Travis Grantham

Grantham was born on February 24th, 1979 in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he attended Scottsdale Public Schools and graduated from Scottsdale Community College. Grantham is a third-generation Arizonan. Grantham's family owned a cattle ranch, and his father was the founder and CEO of an aviation business named International Air Response, Inc. (IAR). Grantham attended Arizona State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in agribusiness. During his time at Arizona State, he enlisted in the Air National Guard, ultimately achieving the rank of staff sergeant before commissioning as an officer out of college.{{Cite web |title=House Member |url=https://www.azleg.gov/house-member/?legislature=55&session=123&legislator=2020 |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.azleg.gov}}

In 2012, Grantham ran for the U.S. House in the newly drawn 9th district. He was defeated by Vernon Parker in the 7-way Republican primary, receiving 18.4% of the vote and coming in 3rd.{{cite web |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 |url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/Primary/Canvass.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112230133/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/Primary/Canvass.pdf |archivedate=November 12, 2013 |accessdate=January 6, 2014 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=3}}

In 2016, Grantham and incumbent Eddie Farnsworth defeated LaCinda Lewis in the Republican primary for Arizona's 12th legislative district. They were unopposed in the general election.{{cite web |url= https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 15 |accessdate= December 9, 2016 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203745/https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf |archivedate= December 20, 2016 }}

In 2018 Grantham sponsored a proposed state constitutional amendment which would have allowed the legislature to place candidates for the US Senate on the ballot.{{cite web|url=https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2018/2/20/124451-arizona-lawmaker-wants-to-do-away-with-us-senate-primary-vote/|title=Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Do Away With US Senate Primary Vote|accessdate=September 27, 2021|work=Arizona Public Media}} Also in 2018 he opposed the extension of a sales tax used to support education saying, "We're not addressing what I believe to be one of the main issues of the bill - which is hey, there's these buckets in the bill that money is dropped into them and the schools have to spend the money as the bill's written."{{Cite web|last=Christie|first=Bob|date=2018-03-23|title=Arizona Lawmakers Approve Education Sales Tax Extension - AZPM|url=https://news.azpm.org/s/54938-arizona-lawmakers-approve-k-12-education-sales-tax-extension/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=news.azpm.org|publisher=Associated Press|language=en}} In 2021 he served as speaker pro tempore of the House.{{Cite web|last=Kassandra Lau|title=House Republicans' priorities for 2021 Arizona legislative session - AZPM|url=https://news.azpm.org/s/83334-house-republicans-priorities-for-2021-arizona-legislative-session/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=news.azpm.org|language=en}} In April 2021, he made news after referring "colored people" and demanding that a black legislator be "sat down" during a debate about a voting rights bill.{{Cite web|last=Massie|first=Graeme|date=2021-04-23|title=Arizona lawmaker uses racist language and demands Black colleague be 'sat down' in clash over voting rights bill|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/travis-grantham-arizona-voting-racism-b1836065.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=The Independent|language=en}}

Grantham is a current Lieutenant Colonel in the 161st Air Refueling Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard, in which capacity he has deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Travis Grantham on Congress - The Arizona State Press |url=https://www.statepress.com/article/2012/07/qa-grantham-on-congress |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.statepress.com |language=en-US}} Grantham is trained on the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, in which he has over 3,000 flight hours.

Grantham is married to Patricia Patton and has two daughters, Katelyn and Kristyn. The family lives in Gilbert, Arizona.

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