By Mary Jo Pitzl | The Arizona Republic
Ken Bennett has, as Arizona secretary of state, overseen countless candidate filings, advocated for proof of citizenship to register to vote, and preached the need to return early ballots.
But during his 5½ years in office, he has never waded into the immigration debate. Nor has his office had a say on gun rights.
The same goes for former Secretary of State Jan Brewer, now Arizona’s governor, and her predecessors in the state’s No. 2 political post.
But an outside spending group is interjecting those issues into this year’s GOP primary, arguing that it’s important to know where candidates stand on those topics, because the secretary of state is next in line to become governor if the office is vacated.
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