Chip Davis (Arizona)

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Chip Davis was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 1 of the Arizona House of Representatives.

Elections

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 Karen Fann (R) did not seek re-election.

Incumbent Noel Campbell and David Stringer defeated Peter Pierson and Haryaksha Gregor Knauer in the Arizona House of Representatives District 1 general election.[2][3]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Noel Campbell Incumbent 38.70% 70,412
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Stringer 36.27% 65,993
     Democratic Peter Pierson 18.35% 33,396
     Green Haryaksha Gregor Knauer 6.68% 12,145
Total Votes 181,946
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Peter Pierson ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 1 Democratic Primary.[4]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peter Pierson  (unopposed)


Incumbent Noel Campbell and David Stringer defeated Chip Davis in the Arizona House of Representatives District 1 Republican Primary.[5]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 1 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Noel Campbell Incumbent 39.16% 23,548
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Stringer 31.05% 18,672
     Republican Chip Davis 29.80% 17,919
Total Votes 60,139
Source: Associated Press

Endorsements

In 2016, Davis' endorsements included the following:[6]

  • Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher
  • Arizona Trucking Association Political Action Committee
  • Former Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh
  • Prescott Valley Mayor Harvey Skoog
  • Former Yavapai County Sheriff G.C. "Buck" Buchanan
  • Former Yavapai County Supervisor John Olsen
  • Prescott Valley Town Councilmember Lora Lee Nye
  • Dewey-Humboldt Mayor Terry Nolan
  • Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • REALTORS® of Arizona

Campaign themes

2016

Davis' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Rural Arizona Concerns

  • One of rural Arizona's greatest needs is transportation funding and we need to ensure that the rural areas of the state receive enough funding to be able to maintain existing roads; provide opportunities for public transportation for rural residents who cannot drive due to low income, advanced age, or physical or developmental disabilities; and to build new roads needed to support growing populations in rural areas. While it is true that freeways and surface streets in Maricopa and Pima counties are subjected to high volumes of both local and commercial traffic, it is also true that a high percentage of that commercial traffic must travel on highways and local roads in rural parts of the state in order to get to those highly urbanized counties. Rural county roads also carry a large volume of tourist vehicles from the state's urban counties.

Transportation

  • It is far less expensive to maintain roads than to allow them to fail and then fix them. Well-maintained roads will result in an improved quality of life and reduced vehicle repair costs for the traveling public and they will help to ensure that the delivery of goods and services in our state flow smoothly and efficiently, thereby benefiting all Arizonans.

Education

  • It is hard to grow an economy when potential investors see your state ranked 49th out of 50 in education funding. It is hard to attract employees with young families to move to our state when they doubt the state's commitment to providing a quality education for their children. Proposition 123 will provide an immediate revenue source for our ailing education finance crisis, but it is not a long-term solution. If we want a successful economic future, we need to solve the education funding puzzle.

Senior Citizens Challenges

  • We can do a better job of ensuring that Arizona's senior citizens receive the respect and care they deserve. Through utilization of various resources such as Community Development Block Grants, municipal assistance and volunteers we can improve the lives of our senior citizens. An example of this is Yavapai County's use of Community Development Block Grant funds to help build and improve the Verde Valley Senior Center.

Budget

  • I believe that the state budget should always be a balanced budget, that it should always have a reserve fund, and that it should include a process for contingency plans in the event that revenues either fall short or exceed projections. A process for contingency plans would ensure that when revenues fall short budget cuts are automatically implemented as a response to the shortfall. Such a process would also ensure that when revenues exceed projections additional money is automatically directed to areas of the budget that have been prioritized as needing increased funding.[7]
 ”
—Chip Davis, [8]

See also

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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. ↑ Elect Chip Davis, "Endorsements," accessed August 5, 2016
  7. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  8. ↑ Elect Chip Davis, "Issues," accessed August 5, 2016


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