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The Arizona Senate is the upper chamber of the Arizona State Legislature. It consists of thirty state senators. Each of the senators represents a district with an average population of about 170,000 residents, as of the 2000 census. Members serve two-year terms with term limits, limiting Senators to four terms (a total of eight years). Members of the Republican Party are currently in the majority in the Senate.

Party balance

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 12
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 16
Vacant 2
Total 30

List of current members

District Senator Party Counties in district
01 Steve Pierce Image:Reddot.png Republican Prescott, Coconino County
02 Albert Hale Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Flagstaff, Navajo, Apache
03 Ron Gould Image:Reddot.png Republican Mohave County, La Paz County N.
04 Jack Harper Image:Reddot.png Republican Yavapai Cty South, Maricopa Cty N.
05 Sylvia Allen Image:Reddot.png Republican Gila County, Snowflake
06 Vacant Phoenix North, Cave Creek
07 Vacant Phoenix Nth-Nth-East, Carefree
08 Carolyn Allen Image:Reddot.png Republican Phoenix North-East, Scottsdale
09 Robert Burns Image:Reddot.png Republican Phoenix N-W., Sun City, Peoria
10 Linda Gray Image:Reddot.png Republican Phoenix North Central, Glendale
11 Barbara Leff Image:Reddot.png Republican Phoenix East, Paradise Valley
12 John Nelson Image:Reddot.png Republican Phoenix West, Litchfield Park
13 Richard Miranda Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Phoenix South-West, Tolleson
14 Debbie McCune-Davis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Phoenix South Central
15 Ken Cheuvront Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Phoenix South-East Central
16 Leah Landrum-Taylor Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Phoenix South, Guadalupe
17 Meg Burton Cahill Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Phoenix South-East, Tempe
18 Russell Pearce Image:Reddot.png Republican Mesa West, South-East Phoenix
19 Chuck Gray Image:Reddot.png Republican Mesa East, South-East Phoenix
20 John Huppenthal Image:Reddot.png Republican Phoenix South, Chandler West
21 Jay Tibshraeny Image:Reddot.png Republican Chandler, Queen Creek, South-East Phoen.
22 Thayer Verschoor Image:Reddot.png Republican Gilbert, Mesa South, Gold Camp
23 Rebecca Rios Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pinal County
24 Amanda Aguirre Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Yuma County, La Paz Cty South
25 Manuel Alvarez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pima County W., Cochise County
26 Al Melvin Image:Reddot.png Republican Oro Valley, Catalina, Tucson North
27 Jorge Luis Garcia Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tucson West, Three Points
28 Paula Aboud Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tucson North
29 Linda Lopez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tucson
30 Jonathan Paton Image:Reddot.png Republican Green Valley, Tucson South-East

Senate committees

The Arizona Senate has twelve (12) standing committees:

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