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Dan Butierez - The Fighter Southern Arizona Needs Now
It’s Time for Change in Southern Arizona
Dan Butierez: True Arizona Fighter
I’m Dan Butierez, a real Arizonan through and through. My family has lived in this state for generations, not just a few years like some of my opponents.
I was born in Tucson in 1966. My dad, Angel, was born in Pima, Arizona, in 1944. My grandpa was born in Solomon, Arizona, all the way back in 1900. We’ve been building Arizona for over 100 years! I’m not a career politician. I own small businesses that give people second chances. I hire folks who are fighting addiction or coming out of jail. Last summer, we gave jobs to 63 people, many straight from halfway houses. They’re trying to beat fentanyl addiction - a drug pouring across our open border. At home in Marana, my wife and I rescue animals. We’ve saved 25 horses and about 70 dogs. We find them good homes or keep caring for them ourselves. Every life matters - that’s what I believe.
A Fresh Voice to Address Real Issues That Matter
I know what it means to fight for freedom because my own was taken away.
For ten years, I was wrongfully convicted without a fair trial. I spent 30 years clearing my name. Finally, in 2019, the State admitted they were wrong. That unfair conviction cost me everything - my family, my job, almost all I cared about. But I didn’t give up. I found faith and rebuilt my life. Now I help others do the same, especially veterans and small business owners who are struggling. At home in Marana, my wife and I rescue animals. We’ve saved 25 horses and about 70 dogs. We find them good homes or keep caring for them ourselves. Every life matters - that’s what I believe.
It’s Time for Change in Southern Arizona
I’m not just running for Congress. I’m running to fight for you.
- Defend our Constitution - not just protect it, but actively defend it
- Fight alongside President Trump to finally secure our border
- Slash your taxes and keep more money in your pocket
- Take back our streets from criminals and drugs
- Give struggling veterans and homeless a hand up, not a handout
- Crush the fentanyl crisis destroying our families
I’ve fought a wrongful conviction. I’ve built businesses. I’ve given second chances. Now I’ll fight for yours.
Meet Daniel Butierez
Daniel Butierez brings 30 years of fighting injustice, building businesses, and rebuilding lives to secure Southern Arizona’s border, economy, and future.
My father Angel Calderon Butierez the first Butierez was born in Pima, Arizona in 1944.
My grandfather Filomeno Gutierrez was born in Solomon, Arizona in 1900.
So let me tell you who I am and who I was so that you will understand why Arizona needs me right now.
I’m a contractor who owns two small businesses. I employ men and women many from halfway houses and we work to help them get on their feet. This summer we employed approximately 63 people, many of whom had just come out of prison struggling with addictions. Most trying to overcome Fentanyl which is pouring across our Southern Border.
We have property out in Marana where we keep our rescue horses. We helped rescue 25 horses and about 70 dogs. Some of the dogs and horses came home to us. We found homes for the dogs and the horses have been with us for seven - eight years. Butierez Painting donates the hay and feed for these rescues.
Life and people are precious to me as I lost 10 years of my life for a wrongful conviction.
Not even sure if that’s the right word as technically I was never convicted. I wasn’t charged, wasn’t tried, and double jeopardy was invoked. I fought this injustice for 30 years because men had given their lives so that this would never happen to a US Citizen. No United States Citizen Shall lose Life and Liberty without Due Process. The District Attorney admitted to my attorney and friend that I was correct but they were never going to grant it. So if the prosecutor knew this every court in Arizona knew this and had denied my pleas.
So in 2019 we filed a Rule 24 stating all the Constitutional violations to the Court. We gave 3 options and surprisingly, The State conceded. The State admitted I had been convicted of a crime I didn’t commit. The big win was that the State chose not to dispute the Due Process claim. That meant all my claims of no trial, no charge, the violation of Double Jeopardy were all factual and left undisputed. Until right now no-one knew the Arizona Government had done this.
We’re slowly losing the Rights men and women have given their lives to protect. Most people today don’t have a clue how precious those rights are until they’re gone. I’m not going to let them, take them from anyone. I wrote Grijalva while I was fighting and he never got back to me. Grijalva doesn’t care about our rights like I do. I don’t care what party you follow, if you’re an American and your rights have been violated I’m fighting for you. If they do it to one, they can do it to all.
Those bad years gave me a deeper understanding of the issues plaguing our State and our entire country. When I walked out of prison My fiancee and children were gone. She had found someone else and I was very alone. I started running with men I had met in prison and became like them. They introduced me to drugs which led me to homelessness. I eventually got arrested and I did some deep soul searching. I came to truly know Christ. I realized he’d always been with me, carrying me. He was the reason I had survived the streets.
I began to realize I’d become like the men I had surrounded myself with. I realized I could change that. If I became the men I was surrounded by then I needed to surround myself with better men. It was really that simple. So I surrounded myself with retired officers. Both in local and federal departments. I made friends with attorneys who helped me with my case. I became friends with business owners who guided me into my businesses.
So there is hope for mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and grandparents that your children with a program I’d like to get funded, can overcome their addictions.
I fought the State because I wanted my Rights To Bear Arms. This was very frustrating cause all Gun Laws are actually Void!! Any Law that stands in opposition to the Constitution is in itself VOID! So the Second Amendment matters to me.
If you want to clean up our district, reduce crime, reduce taxes, improve education, secure our border, get our homeless on the path getting on their feet and drug addicts off of drugs vote for Butierez For Congress!