Tony Rivero
Republican · House · LD27
Tony Rivero served in the state House from 2015 to 2021, sat out two terms, and returned in 2025 after finishing second in the 2024 general. He worked in the Peoria city manager's office and holds education and public administration degrees from Arizona State University. In 2025 he helped pass the law that let Axon build its Scottsdale headquarters without a city zoning referendum, citing "thousands of employees, billions of dollars." He supports the ESA voucher program with added financial safeguards.
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It pays to be rich: Executives at Axon pumped thousands of dollars into the campaigns of lawmakers who passed a controversial bill last year to allow the Taser manufacturer to build a massive headquarters in Scottsdale, KJZZ’s Wayne Schutsky reports. The Axon executives created a new PAC that pushed $67,000 to lawmakers, including $5,000 to the sponsor of the bill, Republican Rep. Tony Rivero. The rest of the campaign contributions were spread out in smaller chunks to about 50 Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Axon’s founder Rick Smith also gave $5,500 to Democratic Rep. Alma Hernandez. (April 22, 2026)
2026-04-22