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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Harold Berenson	Jeff Flake, 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, Paul Gosar
Arte Moreno	Jeff Flake, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
John W Childs	Jeff Flake, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Paul Gosar
Richard Snell	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, David Schweikert, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Kevin Knight	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar
Lyle Campbell	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl
Robert Holmes Tuttle	Jeff Flake, Rick Renzi, 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
Jerry Hayden	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
John Rasor	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Trent Franks, 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, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
Marion M Magruder	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar
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Norma Ellis Zimdahl	Jeff Flake, 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
Giuseppe Cecchi	Jeff Flake, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Bruce Ash	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker
Herbert Johnson Louis	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
William A Franke	Jeff Flake, John B Shadegg, Matthew James Salmon, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker, Paul Gosar
Woody Johnson	John B Shadegg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Free and Strong America PAC Inc., Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl
Robert Bohannon	Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, John B Shadegg, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Party, Jon Kyl, Vernon Parker

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