Frank Pratt
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| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 8th district | |
| In office January 11, 2021 – September 21, 2021 Serving with David Cook | |
| Preceded by | T. J. Shope |
| Succeeded by | Neal Carter |
| Member of the Arizona Senate from the 8th district | |
| In office January 9, 2017 – January 11, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Barbara McGuire |
| Succeeded by | T. J. Shope |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 8th[1] district | |
| In office January 14, 2013 – January 9, 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | David Cook |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 23rd district | |
| In office January 2009 – January 14, 2013
Serving with Barbara McGuire (2009–2011) | |
| Preceded by | Colette Rosati |
| Succeeded by | John Kavanagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1942-08-27)August 27, 1942 Florence, Arizona, U.S. |
| Died | September 21, 2021(2021-09-21) (aged 79)[2] |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Casa Grande, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Arizona Western College Central Arizona College |
| Website | pratt4az |
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Franklin M. Pratt[3] (August 27, 1942 – September 21, 2021) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Arizona State Senate. He had previously been a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 8. Pratt served consecutively from January 2009 until January 14, 2013, in the District 23 seat.
Frank Pratt has an 80% lifetime conservative rating from the American Conservative Union and a 58% conservative rating from the Arizona Chapter of Americans for Prosperity; he has a 20% rating from Planned Parenthood, which supports legal abortion and he has a 100% rating from the conservative Center for Arizona Policy.[4] He was one of nine Republicans in the state house to vote in favor of the Medicaid expansion in Arizona.[5] Pratt voted to specify penalties for violating the partial-birth abortion ban and voted to ban non-physicians from performing abortions.[6] On education, he voted to allow the open-carry of guns near school property and to reject the adoption of federal education standards; however, he was one of nine Republicans who voted with Democrats against expanding school vouchers for private schools.[7] On immigration, he voted to create a virtual border and to expand immigration enforcement, but he also joined Democrats to vote against requiring that judges give harsher penalties to undocumented immigrants.[8] He is sometimes considered to be a swing vote in the state legislature and according to a study pulled by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, Pratt voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 52% of the time while still voting more often with his own party.[9]
