MEET KATE
Senator Brophy McGee is a third-generation Arizonan, born into a ranching family and raised in southern Arizona. She graduated from the University of Arizona and worked as a community banker lending to small businesses. She understands how hard business owners work to create the jobs that drive Arizona's economy.
INDEPENDENT LEADER
COMMUNITY CHAMPION
Kate Brophy McGee is a former Arizona State Senator, representing North Central Phoenix, Biltmore, Arcadia and the Town of Paradise Valley. Previously, she served three terms in the Arizona House of Representatives (2011-2016) serving the same district.
Senator Brophy McGee is a third-generation Arizonan, born into a ranching family and raised in southern Arizona. She graduated from the University of Arizona and worked as a community banker lending to small businesses. She understands how hard business owners work to create the jobs that drive Arizona's economy.
Senator Brophy McGee married her husband, Bob McGee, 34 years ago, and they have lived in their North Central/Sunnyslope neighborhood ever since. All three of their sons attended Phoenix public schools and graduated from Sunnyslope High School. Her oldest son is a graduate of the University of Arizona Law School and is an attorney in Phoenix. Her middle son is a graduate student at Northern Arizona University. Her youngest son is a graduate student at Arizona State University.
Senator Brophy McGee is Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Co-Chair of the DCS Legislative Oversight Committee and a member of the Senate Education and Higher Education & Workforce Development Committees. She is also a member of the Senate Ethics Committee. Senator McGee also serves on the Arizona Human Trafficking Council with Cindy McCain, the Council on Child Safety & Family Empowerment with First Lady Angela Ducey, and co-chairs the Commission to Prevent Violence Against Women. She is a member of the Child Help Arizona Board, ASU's Morrison Institute of Public Policy Advisory Board, the Flinn Foundation's Bio Sciences Roadmap Steering Committee, and is a proud member of Phoenix Rotary 100 and Sunrise Toastmasters.
During her legislative tenure, Brophy McGee has led on many key initiatives. She sponsored the legislation establishing the Department of Child Safety as a stand-alone agency during an historic May 2014 Special Session of the legislature. She was key in the 2013 Medicaid restoration, and in 2016 she led the charge to restore KidsCare funding. In 2018, Kate sponsored the historic legislation extending Prop 301, the .06 cent sales tax dedicated to K-12 education, for 20 years. The bill passed with a supermajority vote of the legislature and ended the 2021 fiscal cliff.
Prior to her election to the legislature, Senator Brophy McGee served nearly a decade on the Washington Elementary School Board, including four terms as Board President. She also served six years on the Arizona School Facilities Board, including one term as Chairman. She continues her many community-based volunteer activities in addition to her current legislative duties.
As a mother, banker and community leader, Senator Brophy McGee is committed to working patiently and persistently with her constituents, colleagues and Arizona's leaders to build a better Arizona.
“It has been the honor of my life to serve this community, and with your help, I’ll continue to fight for you.”
SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS
I’m Kate Brophy McGee, and I’m running for Maricopa County Supervisor in District 3.
For the past 38 years my husband and I have lived in the Sunnyslope community, in the heart of Maricopa County. We’ve raised our three sons here, watched them grow up and have kids of their own.
For the past 25 years, I’ve been a public servant. From neighborhood leader to Washington Elementary School Board president, to a decade in the Arizona legislature. I now serve the county, fighting for access to healthcare across Maricopa.
I’ve served diverse neighborhoods and communities in Arizona and Maricopa County throughout my time in public service.
Here’s why I’m running for office:
Public safety – Public safety – Safe communities are government’s number one responsibility.
Support and fully fund our police and first responders.
End the flood of deadly fentanyl into our communities and poisoning our youth.
Prosecute misdemeanor and felony offenses that erode the safety and quality of life in our communities.
Economic development – Maricopa County is the fastest growing county in the country.
Keep taxes low.
Continue smart planning strategies to accommodate growth which preserving the unique characteristics of individual communities.
Streamline business permitting.
Actively participate in water adequacy planning at the state and federal levels.
Constituent/Social Services – helping citizens navigate within local governments empowers communities to maintain unique characteristics and associated quality of life.
Develop regional solutions to homelessness.
Homelessness is not a crime, but crimes committed by homeless individuals must be prosecuted. These prosecutions offer an opportunity for those suffering from addiction and/or mental illness to seek treatment.
Election Integrity – The Board of Supervisors is responsible for the day of election processes. Elections must be conducted with maximum transparency and fully accommodate our many day of election voters. While we cannot relitigate past elections, we can work to improve future elections and build trust.
Work with our state legislature to enact election day improvements: end long lines, finalize results quickly and ensure open lines of communication between all county officials to solve unforeseen problems.
Strengthen voter identification requirements.
Take all measures needed to strengthen the security of our elections.
Protect day of election voting.
Oppose universal, all mail-in elections.
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Kate Brophy McGee
Candidate for the County Board of Supervisors in District 3
