Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick is a former member of the United States House of Representatives in Arizona's Second District.http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=37 The single-season attorney was elected to office in November of 2008.http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=37 In the 2010 midterm elections, Kirkpatrick lost to dentist and Republican candidate, Paul Gosar.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Ann_Kirkpatrick She left office on January 3, 2011.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Ann_Kirkpatrick

During the 2010 campaign, Kirkpatrick was openly endorsed by many political leaders, superintendents, sheriffs, supervisors and other professionals in her district's counties, including the Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Gila, Graham/Greenlee, Pinal and Yavapai counties.http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/endorsements Among these supporters were Apache Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., Mayor Robin Boyd, Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil, and Judge Ed Dawson.http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/endorsements

Ann Kirkpatrick is a native of Arizona, born on March 24, 1950 in McNary on the White Mountain Apache Nation.http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/meet_ann Her first words spoken were in Apache.http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/meet_ann Kirkpatrick earned her bachelor's degree and then law degree from the University of Arizona.http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/meet_ann In 1980, she became Coconino County's first female deputy county attorney.http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/content/meet_ann She was a co-founder of the Kirkpatrick and Harris law firm in 1991 and began teaching teaching business law and ethics at Coconino Community College in 2004.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=28425 Kirkpatrick was elected in 2004, and reelected in 2006, as a state representative from Arizona's Second District.http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=37

Kirkpatrick supported the Democratic Party's stimulus plan and health care bill, but opposed the energy bill focused on climate change.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Ann_Kirkpatrick She also supported keeping Guantanamo Bay prison open for terrorist suspects.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Ann_Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick introduced legislation that included helping disabled veterans and their survivors keep pace with the cost of living, expanding anti-drug trafficking initiatives in Arizona and securing the border by placing more workers on sight.http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=37 She was a member of the Committees on Homeland Security, Small Business and Veterans' Affairs.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=28425