Tom Horne was the superintendent of public instruction from 2003 to 2011 and then was Arizona’s attorney general. In addition to starting and growing Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, he also advocates against critical race theory and says diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are an extension of critical race theory by another name.
Horne, 81, is also defending a lawsuit challenging a state law that prohibits biological boys from playing on girls’ sports teams. The case is still working its way through the courts.
He says he “is the only state official fighting for the normal against the crazy,” according to paperwork his campaign filed earlier this year with the secretary of state.