Via Eastern Arizona Courier
ARIZONA CITY — Another Republican has thrown her hat into the ring in an attempt to oust freshman Congressman Tom O’Halleran.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Tiffany Shedd formally announced her candidacy for U.S. Representative in Arizona’s First Congressional District.
Shedd describes herself as “a farmer, attorney, small business owner and civic leader in Pinal County.”
Shedd and her husband, Rodney, own Shedd Farms in the Eloy area, and she’s the founding partner of Shedd Law Firm, which focuses on agribusiness.
“The threat of big government creeps closer, our property rights are threatened, our Second Amendment rights are under attack. We need to make a choice: Give in or stand up and fight,” Shedd said in a video announcing her campaign.
Shedd describes herself as “a farmer, attorney, small business owner and civic leader in Pinal County.”
Shedd and her husband, Rodney, own Shedd Farms in the Eloy area, and she’s the founding partner of Shedd Law Firm, which focuses on agribusiness.
“The threat of big government creeps closer, our property rights are threatened, our Second Amendment rights are under attack. We need to make a choice: Give in or stand up and fight,” Shedd said in a video announcing her campaign.
She joins two other Republicans in the race — Maricopa’s Steve Smith and Apache Junction’s Kevin Cavanaugh.
On his campaign website, Smith, a member of the state Legislature from Dist. 11, said he’s running because “We need balanced budgets, more jobs, respect for the taxpayers, restoration of our constitutional liberties, less job-killing regulations and a strong national defense that includes real border security.”
Cavanaugh, a former member of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, describes himself as a “solid conservative” who is a member of the Deplorable Candidates for Congress who pledge to support President Trump.
“The government has given itself the right to treat Christians and religious conservatives as second-class citizens,” Cavanaugh said in a campaign video. “This means that pastors, churches and nonprofit members have less than full free speech rights.”
O’Halleran, a former state senator and a Democrat from Sedona, was elected to his first term in 2016. He is a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of representatives who seek bipartisan solutions to issues.