
Shawn Dell Wildman
Republican | Arizona
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Shawn Dell Wildman
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Representative, District 1
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Bethel Baptist, Arlington, Texas, High School, 1979-1980
WORK & MILITARY
Self Employed, Owner/Operator, 2003-2025
AFFILIATIONS
AWANA, Leader and Director, 1990-2014
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Arizona State House of Representatives, 2023-2024
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (1)
Joe Arpaio
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Senator Judy Burges
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Taxpayer dollars should not fund abortion providers. Every Arizonan — regardless of their personal views on abortion — should be free from the compulsion to fund it.
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
I believe life begins at conception. Elective abortion ends a human life and should not be performed. In cases of rape, incest, or a genuine threat to the life of the mother, those are decisions that belong to the woman, her family, her doctor, and her God — not to government mandate. My position is pro-life and I will govern accordingly.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
This is a foundational conviction for me. Life is not a political position — it is a moral and biological reality. I will defend it at conception and at every stage through natural death.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
A human embryo created through IVF or any other method is still a human life. Purposeful destruction of embryos for research or convenience is not something I can support.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
Existing law should be enforced. If Congress wishes to revisit the Comstock Act, that debate should happen legislatively — not by executive non-enforcement.
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Wages are best set by local markets, not mandates. Blanket minimums distort markets, hurt small businesses, and eliminate entry-level opportunities — especially for young and rural Arizonans.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
1. Zero-based budgeting — every program must justify its existence each cycle, not just its increase. 2. Eliminate duplicative agencies and programs across state departments. 3. Full, public audits of all state expenditures with no exemptions. 4. End one-time funding that becomes permanent baseline spending. 5. Require legislative approval for all new regulatory costs imposed on taxpayers.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
It means government shall not establish an official religion or prohibit the free exercise of faith. It does not mean faith must be absent from public life or that people of faith must check their convictions at the door of government. The First Amendment protects religion from government — not government from religion.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
Compelling a person to violate their conscience is itself a form of government tyranny. Free exercise of religion is not limited to Sunday morning — it extends to how we conduct our lives and our businesses.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
C — Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. Medicaid and Medicare serve vulnerable populations who depend on them. Expanding government-funded healthcare beyond that creates dependency, crowds out private options, and is fiscally unsustainable. The free market — with real price transparency and competition — produces better outcomes than government administration.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
This is government surveillance of private medical information. A person's health history is between them and their doctor. No database assessing the "economic burden" of sick Americans has any place in a free society.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
The CCP is one of the most significant strategic threats America faces. This is not a partisan position — it is a documented reality. Arizona must ensure that CCP-affiliated entities have no access to our land, our water, our universities, or our critical infrastructure.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Like all relationships, this relationship should be reviewed often for mutual benefit.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
Sanctuary policies put American citizens at risk by shielding individuals who have violated federal law from lawful enforcement. No city or county has the authority to nullify federal immigration law. The rule of law applies everywhere.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Education decisions belong to parents, communities, and states — not Washington bureaucrats. The Department of Education has produced decades of declining outcomes at enormous cost. Arizona knows what Arizona children need.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
Foreign government funding of American institutions — particularly from adversarial nations like China — is a direct threat to academic integrity and national security. Full transparency and prohibition where national security is at risk.
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Parents — not the state — are the primary authority over their children's health and education. This is not a privilege to be granted by government. It is a right to be protected by it.
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Children cannot consent to irreversible medical procedures. Adults who facilitate permanent physical alteration of a minor's body for gender transition purposes are causing serious harm. I will support every legislative measure to protect children from this.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
My spiritual beliefs and values are based on the Bible.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Photo ID is required to board a plane, open a bank account, and purchase firearms. Requiring it to vote is common sense, not suppression. Every fraudulent vote cancels a legitimate one. Election integrity begins with verified identity.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Race-based reparations are unconstitutional, divisive, and unjust. Holding present-day citizens financially responsible for historical wrongs they did not commit — and awarding payments based on ancestry rather than individual experience — is not equity. It is discrimination.
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
Women's spaces, women's sports, and women's safety depend on clear biological distinctions. These protections exist for a reason. I will defend them.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
Climate is always changing. I am skeptical of the claim that human activity is the primary driver of global climate change, and firmly opposed to policies that destroy American energy independence and economic opportunity in response to that disputed premise. I support clean air and water — achieved through innovation, not government mandates.
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Natural gas and next-generation nuclear. Gas is reliable and abundant. New nuclear — including small modular reactors — provides safe, emissions-free base load power that wind and solar cannot reliably supply.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
First, public safety — protecting innocent people is non-negotiable. Second, accountability and just punishment that reflects the severity of the offense. Third, genuine rehabilitation where there is real evidence it is possible and the offender is not a threat to re-offend. Restoration — including to victims — is the ideal outcome where public safety permits it.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Protecting children from predators online is one of the clearest responsibilities government has. I support every reasonable measure to hold platforms accountable and prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law.
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
The United States is governed by the Constitution. No foreign legal system — religious or otherwise — has any standing within our legal framework. This is not a religious statement. It is a constitutional one.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
I support the Second Amendment as written and constitutional carry. The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Law enforcement must enforce existing laws — including prosecuting illegal firearms use. The problem is not legal gun owners.
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