Thorpe, Bob

Republican – Legislative District 6 House

Phone: (928) 310-8811

Email: rjt@thorpe4az.com

Website: www.thorpeaz.com

Address: 490 Lake Mary Rd,, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Age: 57. (02/01/57, Burbank, CA).

Arizona since: 2003

Occupation: Residential construction and remodeling, self-employed, 5+ years; published author, constitutional handbook, 2 years; volunteer firefighter 1 & 2, EMT, Highlands Fire District, 7.5 years; website design and development, 5+ years. Other employment: small business owner (software company), the Walt Disney Company, Price Waterhouse Accounting firm, the aerospace industry, the software and online ecommerce industries, medical records, K-12 education, and as a high technology instructor at UCLA Extension.

Marital: Married

Children: 2

Education: Emergency medical technician – basic (EMT), Coconino Community College, 2005; AZ State certified firefighter 1 & 2, Highlands Fire District, 2004; graduate studies, human factors psychology, California State University, Northridge, 1986-87; engineering courses, Los Angeles Pierce College, 1982, 1984; design course, Art Center School of Design (Pasadena, CA), 1982; B.A., liberal arts, California State University, Northridge, 1981.

Political experience: I am a co-founder of an educational/issues-based organization that volunteers its time to state legislators across the nation regarding state and U.S. constitutional issues.

Legis exp: House since 2013.

Interests: My family, our black Labs, constitutional and economic/fiscal issues, politics, hiking and mountain climbing, target and skeet shooting, fly fishing, astronomy, antiques, old tractors.