Pamela Diane Gorman is a conservative Republican politician. She was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and most recently served as Arizona State Senator for District 6 from her election in 2006 (and reelection in 2008) until she vacated her seat on January 25,2010,in order to run for Congress to replace the retiring John Shadegg.[1] While running to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from Arizona's District 3,she gained national attention for a campaign ad showing her firing a Thompson submachine gun,[2] and for her cosponsorship of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration bill.[3] She lost to Ben Quayle,the son of former vice president,Dan Quayle.[3]
Gorman was born and raised in Des Moines,Iowa,and has lived in Arizona since 1986. She holds a degree in communication from Arizona State University[4] and is an avid pistol shooter.[citation needed]
In 2005,Gorman joined the Legislative Advisory Board of the Heartland Institute,a think tank that has raised doubts about anthropogenic climate change.[5]
Also in 2005,Gorman was one of several Arizona legislators who supported parental rights legislation which was also supported by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. One piece of CCHR-sponsored legislation,which required parental consent for any mental health evaluations of students by schools,would have required parents to read through "paragraph after paragraph of negative information about psychiatric practices."[6] She attended the grand opening of the Church of Scientology's Psychiatry:An Industry of Death exhibit in Los Angeles in December 2005 at the request of Robin Read,President of the National Federation for Women Legislators,with her round-trip airfare paid for by CCHR.[6]
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