The threat from radical Islamic jihadists is real and needs to be taken seriously.
My focus is 100 percent on my day job, on the state of Arizona.
I don't have a real attraction or interest to national politics, so I want to see Republicans win across the board in the state of Arizona, because those policies of lower taxes and lighter regulation and strong foreign policy are important to me.
Like many of us in Arizona, I wasn't born here - I'm a product of the Midwest and the working class.
You still find a great sense of possibility here, and I want to make sure that Arizona stays that way. I want us to be the welcoming, job-creating state we've been from the start, a place where everybody's got a chance.
Running to do a job as important as the governor's shouldn't be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I'm out there giving my best every day.
We should empower teachers to do their job by cutting wasteful spending and crippling bureaucracy, not classroom resources our educators and students need.
Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.
Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.
As I have traveled the state, I have seen firsthand that there are Arizonans who are hurting.
I understand the dignity that comes from work and caring for one's family.
As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.
One way to ensure that all kids will be successful in school and life is by focusing on literacy by the end of the third grade.
It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working.
In many respects, Arizona is a model for the rest of the country on best practices for water management.
The best way to keep water prices down is to avoid unnecessary increases in costs.
Maintaining a positive working relationship with Mexico's leadership will also be crucial to increasing communication and trade. I plan to personally maintain those relationships.
We should be working with the governor of Sonora to establish a commercial sea port on the coast of their state.
Sky Harbor may be a city airport, but it's an Arizona vital resource used by citizens all over the state, and our economy is dependent on its success.
Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.
