Chester Crandell

	Chester Crandell
	Arizona State Senate District 6
	Incumbent
	In office
	January 7, 2013-Present
	Term ends
	January 5, 2015
Years in position	0
Party	Republican
	Compensation
Base salary	$24,000/year
Per diem	$35/day for the first 120 days of regular session and for special sessions and $10/day thereafter.
	Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	Four consecutive terms
	Prior offices
	Arizona House of Representatives District 5
	2011-2013
	Education
Bachelor's	University of Arizona
	Personal
Profession	Self-Employed
Websites
	Office website

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After school, Crandell began working as a public school teacher. His first job was at Westwood High School in 1972, where he taught Vocational Agriculture. He then spent the following 30 years in the field of education. Crandell is currently assistant superintendent for the Joint Technological Educatoin District.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Crandell served on the following committees:

Arizona Committee Assignments, 2013
• Appropriations
• Education, Vice Chair
• Government and Environment
• Natural Resources and Rural Affairs
• Public Safety, Chair
• Audit, Chair

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Crandell served on these committees:

Arizona Committee Assignments, 2011
• Agriculture and Water, Vice Chair
• Education
• Environment

Elections

2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Crandell ran in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 6. He ran unopposed in the August 28, 2012, Republican primary. He won the general election on November 6, 2012.^[1]^[2]

The demographic characteristics of the state combined with Democratic candidate Tom Chabin's personal ties to the area have led some to suggest that this race will be one of the most competitive state senate races in Arizona.^[3]

Arizona State Senate, District 6, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chester Crandell	53%	45,105
	Democratic	Tom Chabin	47%	39,933
Total Votes				85,038

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Crandell and Brenda Barton won the August 24 primary. They then defeated Democrats Bill Shumway and Prescott Winslow in the November 2 general election.^[4]^[5]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 5 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Brenda Barton (R)		32,884
Chester Crandell (R)		30,890
Bill Shumway (D)		17,478
Prescott Winslow (D)		15,489

Arizona House of Representatives, District 5 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Brenda Barton (R)		10,696
Chester Crandell (R)		9,311
Keith Alexander (R)		7,541

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Crandell raised $37,376 in contributions. ^[6]

His largest contributor was the Public Fund, which donated $32,520 to his campaign.

Personal

Crandell has a wife, Alice.

Scorecards

Goldwater Institute

See also: Goldwater Institute's Legislative Report Card

The Goldwater Institute releases its "Legislative Report Card" annually for all Arizona legislators. This report card tracks how legislators voted on key votes and assigns them a letter grade based on how closely their votes agree with the Institute's positions. The primary values emphasized in the ratings are whether votes expand or restrict liberty.^[7]

2012

Crandell received a score of 65 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of B according to the Goldwater Institute’s grading scale. This score was 1 higher than his score on the 2011 report card. Crandell’s 65 in 2012 was tied for the 16th highest grade among all 60 Arizona State Representatives.^[7]

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