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{{Short description|American politician (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Rick Renzi
|image        = Rick Renzi, official 109th Congress photo.jpg
|caption      = Official portrait, c. 2005
|state        = [[Arizona]]
|district     = {{ushr|AZ|1|1st}}
|term_start   = January 3, 2003
|term_end     = January 3, 2009
|predecessor  = [[Jeff Flake]]
|successor    = [[Ann Kirkpatrick]]
|birth_name   = Richard George Renzi
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1958|6|11}}
|birth_place  = [[Fort Monmouth, New Jersey]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = Roberta Renzi
|children     = 12
|education    = {{ubl |[[Northern Arizona University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) |[[Catholic University of America|Catholic University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
}}
'''Richard George Renzi''' (born June 11, 1958) is an American politician who was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] representing {{ushr|Arizona|1|}} from 2003 until 2009.

In 2013, he was convicted on federal criminal charges against him for his involvement in a land-swap deal. The charges for personal gain of over $700,000 were filed in 2008.<ref name="cnn2">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/22/renzi.indictment/index.html | title=Arizona GOP lawmaker indicted | date=February 22, 2008 | work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/washington/25inquire.html | title=Congressman From Arizona Is the Focus of an Inquiry | first=David |last=Johnston | newspaper=New York Times | date=October 25, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Lawmaker's Influence in Land Deals Probed |author1=Weisman, Jonathan |author2=Dan Eggen |name-list-style=amp | newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 25, 2006 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401715.html}}</ref> On April 19, 2007, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] raided his family business, and he temporarily resigned from the [[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|House Intelligence Committee]].<ref name=AZ-20070420>{{cite news | title=FBI raids Renzi business; he vows full cooperation |publisher=Arizona Daily Sun |date=April 20, 2007 | url=http://www.azstarnet.com/news/179348 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422085007/http://www.azstarnet.com/news/179348 |archive-date=April 22, 2007}}</ref> On April 27, Renzi denied printed claims he was considering resigning office;<ref>{{cite news
|title = Replacements waiting in wings as Renzi ponders resignation
|publisher= Business Journal of Phoenix
|url=http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/04/23/daily44.html
|date=April 26, 2007
|first=Mike
|last=Sunnucks}}
{{cite news
|title = Renzi Denies Resignation Rumors
|url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/18211-1.html
|date=April 27, 2007
|publisher=Roll Call
}}</ref> however, on August 23, Renzi announced he would not be a candidate for re-election in 2008.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Renzi Says He Will Not Seek Re-Election
|publisher= Roll Call
|url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19759-1.html
|date=August 23, 2007}}
</ref><ref name=wsjwilke>Wilke, John, "Renzi Won't Seek Re-Election as Federal Inquiry Broadens" Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2007, pg. A6.</ref> On February 22, 2008, Renzi was indicted on 35 counts connected to land deals.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-usa-congressman-idUSN2257342820080222 Rep. Renzi indicted on corruption charges]</ref> He pleaded not guilty. On June 12, 2013, Renzi was convicted on 17 of 32 counts in his corruption case.<ref name=convicted /> On October 28, 2013, he was sentenced to three years in prison.<ref name=renzi-sentenced>{{cite news|last=Christie|first=Bob|title=Ex-Rep. Rick Renzi Gets 3 Years In Prison For Corruption Convictions|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ex-us-rep-rick-renzi-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-corruption-convictions|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=A.P.|date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>

After numerous examples of Prosecutorial Misconduct, by the team led by [[Jack Smith (lawyer)]], came to light in a 119-page Inspector General complaint,<ref name="kjzz.org">{{cite web | url=https://kjzz.org/content/1646187/rep-paul-gosar-calls-trump-pardon-former-congressman | title=Rep. Paul Gosar Calls for Trump to Pardon Former Congressman | date=December 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=United States v. Richard Renzi | url=https://abuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Renzi-4-10-2019-Renzi-DOJ-Filing.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205045220/http://abuseofpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Renzi-4-10-2019-Renzi-DOJ-Filing.pdf | archive-date=2021-12-05}}</ref> Renzi was pardoned by President [[Donald Trump]] on January 20, 2021.<ref name="pardon">{{cite web |title=Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/ |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>

==Early life, education==
Renzi is one of five siblings born into an [[Italian-American]] family<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.osia.org/public/legislative/congress.asp |title=The Italian American Congressional Delegation |publisher=Order Sons of Italy in America |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514185119/http://www.osia.org/public/legislative/congress.asp |archive-date=May 14, 2006}}</ref> in [[Fort Monmouth, New Jersey]]. He attended high school in [[Annandale, Virginia]], before moving to [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]], in 1975, where his father, U.S. Army Major General Eugene Carmen Renzi (d. 2008), served at [[Fort Huachuca]]. Renzi graduated from [[Buena High School (Arizona)|Buena High School]] and attended [[Northern Arizona University]] (NAU), earning a B.S. in [[criminal justice]] in 1980. He played football for NAU and was a starting offensive lineman.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

===Family===
Renzi and his wife, Roberta S. Renzi, are the parents of 12 children.<ref name="Waiting for the end, boys">{{cite web |url=http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8030222 |work=The Economist |title=Waiting for the end, boys |date=October 12, 2006}}</ref> Like Renzi's siblings, his children all have forenames that begin with the letter "R".<ref name="Waiting for the end, boys"/>

== Career prior to Congress ==

Where Renzi lived and what he did throughout the 1986–1997 period is unclear. In a letter to the ''Arizona Daily Sun'' in July 2002, Renzi said "The only time I have not lived in Arizona is when I served our nation overseas on a Defense Department program, or when I entered law school at age 39" [which would be 1997 or 1998].<ref name="Renzi-ltr">[http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2002/07/07/export1800.txt Letter from Rick Renzi], ''Arizona Daily Sun'', July 7, 2002.</ref>

However, according to an August 2002 ''Associated Press'' article, Renzi said that between college, starting in the late 1970s, and his return some 20 years later, he had lived in Flagstaff for only a total of seven years. The AP article also said "Renzi made much of his money while living in [[Burke, Virginia]], about 20 minutes from downtown Washington. He has owned a $765,000 two-story, six-bedroom home on five acres there since 1991, according to [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], property records."<ref name="AP-8-17-02">Thomsen, Scott, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830014048/http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2002/08/17/export4388.txt "Kyl disputes Renzi's resume"], ''Associated Press'', August 17, 2002.</ref>

In 1989, Renzi started Renzi & Company (now called the Patriot Insurance Agency),<ref>[http://www.patriot-insurance.com/history.htm Patriot Insurance Company – "Our Mission and Profile"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026133357/http://www.patriot-insurance.com/history.htm |date=October 26, 2012}}. Retrieved October 23, 2006.</ref> a company that offers insurance to nonprofit organizations such as [[crisis pregnancy center]]s, pregnancy care clinics, maternity homes, PTAs, PTOs, and local service organizations.<ref>[http://www.patriot-insurance.com/prodsvcs.htm Patriot Insurance Company – "Products and Services"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029015257/http://www.patriot-insurance.com/prodsvcs.htm |date=October 29, 2012}}. Retrieved October 23, 2006.</ref> In 2006, Renzi said that he decided to enter politics because of his experiences as a member of National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Renzi was a property/casualty agent and a member of PIA of Virginia & D.C. He said his first taste of the political process was attending a PIA Federal Legislative Summit. "I had a chance to interact with a lot of the congressmen and Senators, and I fell in love with it", Renzi said.<ref>[http://www.pianet.com/NewsCenter/BizPolitics/4-11-06-5.htm "Rep. Rick Renzi, Former PIA Member, Says He Wouldn't Be in Congress Without PIA"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207035248/http://www.pianet.com/NewsCenter/BizPolitics/4-11-06-5.htm |date=February 7, 2012}}, National Association of Professional Insurance Agents website, dated April 12, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2006.</ref>

In 1997 or 1998, Renzi began to take law courses at [[The Catholic University of America]] in Washington D.C. He finished his coursework in December 2001<ref name="Renzi-ltr"/> and graduated with a J.D. in 2002. While he was studying law, he claimed he was an unpaid intern in Senator [[Jon Kyl]]'s office for two months in 1999, and in 2001 he spent several months as an unpaid intern for Representative [[Jim Kolbe]].<ref name="AP-8-17-02"/> Senator Kyl later questioned the accuracy of Renzi's description of his work in Kyl's office, saying he was never employed there.<ref name="AP-8-17-02"/>

==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[File:Pope John Paul II greets Congressman Rick Renzi.jpg|thumb|right|Renzi greeting [[Pope John Paul II]] in 2003]]
[[File:Rick Renzi and George W. Bush.jpg|thumb|right|Renzi greeting [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] in 2005]]
[[File:Arizona College Republicans visit Congressman Rick Renzi.jpg|thumb|right|Renzi with the Arizona College Republicans in 2007]]

=== Move to Arizona ===
Renzi moved his official residence from Virginia to Arizona in 1999, registering to vote in [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz County]]. In 2001, he bought a $216,000 home in [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], moving his voting registration there in December of that year.

In 2002, Renzi acknowledged that he returned to Arizona with the intention of running for Congress, but defended his state ties. He noted that between college and his return to Arizona, he lived in Flagstaff for a total of seven years. There is proof Renzi was living in Arizona after college because, Renzi and his wife did have several children who were born in Sierra Vista, AZ. Renzi also said he owned more than {{convert|400|acre|km2|1}} in northern Arizona through a real estate development and improvement business, in addition to a small vineyard and ranch in [[Sonoita, Arizona]], west of [[Sierra Vista, Arizona|Sierra Vista]], in the 8th congressional district, and a home in Kingman. During the campaign, Renzi said "Let the chips fall where they may if I'm a carpetbagger."<ref name="AP-8-17-02"/><ref>[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11081956&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6 "Renzi's finances could be trouble"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331135440/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11081956&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6 |date=March 31, 2012}}, TriValleyCentral.com, March 6, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4471333&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 "1st District candidates play up their local roots"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211141845/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4471333&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 |date=February 11, 2012}}, TriValleyCentral.com, June 17, 2002.</ref>

=== 2002 election ===

====Primary election====
Renzi won a hotly contested Republican [[Partisan primary|primary election]] against five other candidates; his closest opponents were Lewis Noble Tenney, a former [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo County]] supervisor, and conservative radio personality [[Sydney Ann Hay]] of [[Munds Park, Arizona|Munds Park]]. Renzi outspent his primary opponents by a substantial sum of money. He invested $585,000 of his own money and raised another $100,000 to run radio and TV ads throughout the district.<ref>Candee, Adam, "Renzi Loans Campaign $585,000 to Outspend Rivals," ''Arizona Daily Sun'', July 21, 2002.</ref> Renzi received 24.4 percent of the 46,585 votes cast in the Republican primary, with half of his votes coming from [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai County]].<ref>Solop, Frederic I., and James I. Bowie, [http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PSJul03Solop.pdf "The 2002 Arizona First Congressional District Race" (pdf)], PSOnline e-Symposium, July 2003.</ref>

The 2002 Democratic primary, also hotly contested, was narrowly won by George Cordova, a party outsider who ran against several better-known candidates, including Stephen Udall, Diane Prescott and Fred Duval. (There was no incumbent for the seat, in a new district created after the 2000 census gave the state two more Representatives.)<ref>[http://www.pinalcentral.com/maricopa_monitor/news/around_arizona/ducey-wins-crowded-gop-gubernatorial-primary/article_ca2f2f2f-a1e2-5f8d-8a82-d715cc063ef2.html Ducey wins crowded GOP gubernatorial primary], ''[[Capitol Media Services]]'', Howard Fischer, August 26, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.pinalcentral.com/trivalley_dispatch/news/congressional-candidates-offer-more-answers/article_263a84be-5815-53a4-ac50-3f1a3fa731e7.html], ''[[TriValleyCentral]]'', August 14, 2002. Retrieved October 27, 2016.</ref>

====General election====
Renzi received significant support from the national Republican party in the race: [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] visited twice, including a fundraiser; Vice President Cheney appeared at a fund-raising luncheon;<ref>Shorey, Ananda, [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5338087&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 "Bush campaigns for Salmon, Renzi"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211141855/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5338087&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 |date=February 11, 2012}}, ''Associated Press'', October 28, 2002.</ref> Secretary of the Interior [[Gale Norton]] visited the district to support Renzi;<ref>Levine, Alan, "Interior secretary visits CG in support of Renzi campaign", ''Casa Grande Dispatch'', September 17, 2006.</ref> and so did [[Mel Martinez]], secretary of the [[Department of Housing and Urban Development]].<ref>[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5562613&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 "Mel Martinez"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033415/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5562613&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 |date=September 30, 2007}}, TriValleyCentral.com, October 1, 2002.</ref>

The campaign included the heavy use of negative advertising attacking Cordova, including accusing him of cheating investors out of $1 million in a failed business venture, failing to pay income and business taxes, and living in California. Cordova denied the charges but had no funds to buy many television ads to refute them.<ref>Ghioto, Gary, and Michael Marizco, [http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2002/11/07/export9535.txt "Renzi edges Cordova"], ''Arizona Daily Sun'', November 7, 2002.</ref> The Renzi campaign also made heavy use of automated telephone calls throughout the district with various claims and innuendos about Cordova.<ref>Kitching, Harold, [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5717182&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6 "Sparks fly in race for 1st District seat"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203446/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5717182&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6 |date=September 27, 2007}}, TriValleyCentral.com, October 15, 2002.</ref> Renzi said of the $2 million spent on negative ads, that he "took no joy in any of that." Renzi said he had tried to tell the [[Republican National Committee|National Republican Congressional Committee]] that the negative ads were the wrong way to go.<ref>Ghioto, Gary, and Michael Marizco, [http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2002/11/07/export9577.txt "Renzi disowns attack ads"], ''Arizona Daily Sun'', November 7, 2002.</ref>

During the 2002 election campaign, Renzi proposed that [[Walnut Canyon National Monument]] in [[Northern Arizona]] be renamed the "National Park of the American Flag" with the addition an [[American flag]] theme to the park, including displays of U.S. flags throughout history. This was in response to proposals by local citizens that Walnut Canyon National Monument be expanded and given [[National Park]] status. Renzi's proposal was widely ridiculed, and he has not promoted it since.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

On election day, Renzi defeated Cordova by 49 percent to 46 percent, a difference of about 6,000 votes.

==== Campaign finances ====
Renzi spent $436,590 of his own money on the election. In addition to large donations from his father's defense company, Mantech International, Mantech executives were the largest single source of outside money for the campaign.<ref>{{cite web | title = Arizona District 1: 2002 Race Profile | url = http://www.opensecrets.org/races/contrib.asp?ID=AZ01&cycle=2002&special=N | publisher=[[OpenSecrets]] | access-date = 2007-02-05 | url-status = dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711125902/http://www.opensecrets.org/races/contrib.asp?ID=AZ01&cycle=2002&special=N |archive-date=2006-07-11}}</ref>

In 2004, the [[Federal Election Commission]] completed an audit of Renzi's campaign committee, "Rick Renzi for Congress." The audit found that Renzi's campaign overstated its cash on hand by about $64,000, and that employers or occupations for 200 contributors were not listed, though required by law. The FEC also concluded that the committee had illegally financed much of the campaign with $369,090 of loans that came from "impermissible" corporate funds. Most of those loans were part of the $436,000 that Renzi put into his own campaign.<ref name="PNT-10-12-06">Fenske, Sarah, [https://web.archive.org/web/20061016160417/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2006-10-12/news/news.html "Deal Breaker: Congressman Rick Renzi and the very strange coincidence"], ''Phoenix New Times'', October 12, 2006.</ref> Renzi was fined $1,000 in November 2005 by the FEC for underreported receipts stemming from what his campaign called a software glitch. During the summer before the 2006 election, the FEC dropped all charges related to the 2002 alleged use of impermissible corporate funds for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Cole, Cyndy |author2=Ferguson, J. |name-list-style=amp | title = FEC drops probe of Renzi finances | publisher = Arizona Daily Sun | date = 2006-09-10 | access-date = 2009-10-28 |url=http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/09/10/news/local/20060910_local_news_19.txt}}</ref>

===2004 re-election===
In preparation for the 2004 campaign, the Democratic Party in Arizona tapped Paul Babbitt, [[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino County]] commissioner and the brother of [[Bruce Babbitt]], to run for the seat and pressured all other candidates with the exception of political unknown Bob Donahue to bow out of the primary in order to clear the way for Babbitt to run against Renzi without a costly primary contest. Paul Babbitt's campaign was named a top national priority by most major Democratic fundraisers and liberal [[Blog|weblogs]], because a plurality of Arizona 1st Congressional District voters are registered Democrats and because Renzi won so narrowly in 2002. Unlike the Cordova campaign in 2002, which received only token support from the national Democratic Party organizations, the Babbitt campaign received major support; nonetheless, it was unable to match Renzi's fundraising.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=[[OpenSecrets]] | url = http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?id=AZ01&cycle=2004 | title = Total Raised and Spent | work = 2004 Race: Arizona District 1 | access-date = 2007-02-05 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070216154204/http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?cycle=2004&id=AZ01 |archive-date=2007-02-16}}</ref>

===2006 re-election===
Renzi faced no opposition from his own party in the Republican primary. Five [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidates, including Bob Donahue, Mike Caccioppoli, Susan Friedman, Ellen Simon, and Vic McKerlie, ran in the 2006 primary in September, which was won by Ellen Simon, an attorney and community activist. David Schlosser was also in the November general election on the Libertarian Party ticket.<ref>{{cite news | title = Schlosser Offers Real Choice in Election for Arizona's First Congressional District | work = SchlosserforCongress.org | url = http://www.schlosserforcongress.com/media-press/news_releases/06_0523.php | date = 2006-05-23 | access-date = 2015-05-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061213203304/http://www.schlosserforcongress.com/media-press/news_releases/06_0523.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2006-12-13}}</ref>

Renzi won his re-election against Simon, 52% to 43%.

On August 23, 2007, Renzi announced he would not seek another term.

===Issues and positions===
{{Wikiquote}}
In 2002, in response to a question about spiraling health care costs, Renzi said "In order to keep health insurance costs competitive, we must allow the self-employed to take annual tax deductions for their health-care costs. We must change the health insurance industry by allowing employees to purchase their own health-care policy. This would allow for personal ownership of health-care policies, which would provide portability, more choice and thus more competition, which leads to lower health-care premiums."<ref name="TVC-8-14-02">[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5039674&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 "Congressional candidates offer more answers"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211141906/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5039674&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 |date=February 11, 2012}}, TriValleyCentral.com, August 14, 2002.</ref>

Renzi was named one of the American Legion's "Unsung Heroes" of the 108th Congress. American Legion National Commander John Brieden noted that "The 108th Congress passed a record increase in Department of Veterans Affairs health care funding for the current fiscal year, and it reduced the number of service-disabled military retirees subject to a 'disability tax' on their retired pay." Brieden said "I commend Representative Renzi for taking a leadership role in making that happen."<ref>[http://www.house.gov/list/press/az01_renzi/amleg.html "Renzi Receives Award From American Legion"], press release from Renzi's office, March 12, 2004. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707105217/http://www.house.gov/list/press/az01_renzi/amleg.html |date=July 7, 2006}}</ref>

In 2004, Renzi and Representative [[Jon Porter]] introduced legislation to split the [[Ninth Circuit]] court, currently the largest circuit in the U.S., which includes Arizona, into three smaller circuits. [[John Ensign]] of Nevada introduced similar legislation in the Senate.<ref>[http://www.house.gov/list/press/az01_renzi/hr2427.html "Renzi Bill Will Remove Arizona from Jurisdiction of Ninth Circuit Court"], press release, April 30, 2004. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707112402/http://www.house.gov/list/press/az01_renzi/hr2427.html |date=July 7, 2006}}</ref>

Renzi was generally a supporter of expanded legal [[immigration]] into the United States and supported expansion of [[guest worker]] programs and the [[H-1B visa]]. He did strongly support using technology to enforce border security.<ref>[http://www.house.gov/renzi/immigration.shtml Renzi's position on Border Security], Renzi's Congressional website. Retrieved October 22, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060802203846/http://www.house.gov/renzi/immigration.shtml |date=August 2, 2006}}</ref>

In June 2006, the House accepted an amendment proposed by Renzi to increase tribal law enforcement funding by $5 million and decrease spending for international organizations such as the United Nations by the same amount.<ref>[http://www.rickrenzi.com/newsandviews/view_article.cfm?ID=49 "Renzi Fights to Increase Tribal Law Enforcement Funding by $5 Million. Congressman offers Amendment to Strip Funding from UN and Give it to Tribes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018182632/http://www.rickrenzi.com/newsandviews/view_article.cfm?ID=49 |date=October 18, 2006}}, Renzi press release, June 29, 2006.</ref>

On December 14, 2005, he voted for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. On June 29, 2005, he voted for the increase of funds by $25 million for anti-marijuana print and TV ads.

== Controversies ==
In September 2006, Renzi was named one of the "20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress" in a report by [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]], a non-partisan watchdog group founded in 2005 by former Democratic congressional staffers.<ref>VandeHei, Jim, and Chris Cillizza, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/16/AR2006071600882_pf.html "A New Alliance Of Democrats Spreads Funding"], The Washington Post, July 17, 2006.</ref> Renzi was also listed in the first report by the organization in January 2006, when he was one of 13 named members. The organization said "His ethics issues stem from the outside income earned by his administrative assistant and from legislation he sponsored that benefitted his father."<ref>CREW summary of ethics issues of Renzi, September 2006.</ref> He was subsequently listed in CREW's 2007 and 2008 reports as well.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

===ManTech International Corp.===
Renzi had been criticized for consistently introducing and voting in favor of bills benefiting his father's defense company, [[ManTech International|ManTech International Corp.]], a [[Fairfax, Virginia]],-based defense contractor.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ourcongress.org/race/az01 | title = AZ-01: Message from Mike Caccioppoli | author = MikeCforCongress | publisher = OurCongress.org | access-date = 2007-02-05 | date = 2005-09-01 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20061002122212/http://www.ourcongress.org/race/az01 | archive-date = 2006-10-02}}</ref> Renzi's father, retired Major General Eugene Renzi, was an executive vice president of the firm, until his death in February 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002934.html | title = Eugene C. Renzi, 74; Major General | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | access-date = 2008-02-22 | date = 2008-02-21}}</ref> ManTech had $467 million in contracts at the Army's [[Fort Huachuca]] with options for an additional $1.1 billion between 2004 through 2008. In addition, the company, which has an office in [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]], was the largest contributor to Renzi's 2002 congressional campaign and the second largest in his 2004 campaign.

In 2003, Renzi sponsored legislation (signed into law in November 2003) that put hundreds of millions of dollars to Eugene's business while, according to environmentalists, devastating the [[San Pedro River (Arizona)|San Pedro River]]. The provision exempted [[Fort Huachuca]], in [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]], from maintaining water levels in the [[San Pedro River (Arizona)|San Pedro River]] as called for in an agreement made in 2002 with the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]. Renzi claimed he introduced the measure to prevent the closing of the Fort and to promote its enlargement. Neither the fort nor the river is located in Renzi's Congressional district.

On October 25, 2006, just two weeks before Election Day, ''The New York Times'' reported that federal authorities had opened an inquiry into the case. According to the ''Times'', the "officials said the inquiry was at an early stage and that no search warrants had been issued, suggesting that investigators had yet to determine whether there was a basis to open a formal investigation or empanel a grand jury."<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/washington/25inquire.html | title = The 2006 Campaign; Congressman From Arizona Is the Focus Of an Inquiry | newspaper = New York Times | date = 2006-10-25 | first = David | last = Johnston | page = A-14 |access-date=2007-02-05}} (preview only)</ref> Federal investigators in Arizona reported that unexplained delays were encountered in getting permission from Washington for investigations prior to the 2006 election.<ref name=wsjwilke/>

On April 19, 2007, the [[FBI]] raided his family business, and he temporarily resigned from the House Intelligence Committee.<ref name="AZ-20070420" />

On February 22, 2008, Renzi was indicted on multiple federal charges as a result of the investigation.

===2005 land swap===
According to the ''Phoenix New Times'', in 2002 Renzi sold off a half-interest in his real estate investment business to a fellow investor, James Sandlin, for $200,000. Renzi used the money for his 2002 congressional campaign. In 2003, Renzi sold the remainder of the business to Sandlin, for somewhere between $1 million and $5 million, according to financial records, retaining a "future development interest".<ref>Wagner, Dennis, and Dan Nowicki, [https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0826renzi-legacy.html "Secrecy, scandal cloud Renzi era: Reclusive lawmaker leaves legacy of questions"], ''Arizona Republic'', August 26, 2007.</ref>

In October 2005, three years after the business transaction with Sandlin, Renzi announced he'd be introducing a bill in Congress that would include a swap of land owned by Sandlin (not in Renzi's district) for federal land near [[Florence, Arizona]].<ref>Fischer, Howard, [http://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/court-upholds-ex-rep-renzi-s-conviction/article_0f2a18b4-edb8-57dc-9c1e-7c7df9d7b7ef.html "Court upholds ex-Rep. Renzi's conviction"], Arizona ''Daily Sun'', October 10, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-29.</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/16/rick-renzi-congressman-corruption-trial/2166243/ "Copper exec says ex-congressman issued land-swap threat"], ''USA Today'', May 16, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-29.</ref> A week after Renzi's announcement, Sandlin sold his land for $4.5 million,<ref>Stout, David, and Paul Giblin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/washington/22cnd-Renzi.html "Arizona Congressman Indicted in Land Swap Scam"], New York ''Times'', February 22, 2008. Retrieved 2015-05-29.</ref> a much higher price than he paid for it.

Renzi told the ''New Times'' that he did nothing wrong and that sometime after his announcement he recused himself from the bill after a lobbyist questioned his connection to Sandlin. The land swap never became law.<ref name="PNT-10-12-06"/>

In 2007 news came of another $200,000 payment that Sandlin made to Renzi, this one in 2005, that Renzi failed to report on financial disclosure forms.<ref>{{cite news | title=Renzi didn't reveal $200K | newspaper=The Hill | first=Alexander |last=Bolton | date=April 26, 2007 | url=http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/renzi-didnt-reveal-200k-2007-04-25.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428025055/http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/renzi-didnt-reveal-200k-2007-04-25.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 28, 2007}}</ref>

On October 24, 2006, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. attorney's office in Arizona has opened an investigation into the land swap deal. The US Attorney for Arizona, [[Paul K. Charlton (attorney)|Paul Charlton]], had initiated the investigation in September 2006.<ref name="thenation.com">{{cite magazine | first = Max | last = Blumenthal | title = The Porn Plot Against Prosecutors | magazine = The Nation | date = 2007-03-20 | access-date = 2007-03-21 | url = http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070402/blumenthal}}</ref>

John Wilke in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' writes,<ref>{{cite news | first = John | last = Wilke | title = Land-Swap Plan Causes Trouble For Congressman | newspaper = Wall Street Journal | date = 2007-04-21 | access-date = 2007-04-23 | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117708053389976977}}</ref>

{{blockquote|That investigation became a formal public-corruption probe by a federal grand jury in [[Tucson]]. The grand jury authorized a search warrant of a Renzi family business. Investigators uncovered evidence that Mr. Renzi received a cash payment from his former business partner, funneled through a family wine company, after a second investor group pursuing an unrelated land swap agreed to pay $4 million for the alfalfa field, according to people contacted in the course of the two-year investigation.

Mr. Renzi denied any wrongdoing and said that he intended to cooperate with the investigation. The search of the family business, he said in a statement, was "the first step toward getting the truth out." His lawyer says the cash payment he received was to settle an unrelated debt.

The case added fuel to the firestorm over the Bush administration's firing of federal prosecutors. [[Paul K. Charlton (attorney)|Paul Charlton]], the U.S. Attorney who had been overseeing the case, was among those dismissed at the behest of the [[White House]]. A spokesman for Mr. Renzi dismissed as "a political hatchet job" the suggestion that Mr. Charlton's firing was connected to the probe of Mr. Renzi. [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]] told Congress that none of the dismissals were politically motivated, and said the Justice Department is committed to battling corruption.}}

On February 22, 2008, a Federal Grand Jury in Arizona handed up a 35-count indictment charging Renzi with conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering extortion and insurance fraud.<ref name="cnn2"/>

===Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy===
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After the land swap controversy was revealed, an unnamed official from the [[US Department of Justice]] (DOJ) cautioned the media not to jump to conclusions regarding the inquiry into Renzi, saying it "is not a well-developed investigation, by any means. A tip comes into the department. The department is obligated to follow up ... and we do that. People are assuming there is evidence of some crime," even though that is not necessarily true. The official added, "Be careful. I can confirm to you a very early investigation. But I want to caution you not to chop this guy's (Renzi's) head off."<ref name="azcentral.com">{{cite news | first = Billy | last = House | title = Inquiry on Renzi: Real deal or campaign trickery? | newspaper = Arizona Republic | date = 2006-10-26 | access-date = 2007-02-05 | url = https://www.azcentral.com/news/election/congress/articles/1026renzi-tricks1026.html}}</ref>

According to the ''[[Arizona Republic]]'', "The federal official would not discuss whether the Justice Department was being manipulated for political purposes. However, the official said it is unusual for the department to publicly acknowledge concerns about the accuracy of media reports." In the same story, the official said the Justice Department contacted at least two newspapers about "chunks of stuff in their stories that's wrong."<ref name="azcentral.com"/>

Shortly after initiating the investigation of Renzi, the US Attorney for Arizona, [[Paul K. Charlton (attorney)|Paul Charlton]], was belatedly added to a previously assembled list of US attorneys the Justice Department wanted to remove, in an effort that would become the [[2006 dismissal of U.S. attorneys|dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy]]. In February 2005, Charlton had been on the "retain" list of [[United States Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]]'s chief of staff, [[Kyle Sampson]], but "by September of 2006 – after it became clear that Charlton had launched an investigation of Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz, – Sampson included the Arizona prosecutor on another list of U.S. attorneys 'we now should consider pushing out'."<ref>{{cite news | first = Ron | last = Hutcheson | title = Emails detail plans for firing U.S. attorneys | publisher = McClatchy Newspapers | date = 2007-03-13 | access-date = 2007-03-14 |url=http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16897082.htm}}</ref> Sampson made the comment in a September 13, 2006, letter to then-White House Counsel [[Harriet Miers]].<ref name="thenation.com"/>

On March 19, 2007, the White House released 3,000 pages of records connected to the controversy, including emails sent by Charlton to the Justice Department about his dismissal. On December 21, 2006, Charlton sent a message to [[William W. Mercer]], the third-ranking official in the DOJ, writing, "Media now asking if I was asked to resign over leak in Congressman Renzi investigation." Charlton never received a response from Mercer, about whom ethical questions had also been raised.<ref>{{cite news | first = Mike | last = Madden | title = Renzi inquiry at issue in ouster | newspaper = Arizona Republic | date = 2007-03-21 | access-date = 2007-03-21 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0321usattorney0321.html}}</ref>

The ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' explained further allegations: that the DOJ under Gonzales had intentionally delayed part of the investigation of Renzi until after the November 2006 election. They wrote:
{{blockquote|The delays, which postponed key approvals in the case until after the election, raise new questions about whether Alberto Gonzales or other officials may have weighed political issues in some investigations. ...

Investigators pursuing the Renzi case had been seeking clearance from senior Justice Department officials on search warrants, subpoenas and other legal tools for a year before the election, people close to the case said. ... ... the investigation clearly moved slowly: Federal agents opened the case no later than June 2005, yet key witnesses didn't get subpoenas until early this year, those close to the case said. The first publicly known search – a raid of a Renzi family business by the Federal Bureau of Investigation – was[n't] carried out [until April 2007]. ...<ref name="WSJ-20070425">{{cite news |title=Delays in Renzi Case Raise More Gonzales Questions |author = Wilke, John R. |author2=Evan Perez |date=April 25, 2007 |page=A2 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117746770608481484 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>}}

Further, the Journal noted that investigators had unsuccessfully solicited the administration for clearance to tap Renzi's phone for months. That clearance was finally given nineteen months later, in October 2006. Unfortunately for the investigators, word broke of the investigation soon after, disrupting the usefulness of their wiretap.<ref name=WSJ-20070425/>

On April 24, 2007, Renzi stepped down from the House Financial Services and Natural Resources committees, as more revelations connected him to the U.S. attorneys controversy. During that afternoon, [[Paul K. Charlton (attorney)|Paul Charlton]], a United States Attorney from Arizona who was inexplicably added to the list of those to be fired, related to House investigators that Brian Murray, Renzi's top aide, called Charlton spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle shortly after news of Renzi's investigation became public, making inquiries related to information on the case. Charlton, in turn, notified the Department of Justice about the call. Justice, it was discovered, had neglected to notify Congress of the contact.<ref>{{cite news | title=Lawmaker Leaves Panels After FBI Raid | first=Jennifer|last=Talhem | agency=Associated Press | date=April 24, 2007 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042401667.html |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

=== Patty Roe ===
In December 2005, Renzi hired Patty Roe, the wife of Jason Roe, the chief of staff of Representative [[Tom Feeney]] (R-FL), as his full-time administrative assistant. In that position, she was paid $95,000 per year. Renzi also pays her $5,000 per month ($60,000 per year) as a fundraising consultant (she ran her own consulting business before being hired by Renzi). To be in compliance with the rules, Roe had to do all her fundraising work clocking in to work as Renzi's administrative assistant, or after work. Renzi's spokesman Vartan Djihanian said that this is the case: "Whatever fundraising she does ... is on her time."

Roe also received about $30,000 in fundraising fees in 2006 from four other House members: Tom Feeney; [[Lincoln Díaz-Balart]] and [[Mario Díaz-Balart]], both of Florida; and [[Patrick McHenry]] of North Carolina. Renzi's office said those payments were for services rendered in 2005. There is no evidence that Roe's activities are not in compliance with House ethics standards.<ref>Silverstein, Ken, [http://harpers.org/sb-the-patty-roe-story-1158246131.html "The Patty Roe Story: the interesting ethics of Congressman Rick Renzi"], ''Harper's Magazine'', September 14, 2006.</ref>

=== Reported floor fight ===
Renzi was an opponent of embryonic [[stem cell research]]. In May 2005, he engaged in an argument on the House floor with Congressman [[Mark Kirk]] (R-IL). The argument ensued after Renzi had learned that Kirk and the moderate [[Republican Main Street Partnership]] commissioned secret polling in the districts of Renzi and other members of Congress who oppose stem cell research. Renzi said, "I was yelling at him. I told him it's absolutely unprecedented that Republicans would pay for a push poll to attack another Republican on such a core belief of mine ... You're not going to change my view on the issue, as a father of 12."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060510085801/http://searclub.com/?page=news-article&id=1763 "RINO Group Running Push Polls in His District Infuriates Rep. Rick Renzi; Kolbe is a Member"], ''Arizona Republic'', May 22, 2005. Archived from the original</ref>

===Funds from DeLay's PAC===
Renzi also received $30,000 in campaign contributions from former [[Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]]'s [[ARMPAC]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ourfuture.org/issues_and_campaigns/accountablecongress/delay/money9.cfm | title = Contributions from ARMPAC to 109th Members of Congress, 1994–2006 | work = DeLay's Money, Part 9 | publisher = [[Campaign for America's Future]] | access-date = 2007-02-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061214085448/http://www.ourfuture.org/issues_and_campaigns/accountablecongress/delay/money9.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-12-14}}</ref>

==Indictment, conviction and pardon==
On February 22, 2008, after ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'' columnist Sarah Fenske broke a story about the 2002 campaign financing embezzlement, Renzi was indicted on multiple federal charges.<ref name=abortion>[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printView/6667101 Rick Renzi's Accountant, Dwayne Lequire, Guilty of Embezzling Funds; Former Counsel for Renzi, Andrew Beardall, Acquitted of Charges], ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'', Ray Stern, July 9, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref><ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD8UVEJJ00 "Republican Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi indicted on multiple federal charges"], ''AP'', February 22, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225175522/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD8UVEJJ00 |date=February 25, 2008}}</ref> The charges included conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, extortion and insurance fraud.<ref name="cnn2"/> In October 2009, the government added a conspiracy to commit insurance fraud charge to the indictment. It alleged that Renzi and others willfully embezzled from a risk retention company called Spirit Mountain.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/51738-feds-expand-case-against-renzi/ | author=Crabtree, Susan | date=October 5, 2009 | title=Feds expand case against Renzi | newspaper=The Hill| author-link=Susan Crabtree}}</ref> In June 2010, Federal District Judge [[David C. Bury]], ruled that procedural errors precluded the prosecution from using available wire-taps as evidence in the case going forward.<ref>[http://www.rollcall.com/news/47092-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS/ Judge Throws Out Wiretaps in Renzi Case]</ref><ref>[https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/06/10/wiretaps-in-rick-renzis-case-tossed/ Wiretaps in Rick Renzi's case tossed], ''[[Arizona Capitol Times]]'', June 6, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref>

In 2011, Renzi appealed to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]], asking the court to stop his prosecution. A three-judge panel held that Renzi's prosecution could go forward and the full court let pass a petition to rehear that decision [[en banc]], allowing the case against Renzi to proceed.<ref>Turner, Channing, [http://www.mainjustice.com/2011/08/01/appeals-court-denies-rehearing-of-renzi-case/ "Appeals Court Denies Rehearing of Renzi Case"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907234225/http://www.mainjustice.com/2011/08/01/appeals-court-denies-rehearing-of-renzi-case/ |date=September 7, 2015}}, ''Main Justice'' (Washington, DC), August 1, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2015.</ref> Renzi appealed to the Supreme Court but it also declined to hear his appeal so he was put on trial.<ref>Stout, David. [http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/17/justices-decline-to-hear-appeal-of-ex-arizona-congressman-renzi/ "Justices decline to hear appeal of ex-Arizona Congressman Renzi"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310131102/http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/17/justices-decline-to-hear-appeal-of-ex-arizona-congressman-renzi/ |date=March 10, 2012}} ''Main Justice'', Washington, DC, January 17, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.</ref>

On June 12, 2013, a jury convicted Renzi on 17 of 32 counts in his corruption case.<ref name=convicted>{{cite news|title=Former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi convicted on 17 of 32 counts in corruption case |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/10/28/ex-rep-rick-renzi-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212020957/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/10/28/ex-rep-rick-renzi-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref> That October, Renzi was sentenced to three years in prison.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304200804579163900233998032 'Ex-lawmaker sentenced to three years for fraud'], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', Tamara Audi, October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.</ref> Renzi appealed his conviction to the Ninth Circuit, but the court upheld the jury's verdict.<ref>[http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/10/09/13-10588.pdf United States v. Renzi, __ F.3d __ (9th Cir. 2014)]</ref> The [[United States Supreme Court]] denied [[certiorari]].<ref>[https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/062915zor_4g25.pdf "14-1082 Renzi, Richard G. v. United States"], U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari – Summary Dispositions (pg. 6), June 29, 2015.</ref>

On February 27, 2015, Renzi reported to [[Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown]] West Virginia, to serve his 3-year prison sentence.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/27/former-us-rep-rick-renzi-reports-to-prison-in-west "Former US Rep. Rick Renzi reports to prison for 3-year term"], Associated Press via ''washingtontimes.com'', February 27, 2015.</ref> He was Bureau of Prisons inmate 29375-208 and was released on January 6, 2017.<ref>[http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ "Richard G Renzi"], Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator. Retrieved January 20, 2017.</ref>

On January 20, 2021, Renzi received a full [[pardon]] from President [[Donald Trump]] during his last hours as president. Citing numerous examples of prosecutorial misconduct, including fabricated evidence by the team led by [[Jack Smith (lawyer)]], the pardon was supported by Representative [[Paul Gosar]],<ref name="kjzz.org">{{cite web | url=https://kjzz.org/content/1646187/rep-paul-gosar-calls-trump-pardon-former-congressman | title=Rep. Paul Gosar Calls for Trump to Pardon Former Congressman | date=December 26, 2020}}</ref> Representative [[Tom Cole]], former Representative [[Tom DeLay]], former Representative [[Jack Kingston]], former Representative [[Todd Tiahrt]], former Representative [[John Doolittle]], former Representative [[Duncan L. Hunter]], former Representative [[Richard Pombo]], former Representative [[Charles Taylor (North Carolina politician)|Charles H. Taylor]], former Representative [[Dan Burton]], [[Larry Weitzner]], and the [[National Institute of Family and Life Advocates]].<ref name="pardon" />

==Electoral history==
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|George Cordova}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |79,730
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |46%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rick Renzi'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |85,967
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |49%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Edwin Porr
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |8,990
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |5%
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|2004
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Paul Babbitt
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |91,776
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rick Renzi'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |148,315
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |59%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |John Crockett
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |13,260
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |5%
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|2006
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ellen Simon
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |88,691
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |43%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rick Renzi'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |105,646
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |52%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |David Schlosser
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |9,802
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |5%
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== See also ==
* [[List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes]]
* [[List of federal political scandals in the United States]]

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