Jeffry Lane Flake is an American politician and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Turkey. A member of the Republican Party,Flake served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and in the United States Senate from 2013 to 2019,representing Arizona. He was nominated by Democratic president Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate for his ambassador post on October 26,2021. He presented his credentials to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex of Turkey in Ankara on January 26,2022.
Stephen Clement Austria is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district from 2009 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. In December 2011,Austria announced his intention to not run for re-election for the 113th Congress in the 2012 elections. During his 14 years in elected office,Austria never lost an election.
The Arizona State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house,the House of Representatives,and an upper house,the Senate. Composed of 90 legislators,the state legislature meets in the Capitol Complex in the state capital of Phoenix,Arizona. Created by the Arizona Constitution upon statehood in 1912,the Arizona State Legislature met biennially until 1950. Today,they meet annually.
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.
Timothy Markham Sheldon is an American farmer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 35th District between 1997 and 2023. The district includes all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties. A member of the Democratic Party,Sheldon caucused with the Republican-dominated Majority Coalition Caucus and afterwards the Republican Caucus from 2012. He previously represented Mason County as a Mason County Commissioner for District 2 from 2005 to 2017 and served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
Thomas Charles O'Halleran is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2017 to 2023. Beginning his political career as a Republican,he was the Arizona state senator from the 1st district from 2007 to 2009. In 2015,he became a member of the Democratic Party. He also served as the chair of communications for the Blue Dog Coalition. On June 7,2023,he was appointed as a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Joe Biden administration.
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.
Steve Montenegro is a Salvadoran-American Republican politician from Litchfield Park,Arizona who is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,elected in 2022. He is a former member of the Arizona Senate. He was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,from 2009 to 2017,where he was Speaker Pro Tempore.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts,including the newly created 9th district following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with other federal and state elections,including a quadrennial presidential election,and a U.S. Senate election. Primary elections were held on August 28,2012.
Gregory John Stanton is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from Arizona's 4th congressional district,serving since 2019. A Democrat,he was previously mayor of Phoenix from 2012 to 2018,and was on the Phoenix City Council from 2000 until 2009.
James G. McCune is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 2nd district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Pierce County Council,representing the 3rd district from 2017 to 2021 and as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2013.
Justin Olson is an American politician who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Olson is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 25 from January 14,2013,until 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Kimberly Yee is an American politician serving as the 45th Arizona state treasurer. She is the first Asian-American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature.
David T. Bradley was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona Senate representing District 10 from January 14,2013,to 2021. Bradley served non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2003 until January 10,2011,in the Arizona House of Representatives District 28 seat. He was a State Senator representing District 10 starting in 2012 after defeating incumbent Frank Antenori (R).
Steven B. Yarbrough is an American politician. A Republican,he was the president of the Arizona Senate,and represented District 17 from January 14,2013 to January 14,2019. Yarbrough served in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 21 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 21 seat from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013 for his first term in the Senate. This District was renumbered from 21 to 17 in 2012,although it remained substantially the same geographically.
David Christian Farnsworth is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 10 since 2023. He was previously appointed to the Arizona Senate on September 11,2013,to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rich Crandall. Farnsworth served non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 1995 until January 1997 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 4 seat.
Noel W. Campbell is a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing Arizona's Legislative District One,alongside Steve Pierce.
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.
The 2022 Arizona Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday November 8,to elect the next Secretary of State of Arizona. Incumbent Secretary of State Katie Hobbs declined to run for a second term to instead run for governor. Primary elections were held on August 2,2022. Democrat and former Maricopa County recorder Adrian Fontes defeated Republican representative Mark Finchem by 4.8%.
