Paul Mosley

Paul Mosley
Mosley in 2017.
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 5th district
In office
January 9, 2017 – January 14, 2019
Serving with Regina Cobb
Preceded bySonny Borrelli
Succeeded byLeo Biasiucci
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican

Paul Mosley is an American Republican politician and a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 5 in 2016 through 2019.

Education

Mosley graduated from Brigham Young University with a financial services degree in 2006.[citation needed]

Political career

In 2016, Mosley and incumbent Regina Cobb defeated Sam Medrano and Jennifer Jones in the Republican primary for District 5 of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mosley and Cobb went on to defeat Democrat Beth Weisser and Leo Biasiucci of the Green Party in the general election.[1]

In 2017, Mosley announced that he wanted to abolish compulsory education for children in Arizona, on the grounds that "education is still a privilege".[2]

Speeding controversy

In March 2018, Mosley was pulled over for driving 97 miles per hour (156 km/h) in a 55-mile-per-hour (89 km/h) zone. He told the police officer that because of his "immunity as a government official" he should be let go, and bragged about speeding in the past at up to 140 miles per hour (230 km/h). In July 2018 the body cam footage was released to the public.[3][4] Mosley later apologized on Facebook.[5]

Doug Ducey (R), the governor of Arizona, called for an end to legislative immunity based on Mosley's behavior.[6]

Re-election bid

In August 2018, Mosley and Cobb were challenged in the Republican primary by Leo Biasiucci, a businessman who ran as a Green Party candidate in 2012, and Jennifer Jones-Esposito, first vice chair of the La Paz County Republican Committee.[7] Mosley came third behind Cobb and Biasiucci and was eliminated from standing for a second term in the general election.[8]

Personal

Mosley and his wife Brynley have seven children, all born between 2007 and 2017.[9]

References

  1. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016" (PDF). Phoenix, Arizona: Secretary of State of Arizona. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Strauss, Valerie (May 2, 2017). "Arizona lawmaker: Let's end compulsory schooling and stop forcing education 'down everybody's throat'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Hetherington, James (July 13, 2018). "Arizona congressman brags about doing 140 mph to cop after being pulled over... for speeding". Newsweek.
  4. ^ "Arizona state lawmaker pulled over for speeding tells deputy on video he sometimes drives 140 mph". CBS News. July 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "US lawmaker caught speeding tells cop he often does so". BBC News. July 13, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Leingang, Rachel (August 30, 2018) [August 29, 2018]. "Incumbents in the Arizona Legislature lose out as insurgent wave takes hold". AZCentral. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Pineda, Paulina; Forman, Carmen (June 1, 2018). "Campaign season officially kicks off – let the games begin". Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "Don Shooter, other controversial figures fail in Arizona primary election". KTAR-FM. August 29, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  9. ^ Stephenson, Hank (May 1, 2017). "Rep. Paul Mosley on lawmaker cousins and repealing compulsory education". Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved July 13, 2018.