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David Farnsworth
Image of David Farnsworth
Arizona State Senate District 10
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Arizona State Senate District 16
Successor: Kelly Townsend

Compensation

Base salary

$24,000/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within Maricopa County: $35/day. For legislators residing outside of Maricopa County: $251.66.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Mesa High School

Associate

Mesa Community College

Personal
Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Profession
Real estate investor
Contact

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

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org

2023-2024

Farnsworth was assigned to the following committees:


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
Image of David Farnsworth
David Farnsworth (R)
 
61.5
 
70,561
Image of Robert Doyle
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
Image of Robert Doyle
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
Image of David Farnsworth
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
Image of David Farnsworth
David Farnsworth (R) Candidate Connection
 
61.1
 
53,945
Image of Nick Fierro
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
Image of David Farnsworth
David Farnsworth Candidate Connection
 
64.9
 
23,494
Image of Russell Bowers
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
Image of Anna Tovar
Anna Tovar (D)
 
17.5
 
1,450,194
Image of Lea Marquez Peterson
Lea Marquez Peterson (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.5
 
1,449,963
Image of James O'Connor
James O'Connor (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.3
 
1,434,236
Eric Sloan (R)
 
16.7
 
1,379,804
Image of William Mundell
William Mundell (D)
 
15.7
 
1,295,836
Image of Shea Stanfield
Shea Stanfield (D) Candidate Connection
 
15.3
 
1,264,909
Christina Gibson (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
411
Image of Patrick Finerd
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
Image of Anna Tovar
Anna Tovar
 
39.3
 
531,400
Image of William Mundell
William Mundell
 
30.7
 
416,099
Image of Shea Stanfield
Shea Stanfield Candidate Connection
 
30.0
 
406,044

Total votes: 1,353,543
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Lea Marquez Peterson
Lea Marquez Peterson Candidate Connection
 
44.8
 
456,065
Image of James O'Connor
James O'Connor (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
4.5
 
45,544

Total votes: 1,018,395
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of David Farnsworth
David Farnsworth (R) Candidate Connection
 
61.4
 
51,406
Image of Benjamin Carmitchel
Benjamin Carmitchel (D) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Benjamin Carmitchel
Benjamin Carmitchel Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of David Farnsworth
David Farnsworth Candidate Connection
 
75.8
 
19,399
Image of Michael Hernandez
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
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Farnsworth Incumbent 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
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Scott Prior  (unopposed)


Incumbent David Farnsworth ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 16 Republican Primary.[6]

Arizona State Senate, District 16 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Farnsworth Incumbent (unopposed)

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]

Arizona State Senate District 16, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Christian Farnsworth Incumbent 65.9% 31,659
     Democratic Scott Prior 34.1% 16,382
Total Votes 48,041


Arizona State Senate, District 16 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Christian Farnsworth Incumbent 55.5% 10,705
Taylor McArthur 44.5% 8,597
Total Votes 19,302

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

David Farnsworth did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Candidate Connection

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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I grew up in Mesa Arizona and married with children and grandchildren. I’m a constitutional conservative.
  • We need to secure our southern border.
  • We need to secure our elections.
  • We need to protect our children born and unborn.
I believe the United States constitution was inspired by God. I am pro life, pro second amendment. I believe we should have less government, lower taxes, and more personal responsibility.
Former secretary of agriculture Ezra Taft Benson.
“An enemy hath done this” by Ezra Taft Benson.

“The book of Mormon“

“2000 mules”
Honesty, integrity, being teachable, understanding the United States Constitution, having the courage to do the right thing under pressure.
I am honest, trustworthy, dependable, teachable, I have a good understanding of the Constitution and the proper role of government. I speak fluent English and Spanish.
Protecting the liberty of the people is the number one responsibility.
Less government, lower taxes, more personal responsibility. Liberty for the people of Arizona.
I worked for the city of mesa. It was a summer job, which ended at the end of the summer.
The Book of Mormon. Along with the Bible, it teaches the gospel of Jesus Christ. It also tells of a free Native American country, about 100 BC. It provides a great amount of understanding about freedom verses captivity. There were two groups: The Freemen and The Kingmen. Just like today!
Life itself is a struggle. It is meant to be. That is how we grow strong.
The governor and the legislature should work as closely together as possible. However, legislation should be written by the legislature. The governor should not be trying to control the legislature.
Election integrity, border security, growth leading to challenges with water, protection of children both born and unborn. We must build more freeways without increasing taxes. We can do this by eliminating waste in government. There are some departments which are doing more harm than good. They should be eliminated.
It can be very helpful, if they are not unduly influenced by lobbyists and special interest groups. The legislature is a very dangerous place, full of people wanting money and power. It takes a very strong personality to stay there without being wrongfully influenced.
It is necessary to learn who is like-minded in the legislature. It can be very beneficial in understanding the complexities of all the votes that are taken. However, you cannot have a relationship that is so close that you can’t vote against anyone and everyone. Because, no one has a perfect understanding of the proper role of government. You must always vote your conscience.
.The only one I want to model myself after is the Lord Jesus Christ.
I have heard many stories concerning the 2020 election. They were personal and passionate stories of people who had first hand knowledge of election fraud. Even though I don’t have personal proof that the 2020 election was stolen, I am confident that it was.
We definitely need a well developed emergency plan. However, emergency powers should be extremely limited and temporary. The legislature needs to take responsibility for developing this plan. In the governor’s response to Covid, The rights of the people were trampled on. Closing some businesses and leaving others open and shutting people out of their houses of worship is totally unconstitutional.
Minor compromises are a necessary part of reality. However, you must never compromise your integrity.

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2020

David Farnsworth did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Candidate Connection

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]

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]
Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy?
“The Proper Role of Governement" by Benson[13]
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Honestly, integrity and understanding of the founding principles of our Republic.[13]
What is your favorite book? Why?
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:
  • Pro-Life
  • Pro-2nd Amendment
  • Pro-Family
  • Pro-School choice
  • Pro-Free markets[13]

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
Commerce and Public Safety
Finance, Chair
Government

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Farnsworth served on these committees:

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Campaign finance summary


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David Farnsworth campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arizona State Senate District 10Won general$13,825 $8,688
2022Arizona State Senate District 10Won general$43,458 $47,364
2018Arizona State Senate District 16Won general$13,925 N/A**
2016Arizona State Senate, District 16Won $22,885 N/A**
2014Arizona State Senate, District 15Won $55,778 N/A**
Grand total$149,871 $56,052
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2015


2014


2013

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


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
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)


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