Harold Trent Franks is an American businessman and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure,Franks served as vice chairman of the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and chairman of the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution,Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Frank Duncan Riggs was an American U.S. army veteran,law enforcement officer,charter school executive,and Republican politician from the states of California and Arizona. He served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1990s.
John Huppenthal is an American politician who served as Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2011 to 2015. Prior to being elected Superintendent,Huppenthal served as City Councilman,State Representative,and State Senator. Huppenthal was also a Senior Planning Analyst for Salt River Project.
Bradley Allen Klippert is an American politician,minister,law enforcement officer,and military officer who formerly served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 8th Legislative District.
The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix. The party currently controls six of Arizona's nine U.S. House seats,sixteen of thirty State Senate seats,thirty-one of sixty State House of Representatives seats,four of five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission and three Statewide Executive Offices
Russell Keith Pearce was an American far-right politician who was a Republican (GOP) member of the Arizona State Senate. He rose to national prominence as the primary sponsor of Arizona SB1070,a controversial anti-illegal immigrant measure that was signed into law in 2010. He was elected President of the Arizona Senate when the Senate began its January 2011 term but then suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune when he was ousted in a November 2011 recall election,the first legislator in Arizona history to be so removed from office. He served as Vice-Chair of the Arizona GOP,but he resigned the position in September 2014 after controversy over a eugenicist comment about forced sterilization of poor women on Medicaid.
Thomas Charles Horne is an American politician,attorney,businessman,and activist who has served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023 and previously from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was Attorney General of Arizona from 2011 to 2015. Horne ran for reelection as Attorney General but lost to Mark Brnovich in the 2014 Republican primary.
Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is a state-level department tasked in Arizona with oversight of public education from kindergarten to secondary school. The ADE is run by an elected Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and politician who was the 23rd governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Ducey was CEO of the ice cream parlor chain Cold Stone Creamery from 1995 to 2007 and was Arizona State Treasurer from 2011 to 2015.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the U.S. Senate to represent the State of Arizona,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,other elections to the U.S. Senate in other states and elections to the U.S. House of Representatives,as well as various state and local elections.
The 1986 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 4,1986,for the post of Governor of Arizona. Republican Evan Mecham,who defeated Burton Barr for the Republican nomination,defeated the Democratic nominee and State Superintendent Carolyn Warner and independent candidate Bill Schulz. However,Mecham did not complete his full term,as he was impeached and removed from office in 1988. This was the first gubernatorial election in which La Paz County participated after separating from Yuma County in between this election and the one just before it.
Kelly Townsend is an American author,childbirth educator and birth doula who was a Republican politician. She was a member of the Arizona Senate representing District 16 from 2021 to 2023,and previously was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021,acting as Majority Whip from 2017 to 2018.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 4,2014. All of Arizona's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 26,2014.
Brenda Burns is an American politician,real estate agent and member of the Republican Party from the state of Arizona who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission from 2011 to 2015. Elected in 2010,she was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in 2014 but chose not to do so.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 6,2018. All of Arizona's executive offices were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican Party won the majority of statewide offices,albeit by much narrower margins than in previous elections,while the Democratic Party picked up three statewide offices.
David Garcia is an American politician and education professor who was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election.
Kathy Hoffman is an American educator,speech-language pathologist,and politician who served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she took her oath of office with her hand placed on top of the book Too Many Moose,which holds special significance for her and her former students.
The 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction,concurrently with the election of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona. Incumbent Democratic Superintendent Kathy Hoffman was defeated in her run for a second term by former Republican Attorney General Tom Horne. Significantly,Horne's win marked the first time in the state's history that a Republican won a statewide race without winning Maricopa County,home to 62% of the state's population and a former Republican stronghold;the only other statewide 2022 Republican candidate to win that year,Kimberly Yee,won her race by a wide margin partly by carrying Maricopa County.
Justine Wadsack is an American politician. Wadsack was elected in 2022 to serve in the Arizona State Senate representing District 17 as a member of the Republican Party. Wadsack defeated incumbent State Senator Vince Leach in the Republican primary.
