Steve Gaynor, Republican candidate for Arizona Secretary of State, is keynote speaker at the Oct. 20 meeting of the Fountain Hills Republican Club.

Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. with light breakfast snacks, coffee and juice. The meeting gets underway at 9 a.m.

In Arizona, the secretary of state is first in line to succeed the governor in the event of death, resignation or removal of office. The secretary serves as the chief elections officer for the state.

Gaynor is a graduate of Harvard Business School. In 1988 he purchased a small printing company in the West Valley, then later bought a printing plant in Denver. He also started a printing plant in Los Angeles. He sold the Phoenix and Denver companies in 2007 and still owns the plant in L.A.

He is a strong philosophical and fiscal conservative. According to his website, Gaynor “supports the policies and achievements of the Trump administration, including boosting employment through lower tax rates, appointing judges who will interpret the law instead of legislating from the bench, and challenging the status quo in troubled foreign relationships such as with Iran, North Korea and China.”

Gaynor is married and has three grown children.

In addition to Gaynor, the Republican Club will host other candidates running for office. To date, Rodney Glassman and Justin Olson, who are running for Corporation Commission, have confirmed attendance.

For more information, visit fountainhillsrepublicanclub.org.