They are on the front lines in the fight against crime and illegal immigration.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan, Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh, and Graham County Sheriff Preston "P.J." Allred.

So who do they trust. . .who do they want to be Arizona's next Attorney General? Andrew Thomas.

Why?

Because, as Maricopa County Attorney he worked closely with Sheriff Arpaio to reduce crime and illegal immigration. Andrew Thomas is a friend to not only those on the front lines but he's also been endorsed by:

*The sponsor of SB 1070 Russell Pearce
*Sheriff Joe Arpaio*Border Patrol Officers Association
*Phoenix Law Enforcement Association
*Peoria Police Officers Association
*Arizona Police Association
*The National Rifle Association
*Arizona Right to Life

They trust Andrew Thomas to be our next Attorney General. We hope you will too. Vote Andrew Thomas. It's a vote to better protect your family, and fight illegal immigration, no matter what part of Arizona you call home.

During Thomas' time in office, crime rates plummeted. The 19 percent drop is more than twice the national rate of decline, in despite of an 11 percent increase in the county's population during that time. The illegal immigrant population has dropped by anywhere from 18 percent (Dept. of Homeland Security estimate) to 30 percent (Center for Immigration Studies estimate). Like the fall in crime rates, this dramatic decline in illegal immigration is far greater than the average in the rest of the nation.

Thomas has a track record of successfully defending illegal immigration crackdowns in our courts, including his successful efforts to prosecute illegal immigrants for conspiring to violate the state's human-smuggling law and to defend Prop 200's voter ID requirements and the employer-sanctions law, which he defended along with the Attorney General's Office.

If elected Attorney General Thomas has pledged to expand that office's prosecutions of illegal immigrants under the state's human smuggling laws. The office is not currently pursuing such prosecutions.

Thomas is married with four children. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Prior to serving as Maricopa County Attorney, Thomas served as an assistant attorney general for Arizona, deputy counsel and criminal justice policy advisor to the Governor, special assistant to the Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, and a deputy county attorney.

For more information about Andrew Thomas, please go to www.ThomasforArizona.com. To read about Thomas's liberal Republican opponent, click here.

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