Andy Tobin is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Arizona House of Representatives

Arizona House of Representatives

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 from legislative district one, who currently serves as the Speaker

Speaker (politics)

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Personal

Andy Tobin was born in New York City. He is the son of a retired New York City Police

New York City Police Department

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 Lieutenant, and the grandson of Irish

Irish people

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 Immigrants. He is the second of six children.
Tobin moved to Arizona in 1979 and worked in banking and real estate

Real estate

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 lending for 13 years in the Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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 Metropolitan area. He moved to Dewey 16 years ago and started his own employee benefit company, known as TLC Employee Benefits and Consulting. He specializes in insurance

Insurance

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, marketing

Marketing

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 and public relations

Public relations

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. He has been licensed with the Arizona Department of Insurance for over 20 years. Tobin has just expanded his company to serve his clients with commercial, workers compensation, liability

Liability

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 and even personal line insurance to complement his benefits and marketing program.

Tobin owned and operated a local Farmers Insurance for six years. He was also CEO

Chief executive officer

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 of a local aerospace

Aerospace

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 company employing 200 people for three years until 2003.

Tobin was elected the National President of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce from 1988–1989. In that capacity Tobin served as ex-officio board member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Muscular Dystrophy Association

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, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation

Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation

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. As President of the United States Junior Chamber, Tobin lobbied

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 the Reagan Administration and later the Bush Administration for passage of the Line-Item Veto and a Balanced Budget Amendment

Balanced Budget Amendment

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Tobin has been married to his wife Jennifer for 23 years. They have lived in their home in Paulden

Paulden, Arizona

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since 2004, where they have been raising their five children ages, 12 thru 21.

Politics

Tobin was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2006. He was subsequently reelected in 2008 and 2010.

External links

• Andy Tobin official site of the Arizona House of Representatives