Lauer, Zachary

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
City Council
District:
4
Political Affiliation:
Republican
Age:
38
Occupation:
FINANCE AND INSURANCE MANAGER / HEALTH INSURANCE ADVISOR
Education:
BACHELOR'S DEGREE - BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION - FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Family:
WIFE - CYNTHIA / SON - LUCIANO
Religion:
CHRISTIAN
Biographical Info:

Zach Lauer is a husband, new father, entrepreneur and MAHA activist who lives in Midtown Phoenix with his wife Cynthia and son Luciano.

Zach grew up in a Catholic, conservative household in Central, Illinois. He was born with the pursuit of excellence engrained in his soul. With that came the values of faith, family, freedom, hard work, and reverence for truth.

Zach used his talents, skills, and determination to graduate four-year university in three years Summa Cum Laude while playing a sport and working full-time. After spending a few years in the corporate world as a licensed financial advisor and financial management consultant, Zach found his home in Phoenix 10 years ago as a health insurance expert serving the self-employed, small business, and 1099 community. It was here where he developed his passion of helping others. Zach trained and mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs looking to take control of their income.

Through his work in health insurance, Zach became disillusioned with the health of our country. Too many sick people, too much money for care, too many drugs…no root causes being addressed. Couple that with the COVID pandemic and the vast government overreach that followed — Zach saw freedoms being taken away and truth being censored and silenced and by the time the 2024 election rolled around, he had had enough.

Zach’s first venture in politics was campaigning for Robert F Kennedy Jr. He felt the physical and mental health of Americans was the most important issue. The first step to fixing anything, was fixing that. He spent months gathering signatures, table fundraising and phone -banking. It wasn’t enough.

After the election, Zach knew he wanted to do more and continue to fight for freedom and truth and against government corruption and overreach. With a son on the way, he felt the most important place to start was his local community. Zach immediately fell in love with Phoenix when he moved here. He met his wife here and wants to raise his son here. But the way it is trending, Phoenix will not be a safe, sustainable city to raise a family.

Statement:

Simply, it is time for a change. Zach is not a politician. Zach is not trying to further a political career. He is running to return local government to all Phoenicians, regardless of ideology. We all want affordable housing, safe streets, more money in our pockets, and less government interference in our daily lives.

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSupports
  • OOpposes
  • *Comment
  • −Declined to respond
  • †Declined to respond, Position based on citation
Question Response Comments/Notes
1. Providing benefits and services such as free housing to undocumented migrants at taxpayer expense. O* self explanatory, anyone who supports this is not fit to run the 5th largest city in the country.
2. Allowing all parents to use tax credits and taxpayer funded empowerment scholarship accounts to enable their children to attend any private school, homeschool, or online academy of their choice. S* Education decisions should be up to the parents
3. Interpreting the 2nd Amendment as protecting an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. S
4. Using taxpayer funds to support any organization that performs, promotes, or provides referrals for abortion. O* Morally, I am against abortions. Abortions are legal now according to our State Constitution but that does not mean taxpayers should fund them.
5. Restricting access to multi-stall public restrooms, changing rooms, and showers in municipal buildings (such as city hall and recreation centers) based on biological sex at birth. S
6. Providing tax breaks to certain industries over others. O
7. Adding "sexual orientation," "gender identity," or "gender expression" to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination ordinances. O
8. Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues. S* support professional counseling, oppose gender affirming care that can permanently alter and damage children
9. Enhancing penalties for leading and participation in organized retail theft rings. S
10. Permitting individuals and businesses to not provide services or promote ideas that violate their moral or religious beliefs. S
11. Fully fund police department personnel and vice operations to strictly enforce laws against human trafficking, illicit businesses, and public drug use. S