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2006 Arizona State Legislature election

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Elections to the 48th Arizona Legislature were held on November 7, 2006. Primary elections to determine political party nominees were held on September 12, 2006. The two candidates with the highest vote count in each primary advanced to the November election.

The Legislature is composed of 30 legislative districts, each electing two Representatives (to the Arizona House of Representatives) and one Senator (to the Arizona Senate). No person may serve more than four consecutive terms in either body. Members of the Republican Party currently hold a majority of seats in both the House and Senate.

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48th Arizona State Legislature

48th Arizona State Legislature

The 48th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2008, during the first two years of Janet Napolitano's second term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Democrats gained a seat in the Senate, leaving the Republicans with a 17-13 majority. The Republicans maintained their majority in the lower chamber, 33–27, even though the Democrats picked up 6 seats.

Primary election

Primary election

Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the country and administrative divisions within the country, voters might consist of the general public in what is called an open primary, or solely the members of a political party in what is called a closed primary. In addition to these, there are other variants on primaries that are used by many countries holding elections throughout the world.

Political party

Political party

A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals.

Arizona House of Representatives

Arizona House of Representatives

The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Its members are elected to two-year terms, with a term limit of four consecutive terms. Each of the state's 30 legislative districts elects two state house representatives and one state senator, with each district having a population of at least 203,000.

Arizona Senate

Arizona Senate

The Arizona State Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members each representing an average of 219,859 constituents. Members serve two-year terms with term limits that limit Senators to a maximum four consecutive terms before requiring a one-term respite prior to running again. Members of the Republican Party are currently the majority in the Senate. There are currently 16 women serving in the Senate after Raquel Terán was appointed, making it the first time a majority of the body was composed of female members.

State House of Representatives

District Incumbents Party Status Candidates
1 Lucy Mason
Tom O'Halleran
Republican
Republican
Running
Running for State Senate
Andy Tobin (R)
Wesley Edmonds (D)
George Seaman (I)
2 Ann Kirkpatrick
Albert Tom
Democratic
Democratic
Running
Running
Preston J. Korn (R)
3 Trish Groe
Nancy McLain
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Luis Lopez (D)
4 Tom Boone
Judy Burges
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Debra Boehlke (D)
Sue Dolphin (D)
5 Jack Brown
Bill Konopnicki
Democratic
Republican
Running
Running
6 Ted Carpenter
Pamela Gorman
Republican
Republican
Running for State Senate
Running for State Senate
Doug Clark (R)
Sam Crump (R)
7 Ray Barnes
Nancy K. Barto
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Marilyn Fox (D)
Jeanne Lunn (D)
Jim Iannuzo (L)
8 Michele Reagan
Colette Rosati
Republican
Republican
Running
Retiring
John Kavanagh (R)
Stephanie Rimmer (D)
H. William Sandburg (D)
9 Rick Murphy
Bob Stump
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Sheri van Horsen (D)
10 Doug Quelland
James P. Weiers
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Lamont Lovejoy (D)
Jackie Thrasher (D)
11 John Allen
Stephen Tully
Republican
Republican
Retiring
Retiring
Adam Driggs (R)
Don Hesselbrock (R)
Mark Anthony DeSimone (D)
12 John Nelson
Jerry Weiers
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
None
13 Steve Gallardo
Martha Garcia
Democratic
Democratic
Running
Running
None
14 Debbie McCune-Davis
Robert Meza
Democratic
Democratic
Running for State Senate
Running
Chad Campbell (D)
John Stevens (R)
Mike Renzulli (L)
15 David Lujan
Kyrsten Sinema
Democratic
Democratic
Running
Running
Robert Gear (R)
William Wheat (R) (write-in)
Richard Buck (L)
16 Leah Landrum Taylor
Ben Miranda
Democratic
Democratic
Running for State Senate
Running
Cloves Campbell, Jr. (D)
Daniel Coleman (R)
17 Meg Burton Cahill
Laura Knaperek
Democratic
Republican
Running for State Senate
Running
Ed Ableser (D)
David Schapira (D)
Dale Despain (R)
18 Mark Anderson
Russell Pearce
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Tammie Pursley (D)
19 Kirk Adams
Gary Pierce
Republican
Republican
Running
Running for Arizona Corporation Commission
Rich Crandall (R)
Lara Wibeto (D)
20 John McComish
Bob Robson
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Jack Heald (L)
21 Warde Nichols
Steve Yarbrough
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Phil Hettmansperger (D)
22 Andy Biggs
Eddie Farnsworth
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Edward Schwebel (L)
23 Cheryl Chase
Pete Rios
Republican
Democratic
Running for State Senate
Running
John Fillmore (R)
Frank Pratt (R)
Barbara McGuire (D)
24 Amanda Aguirre
Russell Jones
Democratic
Republican
Running for State Senate
Running for State Senate
Joseph "Mel" Melchione (R)
Ken Rosevar (R)
Lynne Pancrazi (D)
Theresa Ulmer (D)
Martin Rodney (I)
25 Manuel Alvarez
Jennifer Burns
Democratic
Republican
Running
Running
Patricia Fleming (D)
Gail Griffin (R)
26 Pete Hershberger
Steve Huffman
Republican
Republican
Running
Retiring
David Jorgenson (R)
Lena Saradnik (D)
27 Olivia Cajero Bedford
Phil Lopes
Democratic
Democratic
Running
Running
Gene Chewning (R)
28 David Bradley
Ted Downing
Democratic
Democratic
Running
Retiring
Steve Farley (D)
Bill Phillips (R)
29 Linda Lopez
Tom Prezelski
Democratic
Democratic
Running
Running
Bruce Murchison (R)
30 Marian McClure
Jonathan Paton
Republican
Republican
Running
Running
Clarence Boykins (D)

State Senate

District Incumbent Party Status Candidates Winner
1 Ken Bennett Republican Retiring Tom O'Halleran (R)
Josephine Kelleher (D)
Terry Dunn (L)
Tom O'Halleran (R)
2 Albert Hale Democratic Running Royce Jenkins (R)
Mark Haughwout (I)
Albert Hale (D)
3 Ron Gould Republican Running Noah Harris (D) Ron Gould (R)
4 Jack Harper Republican Running Ed Gogek (D) Jack Harper (R)
5 Jake Flake Republican Running Phil Cobb (D) Jake Flake (R)
6 Dean Martin Republican Running for State Treasurer Pamela Gorman (R)
Jim Larson (D)
7 Jim Waring Republican Running Lisa Black (D)
8 Carolyn Allen Republican Running Dan Oseran (D)
9 Bob Burns Republican Running Steve Poe (D)
10 Linda Gray Republican Running Martin Monroe (D)
Dan Poland (L)
11 Barbara Leff Republican Running Ann Wallack (D)
12 Robert Blendu Republican Running None
13 Richard Miranda Democratic Running None
14 Bill Brotherton Democratic Retiring Debbie McCune-Davis (D)
15 Ken Cheuvront Democratic Running Andrew Smigielski (R)
16 Linda Aguirre Democratic Retiring Leah Landrum (D)
Daniel Veres (R)
17 Ed Ableser Democratic Running for State House Meg Burton Cahill (D)
Rose Crutcher (R)
18 Karen Johnson Republican Running Rachel Kielsky (L)
19 Chuck Gray Republican Running Steven Zachary (D)
20 John Huppenthal Republican Running Donna Gratehouse (D)
21 Jay Tibshraeny Republican Running None
22 Thayer Verschoor Republican Running Glenn A. Ray (D)
23 Rebecca Rios Democratic Running Cheryl Chase (R)
24 Robert Cannell Democratic Retiring Amanda Aguirre (D)
Russell Jones (R)
Stanley Lenihan (I)
25 Marsha Arzberger Democratic Running Mary Ann Black (R)
26 Toni Hellon Republican Defeated in Primary Al Melvin (R)
Charlene Pesquiera (D)
27 Jorge Luis Garcia Democratic Running None
28 Paula Aboud Democratic Running Michael J. Steimer (I, Write-In)
29 Victor Soltero Democratic Running None
30 Tim Bee Republican Running Jeffrey Chimene (D)

R=Republican, D=Democratic, L=Libertarian, I=Independent/No Affiliation

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Ken Bennett

Ken Bennett

Kenneth Roy Bennett is an American businessman and politician who served as president of the Arizona Senate and served as the 19th Secretary of State of Arizona, from 2009 to 2015. He was a candidate for Governor of Arizona in the 2014 election and 2018 election. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Albert Hale

Albert Hale

Albert A. Hale was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Arizona Senate from 2004 to 2011 and in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.

Ron Gould (politician)

Ron Gould (politician)

Ronald Charles Gould is a small business owner and a former Republican member of the Arizona Senate from Lake Havasu City, representing the 3rd Senate District from 2005 until 2013.

Jim Waring

Jim Waring

Jim Waring is an American politician, who served as state senator for seven years in the Arizona State Senate and now represents District 2 on the Phoenix City Council.

Carolyn Allen

Carolyn Allen

Carolyn Allen was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate from 1994 through 2011. She was first elected to the Arizona House in November 1992, where she represented District 28. She was subsequently re-elected three times to the House, always representing District 29. After serving four terms in the House, the Arizona Constitution prevented Allen from running for a fifth term. She ran for the Arizona Senate in 2002 in District 8, which was new due to redistricting in the state. She won the election and won re-election 3 more times to serve as the State Senator from District 8.

Bob Burns (Arizona politician)

Bob Burns (Arizona politician)

Robert Burns is a politician from Arizona. He is a former member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Prior to that, he served in the Arizona State Senate, where in his final term, he was also elected as the President of the Senate. Before that he served six terms in the Arizona House of Representatives.

Linda Gray

Linda Gray

Linda Ann Gray is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas, for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The role also earned her two Golden Globe Awards.

Barbara Leff

Barbara Leff

Barbara Leff is an American politician who served in the Arizona House of Representatives from the 24th district from 1997 to 2003 and in the Arizona Senate from the 11th district from 2003 to 2011.

Toni Hellon

Toni Hellon

Toni Hellon was a member of the Arizona State Senate from January 2001 until January 2007. Prior to running for the Senate, Hellon held several government positions in Pima Countyduring the 1990s, including Chief Deputy Clerk and Chief Deputy Recorder.

Paula Aboud

Paula Aboud

Paula Aboud is an American politician who was a member of the Arizona Senate, representing the 28th District. A Democrat, she served as the Senate's minority whip.

Analysis

Five incumbents—three Democrats and two Republicans— retired and didn't seek another elective office. Eleven State House members ran for the State Senate, and one State Senator ran for a seat in the State House; switching between chambers, especially when a term limit has been reached in one chamber, is a common occurrence in the Arizona Legislature.[1] Two members of the State Legislature sought statewide offices, and one sought election to the United States House of Representatives.

There were 14 races in which an incumbent Senator or both the incumbent Representatives are sought reelection and faced a primary challenge for the nomination(s) of their respective parties. Out of the 90 state legislative races, there are only six in which there are candidates ran without opposition.

The Republican Party needed to pick up one seat in the State House and two in the State Senate and lose none of their own in either chamber to gain a legislature that could override a Governor's veto. The Democratic Party needed to pick up nine seats in the State House without losing any of their own to form a House majority, and pick up three in the State Senate without losing any of their own to form a Senate majority.

Source: "2006 Arizona State Legislature election", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, February 3rd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Arizona_State_Legislature_election.

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References
  1. ^ Although in this case the State Senator doing so did not term out, see Ed Ableser's biography

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