By Hank Stephenson | Arizona Capitol Times
House Speaker David Gowan has defended his heavy use of state vehicles in 2015 by saying he’s the speaker for the whole state of Arizona, and thus must travel extensively.
But travel records provided by the House in response to a public records request show he didn’t start traveling the state until after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June 2015 left Arizona’s congressional district boundary map in place and set the stage for the 2016 election.
And nearly four out of every five trips he reported making to Arizona locations were in the congressional district he hopes to represent.