¶ General Background
¶ Arizona State Senator Sonny Borelli, A “Dedicated Conservative Republican,” Is Currently The State Senate’s Majority Leader And Is Considering Running To Be A Mohave County Supervisor, Where He Unsuccessfully Tried To Push Hand-Counted Ballots.
¶ Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli, A “Dedicated Conservative Republican,” Is Currently The State Senate’s Majority Leader, Serving In The State Senate Since 2017 And Previously Serving As A State Representative Starting In 2012.
Republican Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli, Who Represents State Senate District 30, Is The Majority Leader Of The Arizona Senate.
- Ballotpedia: “Borrelli Began Serving As State Senate Majority Leader In 2023.” [Ballotpedia, accessed 10/29/23]
Borrelli Is Vice-Chairman Of The Rules Committee And Is A Member Of The Elections; Health And Human Services; Judiciary (Until March 24, 2023); Military Affairs, Public Safety, And Border Security Committees:
- Borrelli Was A Member Of the Natural Resources, Energy, And Water Committee Until August 2023.
Borrelli Has Been An Arizona State Senator Since 2017 And Has Been A Member Of The Arizona Legislature Since 2012. [Arizona State Legislature, accessed 10/10/23]
- Borrelli Began Serving In The Arizona Senate In 2017. “Member Since: 2012; Senator since 2017 [...] Senator Borrelli was elected to the Arizona State Senate in 2016, where he served as Vice Chair of the Senate Government Committee and later as Chairman of the Government Committee. He was also a member of the Appropriations Committee, Commerce & Public Safety Committee as well as the Senate Finance Committee.” [Arizona State Legislature, accessed 10/10/23]
- While In The Arizona House Of Representatives From 2013 To 2017, Borrelli Represented State House District 5. “Borrelli is a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 5 from 2013 to 2017.” [Ballotpedia, accessed 10/10/23]
Borrelli Claims To Be A “Dedicated Conservative Republican.”
Borrelli Claims To Be A “Proven Veterans Advocate” That Is Pro-Life And Pro-Gun.
¶ Borrelli, Who Cannot Seek Reelection In 2024 Due To Term Limits, May Run To Be On The Mohave County Board Of Supervisors After Unsuccessfully Demanding That The Board Hand-Count Ballots In The 2024 Election.
In 2023, Borrelli, Who Cannot Seek Reelection To The Arizona Senate In 2024 Due To Term Limits, Confirmed That He Would Form An Exploratory Committee To Run As A Mohave County Supervisor. “Buster Johnson and Sonny Borrelli are on a collision course to possibly faceoff in the Aug., 2024 Republican primary election. Borrelli can’t seek re-election to his District 30 state senate seat due to Arizona term limits. The Senate Majority Leader confirmed Tuesday that he’ll be forming an exploratory committee to assess a possible run for District 3 Mohave County supervisor.” [The Miner, 04/04/23]
The Mohave County Board Of Supervisors Has Oversight Of Election Policy, Having Rejected Borrelli’s Demand To The Board To Hand-Count Ballots In The 2024 Election. “A northwestern Arizona county has rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election cycle after the local elections director warned that it would cost more than $1.1 million and involve hiring hundreds of new workers. The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday against adopting a hand count, with supervisors Ron Gould and Hildy Angius voting in favor. [...] Mohave County began exploring the notion of hand tabulations after receiving a letter in May from Republican Arizona Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli, who demanded that ‘no electronic voting systems’ be used as the primary tabulators in federal elections, Lingenfelter said.” [Fox 10 Phoenix, 08/03/23]
¶ Borrelli, Who Lives In Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Previously Ran A Small Business And Served In The U.S. Marine Corps From 1977 To 1999.
Borrelli, Who Moved To Arizona In 2000, Resides In Lake Havasu City. “Home City: Lake Havasu City [...] He moved to Arizona in 2000.” [Arizona State Legislature, accessed 10/10/23]
Borrelli Is Retired, Formerly Was A Small Business Owner And Formerly Served In The U.S. Marine Corps. From 1977 To 1999. “Occupation: Retired, USMC, Former Small Business Owner [...] Senator Sonny Borrelli is retired USMC, GySgt, and served in the Marines from 1977 to 1999.” [Arizona State Legislature, accessed 10/10/23]
- In The U.S. Marines, Borrelli “Reached The Rank Of Gunnery Sergeant.” “Sonny Borrelli served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1977 to 1999 and reached the rank of gunnery sergeant.” [Ballotpedia, accessed 10/10/23]
In 2020, Borrelli Was Inducted Into The Military Rodeo Hall Of Fame, For “Outstanding Achievements In Bronc Riding And Leadership As The Commissioner Of The Military Rodeo Cowboys Association From 1988 To 1999.” “In 2020, Senator Borrelli was inducted into the Military Rodeo Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievements in Bronc riding and Leadership as the Commissioner of the Military Rodeo Cowboys Association from 1988 – 1999.” [Arizona State Legislature, accessed 10/10/23]
- In 1988, Borrelli And Others Started The Military Rodeo Cowboys Association After The Military Rodeo Association “Collapsed.” “He continued to compete while also helping to recruit members as part of the Military Rodeo Association (MRA) through 1988. When the MRA collapsed in 1988, Sonny, along with a few other cowboys started the Military Rodeo Cowboys Association (MRCA). The MRCA would hold its first World Finals Rodeo (WFR) in Borney, TX that year and continue to provide a championship event each year through 1999 under Sonny’s leadership as MRCA Commissioner.” [Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, accessed 10/19/23]
Borrelli Joined The Marines After High School And “Spent The Next 22 Years In The Logistics Field With Assignments In Okinawa And Camp Pendleton.” “After graduating high school, he joined the Marines and spent the next 22 years in the Logistics field with assignments in Okinawa and Camp Pendleton.” [Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, accessed 10/19/23]
Borrelli Was Stationed In San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot As Of 1981 And Was Stationed In Okinawa, Japan As Of 1986. “If you're talking rodeo at Camp Pendleton, all roads lead to Borrelli, who also founded a team when he was stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego in 1981 and kept competing while stationed in Okinawa in 1986, even though it meant 80,000 miles of space-available travel to Stateside rodeos.” [Los Angeles Times, 11/15/87]
¶ Borrelli Was Born In Rochester, New York And Subsequently Lived In Texas And California.
Borrelli Was Born In Rochester, New York In 1959, Then Moved To California, And Then To Texas. “Born in NY, moving to CA, then to TX where he spent his high school years and found his passion for the sport of rodeo. [...] Born: 1959 in Rochester, NY ” [Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, accessed 10/19/23]
- Borrelli “Went To High School In The San Fernando Valley” But “Hail[ed] From Fort Worth And San Antonio,” Texas. “The nine-man team from Camp Pendleton--which competes in the saddle bronc riding, bareback riding and bull riding events--is led by Sonny Borrelli, an engaging, fast-talking, 28-year-old sergeant who went to high school in the San Fernando Valley but hails from Fort Worth and San Antonio.” [Los Angeles Times, 11/15/87]
- Borrelli Graduated From Chatsworth High School In 1977. “Chatsworth High School, 1977” [The Arizona Capitol Times, 06/17/14]