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Paul Gosar
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2011
Preceded byAnn Kirkpatrick
Constituency1st district (2011–2013)
4th district (2013–present)
Personal details
Born
Paul Anthony Gosar

(1958-11-27) November 27, 1958 (age 65)
Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Maude Gosar
​
(m. 1988)​
Children3
EducationCreighton University (BS, DDS)
WebsiteHouse website

Paul Anthony Gosar[1] (/ˈɡoʊsɑːr/ GOH-sarr; born November 27, 1958) is an American former dentist who serves as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 4th congressional district since 2013. A Republican, he was elected in 2010 to represent the neighboring 1st congressional district until redistricting. Gosar's district includes most of rural western Arizona, the entirety of Prescott and a number of Phoenix's suburbs.

The Arizona Republic has called Gosar "Arizona's most controversial member of Congress".[2] He has been a strong ally of President Donald Trump.[2][3] Gosar was one of the 139 representatives who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 US presidential election in Congress on January 7, 2021, the day after the storming of the US Capitol[4].

Early life and education

Gosar was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on November 27, 1958.[5][6] He is the oldest of the seven sons and three daughters[7][8] born to Antone John Gosar and Bernadette M. (née Erramouspe) Gosar. His paternal grandparents were Slovenian and his maternal grandparents were Basque immigrants from Banca, France.[9] Gosar was raised in Pinedale, Wyoming, and graduated from Pinedale High School in 1977.[10] His parents have been described as devoted Republicans who attended the national conventions for former presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford. Gosar's brother Pete Gosar is a former chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party and was a candidate for governor of Wyoming in 2010[7][11] and 2014.[12]

In 1981, Gosar received his B.S. from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1985, he earned his D.D.S. from the Boyne School of Dentistry at Creighton.[5]

Career before politics

From 1989 to 2010, Gosar had a dentistry practice in Flagstaff, Arizona.[5] In 2001, Gosar was the Arizona Dental Association's (AzDA) "Dentist of the Year". He was inducted into the AzDA Hall of Fame and served as its president from 2004 to 2005. Gosar was also president of the Northern Arizona Dental Society and vice-chair of the AzDA council on governmental affairs.[13][14]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2010

See also: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 1

In 2009, Gosar, who had never run for elected office before, announced that he would challenge Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick in the 1st district in the 2010 elections. He was identified as a Tea Party candidate by The New York Times because the Arizona Tea Party featured him on its website.[15]

Gosar won the Republican primary. He was endorsed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and three Arizona county sheriffs: Maricopa County's Joe Arpaio, Coconino County's Joe Richards, and Pinal County's Paul Babeu.[16] Kirkpatrick challenged him to five debates across the district.[17][18] Gosar initially agreed to one debate, but later withdrew. He released a statement explaining that his decision to withdraw from the debate was based on the long drive to and from the television station, KAET in Phoenix, which had organized the debate,[19] but a producer at KAET said that Gosar's staff had told the station that the candidate could not participate in the debate because he would be attending a fundraiser instead.[20]

Gosar defeated Kirkpatrick in the November 2010 general election, taking 49.7% of the vote.

2012

See also: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4

Gosar initially planned to seek reelection in the 1st district, which had been made less favorable to Republicans as a result of redistricting,[21] but with Kirkpatrick priming for a rematch, he changed his mind and announced in January 2012 that he would run in the newly created 4th district. The 4th had absorbed much of the western portion of the old 1st district, and was heavily Republican. Gosar rented an apartment in Prescott, the largest city in the 4th, which he claims as his official residence.[22] He claimed he would eventually buy a home in the district. However, he still claims his home in Flagstaff as his primary residence; he has long received tax breaks on his Flagstaff home due to this status. While he is registered to vote in Yavapai County, home to Prescott, his wife is registered to vote in Coconino County, home to Flagstaff.[23]

Gosar initially faced a tough primary fight against Babeu, but Babeu pulled out in May 2012 due to allegations of abuse of power.[24] Gosar defeated former state senator Ron Gould and businessman Rick Murphy in the Republican primary, all but assuring him a second term in Congress. In the November general election, he defeated Democratic challenger Johnnie Robinson with 67% of the vote.[25]

2014

See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4

Gosar easily won reelection, winning 70% of the vote against Democratic nominee Mikel Weisser in the 2014 midterm elections.[26]

2016

See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4

Gosar faced Weisser again in 2016. Weisser attempted to use Gosar's support of then-nominee Donald Trump and the recent Access Hollywood tape against him in campaign ads.[27] Gosar was reelected with 71% of the vote.[28]

2018

See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4
Gosar speaking at the 2018 Arizona Manufacturing Summit in Phoenix, Arizona

In September 2018, six of Gosar's nine siblings spoke out against their brother and endorsed his Democratic opponent, David Brill, in a series of television campaign ads that drew national and international coverage.[29][30] In the first ad, sisters Grace and Jennifer, both identified as health care providers, told viewers that their brother did not care about people in rural Arizona. In another ad, called "A family defends its honor," brother David Gosar, a lawyer, declared, "We've got to stand up for our good name. This is not who we are." Paul Gosar responded to the ads on Twitter, describing his siblings as "disgruntled Hillary supporters" who "put political ideology before family".[30]

Gosar defeated Brill in the November 2018 general election with 68.2% of the vote.

2020

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 4

Gosar was reelected with 69.7% of the vote over Democratic nominee Delina DiSanto. Six of his nine siblings—Grace, Jennifer, Joan, Gaston, David and Tim—endorsed his opponent, as they had in 2018.[31]

Tenure

In January 2016, Gosar wrote and proposed legislation to strip Bill Cosby of his Presidential Medal of Freedom after Cosby admitted drugging women. His proposal received the support of Angela Rose and her nonprofit organization, with which Gosar consulted when writing the bill; President Barack Obama stated he would "take a look" at the proposal, but it never saw passage.[32][33]

On December 9, 2020, Gosar and Democratic U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard introduced the Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020, aiming to remove Section 230 legal immunity for computer service providers who act as publishers and censor its users.[34]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

As of November 2017, Gosar is a member of dozens of House caucuses. They include:

Political positions

2020 presidential election

Several weeks after the November 2020 presidential election, Gosar and Representative Andy Biggs appeared in a video produced by the Arizona Republican Party claiming that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Gosar claimed Arizona's voting machines were faulty and that Wisconsin intentionally paused counting votes to "dump" 100,000 votes into the count for Joe Biden. He also claimed that deceased people voted in Pennsylvania. He and Biggs also demanded an audit of Maricopa County's vote count.[42] Gosar also participated in Stop the Steal protests, comparing their efforts to the Battle of the Alamo.[43] A few weeks later, he tweeted a comparison between the long fight ahead for the America First "agenda" and Teruo Nakamura of the Imperial Japanese Army. Nakamura refused to recognize news of Japan's surrender in World War II for three decades and remained on the remote Pacific island of Morotai in Indonesia until his arrest in 1974.[44]

Gosar was a strong opponent of certifying the U.S. 2020 election results as a victory for Joe Biden. Prior to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, organizer Ali Alexander stated that Gosar contributed to the planned organizing of a mob to pressure Congress into rejecting the election results.[45]

Abortion

Gosar describes himself as pro-life. He cosponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a bill that would make permanent restrictions on federal funding of abortions in the US,[46] and the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, an act placing restrictions on abortions in the District of Columbia.[47] Gosar was given a 100% rating by the National Right to Life Committee, a pro-life interest group, and a 0% rating by NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League), a pro-choice interest group.[48]

Animal welfare

As of 2020, Gosar has a "0" out of 100 rating from the Humane Society of the United States.[49] Gosar supports updating the Endangered Species Act, calling it "status quo" and "costly, burdensome and uncertain."[50]

Boycott of Pope Francis

On September 17, 2015, in an op-ed on the conservative website Townhall.com, Gosar announced that he would not attend Pope Francis's planned address to a joint meeting of Congress unless the Pope spoke about issues such as "violent Islam" or Planned Parenthood instead of climate change. He wrote that he would treat the Pope the same way he believes "leftist politicians" should be treated.[51] Gosar accused Francis of having "adopted all of the socialist talking points, wrapped false science and ideology into 'climate justice' and is being presented to guilt people into leftist policies."[52] He called climate science "questionable" and criticized Laudato si', Francis's encyclical on the environment.[51]

Gosar did not attend Francis's September 24 address, the only member of Congress not to do so.[53][54] Shortly after Francis's visit, Gosar used his opposition to Francis's addresses as a fundraising tool.[53][54] A fundraising email for Gosar used his Townhall.com op-ed's catchphrase, "When the Pope chooses to act and talk like a leftist politician, then he can expect to be treated like one",[7] and positioned Gosar as the victim of "unprecedented attacks" from "the liberals, the left-wing media and the Obama political machine."[54]

Cannabis

Gosar received an "F" grade from marijuana legalization advocacy group NORML.[55]

Economy

Gosar voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[56]

Environment

In 2015, Gosar scored 3% on the National Environmental Scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters, in part because he is a global warming denier. On January 30, 2017, he introduced House Joint resolution 46, which would repeal the authority of the National Park Service to decline private drilling for oil, gas and minerals in 40 U.S. National Parks if the Park Service determines that the mining operation would threaten the environment. The Washington Post said Gosar was "no friend of environmentalists."[57][58][59]

In September 2015, Gosar submitted articles of impeachment against EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, asserting that she had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and "lied to the American people in order to force misguided and overreaching regulations, which have no scientific basis, down our throats."[60] An EPA spokeswoman said Gosar's resolution "has zero merit and is nothing more than political theater" while fellow Republican and House majority leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed that "There's no plan to impeach Gina McCarthy."[61]

Foreign policy

In 2019, Gosar signed a letter led by Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Rand Paul to President Trump asserting that it is "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and that they hoped this would "serve as a model for ending hostilities in the future—in particular, as you and your administration seek a political solution to our involvement in Afghanistan.”[62][63]

Guns

Gosar has stated that the "Second Amendment is one of the most important rights set forth by the Bill of Rights" and that he will "continue to oppose efforts to restrict, infringe, or remove this constitutionally protected right."[64] He was endorsed by the NRA (National Rifle Association) and given a rating of 92%. He was also endorsed by Gun Owners of America and given a rating of 75%.[65]

Healthcare

Gosar opposed Obamacare and monopolies and has advocated for physician-owned hospitals. He favors consumer choice of doctors, types of care and insurance plans.[66]

Immigration

He was given an "A" rating by NumbersUSA, an anti-immigration organization that seeks to reduce illegal immigration.[67]

The Arizona Republic described Gosar as "one of the staunchest opponents in Congress to legalizing undocumented dreamers".[68] Gosar stated, "I strongly believe we need to immediately secure our border and oppose amnesty for anyone who blatantly violates our law."[69] He has cosponsored legislation to repeal the 14th Amendment, thus eliminating birthright citizenship for children born in the US to undocumented immigrants.[70][71] In a May 2018 interview he accused immigration attorneys providing legal advice to undocumented immigrants of committing a crime: "What we need to do is also hold those that are actually helping — what they're saying is help, but assisting in a crime — to be prosecuted as well."[72]

Gosar supported the building of the Trump wall. He believes it will help stop MS-13 gang activity in the United States.[73]

Steve King

In 2019, Gosar sought to reinstate Representative Steve King to the House committees from which King had been removed due to a series of racist remarks.[74]

Militias

In April 2014, Gosar joined a group of five conservative Arizona state legislators at the Bundy Standoff in Bunkerville, Nevada, where grazing fee resistors and their supporters took up arms against Federal Bureau of Land Management and law enforcement officials.[75] The confrontation ended when federal officials chose not to take further action.

Native Americans

In December 2014, Gosar drew controversy when he referred to American Indians as "wards of the federal government". He was responding to concerns from members of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in eastern Arizona when he made the comment at the round-table talk in Flagstaff. The discussion had addressed the proposal to swap 2,400 acres of southeastern Arizona's Tonto National Forest for about 5,300 acres of environmentally sensitive land. The proposal, which was attached as a rider to the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, would give land sacred to the Apache in Arizona to Resolution Copper Mine, a joint venture owned by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Troy Eid, a Republican and former U.S. Attorney in Colorado, responded to Gosar's comments, "In the heated context of what this represents, it's especially inappropriate to be resorting to what amounts to race baiting." A Gosar spokesperson said his comments were misconstrued.[76]

Tommy Robinson

In July 2018, Gosar spoke at a rally in London in support of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, emphasizing the importance of the right to free speech.[77] Gosar and six other congressmen invited Robinson to speak to the Conservative Opportunity Society on November 14, 2018, while he was visiting the United States on a trip sponsored by the Middle East Forum and the David Horowitz Freedom Center.[78]

Treason accusations against the FBI and DOJ

In February 2018, Gosar posted on his Facebook page that the Nunes memo showed "clear and convincing evidence" that certain members of the FBI and Justice Department committed treason.[79][80] He also specifically said conduct by James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein was "not just criminal but constitutes treason." In what Gosar referred to as "My full statement on the declassified memo", he said he would be "leading [sic] a letter to the Attorney General seeking criminal prosecution against these traitors to our nation."

Unite the Right rally

Paul Gosar with Donald Trump in 2019

In an October 2017 interview with Vice News, Gosar suggested that the white nationalist Unite the Right rally had been "created by the left", an idea previously expressed by Alex Jones of Infowars, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Dinesh D’Souza, and others.[81] Gosar also suggested that Jason Kessler, the organizer of the Charlottesville rally, may have been backed by George Soros, who he described as having "turned in his own people to the Nazis".[82] Seven of Gosar's siblings wrote an open letter to the Kingman (Arizona) Daily Miner newspaper denouncing Gosar's claims about Soros as "despicable slander...without a shred of truth", saying the congressman "owes George Soros a personal apology."[83]

Fake Obama tweet image

On January 6, 2020, Gosar tweeted a doctored photograph that showed former President Barack Obama meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, with the caption: "The world is a better place without these guys in power". The encounter never happened; the picture was a photoshopped version of one showing Obama meeting former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The photojournalist Daniel Medina pointed out that Rouhani was still in power and condemned Gosar's attempt to spread disinformation.[84][85] To widespread criticism, Gosar said, "No one said this wasn't photoshopped." The photoshopped image was also featured in a 2015 TV ad for Senator Ron Johnson.[86]

U.S. Capitol attack

In December 2020, right-wing political activist and organizer Ali Alexander stated that Gosar was involved in the planning of organizing a mob to pressure Congress on January 6. These alleged plans resulted in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol; according to Alexander, who defended the Capitol events as "completely peaceful", "It was to build momentum and pressure and then on the day change hearts and minds of Congress peoples who weren't yet decided or who saw everyone outside and said, 'I can't be on the other side of that mob." Gosar's office has not responded to media inquiries regarding this allegation; news outlets noted that Gosar's social media accounts had repeatedly expressed support for Alexander prior to the events.[45][87][88]

Prior to the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Gosar had repeatedly falsely claimed that Biden was an "illegitimate usurper" and suggested that Trump was the victim of an attempted coup.[89] When the riot was on-going, Gosar posted a sympathetic message to Parler, a far-right pro-Trump social networking site, stating "Americans are upset" in response to a photo of the mob scaling the Capitol.[89]

As a result of Gosar's alleged involvement, three of Gosar's siblings called for him to be expelled from Congress. "When you talk about what happened the other day, you're talking about treason. You're talking about overthrowing the government. That's what this is. If that doesn't rise to the level of expulsion, what does?" said Tim Gosar.[90][91]

Following the attack, Gosar was the first member of Congress to advance the conspiracy theory that people associated with antifa were responsible for the attack.[92][93]

Electoral history

Arizona's 1st congressional district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar 112,816 49.77
Democratic Ann Kirkpatrick (inc.) 99,233 43.73
Libertarian Nicole Patti 14,869 6.55
Total votes 226,918 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district Republican primary election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 40,033 51.35
Republican Ron Gould 24,617 31.57
Republican Bradley Beauchamp 13,315 17.08
Total votes 77,965 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 162,907 66.83
Democratic Johnnie Robinson 69,154 28.37
Libertarian Joe Parnelia 9,306 3.82
Independent Richard Grayson 2,393 0.98
Total votes 243,760 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 122,560 69.96
Democratic Mikel Weisser 45,179 25.79
Libertarian Chris Rike 7,440 4.25
Total votes 175,179 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 203,487 71.5
Democratic Mikel Weisser 81,296 28.5
Total votes 284,783 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 188,842 68.2
Democratic David Brill 84,521 30.5
Green Haryaksha Gregor Knauer 3,672 1.3
Total votes 277,035 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 278,002 69.74
Democratic Delina DiSanto 120,484 30.23
Total votes 398,486 100.0

Primary elections

Arizona's 1st congressional district Republican primary election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar 21,941 30.73
Republican Sydney Hay 16,328 22.87
Republican Bradley Beauchamp 11,356 15.91
Republican Russell Bowers 10,552 14.78
Republican Steve Mehta 5,846 8.19
Republican Thomas Zaleski 2,105 2.95
Republican Jon Jensen 1,736 2.43
Republican Joe Jaraczewski 1,530 2.14
Total votes 71,394 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district Republican primary election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 40,033 51.35
Republican Ron Gould 24,617 31.57
Republican Bradley Beauchamp 13,315 17.08
Total votes 77,965 100.0
Arizona's 4th congressional district Republican primary election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (inc.) 64,947 71.4
Republican Ray Strauss 25,991 28.6
Total votes 90,938 100.0

Personal life

Gosar's wife is Maude Gosar. They have three children.[5]

Gosar is a Catholic. He has criticized Pope Francis's papacy as "inconsistent with Christianity" and skipped Francis's 2015 address to Congress in protest.[94]

Gosar has arthritis and has had two compressed vertebrae in his back that have required surgery to correct.[95] He cites years of hunching over for long periods while a dentist as the cause, as well as genetics and a history of playing rugby.[95]

See also

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Preceded by
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 President of the Arizona Dental Association
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Daniel J. Klemmedson
U.S. House of Representatives
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from Arizona's 1st congressional district
2011–2013 		Succeeded by
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from Arizona's 4th congressional district
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