Rusty Bowers is the former Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 25th legislative district from 2015 to 2023. In 2020, he refused efforts to overturn the presidential election, stating that there was no evidence whatsoever of election fraud that would otherwise mandate rejection of the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Arizona. For these efforts, Bowers was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.