About Buz Mills

Buz Mills

A leader who has served our country.  A businessman who has created thousands of jobs.  A defender of our freedoms and liberties.  Buz Mills believes the trying times in Arizona call for new leadership, new ideas, and a committed philosophy based on conservative principles.  Low taxes, limited government, individual liberties.

Owen Buz Mills was born in Texas and grew up in a loving household with his mom and dad, a World War II Navy veteran.

When he was 17 years old, Buz took the oath to protect and defend our Constitution and our country.  He spent six years serving in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve.  His service to our country taught Buz about leadership, about commitment, about sacrifice.

Following his service to our country, Buz became an ironworker.  He built bridges, got his hands dirty, and earned an honest living.  Buz learned much about the value of hard work and sweat equity and decided to go to work for himself.

In the years to follow, Buz became a successful communications entrepreneur developing public emergency communications systems.  He helped design and build 911 emergency operations centers and Emergency Medical Communications Systems.  Buz created thousands of jobs, built many successful businesses, and became an example of an American success story.

In 1999, Buz, an NRA Official, bought Gunsite Academy, a weapons training range in Arizona (Paulden).  He has since trained thousands of our country's law enforcement officers, members of our nation’s military, and citizens from all over the world.  Gunsite still offers over 100 training classes for military veterans at no charge.

Buz's 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur taught him the value of meeting a deadline and budget, and making a payroll.  As a conservative, he knows that low taxes and less regulations means businesses will have the opportunity to succeed or not.  He knows that government doesn’t create jobs, but the private sector does.  Buz knows that you don’t raise taxes to balance the budget, you cut spending.  And he is the only candidate in the Republican primary election for Arizona Governor who is a true fiscal conservative, and favors dealing with the state budget problem head-on, the same way he approached his successful business career.

More About Buz:

  • A businessman, not a politician.
  • A fiscal and social conservative.
  • Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which opposes all efforts to increase taxes.
  • Is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, and opposes immigrant amnesty or taxpayer funding for illegal Arizona immigrants.
  • Believes the solution to the AZ budget crisis is clear and straightforward: reduce government spending to match revenues and implement a pro-growth tax system for Arizona businesses and families.
  • One of our country’s staunchest defenders of Americans’ right to bear arms, serves as national board member of the National Rifle Association (an NRA Official).
  • Has testified before Congress on passenger safety and the prevention of hijacking situations.
  • A commercial-rated pilot who volunteered his time as a member of the Sheriff’s Air Group Search and Rescue unit for many years.
  • Participated in “Angel flights,” a charity comprised of pilots who donate their time to serve patients who need transportation to receive life-saving care.
  • Happily married to wife Sonja, the Mills are Episcopalian.
  • Father of two and grandfather of two.