High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pamela Diane Gorman is a conservative Republican politician. She was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and most recently served as Arizona State Senator for District 6 from her election in 2006 (and reelection in 2008) until she vacated her seat on January 25, 2010 in order to run for Congress to replace the retiring John Shadegg. While running to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from Arizona`s District 3, she gained national attention for a campaign ad showing her firing a Thompson submachine gun, and for her cosponsorship of Arizona`s anti-illegal immigration bill. She lost to Ben Quayle, the son of former Vice President, Dan Quayle.