Ann Kirkpatrick
{{Short description|American politician (born 1950)}}
{{distinguish|Anne Kirkpatrick}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ann Kirkpatrick
| image = Ann Kirkpatrick, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
| office = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona
| term_start1 = January 3, 2019
| term_end1 = January 3, 2023
| predecessor1 = Martha McSally
| successor1 = Juan Ciscomani (redistricting)
| constituency1 = {{ushr|AZ|2|2nd district}}
| term_start2 = January 3, 2013
| term_end2 = January 3, 2017
| predecessor2 = Paul Gosar
| successor2 = Tom O'Halleran
| constituency2 = {{ushr|AZ|1|1st district}}
| term_start3 = January 3, 2009
| term_end3 = January 3, 2011
| predecessor3 = Rick Renzi
| successor3 = Paul Gosar
| constituency3 = 1st district
| state_house4 = Arizona
| district4 = 2nd
| term_start4 = January 10, 2005
| term_end4 = July 24, 2007
| predecessor4 = Sylvia Laughter
| successor4 = Christopher Deschene
| birth_name = Ann Leila Kirkpatrick
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|3|24}}
| birth_place = McNary, Arizona, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Roger Curley
| children = 2
| education = University of Arizona (BA, JD)
}}
Ann Leila Kirkpatrick (born March 24, 1950) is an American politician and retired attorney who served as the U.S. representative for {{ushr|AZ|2}} from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented {{ushr|AZ|1}} from 2009 to 2011, and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007.
First elected to Congress in 2008 in {{ushr|AZ|1}}, Kirkpatrick was unseated in 2010. She regained her seat in a close race in 2012 and was reelected in 2014. Kirkpatrick ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 and was defeated by incumbent Republican John McCain. In 2018, she was elected to Congress in {{ushr|AZ|2}}; she was reelected in 2020. On March 12, 2021, Kirkpatrick announced she would not seek reelection in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/03/12/rep-ann-kirkpatrick-not-running-reelection-2022/4656327001/ |title=Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick won't seek reelection: 'I'm sort of term-limiting myself' |author=Ronald J. Hansen |work=Arizona Republic |date=March 12, 2021}}
Early life and early political career
Kirkpatrick was born on March 24, 1950,{{cite web|title=Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick|url=http://dyn.realclearpolitics.com/congressional_bill_tracker/person/ann_kirkpatrick/K000368|website=Congressional Bill Tracker|publisher=Real Clear Politics|access-date=August 27, 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6AZ00225/|title=KIRKPATRICK, ANN LEILA – Candidate overview|website=FEC.gov}} and raised on an Apache Indian reservation near McNary, Arizona.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2010_Elections/vote-2010-native-americans-navajo-nation-key-votes/story?id=11825782 |title=Can Navajo Nation help rescue endangered Dem Congresswoman? |work=ABC News |date=October 8, 2010}} Her parents were European Americans who lived and worked on the reservation. Her mother was a teacher, and her father was a general store owner.{{cite news|last1=Wasser|first1=Miriam|title=Ann Kirkpatrick Is on the Hunt For John McCain — Well, His U.S. Senate Seat, At Least|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ann-kirkpatrick-is-on-the-hunt-for-john-mccain-well-his-us-senate-seat-at-least-8393975|access-date=July 26, 2016|publisher=Phoenix New Times|date=June 22, 2016}} When Kirkpatrick was in second grade, her family moved off the reservation to Pinetop-Lakeside. Her maternal uncle, William Bourdon, was elected as a member of the State House.{{cite news|last1=Sangillo |first1=Gregg |title=Arizona, 1st House District |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/arizona-1st-house-district-20121101 |work=National Journal |date=November 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130617232136/http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/arizona-1st-house-district-20121101 |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2016 }}
Kirkpatrick graduated from Blue Ridge High School as the valedictorian. In 1972, she completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona, where she majored in Asian studies and learned to speak Mandarin Chinese. After a brief experience as a teacher, Kirkpatrick decided to go to law school. In 1979, she earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law.{{cite web |url=http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/ann-kirkpatrick-lifetime-service-and-results |title=Ann Kirkpatrick: A Lifetime of Service and Results |publisher=Kirkpatrick for Arizona |access-date=December 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101091313/http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/ann-kirkpatrick-lifetime-service-and-results |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
In 1980, she was elected as Coconino County's first woman deputy county attorney. Kirkpatrick later served as city attorney for Sedona, Arizona. She was a member of the Flagstaff Water Commission. In 2004, she taught Business Law and Ethics at Coconino County Community College."
Arizona House of Representatives
In 2004, Kirkpatrick was elected to represent the 2nd legislative district and took office in January 2005. She was reelected in 2006. In the legislature, Kirkpatrick served as the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Education K–12 Committee and Natural Resources Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=28&Legislature=48 |title=Ann Kirkpatrick Member Page |publisher=Arizona State Legislature |access-date=December 18, 2012}}{{failed verification|date=October 2018}}
U.S. House of Representatives
=Elections=
== 2008 ==
File:Ann Kirkpatrick by Gage Skidmore.jpg
{{See also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 1}}
On July 24, 2007, Kirkpatrick resigned from the state House to run for the Democratic nomination in Arizona's 1st congressional district. The seat was due to come open after three-term Republican incumbent Rick Renzi announced that he would not seek reelection in the face of a federal indictment on corruption charges, for which he eventually went to prison. Kirkpatrick won the four-way primary by almost 15 points on September 2.
Kirkpatrick defeated Republican Sydney Ann Hay, a mining industry lobbyist, in the general election, with 56% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Arizona |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/arizona.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=August 12, 2014}}
== 2010 ==
{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 1}}
Kirkpatrick was defeated for reelection by Republican nominee Paul Gosar, with 49.7% of the vote to Kirkpatrick's 43.7%. She was endorsed by The Arizona Republic.{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2010/10/03/20101003congress-kirkpatrick.html#ixzz11K1PdOjw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919200944/http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2010/10/03/20101003congress-kirkpatrick.html#ixzz11K1PdOjw |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |title=Kirkpatrick's the right fit for rural district |publisher=Arizona Republic |date=October 3, 2010}}
== 2012 ==
File:Ann Kirkpatrick 113th Congress.jpg]]
{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 1}}
Kirkpatrick announced she would run again for her old congressional seat in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52237.html |title=Dems eye GOP rematches for 2012 |first1=David |last1=Catanese |first2=Alex |last2=Isenstadt |publisher=Politico |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=December 18, 2012}} Redistricting made the district significantly more Democratic than its predecessor; Democrats had a nine-point registration advantage. Kirkpatrick was initially priming for a rematch against Gosar, but Gosar opted to run for reelection in the newly created, heavily Republican 4th district.{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Reid |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2012/01/gosar-will-switch-districts-07 |title=Gosar Will Switch Districts |work=National Journal |date=January 7, 2012 |access-date=December 18, 2012}} Kirkpatrick narrowly won the general election,{{cite web|last=Hendley|first=Matthew|title=Ann Kirkpatrick Called Winner in CD-1; Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally Sit on Leads |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/11/ann_kirkpatrick_called_winner.php|work=blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com|publisher=Phoenix New Times, LLC|access-date=November 8, 2012}} defeating Republican Jonathan Paton, a former state senator, with less than 50% of the vote, as a Libertarian Party candidate took more than 6%.{{cite news |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Jack |title=GOP Establishment Makes Late Primary Play in Arizona House Battleground |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/gop-establishment-makes-late-primary-play-in-arizona-house-battleground-20140826 |access-date=August 28, 2014 |work=National Journal |date=August 26, 2014}}
== 2014 ==
{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 1}}
Kirkpatrick was reelected with 52.6% of the vote. She faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.{{cite web |title=Your Vote 2014 |url=https://news.azpm.org/politics.2014ushouse/ |website=Arizona Public Media |access-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210341/https://news.azpm.org/politics.2014ushouse/ |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |url-status=dead }} According to a December 2012 Washington Post article, Kirkpatrick was one of the 10 most vulnerable incumbents in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Aaron |title=House Democrats face long odds in 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/07/house-democrats-face-long-odds-in-2014/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2016}} She was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program, which was designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2014 election.{{cite news |last1=Bland |first1=Scott |title=Most Vulnerable House Democrats Side With GOP on 'Obamacare' Vote |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline-on-call/most-vulnerable-house-democrats-side-with-gop-on-obamacare-vote-20131115 |access-date=August 12, 2014 |work=National Journal |date=November 15, 2013}}
== 2018 ==
{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 2}}
Kirkpatrick ran for the seat in Arizona's 2nd congressional district to replace outgoing Republican Martha McSally, who retired to run for U.S. Senate. Kirkpatrick had to move across the state, from Flagstaff to Tucson, in order to run. She won the election with 54.7% of the vote.{{cite news |title=Ann Kirkpatrick wins Democratic primary for US House seat being vacated by Arizona Rep. Martha McSally |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ann-kirkpatrick-wins-democratic-primary-for-us-house-seat-being-vacated-by-arizona-rep-martha-mcsally/2018/08/29/1978e94c-ab43-11e8-9a7d-cd30504ff902_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829083628/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ann-kirkpatrick-wins-democratic-primary-for-us-house-seat-being-vacated-by-arizona-rep-martha-mcsally/2018/08/29/1978e94c-ab43-11e8-9a7d-cd30504ff902_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Washington Post |date=August 29, 2018}}
== 2020 ==
{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 2}}
Kirkpatrick was reelected over Republican nominee Brandon Martin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gvnews.com/election/kirkpatrick-headed-back-to-congress-in-cd2/article_ced0b5e4-1cb2-11eb-a531-4fa5e8777d00.html|title=Kirkpatrick headed back to Congress in CD2|website=Green Valley News & Sun|date=November 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgun9.com/news/election-2020/kirkpatrick-hangs-on-to-house-seat-in-arizona-cd2-race|title=Kirkpatrick hangs on to House seat in Arizona CD2 race|date=November 4, 2020|website=KGUN}}
Kirkpatrick announced she would "term-limit" herself and not seek reelection in 2022.
=Tenure=
==111th Congress (2009–11)==
Kirkpatrick voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly called the stimulus package.{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xmll |website=clerk.house.gov |title=Final Vote Results For Roll Call 477 {{!}} H.R. 2454 Recorded Vote 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM {{!}} Question: On Passage {{!}} Bill Title: American Clean Energy and Security Act}}{{cite news|last1=Beard|first1=Sterling|title=Dem Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick returns for second stint on Capitol Hill |url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/new-member-of-the-week/142964-dem-rep-ann-kirkpatrick-returns-for-second-stint-on-capitol-hill/ |access-date=August 12, 2014 |work=The Hill |date=February 25, 2013}} She sponsored bill H.R. 4720, the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, to lower the salaries of members of Congress. The bill stalled in committee.{{cite news|last=Parkinson|first=John R.|title=Congressional Pay Cut? Arizona Democrat Suggests One to Nancy Pelosi|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/congress-pay-cut-suggested-arizona-representative-ann-kirkpatrick/story?id=11663819|newspaper=ABC News|date=September 17, 2010}} Kirkpatrick voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March 2010.{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml |website=clerk.house.gov |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 887 {{!}} H.R. 3962 Recorded Vote 7-Nov-2009 11:16 PM {{!}} Question: On Passage {{!}} Affordable Health Care for America Act}}{{cite web|author=Olka |url=http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/03/updating_the_he_7.php |title=Updating The Health Care Whip Count – Hotline On Call |publisher=Hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com |access-date=July 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224143857/http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/03/updating_the_he_7.php |archive-date=February 24, 2012 }}
==113th Congress (2013–15)==
In May 2013, Kirkpatrick voted against repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324767004578489291287632114 |title=Obamacare and Vulnerable Democrats |date=May 20, 2013 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}
On March 14, 2014, Kirkpatrick cosponsored the Gulf War Health Research Reform Act of 2014 (H.R. 4261; 113th Congress), a bill that would alter the relationship between the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses (RAC) and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill makes the RAC an independent organization within the VA, requiring that a majority of the RAC's members be appointed by Congress instead of the VA, and states that the RAC release its reports without needing prior approval from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.{{cite web|last=Coffman|first=Mike|title=Bipartisan Bill on Gulf War Health Research|url=http://coffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-bill-on-gulf-war-health-research|publisher=House Office of Mike Coffman|access-date=May 27, 2014|date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321054456/http://coffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-bill-on-gulf-war-health-research|archive-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Kelly|title=Congress seeks independence for Gulf War illness board|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/14/house-demands-independence-from-va-for-gulf-war-illness-advisory-board/6428299/|access-date=May 27, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 14, 2014}} The RAC is responsible for investigating Gulf War syndrome, a chronic multi-symptom disorder affecting returning military veterans and civilian workers of the Gulf War.{{cite web |url=http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/associated_illnesses.asp |title=Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Illnesses Associated with Gulf War Service |date=n.d. |access-date=May 9, 2012 |publisher=United States Department of Veterans Affairs }}
==117th Congress (2021–23)==
Kirkpatrick was at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to certify the 2020 presidential electoral votes when the Capitol was attacked by Donald Trump supporters. She and her staff were evacuated from their office around 11 AM due to a report of a suspicious object found in the vicinity. About 45 minutes later, they returned to their office. Shortly thereafter, the building was put on lockdown as rioters breached the Capitol.{{cite news |title=Arizona leaders react to storming of US Capitol |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-leaders-react-to-storming-of-us-capitol/collection_987c2160-505e-11eb-b900-07ba0e19338b.html#10 |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=7 January 2021 |language=en}} She called the attack a "cowardly assault on Democracy" and blamed President Donald Trump for inciting it.{{cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=Ann |title=Kirkpatrick: 'Senseless violence incited by lame-duck' Trump a 'cowardly assault on Democracy'|url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010621_kirkpatrick_capitol_riot_op/kirkpatrick-senseless-violence-incited-by-lame-duck-trump-cowardly-assault-democracy/ |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=Tucson Sentinel |date=6 January 2021 |language=en}} The next day, Kirkpatrick called for Trump's removal from office, calling him "unfit to hold office".{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Anthony Victor |title=Kirkpatrick joins calls to remove President Trump from office via 25th Amendment |url=https://kvoa.com/news/top-stories/2021/01/07/kirkpatrick-joins-calls-to-remove-president-trump-from-office-via-25th-amendment/ |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=KVOA |date=7 January 2021}} She supported the resolution to have Vice President Mike Pence invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.{{cite news |title=House vote on the 25th Amendment resolution |url=https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-TRUMP/IMPEACH/xlbpgyrympq/ |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=Reuters |date=13 January 2021 |language=en}} Days later, she voted, for the second time, to impeach Trump.{{cite news |title=Here's how Arizona lawmakers voted in the impeachment of President Donald Trump |url=https://www.kold.com/2021/01/13/heres-how-arizona-lawmakers-voted-impeachment-president-donald-trump/ |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=KOLD |date=13 January 2021}}
During her final term in office, Kirkpatrick voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/ann-kirkpatrick/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508171402/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/ann-kirkpatrick/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2021|website=FiveThirtyEight |access-date=27 October 2021 |language=en |date=2021-10-22}}
=Committee assignments=
- Committee on Appropriations (2019–2023)
- Subcommittee on Defense
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (2013–2017)
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs (2009–2011; 2013–2017)
- Committee on Homeland Security (2009–2011)
- Committee on Small Business (2009–2011)
= Caucus memberships =
2016 U.S. Senate campaign
{{main|2016 United States Senate election in Arizona}}
File:Ann Kirkpatrick by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
On May 26, 2015, Kirkpatrick announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican John McCain.{{cite news|last1=Lavender|first1=Paige|title=Ann Kirkpatrick Announces 2016 Senate Run|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26/ann-kirkpatrick-john-mccain_n_7442528.html |access-date=January 27, 2016|work=The Huffington Post|date=May 26, 2015}} She lost to McCain, 53.7% to 40.8%.
Political positions
=Abortion=
Kirkpatrick characterizes herself as pro-choice. A friend of hers almost died from an illegal abortion before Roe v. Wade.{{cite web |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=Ann |title=The Supreme Court is no longer a legitimate body; it's become a partisan branch—putting political party platforms before the American people and legal precedent. This week's SCOTUS rulings highlight this fact: the courts' conservatives have dismantled separation of church & state |url=https://twitter.com/RepKirkpatrick/status/1540341039709429768 |website=Twitter |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}
She has been endorsed by EMILY's List, Planned Parenthood and the National Women's Political Caucus. As a member of the Arizona legislature, Kirkpatrick voted against a bill that would have required notarized parental consent for a minor to receive an abortion.{{cite web |title=HB 2666 – Notarized Parental Consent for Abortions – Key Vote|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/973/2815/28425/ann-kirkpatrick-voted-nay-concurrence-vote-hb-2666-notarized-parental-consent-for-abortions#.U0bGL8dNpeE|work=Project Vote Smart |access-date=April 10, 2014}} She voted against a bill to ban abortions that take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.{{cite news |title=How Ann Kirkpatrick voted on key votes |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/K000368/key-votes/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=August 12, 2014}} Kirkpatrick opposed the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.
= Climate change =
In 2009, as a U.S. Representative, Kirkpatrick voted against the American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey).{{Cite web |url=http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/dem-rep-ann-kirkpatrick-returns-for-second-stint-on-capitol-hill-read-more |title=The Hill: Dem Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick returns for second stint on Capitol Hill |date=February 25, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929055456/http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/dem-rep-ann-kirkpatrick-returns-for-second-stint-on-capitol-hill-read-more |archive-date=September 29, 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 2015, she voted in favor of HR 2042, which blocked implementation of President Obama's signature climate change policy, the Clean Power Plan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.utilitydive.com/news/measure-to-block-epa-clean-power-plan-passes-house/401376/ |title=Measure to block EPA Clean Power Plan passes House |access-date=September 29, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll384.xml|title="Final Vote for Roll Call 384" from House of Representatives Clerk, 2015-06-24.}}
=Gun policy=
Before the 2011 Tucson shooting, Kirkpatrick was described as "an ardent gun rights supporter". She voted "to allow guns in national parks and against the reinstatement of a ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons."{{cite news|last1=Cole|first1=Cyndy|title=Kirkpatrick pivots on guns|url=http://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/kirkpatrick-pivots-on-guns/article_d1f47ebf-3245-5ee3-a934-1ca225d1e786.html|publisher=Arizona Daily Sun|date=January 10, 2013}}
In 2012, her campaign website stated that Kirkpatrick "pledge[d] to oppose any attempt by the federal government to undermine the Second Amendment and infringe on our constitutional right to bear arms." She said the Tucson shooting caused her to rethink her support of gun rights and that "everything is on the table" as a potential solution to the issue of gun violence.{{cite news|last1=Morales|first1=Laurel|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/12/31/168349551/arizona-democrat-kirkpatrick-making-capitol-hill-comeback|title=Arizona Democrat Kirkpatrick Making Capitol Hill Comeback|publisher=NPR|date=December 31, 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Flora|first1=Chris|title=Kirkpatrick looks at economy, gun laws and fiscal cliff|url=https://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/news/article_e4cfab60-4df4-11e2-b3b1-001a4bcf887a.html|publisher=The Explorer|date=December 26, 2012}}
After the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Arizona Daily Sun wrote that "Kirkpatrick's position on some firearms laws appears to be changing in light of the mid-December school shooting in Connecticut, her new stance is unclear."
In the wake of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Kirkpatrick participated in a sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House demanding that Congress address gun violence.{{cite news|last1=Theobald|first1=Bill|title=Arizona representatives join U.S. House sit-in demanding gun vote|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2016/06/22/arizona-representatives-us-house-sit-in-gun-control/86261590/|publisher=AZ Central|date=June 22, 2016}} She also said, "we must also look beyond this terrible moment and decide what we as a nation are willing to do to prevent hatred, gun violence and domestic terrorism," and mentioned "sensible solutions ... that both respect the 2nd Amendment and keep our communities safer."{{cite news|last1=Berkowitz|first1=Bonnie|last2=Cai|first2=Weiyi|last3=Lu|first3=Denise|last4=Gamio|first4=Lazaro|title=Everything lawmakers said (and didn't say) after the Orlando mass shooting|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/how-lawmakers-responded-to-the-orlando-mass-shooting/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=December 31, 2017}}
In 2019, Kirkpatrick voted for HR 8 Bipartisan Background Checks of 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8/text|title=Text – H.R.8 – 116th Congress (2019–2020): Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019|first=Mike|last=Thompson|date=March 4, 2019|website=www.congress.gov}} In 2020, she introduced HR 5559 The January 8 National Memorial Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a national memorial in Tucson honoring those who were killed on January 8, 2011, when Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5559/text|title=Text – H.R.5559 – 116th Congress (2019–2020): January 8th National Memorial Act|first=Ann|last=Kirkpatrick|date=January 15, 2020|website=www.congress.gov}}
=Health care=
Kirkpatrick voted for the Affordable Care Act.{{cite web|title=H R 3590, Vote #165|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll165.xml|website=Office of the Clerk|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|date=March 21, 2010}} She has said that her vote for the ACA was "her proudest vote" in Congress.{{cite news|title=Ann Kirkpatrick Interview, Part 2|url=http://verdevalleyindependentdemocrats.org/2011/10/13/ann-kirkpatrick-interview-part-2-podcast-october-10-2011/|publisher=AM 780 KAZM|date=October 10, 2011}} She also voted against numerous attempts to repeal it, and to defund Planned Parenthood.{{cite web|title=H R 596, Vote #58|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll058.xml|website=Office of the Clerk|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|date=October 16, 2015}}{{cite web|title=H.R.3762|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3762/all-info|website=Congress.gov|date=October 16, 2015}} She was one of 106 cosponsors of Pramila Jayapal's Medicare for All bill.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1384/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors – H.R.1384 – 116th Congress (2019–2020): To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program.|last=Jayapal|first=Pramila|date=February 27, 2019|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=March 3, 2019}}
=Immigration=
Kirkpatrick has called for "national, comprehensive reform" of United States immigration policy. She supports increased border patrol funding, installation of a ground-based radar system often referred to as a "smart fence", and a temporary-worker program, and temporary protections for some of those living illegally in the United States.{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Matthew|title=Immigration, Energy Hot Topics in District 1 Debate |url=https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/10/24/20081024debate1024.html |access-date=April 2, 2014 |newspaper=Arizona Republic |date=October 24, 2008}}
Kirkpatrick says she supports the DREAM Act but did not vote for it in 2010.{{cite news |title=Phoenix Arizona Election Questionnaire for Congress, Ann Kirkpatrick|url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/2012questionnaires/results.php?id=kirkpatricka |newspaper=AZcentral.com |date=2012 |ref=AZCentral |access-date=October 1, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart}}
Kirkpatrick has said that she would have voted against Arizona's controversial immigration measure Arizona SB 1070.{{cite news |title=About: Ann Kirkpatrick |url=http://azstarnet.com/elections/party/democrat/ann-kirkpatrick/candidate_31b32d14-cf6d-11e1-b266-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=April 4, 2014}}
In March 2014, Kirkpatrick signed a discharge petition intended to force House leaders to bring immigration reform up for a vote on the House floor.{{cite news |last=Ogden |first=Whitney |title=House Democrats will try to force vote on immigration reform |url=http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2014/03/house-democrats-will-try-to-force-vote-on-immigration-reform/ |access-date=April 4, 2014 |newspaper=Cronkite News |date=March 26, 2014}}
=Privacy=
Kirkpatrick voted for CISPA, which would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities.{{cite news |last1=Squash |first1=Hubbard |title=Democrats and "Progressives" who voted for CISPA. Let's hold them accountable! |url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/21/1203687/-Democrats-and-Progressives-who-voted-for-CISPA-Hold-them-accountable# |access-date=August 12, 2014 |publisher=Daily Kos |date=April 21, 2013}}
=Same-sex marriage=
Kirkpatrick supports same-sex marriage.{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/2012questionnaires/results.php?id=kirkpatricka|title=Phoenix Arizona Election Questionnaire for Congress, Ann Kirkpatrick|publisher=The Arizona Republic |quote=Like many Arizonans over the past few years, I have come to support marriage equality.|access-date=January 3, 2013}}
=U.S. Supreme Court=
After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Kirkpatrick said the Supreme Court was "no longer a legitimate body" and "the courts' conservatives have dismantled separation of church & state."
Electoral history
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2004
| rowspan=2 | State Representative{{efn|In Arizona, each of the state's thirty legislative districts elects two state house representatives from among the top two candidates with the highest vote share.}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 7,165 | 32.96% | 2nd | 28,947 | 38.72% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Hold
General election:
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2006
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 7,488 | 42.75% | 1st | 26,787 | 45.48% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Hold
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2008
| rowspan=4 | U.S. Representative | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 26,734 | 47.24% | 1st | 155,791 | 55.88% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Gain
General election:
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2010
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 46,902 | 100.00% | 1st | 99,233 | 43.73% | 2nd | {{no2|Lost}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| | Gain
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2012
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 33,831 | 63.74% | 1st | 122,774 | 48.79% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Gain
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2014
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 51,393 | 100.00% | 1st | 97,391 | 52.61% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Hold
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2016
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 333,586 | 99.85% | 1st | 1,031,245 | 40.77% | 2nd | {{no2|Lost}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| | Hold
General election:
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2018
| rowspan=2 | U.S. Representative | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 33,938 | 41.85% | 1st | 161,000 | 54.73% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Gain
General election:
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2020
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | 77,517 | 76.33% | 1st | 209,945 | 55.10% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| | Hold
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Personal life
Kirkpatrick is married to Roger Curley and has two children.
On January 15, 2020, Kirkpatrick announced that she was initiating treatment for alcoholism after being injured in a fall.Olson, Tyler, "[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arizona-rep-seeks-treatment-for-alcoholism-after-fall Arizona Rep. Kirkpatrick seeks treatment for alcoholism after fall]", Fox News, January 15, 2020 She returned to work on February 26, 2020.Conover, Christopher, "[https://news.azpm.org/p/news-splash/2020/2/27/166722-rep-ann-kirkpatrick-returns-to-house-after-alcohol-treatment/ Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick returns to House after alcohol treatment]", "Arizona Public Media" February 27, 2020
Kirkpatrick is Catholic.[https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/01/01.04.21_faith_on_the_hill_detailed.table_.update.pdf Religious affiliation of members of 117th Congress]
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