Creator: Bridget O’Brien

Arizona Delegation FactsheetMember Name: Jeff Flake (R)

District Number: 6

Year elected 2000

DC Office Location US House of Representatives 240 Cannon House Building

Washington, D.C. 20515

Committee/Subcommittee assignments

1. House Foreign Affairs Committee2. House Committee of Natural Resources3. House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform

Major Legislation (sponsored or co-sponsored)

1. H.R. 3707 Earmark Elimination Act of 2011 (Sponsor) 2. H.R. 1507 Comprehensive Border Security Act- Combat illegal immigration, drug smuggling, alien smuggling, and violence on the south western U.S. Borders (sponsor)3 H.R. 482 Prohibits the use of a member’s representational allowance for advertising on any other website other than the members official site

Professional/Personal Background (1 or 2 concise paragraphs)Jeff Flake was born in Snowflake, Arizona in 1962. Flake served a Mormon mission in southern Africa and then graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in international relations. After his B.A. he received his M.A. from BYU in political science. While at BYU Jeff met his wife Cheryl.

In 1987 he began work for a public affairs firm in D.C. and later moved to Namibia working as executive director or a Foundation for Democracy. In 1992 him and his family moved back to Arizona and became executive director of the Goldwater Institute. Currently Jeff is serving in his 6th term of congress and lives in Mesa with his wife and their five children.

District InformationDistrict 6 of Arizona includes parts of Mesa and Chandler and all of Gilbert, Queen Creek, and Apache Junction. The total population is 931,574. This district has a high Mormon population as well as a large

amount of Republicans. Close to half of the enrolled school population is in grades 1-8. Most of the population speak English only. Most households earn between $50,000 and $74,999

Resources:

http://www.mygov365.com/legislation/view/id/4ed8c5e849e51b1d5df53d00/tab/overview/

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400134

http://flake.house.gov/

http://www.contactingthecongress.org/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=AZ06&site=ctc2011

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