Arizona Legislature elections, 2006

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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.

A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

A political party is an organized group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. The party agrees on some proposed policies and programmes, with a view to promoting the collective good or furthering their supporters' interests.

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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.

Arizona House of Representatives Lower house of U.S. state legislature

The Arizona 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. Its members are elected to two-year terms with a term limit of four consecutive terms. Members of the Republican Party currently hold a majority in the House.

Arizona Senate part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona

The Arizona 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 four terms for a total of eight years. Members of the Republican Party are currently the majority in the Senate.

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 RunningNone
13 Richard Miranda Democratic RunningNone
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 RunningNone
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 RunningNone
28 Paula Aboud Democratic Running Michael J. Steimer (I, Write-In)
29 Victor Soltero Democratic RunningNone
30 Tim Bee Republican Running Jeffrey Chimene (D)

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

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.

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they comprise the legislature of the United States.

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.

See also

Political party strength in U.S. states refers to the level of representation of the various political parties of the U.S. in each statewide elective office providing legislators to the state and to the U.S. Congress and electing the executives at the state and national level.

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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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