Session:

House Member

Personal Information:
Home City: Phoenix
Occupation: Real Estate
Member Since: 2015
Ken Clark is currently a real estate agent and has a long history of political activity in Arizona. He was the campaign manager on the NO on 200 state-wide ballot effort to defeat the so-called "payday loan reform". He was most recently the co-chair of the non-partisan Arizona Competitive Districts Coalition, which sought to build a greater number of competitive districts during the 2011-12 legislative and congressional redistricting process.

Prior to that, he represented renewable energy and energy efficiency products and interests in Arizona. He was the Chairman and Director of Fair Districts, Fair Election, an effort to make more competitive legislative and congressional districts in Arizona. In 2006, he was the Campaign Manager for the successful Arizona Together campaign, "No on Proposition 107." Prior to this work, Ken was the Director of the Energy Office for the State of Arizona.

Ken served in the 46th Legislature, representing 171,000 residents in District 15, in the heart of Phoenix. In the House of Representatives, he served on the Ways and Means Committee and the Rules Committee, and was the ranking Democrat on the Environment Committee.

During and before that time, he owned a graphic design business, which managed client accounts in America with designers based in Australia.

Prior to that, Ken spent a decade working in non-profit and political organizations in America and Europe. Ken was the Campaign Coordinator for the Arizona Democratic Party's state legislative campaign committee. The Democrats gained four seats in the state legislature in the 2000 elections.

He worked for Neighborhood Partners, which sought to strengthen relationships between neighborhood groups in Phoenix in order to solve difficult urban problems. He was also an Equal Justice Fellow and lobbyist for the William Morris Institute for Justice in Phoenix.

From 1995 to 1998, Ken created and produced a series of conflict resolution-based talk radio programs that aired on radio stations across Bosnia. He was the Bosnian Country Director for Search for Common Ground, the international mediation and citizen diplomacy organization. He trained over 100 journalists, producers and radio hosts and oversaw over 300 hours of program broadcasts. He reported on his work to organizations such as the National Security Council and the European Union and published in trade journals and periodicals.

During graduate school, Ken worked for the Concord Coalition, the Washington DC-based deficit reduction organization, founded by Senators Paul Tsongas and Warren Rudman. In 1995, he completed his Master's Degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington, DC.

Ken went to college at Northern Arizona University. In 1990, Ken was an intern to the offices of Senator Dennis DeConcini, and in 1992, he worked for the Karan English for Congress Campaign.

Ken first moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona with his family in 1981. He left in 1985 to attend a NATO high school in Holland, and returned in 1989 to begin studies at NAU.



Sponsored Bills

Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort/NOW Title
HB2117Pmarriage; qualifications
HB2124CWQARF funding; state treasurer; transfers
HB2125CDHS; state food standards
HB2231CSTOs; administrative cost allocation
HB2233CSTO scholarships; beneficiary recommendations
HB2234CSTO scholarships; student transfers
HB2235CSTO scholarships; means testing
HB2256Cdepartment of financial institutions; examinations
HB2257Cthird parties; auto title lenders
HB2258Cauto title loans; military members
HB2371Cminors; automatic firearms; prohibited
HB2376Ctraffic complaint quotas; prohibition
HB2435Cabortion; waiting period; informed consent
HB2453Pnursing board; rules; abortion
HB2454Ptelemedicine; abortion; repeal prohibition
HB2455Pabortion; parental consent; counseling exception
HB2457Cappropriation; community information and referral
HB2458Csupplemental appropriation; foster care placement
HB2459Ctax credit; foster parents
HB2461Cwater infrastructure finance authority; appropriation
HB2462Pgenetically engineered foods; labeling
HB2464Csynthetic plastic microbead products; prohibition
HB2466Pschools; health information; website posting
HB2468Ccorporate tax freeze; educational outcomes
HB2469Pnutrition assistance program; farmers' markets
HB2472Crepeal; right to work
HB2475Csexual orientation change efforts; prohibition
HB2476Psex education programs; requirements
HB2500Cunpaid leave; employee; military family
HB2501Cwomen veteran special plates
HB2502Clabor; rest periods; meal breaks
HB2506Cprivate prison contractors; public records
HB2507Cprivate prison study committee
HB2517Cinternet crimes against children; fund
HB2520Cappropriation; grants; reading-intensive programs
HB2533P*campaign finance; public service corporations
HB2534P*ballots; defects; notice; cure
HB2546Pindependent expenditures; corporations; funding disclosures.
HB2547Pcampaign finance disclosures; corporations; entities.
HB2548Pforeign nonprofit corporations; foreign LLCs.
HB2549Pindependent expenditures; corporations; unions; audit.
HB2552Cemergency contraception
HB2553Chuman trafficking victim; vacating conviction
(NOW: sex trafficking victim; vacating conviction)
HB2576P*tax; solar energy devices
HB2585Psecondary motor vehicle finance transactions
HB2606Cmedical assistance requests; evidence; mitigation
HB2618Cpet dealers; dogs; prohibitions
HB2638Pabortion clinics; inspection; repeal
HB2666Cwater and energy improvement districts
HCM2003Curging Congress; increase customs personnel
HCR2010Pmarriage; qualifications; referral
HCR2019Cright to work; repeal
HCR2020Pratification; equal rights amendment
HCR2021Pwomen's reproductive rights; support
HCR2029Cpersons with disabilities; employment; support
HCR2031CCitizens United decision; repeal
HCR2039Cdeath resolution; Bill Badger
HR2005Pdeath resolution; Officer Tyler Stewart
SB1030Cmicrobreweries; multiple licenses; production; sales
SB1156Celection and ethics commission; duties
SB1207Ccampaign finance disclosures; corporations; entities
SB1208Cforeign nonprofit corporations; foreign LLCs
SB1209Cindependent expenditures; corporations; unions; audit
SB1358Cearly voting locations; extended hours.
SB1364Cprovisional ballots; tally; verification.
SCR1010CSenator Chester Crandell; death resolution
SCR1020CMayor John Driggs; death resolution