[1] She worked in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
[1] She served as a Republican state congresswoman and senator for the 18th district from 1997 to 2008.
[1][2] In 2000, she introduced a bill to have Arizona secede from the Union if martial law was declared or guns confiscated.
In 2008, she sponsored a bill to allow concealed weapons on college and university campuses in Arizona.
[3] She lost her senate seat to Russell Pearce in 2008.