Jeff Weninger

Husband, Dad, Small Business Owner, Former AZ Republican State Representative Legislative District 17

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

@RepDavid @brianjsymes So sorry to hear. Our prayers are with you and your family.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

Matt, I appreciate you posting this. It is unfortunate that the chairman of the AZ Senate Rules committee is specifically holding this bill & not on constitutional grounds. My constituents had six lvl 2 & 3 sex offenders move into one home in a cul-de-sac. These single moms didn’t let their kids out to play for three months. We have negotiated on this bill and come to a reasonable compromise. It is crazy to me that this particular bill is the bill the chairman is going out of his way to stop.

[Matt Greer @MattRealest8]

HB2870 needs to pass! It prevents sex predators from all living together in one house (unless they’re related).

They’re all moving in together and creating pedo dens!

The bill is currently waiting to be read in the senate rules committee.

Imagine a pedo den next door.

[Steve Montenegro @SteveMontenegro]

The entire Arizona House of Representatives joins Representative Walt @BlackmanForAZ and his family in mourning the heartbreaking loss of his beloved son, Daniel. No parent should have to endure the pain of losing a child, and our prayers are with Walt, his wife, and their family during this time of grief.

May the Lord comfort them, strengthen them, and give them peace in the days ahead. We stand with the Blackman family in love and support, and we ask all Arizonans to keep them in their prayers.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

@noprezzie2012 Yeah. I had told the sponsor ahead of time that I was a no. I believe council and mayor candidates should be able to use the e qual signature system.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

Our family's prayers are with the DPS officers who were killed in this horrible incident. We will never forget their sacrifice and always honor the men and women who are risking their lives everyday to protect us. God bless you!!!! https://t.co/697pLmfmWp

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

@JensTwoCents_AZ Thanks for the write up.

[Jason W. Brooks @JasonWBrooks2]

This story includes full lists of all the bills LD13 lawmakers are sponsoring or co-sponsoring in 2026. #chandleraz #AZNEWSMEDIA #AZLeg #StateLegislation @cityofchandler @JeffWeninger @JDMesnard @ChristineTDEll1
https://t.co/6ezvdQcyGl

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

Sad to hear the news of former Attorney General Mark Brnovich passing. He was very helpful to me dealing with legislation and helping me get results for constituents when I asked. I had the pleasure of running a few bills for Mark and his office (fintech sandbox and pregnancy protections for women in the workplace). RIP my friend.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

Prayers lifting up @exjon tonight. A man who has entertained and informed me and others for years with his wit and wisdom. I believe he will be doing it for years to come. Prayers for your recovery.

[Jon Gabriel @exjon]

My Birthday Gave Me Cancer

I didn’t know if I would mention this publicly, but I keep getting questions about my health. Let’s just say it’s been an interesting few months.

In mid-September, my lower back hurt, so my primary doc signed me up for physical therapy. I kept up with that for four appointments until my back couldn’t take it anymore. Insurance finally approved an MRI in mid-October and found two bulging disks in my lower back. After a few unfruitful Urgent Care and ER visits, on Nov. 5, insurance finally approved a spine specialist to give me epidural shots to those disks, which should have taken care of the issue.

Instead, my back kept feeling worse. Throughout October, I could barely leave the house except for doctors’ appointments. By the start of November, I could barely leave the bed. They scheduled a second set of epidurals, but I finally got an appointment with a top neurologist.

That was Friday, Nov. 21, my birthday, and the neurologists soon figured out it wasn’t just bulging discs. She immediately checked me in to the hospital next door and they ran every kind of test you can think of. (That neurologist was the only one who found it odd I’d lost 30 lbs. in 2-3 months.)

After several hours, the ER doc informed me I had cancer running up and down my spine which had now moved into my ribs. The cancer probably came from somewhere else (like the colon, lungs, etc.), so it was basically all over my body. Understandably, I thought I’d be dead in a month or two.

Tests continued and by Saturday, Nov. 22, a large team of doctors had a pow-wow and began to think I had multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that targets individual bones. They had only found two tumors – one that had completely destroyed a thoracic vertebra in my back, and one in a neck (cervical) vertebra. Turns out The Big C didn’t have me down yet.

First thing Monday, Nov. 24, the neurologist performed a five-hour surgery to remove the thoracic tumor, then inserted rods and a cage to connect the vertebrae above and below it. While he was in there, he took a bone biopsy. That tricky bit of business went perfectly. Surgeon’s a rock star.

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, he performed the second surgery to fix my neck, which also went great. And on Wednesday, a bone marrow biopsy was taken from my hip.

Since then, it’s been a whole lot of pain, trippy meds, and fitting me for custom neck and braces. With those braces, I’ve been able to stand and shuffle around a bit, sit upright a few times (which I hadn’t done since October), and even write this little missive.

As it stands now, I should be moved tomorrow to an acute rehab facility, where I’ll have about 7-10 days to build strength and regain the ability to do common tasks.

Then I’ll get chemo via injections/pills, a method that is unlikely to cause hair loss and other common symptoms.

According to my oncologist and many other experts, multiple myeloma currently has some of the best outcomes for cancer treatments right now. (They still think that’s the type I have and the bone marrow results should confirm/reject that idea soon.)

All I can ask for is your prayers and whole lot of them. They’ve made a big difference.
Thank you.

[Rachel Alexander @Rach_IC]

Arizona legislator @realAlexKolodin just revealed at the best Halloween party in Arizona tonight that what got him into this area, election law and running for secretary of state, was representing clients suing to get Metadata from election computers. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

@BlackmanForAZ Sorry to hear Walt. Praying for you and your family.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

This year, I passed a law in Arizona that protects citizens’ lost crypto held as unclaimed property — when claimed, the crypto goes back to its owner, while the rewards earned during custody help build a Bitcoin reserve for Arizona.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

No member of Congress should support any amendment that blocks rewards for holding stablecoins on platforms like @Coinbase. This is a story we’ve seen before: when innovators threaten the status quo, Wall Street rushes to Washington to write rules to shield their monopoly.

[Coinbase 🛡️ @coinbase]

The big banks are coming for another bailout by attacking crypto.

They don't want you to earn rewards on your stablecoin holdings.

Our take: competition = better options for consumers.

If you wouldn’t ban credit card rewards, don’t ban crypto rewards.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

Let’s not forget — Bitcoin was born from Wall Street’s failures in 2008. Now those same banks want to block stablecoin rewards. Same playbook: stifle competition and protect their turf through regulatory capture.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

Well said!

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 BEAUTIFUL: Phoenix Air Traffic Control sent a message to Charlie Kirk when he landed back in Arizona on Air Force Two

“Welcome home, Charlie. You didn’t deserve it… May God bless your family.” 🙏🏻

Americans of all walks of life are mourning the loss of Charlie 🇺🇸

[FBI Salt Lake City @FBISaltLakeCity]

We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
1-800-CALL-FBI
Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ

[Tyler Bowyer @tylerbowyer]

Words cannot describe the nightmare of a day our entire staff, activists and supporters at @TPUSA & @tpaction have endured over the past 24 hours.

It has been uplifting to see the hundreds of thousands of messages, notes and comments with the resolve to carry on Charlie’s legacy that so many of us have believed in for so long.

Our hope is that MILLIONS of Charlie Kirks in the making were born yesterday and will inhabit the American political space, however nothing will replace him as a Husband and Father at home.

We are here with Erika, praying for their family with two beautiful children and mourn with the entire Turning Point family.

Our mourning will produce activism, but today it is focused on the love that Charlie had for our God, his wife and children and for the Constitutional Republic he believed in fighting for so deeply. In that order.

Commit to love and grow your family to honor Charlie— fight for our country to remember him.

Thank you to everyone who continues to share the positive messages of Charlie and the movement that makes evil distraught and disperse.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

I have just been in shock over the political assassination of Charlie Kirk. Sadness for his bright light lost. He was an inspiration to young people finding their way in this world and a beacon for them to follow Jesus for their eternal world. Also sadness for his beloved family. I pray tonight that God comforts you and knowing that Charlie is with him gives you some peace.

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

I am praying for Charlie Kirk. This disgusting and vile political violence must end.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!” - President Donald J. Trump

[Jeff Weninger @JeffWeninger]

@saltburnSon @Dennis_Porter_ I like it. I ran and passed a bill in Arizona in 2018 similar to that. https://t.co/cNvRL6IySR