Doug Coleman

Coleman grew up in Mesa, Arizona and graduated from Westwood High School. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Business, Office, and Distributive Education from Arizona State University in 1981 and a Master's degree in Vocational Education from Northern Arizona University in 1989.

Coleman began his political career in 1991 by serving on the Apache Junction City Council and after serving 4 years on City Council he was elected Mayor of Apache Junction in 1995. He was the first Mayor of Apache Junction to be re-elected by the voters and was re-elected 6 times. On January 31, 2012 Coleman resigned from City Council to run for the Arizona House of Representatives. Coleman served with Kelly Townsend as Arizona House of Representatives members from District 16 from 2013 to 2019.

Doug Coleman is a moderate Republican.{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/joannaallhands/2018/05/31/arizona-teachers-remember-november-legislative-races/660636002/|title=Allhands: This time, Arizona teachers want to take over the House and Senate – from the inside|work=azcentral|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/joannaallhands/2018/03/23/doug-coleman-passed-prop-301-extension-education-bill/453844002/|title=Allhands: How a humble outsider passed the year's most important education bill|work=azcentral|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}} The American Conservative Union gives him a lifetime 76% score and the Arizona chapter of the fiscally conservative Americans for Prosperity gave him a 52% rating.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/111364/doug-coleman#.W4Yy6thKh8c|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-29}} Coleman voted in favor of the state's Medicaid expansion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/07/14/medicaid-gop-legislative-primaries/12614897/|title=Medicaid fight re-emerges in GOP legislative primaries|work=azcentral|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}} On social issues, he has mixed positions and ratings. Planned Parenthood, which is pro-choice on the issue of abortion, has given him a rating of 20% while the socially conservative Center for Arizona Policy gave him an 80% rating; NARAL Pro-Choice America gave him a 0% rating.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/111364/doug-coleman/2#.W4Yw8thKh8c|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-29}} On immigration, he voted against requiring stricter sentencing requirements for undocumented immigrants, but he did vote to establish a virtual border.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/111364/doug-coleman/40/immigration#.W4Y0gdhKh8c|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-29}} He supports gun ownership rights and has voted to loosen gun restrictions.{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/111364/doug-coleman/37/guns#.W4Y0-NhKh8c|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-29}} He had a 7% from the NRA Political Victory Fund in 2012, but received a higher "B+" grade and endorsement in 2014,{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF {{!}} Arizona |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/arizona/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104204613/https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/arizona |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |language=en-us |url-status=usurped}} and an "A" rating in 2016.{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF Endorses Kelly Townsend and Doug Coleman in the Arizona Republican Primary Election |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2016/arizona/nra-pvf-endorses-kelly-townsend-and-doug-coleman-in-the-arizona-republican-primary-election/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531053428/https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2016/arizona/nra-pvf-endorses-kelly-townsend-and-doug-coleman-in-the-arizona-republican-primary-election/ |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |language=en-us |url-status=live}}

Coleman and his wife Roxanne have been married for 44 years. They have 6 daughters, 3 sons-in-law, and 20 grandchildren. He has also served in multiple volunteer positions for a local council of the Boy Scouts of America. Coleman is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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• {{citation |url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/2012questionnaires/results.php?id=colemandoug |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407185833/http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/2012questionnaires/results.php?id=colemandoug |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-07 |title=Election Questionnaire for State Legislature: Doug Coleman |department=2012 Arizona Election Questionnaires |newspaper=The Arizona Republic}}
• {{citation |url=http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=64&Legislature=51&Session_ID=110 |title=Doug Coleman |website=Arizona State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528072024/http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=64&Legislature=51&Session_ID=110 |archive-date=2017-05-28}}

• {{Ballotpedia|Doug_Coleman|Doug Coleman}}
• {{official website|http://www.votedougcoleman.com/}}

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