Russell Pearce, former Arizona Senate President and author of the contentious immigration bill SB 1070 , died on Thursday after a brief illness.
Russell K. Pearce was an American far-right politician who served in the Arizona State Senate as a Republican (GOP). Pearce rose to national prominence as the primary sponsor of Arizona SB1070, a contentious anti-illegal immigration bill signed into law in 2010. Pearce was elected President of the Arizona Senate when the Senate began its January 2011 term, but he was ousted in a November 2011 recall election, becoming the first legislator in Arizona history to be so removed from office.
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Pearce was elected to the Arizona House in 2000, representing a Mesa district. In 2006, Pearce was elected to the state senate. Pearce created the Arizona Auto Theft Authority and served as its chairman during his tenure. Since its inception in 1992, the Arizona Auto Theft Authority has been credited with a 60% decrease in statewide car thefts. Americans for Tax Reform, a Republican anti-tax activist group, named Pearce a “Hero of the Taxpayers” in 2003.
