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Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

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Arizona State House elections, 2010

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Arizona House of Representatives
State legislative elections, 2010

Elections for all 60 seats in the Arizona State House were held on November 2, 2010.

The signature filing deadline was May 26, 2010, and the primary election day was August 24, 2010.

In Arizona, representatives are elected to two-year terms with a limit of four consecutive terms. There are two representatives for each district. The two candidates who receive the highest number of votes in each district are elected.

As a result of this election, the Republican majority gained five seats for control of 2/3rds of all seats in the House.

Thirty-six (60%) of the 60 incumbent representatives ran for re-election in 2010.

See also: State house elections, 2010 and Arizona House of Representatives

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the November 2 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives.

Term limits

Arizona representatives serve two-year terms with a four-term/eight-year limit established by Proposition 107 in 1992. Arizona's term limits apply to parts of terms and not just full terms.

In the 2010 state house elections, 13 representatives who were first elected in 2002 (five Democrats and eight Republicans) were unable to run for re-election due to term limits. They were:

Democrats (5):

Republicans (8):

In addition to the 13 Arizona state representatives, 10 state senators did not seek re-election due to term limits.

Nationally, 253 current state representatives termed out in November, or 20% of the 1,263 total seats up for election in the 13 term-limited states with November 2010 elections.

Arizona was one of 6 Houses where Republicans had more term-limited representatives than Democrats.

Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in Arizona in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state house races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year Number of candidates Total contributions
2010 166 $5,311,375
2008 135 $5,531,238
2006 137 $4,354,506
2004 135 $3,816,633
2002 155 $4,079,565

Contributions in the 2010 elections for House candidates totaled $5,311,375 for the 166 candidates. The top ten contributors were:[2]

Donor Amount
Public Fund $2,353,619
McGee, Kate Brophy $65,033
May, Steve $50,410
Blaire, Michael $35,157
Smith, David $34,557
McGee, Catherine Brophy $31,169
Arizona Association of Realtors $22,756
Cox Communications $20,494
Weiers, James $20,150
Arizona Education Association $19,156


Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

2010 state legislative elections analyzed using a Competitiveness Index

One incumbent (2.86%), Democrat Chad Campbell, faced no competition in the November 2 general election.

Primary challenges

Twenty incumbents faced competition in the August 24 primary.

The following three incumbents lost to their primary challengers:

The following 18 incumbents (5 Democrats and 13 Republicans) won their primaries:

Retiring incumbents

Eleven incumbent representatives who were not bound by term limits did not run for re-election, while the remaining 36 eligible incumbents (76.6%) ran for re-election. Of the 11 incumbents who did not seek re-election, six were Democrats and five were Republicans.

Incumbents who retired were:

Qualifications

Article 4, Part 2, Section 2 of the Arizona Constitution states: "No person shall be a member of the Legislature unless he shall be a citizen of the United States at the time of his election, nor unless he shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and shall have been a resident of Arizona at least three years and of the county from which he is elected at least one year before his election."

List of candidates

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District 1

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Lindsay Bell 29,214
Republican Party Karen Fann 41,082 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Andy Tobin 46,401 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Lucy Mason was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

District 2

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Tom Chabin 22,789 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Albert Hale 30,164 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Frank Mulligan 5,195

Note: Incumbent Democrat Christopher Deschene was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 3

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Doris Goodale 34,581 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Nancy G. McLain 34,978 Green check mark transparent.png

District 4

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Karina Guerrero 32,134
Republican Party Judy Burges 60,124 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Jack Harper 56,422 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Tom Boone was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 5

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bill Shumway 17,478
Democratic Party Prescott Winslow 15,489
Republican Party Brenda Barton 32,884 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Chester Crandell 30,890 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Democrat Jack Brown was eligible but did not seek re-election.

Note: Incumbent Republican Bill Konopnicki was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 6

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary result:
  • William Barker (Write-in) 4
Green Party August 24 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Teri Conrad 20,754
Republican Party Amanda Reeve 34,555 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Carl Seel 31,508 Green check mark transparent.png
Green Party Deborah ODowd 5,405

District 7

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Don Chilton 18,897
Democratic Party Peter Royers 16,560
Republican Party Heather Carter 37,254 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party David Smith 34,007 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Jim Iannuzo 4,395

Note: Incumbent Republican Nancy K. Barto was eligible but did not seek re-election.

Note: Incumbent Republican Ray Barnes was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 8

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party John Kriekard 28,084
Republican Party John Kavanagh 42,867 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Michelle Ugenti 38,055 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Michele Reagan was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 9

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Shirley McAlister 20,249
Republican Party Rick Gray 28,459 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Debbie Lesko 32,423 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Rick Murphy was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 10

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Aaron Jahneke 12,226
Democratic Party Jackie Thrasher 14,770
Republican Party Jim Weiers 18,237 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Kimberly Yee 19,485 Green check mark transparent.png

District 11

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
  • Eric Meyer 9,991 Approveda Incumbent Meyer was first elected in 2008.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Eric Meyer 30,151 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Kate Brophy McGee 32,589 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Eric West 28,611

Note: Incumbent Republican Adam Driggs was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 12

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Angela Cotera 30,543
Republican Party Steve B. Montenegro 36,623 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Jerry Weiers 35,724 Green check mark transparent.png
Green Party Justin Dahl 6,762

District 13

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Richard Miranda 12,990 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Anna Tovar 12,619 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Democrat Martha Garcia was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 14

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Chad Campbell 9,157 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Debbie McCune-Davis 9,584 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Democrat Robert Meza was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 15

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green primary result:
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Lela Alston 15,167 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Katie Hobbs 15,885 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Caroline B. Condit 8,424
Republican Party Paul Yoder 8,972
Green Party Luisa Evonne Valdez 1,343
Grey.png Les White 1,739

Note: Incumbent Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and David M. Lujan were eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 16

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Ruben Gallego 18,365 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Catherine H. Miranda 19,197 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Michael Gular 8,551
Green Party Angel Torres 2,532

Note: Incumbent Democrat Ben R. Miranda was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 17

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Ed Ableser 21,153 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party P. Ben Arredondo 22,458 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Donald Hawker 14,277
Republican Party Steve May 14,048
Libertarian Party Cristian Dumitrescu 1,429
Libertarian Party Damian Trabel 1,638
Green Party Haryaksha Gregor Knauer 1,260

Note: Incumbent Democrat David Schapira was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 18

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
  • Cecil Ash 7,157 Approveda Incumbent Ash was first elected in 2008.
  • Steve Court 6,978 Approveda Incumbent Court was first elected in 2009.
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Michael Conway 11,568
Republican Party Cecil Ash 16,222 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Steve Court 16,177 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Chris A.H. Will 3,452

District 19

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Kit Filbey 19,866
Republican Party Kirk Adams 33,972 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Justin Olson 31,513 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Rich Crandall was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 20

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
  • Rae Waters 7,067 Approveda Incumbent Waters was first elected in 2008.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green Party primary result:
  • Drew Blischak (Write-in) 1 Blischak did not appear on the general election ballot.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Rae Waters 26,602
Republican Party Jeff Dial 28,680 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Bob Robson 27,662 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican John McComish was eligible but did not seek re-election.

District 21

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Tom Forese 42,523 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party J.D. Mesnard 39,891 Green check mark transparent.png
Green Party Linda J. Macias 17,181

Note: Incumbent Republicans Warde Nichols and Steven B. Yarbrough were ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 22

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Eddie Farnsworth 51,533 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Steve Urie 48,031 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Andy Biggs was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 23

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Ernest Bustamante 22,698
Democratic Party Barbara McGuire 23,679
Republican Party John Fillmore 30,986 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Frank Pratt 32,303 Green check mark transparent.png

District 24

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Lynne Pancrazi 15,298 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party John Weil 13,146
Republican Party Russell Jones 19,226 Green check mark transparent.png

District 25

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Patricia Fleming 21,359
Democratic Party Ruben Ortega 19,911
Republican Party Peggy Judd 25,405 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party David Stevens 25,043 Green check mark transparent.png

District 26

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
  • William Wallace Wallace withdrew on June 17 and did not appear on the primary ballot.
  • Nancy Young Wright 13,984 Approveda Incumbent Wright was first appointed in January 2008.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Nancy Young Wright 37,435
Republican Party Terri Proud 40,247 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Vic Williams 38,180 Green check mark transparent.png

District 27

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 24 Green primary result:
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Sally Ann Gonzales 23,623 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Macario Saldate 22,791 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Robert I. Compton 14,226
Green Party Kent Solberg 5,778
Grey.png Gene Chewning 4,526

Note: Incumbent Democrats Phil Lopes and Olivia Cajero Bedford were ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 28

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Steve Farley 29,041 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Bruce Wheeler 29,073 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Ken Smalley 20,508

Note: Incumbent Democrat David Bradley was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

District 29

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
  • Matt Heinz 6,377 Approveda Incumbent Heinz was first elected in 2008.
  • Daniel Patterson 6,674 Approveda Incumbent Patterson was first elected in 2008.
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Matt Heinz 17,227 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Daniel Patterson 18,326 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Pat Kilburn 14,338

District 30

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 24 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Andrea Dalessandro 38,093
Republican Party David Gowan 49,387 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Ted Vogt 45,237 Green check mark transparent.png

See also

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Footnotes


Current members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Steve Montenegro
Majority Leader:Michael Carbone
Minority Leader:Oscar De Los Santos
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
Lupe Diaz (R)
District 20
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
Lisa Fink (R)
District 28
District 29
District 30
Republican Party (33)
Democratic Party (27)