Kirk Adams
| Kirk Adams | |
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| 50th Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives | |
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In office November 6, 2008 – April 29, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | James P. Weiers |
| Succeeded by | Andy Tobin |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 19th district |
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In office 2006 – April 29, 2011 |
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| Succeeded by | Justin Pierce |
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Kirk Adams February 2, 1973 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | JaNae Adams |
| Residence | Mesa, Arizona |
| Alma mater | University of Phoenix |
Kirk Adams (born February 2, 1973) is a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving as Speaker from 2009 to 2011. He ran for the Republican nomination in 2012 for Congress in Arizona's 5th congressional district and was defeated by former U.S Congressman, Rep. Matt Salmon. Adams currently serves as Chief of Staff to Governor Doug Ducey, since Ducey's election in 2014.
Adams was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona in 1991.
Adams was first elected to the Arizona legislature in 2006. During his tenure in the State House, Adams endorsed legislation which resulted in the largest permanent tax cut in Arizona history. As Speaker, Adams took on public-employee unions, authoring legislation to reform Arizona's pension system for public employees by raising the retirement age, eliminating cost of living adjustments, preventing employees from receiving a pension while working, reducing benefits for elected officials and requiring police officers, firefighters, elected officials and corrections employees pay more for their pensions. Adams opted out of the elected officials retirement plan, earning him recognition from the National Taxpayers Union.
As Speaker, Adams supported Arizona's immigration reform bill and solicited outside funding to defend the measure in court.
In the Spring of 2011, Adams resigned from office to announce that he would run in 2012 for Congress in Arizona's 5th congressional district, after redistricting, the seat left open by Jeff Flake. He was then defeated by former Congressman Matt Salmon in the primary.
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