Russell Pearce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American law enforcement officer and politician
Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1947
Place of Birth: Mesa, Arizona, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Russell Pearce
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- Pearce (born June 23, 1947) is an American politician and Republican former member of the Arizona State Senate.
- He rose to national prominence as the primary sponsor of Arizona SB1070, a controversial anti-illegal immigrant measure that was signed into law in 2010.
- He was elected President of the Arizona Senate when the Senate began its January 2011 term, but then suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune when he was ousted in a November 2011 recall election, the first legislator in Arizona history to be so removed from office.
- He served as Vice-Chair of the Arizona GOP, but in September 2014, he resigned the position after controversy over a eugenicist comment about forced sterilization of poor women on Medicaid.Prior to his election to the Arizona Senate in 2008, Pearce served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, and worked in law enforcement for more than twenty years.
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