Michael Gardner

Michael Gardner is an American Democratic Party politician and was the state representative for District 27 of Arizona. His home city is Tempe and he served from 1995-2001.

He was born in Safford, Arizona in 1964. His family moved to Holbrook, Arizona when he was five years old. He graduated from Holbrook, High School before attending Eastern Arizona College and Arizona State University. He worked as the General Manager of the Mesa Symphony Orchestra and the Operations director of The Phoenix Symphony before running for the Arizona House of Representatives.

Gardner served three terms in the House before losing his last re-election bid. Critics felt he spent too much time focusing on running for the Speaker of the House and not enough time on his own campaign. After losing this campaign Gardner spent two legislative sessions as the Chief of Staff in the Arizona Senate.

Michael Gardner is a partner in the government relations firm Triadvocates.