
Where Anthony Kern stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Housing Affordability (1 record), Corporate Accountability (1 record)
Mixed record
Election Integrity (1 support · 1 oppose), Civil Rights (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Kern voted against requiring larger Arizona cities to allow accessory dwelling units.
May 8, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support · 1 oppose
Kern voted for HCR 2056, prohibiting election officials from receiving funding from foreign governments.
June 15, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Kern signed a certificate casting an alternate Arizona electoral vote for Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
December 14, 2020Opposes Election Integrity
Source: azag.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support · 1 oppose
Kern voted to prohibit transgender female students from participating in sports designated for females.
March 3, 2020Opposes Civil Rights
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Kern sponsored HB 2615, which prohibited public colleges and universities from designating campus free-speech zones; the measure became law.
May 16, 2016Supports Civil Rights
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 oppose
Sponsored a bill barring public agencies from requiring companies to adopt environmental, social, or governance policies to win contracts (Senate Bill 1611). Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed it in June 2023.
June 12, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted for a law letting cities deliver water through standpipe districts to households that lack it, and ordering a state study of proof-of-water rules for builders of six or more homes (Senate Bill 1432).
June 13, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Arizona prosecutors dismissed the alternate-elector criminal case, including the charges against Kern, after courts required any continued prosecution to return to a grand jury.
June 18, 2026
Source: apnews.com · researched July 18, 2026
An Arizona state grand jury indicted Kern in the alternate-elector case; the charges were allegations and Kern was presumed innocent.
April 24, 2024
Source: azag.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Worked as a paid ballot examiner in the Arizona Senate's 2021 hand count of Maricopa County's 2020 election, run by contractor Cyber Ninjas.
April 30, 2021
Source: kjzz.org · researched July 18, 2026
The Arizona House Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint alleging Kern's unpaid Tombstone reserve-marshal role violated the state constitution.
May 1, 2019
Source: azmirror.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen revoked Kern's access to Senate broadcasting equipment after Kern used it for an appearance on the Stew Peters Show.
May 6, 2024
Source: azpm.org · researched July 18, 2026
The El Mirage Police Department ended Kern's employment after a disciplinary hearing, and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office placed him on its Brady disclosure list.
November 24, 2014
Source: azmirror.com · researched July 18, 2026
Past race Anthony Kern ran in:
- State Senator - District No. 27 · July 21, 2026 · State Senate District 27; Arizona
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.