Voters are questioning where Gary Garcia Snyder lives.
Republican candidate Gary Snyder previously said he lives in San Luis. But that city is not in the district he's now running to represent in the Arizona House.As primary ballots go out next week, some Republican voters in southwestern Arizona want to know whether a candidate actually lives in their home district. It marks the third time in 12 years Yuma voters have questioned whether a Republican legislative candidate is using their turf for political gain.
“He needs to answer those questions,” said Phil Townsend, a fourth-generation Yuma resident and former Yuma County Republican Party Chair. “All of the sudden he’s running in the district I live in and claims to have moved. I don’t know if that’s true or not.”Snyder’s primary race includes incumbent Michael Carbone and challengers Nick Kupper and Steve Markegard . Public records show Carbone, Kupper and Markegard have documented residences within the District 25 boundaries.
A woman identifying herself as Snyder’s mother answered the door. She told 12News Snyder lived there and was visiting Phoenix and therefore unavailable. When a reporter for 12News notified her he was just at the house in San Luis and saw a car with the “AZREP25” license plate parked in the driveway, the woman said Snyder’s wife and two children live there “so they can continue going to school there.
A judge must be sure there is “clear and convincing evidence” a candidate does actually live where they claim, said ethics attorney Tom Ryan.In 2012, Republican candidate for State House Darin Mitchell listed a friend’s empty house in Litchfield Park as his primary residence. The legislative district also covered portions of Yuma. Ryan represented the plaintiff who challenged Mitchell’s residency in that case.
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