Christopher Robert “Bob” Stump

Biographical Information

The following is from ALIS for the 48th Arizona State Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2008):

Bob Stump  
Republican  District 9
House of Representatives
1700 W. Washington
Room 303
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone Number: (602) 926-5413
Fax Number: (602) 417-3109
Email Address: [email protected] 
 
Praised by Citizens for Arizona Policy as “one of Arizona's most articulate and eloquent champions of conservative ideals,” Representative Bob Stump serves as Chairman of the House Health Committee and as a member of the Financial Institutions & Insurance, Water & Agriculture and House Ethics committees. 

Bob has a wide range of policy experience, having served as the former Vice-Chair of the Health and Rules committees and as a member of the Commerce & Military Affairs, Ways & Means, Financial Institutions & Insurance, Health, Rules, and Education (K-12) committees.  Bob was Co-Chair of the Joint Select Committee to Investigate Operations and Conditions at the Arizona Veterans Home and has served as a member of several other interim and ad hoc committees, including the Interagency Council on Long-Term Care and the Stem Cell Research Study Committee. 

Bob is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s task force on health care public policy and has a particular interest in senior health care policy, biotechnology and bioethics, and energy and water policy.  Bob has discussed key legislative initiatives on “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” on the Fox News Channel; CNN; National Public Radio; PBS’s “Horizon”; as well as various local, national and international media. Bob was also a featured guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” which devoted nearly an hour to discuss his innovative legislative ideas with a national audience.  His bills have made front-page news in USA Today and have been featured in Brazil’s largest daily newspaper, Correio Braziliense. 

Bob holds degrees from Harvard University, where he studied political philosophy with columnist George F. Will, as well as American religious history, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied philosophy and social thought, and from which he graduated with High Honors. 

In recognition of his efforts to improve health care for Arizonans, Bob has received awards from the Arizona Medical Association (“Walk the Talk” award), the Arizona Healthcare Association (“Legislator of Distinction”), the Arizona Association of Chiropractic (“Legislator of the Year”), and the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance, among others.  Last year, the March of Dimes honored Bob for helping improve the odds for babies by working to prevent birth defects.  He also received the 2003 legislative award from the Alzheimer's Association in recognition of his support in combating Alzheimer's disease.  

A proven fiscal conservative, Bob has also been honored as a “Champion of the Taxpayer” by the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers and was recognized as an “Eagle for Enterprise” by the Arizona Small Business Association for his work on behalf of small-business owners. For several years in a row, he has received the “Friend of the Family” award from the Arizona Family Project. 

Before seeking public office, Bob worked as a reporter, photojournalist, magazine editor and freelance writer for leading national and local magazines and newspapers in Honolulu, Washington, D.C., and Tucson. 

Bob has also served as a research associate via the New York-based Manhattan Institute to author and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum; as an aide to Fred Barnes and William Kristol, the former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dan Quayle; and as a speechwriter for Republican candidates and officeholders in Arizona. 

A lifelong Republican, Bob has volunteered for over a dozen Republican campaigns and has served in a variety of leadership positions with the Arizona Young Republican League.  Bob has also served as Honorary Chair of the West Valley Cancer Society's Relay for Life and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the West Valley Symphony. 

Bob comes from a family of small businessmen who assumed leadership roles in their community.  His father, Bob Stump, was active in Republican politics in California and Hawaii and founded Stump Mortuary, in Pasadena, California.  His grandfather, Robert A. Stump, was a small-business owner in Alma, Michigan.  Bob’s mother, Dr. Jane Stump, taught infant psychiatry at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and Tripler Army Medical Center, held public office in Honolulu, and is the author of several books. In his free time, Bob enjoys hiking, skiing and exploring our great state of Arizona.

The Honorable Bob Stump ran for a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission in the November 4, 2008 General Election and won.

Additional Information

The following is his biography from the Corporation Commission site:

Commissioner Bob Stump:
was elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2008. He represented District 9 in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2002-2008.

Deemed a "candidate to watch" by the National Journal, and one of Arizona's three "Best State Representatives” by the Arizona Capitol Times's "Best of the Capitol" survey, Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Bob Stump was re-elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2012 with the second-highest vote tally of any Arizona Republican candidate on the ballot, surpassed only by U.S. Senator Jeff Flake. He is the youngest statewide elected official in Arizona.

Commissioner Stump represented District 9 in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2002-2008. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC), is a member of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group and the Aspen Institute's Society of Fellows, and is an Advisory Council member of the Center for Public Utilities. Commissioner Stump has also served on the faculty of Law Seminars International and is a member of the NARUC Committee on Critical Infrastructure, which was established after the September 11, 2001 attacks to devise policies to help protect the nation's utility infrastructure from natural disasters and terrorist threats. Commissioner Stump also serves as Co-Chair of "Let's All Vote," an organization encouraging greater voter participation and education; Chair of the Arizona chapter of Faith and Freedom; and Director of Development for School Choice Arizona, Inc.

Commissioner Stump is Chairman of the Board of Phoenix Opera -- the youngest opera company chair in the United States -- and served on the board of the Symphony of the West Valley. He also serves as a Trustee of the Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Boys Choir. Under his chairmanship and as a board member, Phoenix Opera has produced internationally-recognized galas featuring the likes of Jonas Kaufmann, widely considered the greatest tenor of his generation, and leading baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Commissioner Stump is committed to supporting the arts locally and nationally: He also serves as a Young Associate of the Metropolitan Opera and as a member of the Young New Yorkers for the Philharmonic and the Phoenix Symphony Young Professionals.
 
The Arizona Republic says Commissioner Stump is "cerebral…a candidate with depth…energetic…intelligent, hard-working and effective...a quick study." The Tucson Citizen has called him "an innovator" who has "strong experience with public policymaking, wise perspectives on energy use [and] a commitment to pursuing fairness for Arizona residents." He has received over a dozen awards in recognition of his efforts to improve Arizonans’ health care and protect Arizona's taxpayers, including awards from the Alzheimer’s Association, the Autism Society of America, the March of Dimes, the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers, and the Arizona Healthcare Association.
 
Commissioner Stump has a wide range of policy experience, having served as Chairman of the House Health Committee; Co-Chair of the Joint Select Committee to Investigate Operations and Conditions at the Arizona Veterans Home; Vice Chair of the Health and Rules committees; and as a member of Ways & Means, Commerce & Military Affairs, Water and Agriculture, Financial Institutions & Insurance, Education, the Interagency Council on Long-Term Care, the Interim Committee on Welfare Reform, and the House Ethics Committee. His policy proposals have made front-page news in USA Today and serve as model legislation for legislatures throughout the country. Commissioner Stump has discussed key legislative initiatives on CNN; "Your World with Neil Cavuto," on the Fox News Channel; National Public Radio; as well as various national and international media. In 2006, Commissioner Stump was a featured guest on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal” to discuss his policy ideas with a national audience. He has also worked as a reporter for The Weekly Standard; a magazine editor at Biblical Archaeology Review; a Manhattan Institute research associate to author and former White House speechwriter David Frum; and an aide to Fred Barnes and William Kristol. He has contributed reviews and essays to The Wilson Quarterly, the Daily Caller and a host of magazines and newspapers.

Commissioner Stump holds degrees from Harvard University, where he studied American religious history and political philosophy with columnist George F. Will, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied philosophy and social thought, and from which he graduated with High Honors.

Employment

Arizona Legislative Service

Sources

Birth: 2003 Guide to the 46th Legislature (green book)