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By Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 4, 1996
Recorder
F. Ann Rodriguez
Democrat
unopposed
Sheriff
Clarence W. Dupnik
Democrat
incumbent
Studied psychology at the UA. Dupnik has been Pima County Sheriff since 1980. Before this, he was with the Tucson Police Department for 19 years. He wants to expand the Safe Streets program and hire more deputies.
Ron Ochs
Republican
Received an associate's degree in law enforcement from Pima Community College, a bachelor's degree in public administration from the UA and a master's degree in management. He has worked for the Pima County Sheriff's Department for 22 years. He began as a corrections officer, then became a deputy for seven years. He was then promoted to sergeant, where he worked until 1994. He wants to decrease response time on emergency calls and add deputies to the department.
Treasurer
James Lee Kirk
Republican
Received a bachelor's degree in business and mechanical engineering from the UA. Kirk has held the position for the past 28 years. He is a registered professional engineer and the past president of the Association of Government Accountants, past president of Arizona Association of County Treasurers, and the past president of Arizona Association of Counties.
He wants to complete the office's transition from a central Pima County computer system to a more advanced personal computer system.
Michael James Stafford
Democrat
Studied nuclear engineering at the UA. Stafford has lived in Tucson since 1971 and is the former director of an AmeriCorps project for at-risk teenagers. He is the Legislative District 13 Democratic committee chairman and an Arizona Democratic Party state committeeman.
Stafford says he wants to incorporate modern financial management, sound investment procedures and proper job training into the treasurer's office.
Attorney
Barbara LaWall
Democrat
Received a bachelor's degree, law degree from the UA. She has 20 years experience in the Pima County Attorney's Office and 13 years as a Chief Deputy County Attorney. LaWall has lived in Pima County her whole life and is a former English teacher in TUSD. LaWall is involved in prevention programs for youth that include ACT Now and PeaceBuilders. She has community involvement in such groups as the Southern Arizona DUI Task Force and the Teen Court Advisory Board.
David White
Republican
He has been a prosecutor for 14 years and he is an instructor in Trial Practice at UA's College of Law. He started the Drug Diversion Program and the Bad Check Program and created a felony domestic violence unit to prosecute nd help prevent domestic abuse.
Ed Kahn
Libertarian
Kahn received bachelor of science and law degrees from Fordham University.
Currently an attorney in private practice, Kahn has never held an elected position, though he has been a candidate for TUSD's Board and the Arizona Legislature.
If elected, Kahn would try to start a county work farm and harshly prosecute violent crimes.
Assessor
Rick Lyons
Democrat
imcumbent
Received a bachelor of arts degree in government from the UA and studied law at Stanford University. Lyons is a native of Tucson, a certified appraiser and a member of the Pima County Tax Reform Committee. He worked in the Assessor's Office for 25 years, and served two years as county assessor.
Rex Waite Sr.
Republican
Waite attended Muskegon Junior College and the University of Arizona.
He is currently owner of Swenson's Ice Cream.
His political experience includes being a real estate appraiser, assistant vice president of National Mortgage Co., administrative analyst for the City of Tucson, state director of Manpower Planning in Arizona, Pima County assessor from 1991-92.
If elected, Waite's goals include restoring the office of assessor as the most effective and efficient office in Pima County.
School Superintendant
Anita Barker Lohr
Republican
unopposed
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