Shawnna Bolick is a representative for District 20 in the Arizona House of Representatives (Republican Party). Her first day in office was January 14, 2019. Her term end on January 9, 2023.

Bolick is a candidate for Arizona Secretary of State (Republican Party). On August 2, 2022, she will be a candidate in the Republican primary.

In 2021, Bolick finished the Candidate Connection survey on Ballotpedia. Republican Bolick ran for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 in 2014 but was unsuccessful. Bolick also couldn’t achieve the Republican bid in 2010 for the District 11 seat.

Bolick was raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in environmental and educational policy. She worked in a public high school in New York City during her undergraduate studies, an experience that, according to her biography, sparked her interest in assisting families in finding better educational opportunities.

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She later graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a master’s in urban education. After graduating, she relocated to Texas to work on a digital economy initiative for then-Lt. Governor Rick Perry. During that time, she became active in policy-making, working for then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, a Republican from Pennsylvania.

But she stayed close to education at all times. In 2004, she published a book titled “Playtime in Phoenix: The Ultimate Guide to Learning & Having Fun With Kids!” and participated in a number of school-related events for her two children. She has worked as a researcher for groups that support education choice and served on the board of a charter school called Benchmark Elementary & Pre-School.

Clint Bolick, one of Arizona’s seven Supreme Court justices, is married to Bolick. She was elected to the state House in 2018 and then re-elected in 2020 after making two unsuccessful bids.

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According to her parliamentary and campaign bios, Bolick has long been involved in public policy. Bolick has emphasised three main points as she runs for secretary of state: tighten up election security; serve Arizona businesses that depend on the office for services like partnership registration, address confidentiality, and notary regulation; and check her politics at the door, acknowledging the secretary’s role as a nonpartisan overseer of elections.

In order to guarantee that election processes are followed consistently, she has suggested creating task groups on election integrity to collaborate with county recorders and election directors in each of the 15 counties. She also stated that she would support increased training and a modest wage increase for poll workers.