Ann Leila Kirkpatrick is an American politician and retired attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2011,and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007.
The 2008 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected would serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011.
Robert Meza is an American politician from Phoenix,Arizona who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from District 30 from 2019 to 2023. He previously served in the Arizona State Senate from 2011 to 2019,and also served four prior terms in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011.
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6,2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress,retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives. As of 2022,this is the most recent election cycle in which neither the presidency nor a chamber of Congress changed partisan control,and the last time that the winner of the presidential race provided coattails for their party in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Steve Montenegro is a Salvadoran-American Republican politician from Litchfield Park,Arizona who is a former member of the Arizona Senate. He was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,where he was Speaker Pro Tempore.
Jamescita Mae Peshlakai is a former Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate,serving from 2017 to 2021. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 until 2015,and served as co-Minority Whip for the 2018 sitting of the state senate. Peshlakai is a member of the Navajo Nation. She served in the Persian Gulf War. Before her legislative service,Peshlakai provided agricultural outreach to Native Americans on behalf of the USDA.
Catherine Miranda is an American politician and member of the Arizona Senate from District 11.
Darin Mitchell is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 13 since January 14,2013 until he was defeated for reelection. Mitchell had attracted criticism for sponsoring a bill that would have increased taxes by $584.6 million (net) by taxing services such as childcare and funerals.
Paul D. Boyer is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 20 from 2019 to 2023. He previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019,including serving as the Chair of the Arizona House Education Committee.
Bob Robson is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 18. Robson previously served consecutively from January 10,2011,until January 14,2013,in the District 20 seat,and non-consecutively from January 2001 until January 2009 in the District 6 and District 20 seats.
Javan Daniel "J.D." Mesnard is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 13 since 2023. He previously represented District 17 from 2019 to 2023.
Franklin M. Pratt was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Arizona State Senate. He had previously been a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,representing District 8. Pratt served consecutively from January 2009 until January 14,2013 in the District 23 seat.
Kelli Ward is an American osteopathic physician and politician who has served as the chair of the Arizona Republican Party since 2019. She served in the Arizona State Senate from 2013 to 2015.
Nancy K. Barto is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate from 2021 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and the Arizona Senate representing District 15 from 2013 to 2019. Barto served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2007 until January 10,2011 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 7 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 7 seat from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013.
The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3,2020,with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these,21 were held by Republicans,and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to six-year terms from January 3,2021,to January 3,2027. Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections:one in Arizona,to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018;and one in Georgia,following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019. These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent Republican president Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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.
Venden "Vince" Leach is an American politician from Arizona. A Republican,he was a member of the Arizona State Senate from 2019 to 2023,representing District 11. From 2015 to 2019,he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11.
Russell "Rusty" Bowers is an American politician and 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. He was elected Speaker in 2019.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on November 6,2018,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the State of Arizona,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The 2018 general elections saw the Democratic party gain the 2nd Congressional district,thus flipping the state from a 5–4 Republican advantage to a 5–4 Democratic advantage,the first time since the 2012 election in which Democrats held more House seats in Arizona than the Republicans.
Sean Bowie is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate elected to represent District 18 in 2016. Bowie previously worked as a Senior Planning Analyst for the Provost's office at Arizona State University and now serves as a Professor of Practice at the ASU College of Public Service &Community Solutions. On September 8,2021,Bowie announced that he would not seek re-election to the Arizona Senate in 2022.
