You have received a lot of information about the Republican race for Attorney General. It can get confusing. But just think of it this way. As County Attorney Andrew Thomas reduced crime by 19% — well ahead of the national average. He reduced illegal immigration too by an undisputed 18%-30%.Tom Horne? As Arizona's Superintendent of Public Instruction he fared so poorly that the test scores of school children declined.

Andrew Thomas reduced crime. Tom Horne reduced test scores.

Andrew Thomas is pro-life and endorsed by Arizona Right to Life. Tom Horne supported taxpayer funded abortion and is pro-choice.

Andrew Thomas is a strong proponent of the Second Amendment and is backed by the NRA. Tom Horne is not.

Andrew Thomas has been endorsed by Arizona law enforcement officers such as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu,Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh and Graham County Sheriff Preston "P.J." Allred, Mohave County Attorney Matthew Smith, Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, and the Arizona Police Association, the NRA, State Senator Russell Pearce, sponsor of SB1070 and Congressman Tom Tancredo also have endorsed Andrew Thomas.

Tom Horne? Virtually no one.

The record is clear. The endorsements are overwhelming. Please vote Andrew Thomas for Attorney General.

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. For information on Tom Horne, go to The Tom Horne Truth.

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