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David Farnsworth
2023 - Present
2027
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David Farnsworth (Republican Party) is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 10. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Farnsworth (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 10. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
David Farnsworth was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and lives in Arizona. Farnsworth graduated from Mesa High School and earned his A.A. in business administration from Mesa Community College in 1979. His career experience includes owning a real estate investing and rental management company and several other companies, working as a licensed real estate and insurance agent, and as a supervisor for Home Depot.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Farnsworth was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Government Committee
- Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections Committee, Vice Chair
- Senate Ethics Committee, Chair
- Transportation and Technology Committee (Decommissioned), Chair
- Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 10
Incumbent David Farnsworth defeated Robert Doyle in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Farnsworth (R) | 61.5 | 70,561 |
![]() | Robert Doyle (D) | 38.5 | 44,170 |
Total votes: 114,731 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 10
Robert Doyle advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 10 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Doyle | 100.0 | 13,400 |
Total votes: 13,400 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 10
Incumbent David Farnsworth advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 10 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Farnsworth | 100.0 | 27,134 |
Total votes: 27,134 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Farnsworth in this election.
2022
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 10
David Farnsworth defeated Nick Fierro in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Farnsworth (R) ![]() | 61.1 | 53,945 |
![]() | Nick Fierro (Independent) | 38.9 | 34,382 |
Total votes: 88,327 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 10
David Farnsworth defeated Russell Bowers in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 10 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Farnsworth ![]() | 64.9 | 23,494 |
![]() | Russell Bowers | 35.1 | 12,705 |
Total votes: 36,199 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2020
State executive election
See also: Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Arizona Corporation Commission on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Anna Tovar (D) | 17.5 | 1,450,194 |
✔ | ![]() | Lea Marquez Peterson (R) ![]() | 17.5 | 1,449,963 |
✔ | ![]() | James O'Connor (R) ![]() | 17.3 | 1,434,236 |
Eric Sloan (R) | 16.7 | 1,379,804 | ||
![]() | William Mundell (D) | 15.7 | 1,295,836 | |
![]() | Shea Stanfield (D) ![]() | 15.3 | 1,264,909 | |
Christina Gibson (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 411 | ||
![]() | Patrick Finerd (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 232 |
Total votes: 8,275,585 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)
Anna Tovar, William Mundell, and Shea Stanfield advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Anna Tovar | 39.3 | 531,400 |
✔ | ![]() | William Mundell | 30.7 | 416,099 |
✔ | ![]() | Shea Stanfield ![]() | 30.0 | 406,044 |
Total votes: 1,353,543 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bridget Bellavigna (D)
- Paul Newman (D)
- John Dougherty III (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)
Eric Sloan, incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson, and James O'Connor advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Sloan | 50.7 | 516,786 | |
✔ | ![]() | Lea Marquez Peterson ![]() | 44.8 | 456,065 |
✔ | ![]() | James O'Connor (Write-in) ![]() | 4.5 | 45,544 |
Total votes: 1,018,395 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Farnsworth (R)
- Kim Owens (R)
- Neil DeSanti (R)
- Nick Myers (R)
- Avery Block (R)
- Patrick Tucker (R)
- Boyd Dunn (R)
- Roger Pencek (R)
Campaign finance
State legislative election
- See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2020
Farnsworth was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2018
- See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 16
Incumbent David Farnsworth defeated Benjamin Carmitchel in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Farnsworth (R) ![]() | 61.4 | 51,406 |
![]() | Benjamin Carmitchel (D) ![]() | 38.6 | 32,261 |
Total votes: 83,667 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 16
Benjamin Carmitchel advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 16 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Benjamin Carmitchel ![]() | 100.0 | 11,785 |
Total votes: 11,785 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 16
Incumbent David Farnsworth defeated Michael Hernandez in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 16 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Farnsworth ![]() | 75.8 | 19,399 |
Michael Hernandez | 24.2 | 6,184 |
Total votes: 25,583 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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2016
- See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Arizona State Senate 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.
Incumbent David Farnsworth defeated Scott Prior in the Arizona State Senate District 16 general election.[3][4]
Arizona State Senate, District 16 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
65.02% | 56,096 | |
Democratic | Scott Prior | 34.98% | 30,180 | |
Total Votes | 86,276 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
Scott Prior ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 16 Democratic Primary.[5]
Arizona State Senate, District 16 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | ![]() |
Incumbent David Farnsworth ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 16 Republican Primary.[6]
Arizona State Senate, District 16 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Republican | ![]() |
2014
- See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Arizona State Senate 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. Scott Prior was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent David Farnsworth defeated Taylor McArthur in the Republican primary. Farnsworth defeated Prior in the general election.[7][8][9][10]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
65.9% | 31,659 | |
Democratic | Scott Prior | 34.1% | 16,382 | |
Total Votes | 48,041 |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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55.5% | 10,705 |
Taylor McArthur | 44.5% | 8,597 |
Total Votes | 19,302 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Farnsworth did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
David Farnsworth completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Farnsworth's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- We need to secure our southern border.
- We need to secure our elections.
- We need to protect our children born and unborn.
“The book of Mormon“
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2020
David Farnsworth did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Farnsworth participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 10, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and David Farnsworth's responses follow below.[11]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
“ | Protect the unborn. Reduce unnecessary regulation. Expose government waste and fraud.[12][13] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
“ | Property Rights. No increase in taxation. Protecting our borders.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[13]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. David Farnsworth answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
“ | Former Sec. of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. He understood and taught clearly the proper role of Government.[13] | ” |
“ | “The Proper Role of Governement" by Benson[13] | ” |
“ | Honestly, integrity and understanding of the founding principles of our Republic.[13] | ” |
“ | The Book of Mormon. Like the Bible, it teaches principles of happiness and also it is a great teacher of correct teaching for good Government.[13] | ” |
2014
Farnsworth listed the following issues on his campaign website:[14]
“ | Political Position:
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Committee assignments
2019-2020
Farnsworth was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Arizona committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Commerce and Public Safety |
• Finance, Chair |
• Government |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Farnsworth served on the following committees:
Arizona committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Commerce and Workforce Development |
• Federalism, Mandates and Fiscal Responsibility, Vice chair |
• Financial Institutions, Chair |
• Natural Resources |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Farnsworth served on these committees:
Arizona committee assignments, 2013 |
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• Education |
• Finance |
• Natural Resources and Rural Affairs |
• Transportation |
Sponsored legislation
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Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.
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2023
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In 2023, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 to July 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 26.
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2019
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In 2019, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 28.
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2018
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In 2018, the 54th Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 4.
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2017
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In 2017, the 53rd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 4.
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2016
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In 2016, the 52nd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 11 through May 7.
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2015
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In 2015, the 52nd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 12 to April 2.
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2014
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In 2014, the 51st Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 13 to April 24.
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2013
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In 2013, the 51st Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 14.
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Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Farnsworth's endorsements included the following:[16]
- United States Representative Matt Salmon
- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
- Former County Sheriff Richard Mack
- Former Senate President Russell Pearce
- Small Business Alliance AZ
- Arizona Association of Realtors
- Gun Rights Across America
- MindAspire LLC, an Arizona Corporation
- The Center for Women's Strength and Empowerment, an Arizona nonprofit organization
- The Aryve Network
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on May 19, 2014
- ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "David C. Farnsworth," accessed January 14, 2023
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 28, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "David Farnsworth's responses," August 10, 2018
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Farnsworth for Senate, "Bio," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedARA
- ↑ Democracy.com, "Endorsements," accessed July 28, 2014
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D) |
Arizona State Senate District 10 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Arizona State Senate District 16 2013-2021 |
Succeeded by Kelly Townsend (R) |