Democrats Against Nick
Arizona Democrats for Elijah Norton for Treasurer
We looked at Nick Mansour's record on his own terms — as a businessman. What we found is not what our party should be putting in charge of Arizona's money.
Dear Arizona,
We are Democrats. Our party exists to look out for working people — the students, the patients, the seniors, and the wage earners who don't have a lobbyist. That commitment is not a slogan we retire when the candidate has a D next to his name. It is the standard we apply to everyone, including our own.
By that standard, we cannot support Nick Mansour for State Treasurer.
Mansour has built his campaign on his record as a businessman. So we read it. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arizona College of Nursing — a for-profit college whose growth was underwritten in substantial part by federal student aid, while the students it enrolled took on debt. In May 2022, during his leadership, the Arizona State Board of Nursing placed the approval of the college's Tempe BSN program on probation for a minimum of 36 months. The Board's findings describe leadership decisions that stripped out clinical faculty and repeated course changes made without adequate notice to the students and instructors affected.
Under his leadership, the college was also sued multiple times — including a 2022 class action lawsuit that alleges fraud and misappropriating over $2 million in COVID relief funds meant for students. It was clear that Mansour cared more about making as much money as possible — at the cost of his students — who oftentimes went thousands of dollars into debt for a degree they couldn’t use.
Earlier in his career, Mansour spent roughly two years as an executive of Pacific Pulmonary Services. His company paid $11.4 million to settle federal False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare for home oxygen equipment without the physician authorization the program required, and that it took part in an illegal kickback scheme. This is the résumé he is asking us to promote, and every line of it deserves the same scrutiny we would apply to a Republican.
The Treasurer manages roughly $32 billion in public and trust funds, including the endowment that funds Arizona's schools. It is a stewardship job. It should go to someone whose record shows they protected the people who depended on them.
For that reason, we are supporting Elijah Norton for State Treasurer, and we urge our fellow Democrats to split their ticket this November.
— Democrats Against Nick
If you're a Democrat who believes this office should go to the more qualified steward, join us.