Bruce Wheeler

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Bruce Wheeler
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Democratic Party

Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 10
Elections and appointments
Last election

August 28, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arizona, 1972

Graduate

University of Phoenix, 2001

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Bruce Wheeler (Democratic Party) was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 10.

Wheeler (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2018.

Wheeler is a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 10 from 2011 to 2017. He served as assistant minority leader from 2015 to 2017 and minority whip from 2013 to 2014.

Biography

Wheeler earned his B.A. in international relations from the University of Arizona in 1972 and his MBA from the University of Phoenix in 2001.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Wheeler served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2018

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Ann Kirkpatrick defeated Lea Marquez Peterson in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
 
54.7
 
161,000
Image of Lea Marquez Peterson
Lea Marquez Peterson (R)
 
45.2
 
133,083
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
69

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 294,152
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick
 
41.9
 
33,938
Image of Matt Heinz
Matt Heinz
 
29.6
 
23,992
Image of Mary Matiella
Mary Matiella
 
9.4
 
7,606
Image of Bruce Wheeler
Bruce Wheeler
 
8.4
 
6,814
Image of Billy Kovacs
Billy Kovacs
 
6.6
 
5,350
Image of Barbara Sherry
Barbara Sherry
 
2.6
 
2,074
Image of Yahya Yuksel
Yahya Yuksel Candidate Connection
 
1.6
 
1,319

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 81,093
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Lea Marquez Peterson defeated Brandon Martin, Casey Welch, and Danny Morales in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lea Marquez Peterson
Lea Marquez Peterson
 
34.2
 
23,571
Image of Brandon Martin
Brandon Martin
 
28.7
 
19,809
Image of Casey Welch
Casey Welch
 
21.0
 
14,499
Image of Danny Morales
Danny Morales
 
16.1
 
11,135

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,014
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates


2016

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.[1] Incumbent Bruce Wheeler (D) did not seek re-election.

Todd Clodfelter and Kirsten Engel defeated incumbent Stefanie Mach in the Arizona House of Representatives District 10 general election.[2][3]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Todd Clodfelter 33.57% 45,627
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kirsten Engel 33.50% 45,530
     Democratic Stefanie Mach Incumbent 32.94% 44,770
Total Votes 135,927
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Incumbent Stefanie Mach and Kirsten Engel defeated Courtney Frogge in the Arizona House of Representatives District 10 Democratic Primary.[4]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Stefanie Mach Incumbent 35.93% 12,674
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kirsten Engel 33.12% 11,684
     Democratic Courtney Frogge 30.95% 10,916
Total Votes 35,274
Source: Associated Press


Todd Clodfelter ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 10 Republican Primary.[5]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Todd Clodfelter  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Incumbents Stefanie Mach and Bruce Wheeler were unopposed in the Democratic primary. William Wildish and Todd Clodfelter were unopposed in the Republican primary. Mach and Wheeler defeated Wildish and Clodfelter in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Arizona House of Representatives District 10, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Wheeler Incumbent 27.5% 32,731
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStefanie Mach Incumbent 26.2% 31,163
     Republican Todd Clodfelter 25.1% 29,940
     Republican William Wildish 21.2% 25,240
Total Votes 119,074

2012

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2012

Wheeler won re-election in the 2012 election for Arizona House of Representatives District 10. He and Stefanie Mach defeated Brandon Patrick in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. He won the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Wheeler Incumbent 27.4% 43,058
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStefanie Mach 26% 40,843
     Republican Ted Vogt Incumbent 24% 37,758
     Republican Todd A. Clodfelter 22.6% 35,609
Total Votes 157,268
Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Wheeler Incumbent 39% 12,235
Green check mark transparent.pngStefanie Mach 36.7% 11,525
Brandon Patrick 24.3% 7,614
Total Votes 31,374

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Wheeler and Steve Farley defeated Ted Prezelski, Mohur Sidhwa, and Tim Sultan in the August 24 primary election. They then defeated Republican Ken Smalley in the November 2 general election.[12][13]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 28 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Wheeler (D) 29,073
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Farley (D) 29,041
Ken Smalley (R) 20,508
Arizona House of Representatives, District 28 Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Farley (D) 9,172
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Wheeler (D) 5,607
Mohur Sidhwa (D) 5,129
Tim Sultan (D) 3,814
Ted Prezelski (D) 2,515

Campaign themes

2014

Wheeler's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[14]

Protecting Public Education

  • Excerpt: "Adequately fund our K­12, community college, university system, JTED and adult education programs"
  • Excerpt: "Reduce classroom sizes"
  • Excerpt: "Keep dollars in the classroom"
  • Excerpt: "Strengthen a strong partnership involving students, teachers and parents"
  • Excerpt: "Maintain the integrity of locally controlled school districts"

Attracting Quality Jobs

  • Excerpt: "Diversify our economy, encouraging high tech industries such as the biosciences to startup and relocate in Arizona"
  • Excerpt: "Support research and development anchors at our state universities resulting in secondary economic partners"
  • Excerpt: "Encourage an environment that supports job retention and creation in critical industries"
  • Excerpt: "Create a more equitable tax structure that will encourage investment, expansion, retention and the viability of businesses"
  • Excerpt: "Support a well-trained and skilled labor force with high­paying jobs capable of high production and employee security"

2012

Wheeler's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[15]

  • Education
Excerpt: "Allowing guns on campuses is not the solution to our problems! We must reverse the priorities of this legislature which have resulted in Arizona being ranked near the bottom in both student investment and achievement. We presently allocate about $7,800 per student per year, while spending over $42,000 per prison inmate per year. Education does matter."
  • Jobs
Excerpt: "As we begin to dig ourselves out of this recession, we must focus sharply on ways to recapture the over 270,000 jobs still lost in our state since 2008. As a policy maker, together with statewide leaders in science, business, healthcare and sustainable energies I will continue my work to attract greater venture capital investment and high-tech companies, adding thousands of new and good paying jobs to our struggling economy."
  • Healthcare
Excerpt: "The fact that the legislature is allowing 21% of Arizonans to remain without health insurance, is not only a moral issue but is economically foolish and expensive. This means that emergency personnel and hospitals must treat patients and pass the costs on to the rest of us, resulting in higher insurance premiums and hospitalization costs due to uncompensated care."
  • Values
Excerpt: "Sometimes hypocrisy knows no bounds. The ideological and extremist led legislature, which purports to believe in local control of government by the voters in those local jurisdictions and in freedom of choice has been passing laws in which big state government consistently interferes in the decisions by local jurisdictions and acts against the rights of the individual."

Campaign finance summary

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Bruce Wheeler campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018U.S. House Arizona District 2Lost primary$32,300 $27,164
2014Arizona State House, District 10Won $73,517 N/A**
2012Arizona State House, District 10Won $43,809 N/A**
2010Arizona State House, District 28Won $38,713 N/A**
Grand total$188,339 $27,164
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2017

In 2017, the 53rd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 4.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
  • Center for Arizona Policy: Senate and House Voting Records
Legislators' votes are recorded by the Center for Arizona Policy on bills related to family issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues.
Legislators are scored on their stances on animal issues.
  • Secular Coalition for Arizona: Senate and House Voting Records
Legislators are scored on their stances on secular policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their support of business policies.


2016


2015


2014


2013

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Wheeler's endorsements included the following:[17]

  • Arizona Education Association
  • Arizona Medical Association
  • Tucson Metro Chamber
  • Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona
  • Fraternal Order of Police
  • Arizona Technology Council
  • United Food & Commercial Workers
  • AZ Association of Realtors
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Sierra Club

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
  2. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
  3. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
  4. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
  5. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
  6. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
  7. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 27, 2014
  8. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
  9. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
  10. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013
  11. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013
  12. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2010 Primary results," accessed December 20, 2013
  13. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election results," accessed December 13, 2013
  14. ↑ Bruce Wheeler 2014, "Issues," accessed October 16, 2014
  15. ↑ brucewheeler2012.com, "Issues," accessed April 7, 2014 (dead link)
  16. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ARA
  17. ↑ Bruce Wheeler 2014, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2014
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