Sonny Borrelli[1] is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Arizona Senate, representing the 30th district.

[2] In the Arizona House of Representatives, Borrelli was chair of the Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee.

[4] In 2014 Borrelli and Regina Cobb defeated Jennifer Jones, Sam Medrano and George Schnittgrund in the Republican primary.

[7] In 2001, Borrelli was charged with "class 1 misdemeanor assault with domestic violence" after an altercation with his then-wife; he pleaded guilty to "class 1 misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge tagged with domestic violence", and served 1 day in prison.

He subsequently explained that his then-wife had been experiencing a "meltdown" and "psychotic episode", that her injuries had been self-inflicted, and that he had plea-bargained because otherwise he risked losing custody of his son.