GOP lawmaker touts economic record while his own wages are being garnished

Arizona State Representative Justin Wilmeth is centering his reelection campaign on his efforts to bolster the state’s economy despite facing personal financial difficulties. Records indicate that Wilmeth’s legislative wages were garnished last year following a default on a student loan. The first-term Republican previously served as a policy advisor for the state House before winning his seat in 2020.
Republican state Rep. Justin Wilmeth is running for reelection on his record of bolstering Arizona’s economy, even as his own legislative salary was garnished last year because he defaulted on a student loan. Wilmeth, who was a Republican policy advisor for the Arizona House of Representatives before he was elected to the body in 2020, […]