Diego Rodriguez (Arizona)

Diego Rodriguez (Democratic Party) was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 27. He assumed office in 2019. He left office on November 17, 2021.

Rodriguez (Democratic Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Arizona. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.

Rodriguez resigned from the Arizona House of Representatives in November 2021 in order to run for Attorney General of Arizona.^[1]Arizona is one of five states with a resign-to-run law, which requires officeholders to resign from their current office in order to run for another.

Rodriguez was a candidate for county attorney of Maricopa County, Arizona. Rodriguez was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Biography

Assemblymember Diego Rodriguez graduated from Notre Dame University in 1992 with a B.B.A. Three years later he received a J.D. from the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law. After graduation, Rodriguez served as Deputy County Attorney in Pima County. After his time as Deputy County Attorney, he started work as the owner of Rodriguez Law Office PLLC.^[2]

Rodriguez was elected in November 2018 to represent Arizona's 27th District, which comprises Laveen, South Phoenix, and Guadalupe.^[3] After the election, Rodriguez became a sitting member on the Elections Committee and Judiciary Committee.^[4]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Rodriguez was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Rodriguez was assigned to the following committees:

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Attorney General of Arizona

Kris Mayes defeated Abraham Hamadeh and Samantha Severson in the general election for Attorney General of Arizona on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kris Mayes (D)	49.9	1,254,809
	Abraham Hamadeh (R)	49.9	1,254,529
	Samantha Severson (L) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3,052

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,512,390
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Kielsky (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Arizona

Kris Mayes advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kris Mayes	100.0	556,351

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 556,351
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Diego Rodriguez (D)
Bob McWhirter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Arizona

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Abraham Hamadeh	33.6	265,636
	Rodney Glassman	23.6	186,863
	Andrew W. Gould	16.7	132,253
	Dawn Grove	12.0	94,670
	Lacy Cooper	8.6	67,742
	Tiffany Shedd	5.6	44,453

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 791,617
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Arizona

Michael Kielsky advanced from the Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Kielsky (Write-in)	100.0	571

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 571
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