Wendy Rogers | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Wendy_Rogers_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg) Rogers in 2023 | |
| Member of the Arizona Senate | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Allen |
| Constituency | 6th district (2021–2023) 7th district (2023–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 24, 1954 Fort Knox, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Hal Kunnen (m. 1978) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Harry Lovejoy Rogers (great-grandfather) |
| Education | Michigan State University (BSW) University of Alabama (MSW) California State University, San Bernardino (MS) |
| Website | Campaign website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1976–1996 |
| Rank | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:US-O5_insignia.svg){kind=small} Lieutenant Colonel |
Wendy Rogers (born July 24, 1954) is an American far-right politician of the Republican Party. First elected in 2020, she is the Arizona State Senator representing Legislative District 7.
Rogers was an U.S. Air Force officer from 1976 to 1996. Before winning election to the state Senate, she unsuccessfully ran for various state and federal offices between 2010 and 2018. In 2020, Rogers mounted a successful primary challenge against incumbent State Senator Sylvia Allen and went on to defeat the Democratic nominee in the general election. Rogers was initially elected to represent Legislative District 6, later re-elected to represent Legislative District 7 due to redistricting.[1]
As a candidate and member of the Arizona Senate, Rogers has courted controversy with inflammatory rhetoric, support for Donald Trump and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and her embrace of white nationalism including various antisemitic and racist conspiracy theories. She is a member of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia group whose members took part in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
In March 2022, Rogers received a rare censure by the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate for her remarks to the white nationalist America First Political Action Conference, and was the subject of an ethics investigation after suggesting that the 2022 Buffalo shooting was a U.S. government false flag operation.