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My name is Jen Limbach and I will be editing Ballotpedia this summer as an intern for the Lucy Burns Institute. My primary project work covers state legislatures and state legislators. This May, I received my B.A. in political science and economics from the University of Wisconsin- Madison with a certificate in environmental studies. Previously, I worked for a non-partisan, Wisconsin-based think tank where I researched and wrote on state political issues. This fall I will be attending law school at the UW.
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Term limits will be a primary focus for Jen this summer.
The three pages to model after are:
- Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2010
- Impact of term limits on state senate elections in 2010
- Impact of term limits on state representative elections in 2010
The three pages to create are:
- Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2012
- Impact of term limits on state senate elections in 2012
- Impact of term limits on state representative elections in 2012
Also, an FYI
Categories to use:
Category:Representative termed out, 2012
Category:Senator termed out, 2012
- California state assembly members whose terms end in 2012
- California state assembly members whose terms end in 2014
- California state senators whose terms end in 2012
- California state senators whose terms end in 2014
Term limits On the State leg team, we often create small side-project pages that are very specific to some feature of a state legislature. Things like:
- I'd like you to take this page and create a similar page called California state senators whose terms end in 2014. You can model the page in the exact same format. You should be able to find a list of the senators who are term-limited in 2014 on the CA state senate
Welcome to my sandbox. It is merely a place for me to play around with different edits or ideas before turning them into a new page.
Arizona Senators face least number of losses from term limits laws
July 15, 2011
by Jennifer Limbach
Of the 15 state senates with term limits laws, Arizona's senators will face the least amount of losses in the 2012 elections. Arizona first enacted term limits laws on both its state senate and state house in 1992 with the passage of Proposition 107. This limited state senators to at most 4 2-year terms, although partial terms also count towards the term limit.
This law will manifest itself in 2012 by preventing senators Linda Gray and Ron Gould from seeking another term. Two other states tie Arizona for least losses in the state senate, with Ohio and Oklahoma also losing exactly two state senators to term limits. Across all 13 states with term limits that will be holding state senate elections in 2012, 83 seats will be term limited out. This represents 25.3% of the total 328 senate seats up for reelection in these states. By comparison, Arizona's losses make up 6.7& of its 30 state senate seats, all of which are up for reelection.
In 2010, the impacts in Arizona were much heavier. Ten state senators, 4 Democrats and 6 Republicans, were term-limited out, making for a minimum turnover of 33.3% of Arizona's state senate seats. Both senators term-limited in 2012 are also Republicans, making both years harder on the GOP than the Democratic Party. However, given the Republican majority in the Arizona senate both in 2010 and 2012, the uneven party losses likely reflect the unequal partisan makeup of the senate.
Currently, Democrats hold 9 of the 30 senate seats while Republicans hold 21. Though the term limits offer Democrats an opportunity to gain seats without having to run against an incumbent, the majority of senate elections will pit any Democratic challenger against an incumbent. Similarly in the Arizona House of Representatives, 5 Republican representatives will be termed-out in 2012, but the composition of the House leans heavily in their favor, with 40 seats held by Republicans and 20 held by Democrats.
| Party | # of termed senators | # of termed representatives | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Democratic
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0 | 0 | 0 |
 Republican
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2 | 5 | 7 |
See also
- Impact of term limits on state senate elections in 2012
- Impact of term limits on state representative elections in 2012
- Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2012
- State legislatures with term limits
- Arizona State Senate
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