LittleSis: Wilford R Cardon

Mesa businessman and politician Wil Cardon has died. He was 46. Cardon, who committed suicide, had struggled for years with depression, according to a statement from his wife, Nicole. Cardon attended Mesa Mountain View High School, later graduating from Stanford University after transferring from Brigham Young University. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School before taking over his family’s Mesa-based real estate investment business, the Cardon Group. Cardon ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2012 against Sen. Jeff Flake and for secretary of state in 2014. Campaign consultant Constantin Querard helped Cardon with his Senate race, and said they've been friends ever since. He said he'd just spoken to him last week and was shocked at the news. Cardon hails from a pioneer Arizona family. The Cardon Oil Co. was founded by Wilford Pratt "Pat" Cardon, Cardon's grandfather, who died in 1969. Wilford A. Cardon, Cardon's father, is credited with growing the petroleum and gas-station business, expanding into convenience stores, and real-estate investment and development. The Cardon Group's portfolio includes Subway and Dunkin' Donuts stores, among numerous other investments.

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James P Simmons	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl
Jonathan Tratt	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar
Lee Hanley	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar, Wilford R Cardon
Kevin Demenna	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, Republican National Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Lewis Noble Tenney
Joseph K Fassler	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar
Jerry Moyes	Jeff Flake, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar
Paul L Baker	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
Ray Oden Jr	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
Francis Najafi	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Craig R Barrett	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar
David H Eaton	Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar, Wilford R Cardon
John Peter Kaites	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar, Lewis Noble Tenney
Steven J Hilton	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar
Karl Eller	Jeff Flake, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar
Marilyn Hayden	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Paul Gosar, Chuck Gray
Nathan Sproul	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Richard Boals	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar
Jack Londen	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Lynn Friess	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
Stanley Tate	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar

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James P Simmons