House Member

Praised by Citizens for Arizona Policy as “one of Arizona's most articulate and eloquent champions of conservative ideals,” Representative Bob Stump serves as Chairman of the House Health Committee and as a member of the Financial Institutions & Insurance, Water & Agriculture and House Ethics committees.

Bob has a wide range of policy experience, having served as the former Vice-Chair of the Health and Rules committees and as a member of the Commerce & Military Affairs, Ways & Means, Financial Institutions & Insurance, Health, Rules, and Education (K-12) committees.  Bob was Co-Chair of the Joint Select Committee to Investigate Operations and Conditions at the Arizona Veterans Home and has served as a member of several other interim and ad hoc committees, including the Interagency Council on Long-Term Care and the Stem Cell Research Study Committee.

Bob is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s task force on health care public policy and has a particular interest in senior health care policy, biotechnology and bioethics, and energy and water policy. Bob has discussed key legislative initiatives on “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” on the Fox News Channel; CNN; National Public Radio; PBS’s “Horizon”; as well as various local, national and international media. Bob was also a featured guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” which devoted nearly an hour to discuss his innovative legislative ideas with a national audience.  His bills have made front-page news in USA Today and have been featured in Brazil’s largest daily newspaper, Correio Braziliense.

Bob holds degrees from Harvard University, where he studied political philosophy with columnist George F. Will, as well as American religious history, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied philosophy and social thought, and from which he graduated with High Honors.

In recognition of his efforts to improve health care for Arizonans, Bob has received awards from the Arizona Medical Association (“Walk the Talk” award), the Arizona Healthcare Association (“Legislator of Distinction”), the Arizona Association of Chiropractic (“Legislator of the Year”), and the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance, among others.  Last year, the March of Dimes honored Bob for helping improve the odds for babies by working to prevent birth defects. He also received the 2003 legislative award from the Alzheimer's Association in recognition of his support in combating Alzheimer's disease.

A proven fiscal conservative, Bob has also been honored as a “Champion of the Taxpayer” by the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers and was recognized as an “Eagle for Enterprise” by the Arizona Small Business Association for his work on behalf of small-business owners. For several years in a row, he has received the “Friend of the Family” award from the Arizona Family Project.

Before seeking public office, Bob worked as a reporter, photojournalist, magazine editor and freelance writer for leading national and local magazines and newspapers in Honolulu, Washington, D.C., and Tucson.

Bob has also served as a research associate via the New York-based Manhattan Institute to author and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum; as an aide to Fred Barnes and William Kristol, the former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dan Quayle; and as a speechwriter for Republican candidates and officeholders in Arizona.

A lifelong Republican, Bob has volunteered for over a dozen Republican campaigns and has served in a variety of leadership positions with the Arizona Young Republican League. Bob has also served as Honorary Chair of the West Valley Cancer Society's Relay for Life and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the West Valley Symphony.

Bob comes from a family of small businessmen who assumed leadership roles in their community. His father, Bob Stump, was active in Republican politics in California and Hawaii and founded Stump Mortuary, in Pasadena, California. His grandfather, Robert A. Stump, was a small-business owner in Alma, Michigan. Bob’s mother, Dr. Jane Stump, taught infant psychiatry at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and Tripler Army Medical Center, held public office in Honolulu, and is the author of several books. In his free time, Bob enjoys hiking, skiing and exploring our great state of Arizona.