James Thomas Kolbe was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2007. A moderate,pro–abortion rights Republican,he came out as gay in 1996 after voting in support of the Defense of Marriage Act;his subsequent re-elections made him the second openly gay Republican elected to Congress.
Nancy Ruth Mace is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Kari Lake Halperin is an American political figure and former television news anchor. She was the Republican Party's nominee in both Arizona's 2022 gubernatorial and 2024 United States Senate elections.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. State voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan. Prior to the election,all 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win,or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Arizona was won by Romney with a 9.06% margin. Obama remains the only president to win two terms in office without carrying Arizona either time since the state's founding in 1912. Arizona is also one of only two states that voted against Obama in both 2008 and 2012 that his vice president Joe Biden would go on to win in 2020,the other being Georgia.
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.
Andrew Steven Biggs is an American attorney and politician who represents Arizona's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district,which was once represented by U.S. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake,is in the heart of the East Valley and includes most of Mesa and Chandler and all of Queen Creek and Biggs's hometown of Gilbert.
Blake Gates Masters is an American venture capitalist and former political candidate. Frequently referred to as a protégéof businessman Peter Thiel,Masters co-wrote Zero to One:Notes on Startups,or How to Build the Future with Thiel in 2014,based on notes Masters had taken at Stanford Law School in 2012. He later served as chief operating officer (COO) of Thiel's investment firm,Thiel Capital,as well as president of the Thiel Foundation.
Mark William Finchem is an American far right politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11 from 2015 to 2023. He is the Arizona coordinator for the Coalition of Western States,an organization that opposes the activities of the Bureau of Land Management and supported the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016.
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. Leach won the race for Arizona state senate from Legislative District 17 in the 2024 Arizona Senate election.
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place in many U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories from February 3 to August 11,2020,to elect most of the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention. Delegates to the national convention in other states were elected by the respective state party organizations. The delegates to the national convention voted on the first ballot to select Donald Trump as the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election,and selected Mike Pence as the vice-presidential nominee.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arizona. Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego defeated Republican former news journalist Kari Lake to succeed independent incumbent Kyrsten Sinema,who did not seek a second term.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Arizona was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election,in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. Arizona voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Republican President Donald Trump of Florida and his running mate,incumbent Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana,against Democratic challenger and former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware and his running mate,United States Senator Kamala Harris of California. The Libertarian nominees were also on the ballot. This is the closest presidential election in Arizona history,surpassing the previous closest of 1964,in which Barry Goldwater won the state by just under a single percentage point.
The 2022 Arizona elections were held in the state of Arizona on November 8,2022,coinciding with the nationwide general election. All six executive offices were up for election,as well as a U.S. Senate seat,all of the state's U.S. House of Representatives seats,and the state legislature.
The 2024 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on Tuesday,November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Arizona voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Arizona has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College,following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. Arizona was considered a crucial swing state in 2024.
Elijah James Crane is an American politician and businessman elected as the U.S. representative from Arizona's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Crane defeated Democratic incumbent Tom O'Halleran.
Juan Ciscomani is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district since 2023. A Republican,he was a senior adviser to former Governor Doug Ducey and vice chair of the Arizona-Mexico Commission. Ciscomani was chosen to deliver the Republican response to the 2023 State of the Union Address in Spanish.
Justine Wadsack is an American politician and radical conservative. 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 2022 Republican primary. In July 2024,Leach defeated Wadsack in the 2024 Republican primary.
Cory McGarr is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 17 in 2022.
Michael Robert Carbone is an American politician and Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 25 in 2022.
The 2024 Arizona Republican presidential primary was held on March 19,2024,as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 43 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis. The contest was held alongside primaries in Florida,Illinois,Kansas,and Ohio.
