Ed Ableser

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Ed Ableser
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Prior offices
Arizona State Senate District 17

Arizona House of Representatives District 17

Arizona State Senate District 26

Education

Bachelor's

Arizona State University

Graduate

Arizona State University

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Mental Health Counselor

Ed Ableser (b. March 16, 1978) is a former Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 26 from 2013 to September 30, 2015. He resigned to take a job with the Nevada Department of Education.[1]

Ableser served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 17 from 2007 to 2013. Prior to joining the House, Ableser was appointed to fill the state Senate term of former state Senator Harry Mitchell in 2006. He served in the state Senate, representing District 17 from 2006 to 2007.

Biography

Ableser's professional experience includes working as a Mental Health Counselor for Southwest Behavioral Health Services, a Faculty Associate in Curriculum and Instruction at Arizona State University and a Family Counselor at Southwest Behavioral Health Services.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ableser served on these committees:

Issues

Political courage test

Ableser provided answers to the Arizona State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test informs voters how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected. When asked his legislative priorities he replied:

"My primary legislative priorities are to increase funding to education programs while mandating that class sizes be lowered, standards be raised and students receive the best and most innovative resources in the classroom. This investment should start at the Kindergarten level and continue throughout our state universities. My second legislative priority is to utilize one of Arizona's most useful commodities, the sun. I believe that Arizona should be a worldwide leader in solar power and can produce enough energy to supply other Western states and create tremendous profit for our state."[2]

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

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. Incumbent Ed Ableser was unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Dale Eames (I) in the general election. Jennifer Knepfler (L) filed to run but was removed from the ballot.[3][4][5][6]

Arizona State Senate District 26, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEd Ableser Incumbent 58.4% 14,845
     Independent Dale Eames 41.6% 10,563
Total Votes 25,408

2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Ableser ran in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 26. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. He won the general election on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

Arizona State Senate, District 26, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEd Ableser 54% 26,051
     Republican Jerry Lewis Incumbent 40.3% 19,442
     Libertarian Damian Trabel 5.7% 2,747
Total Votes 48,240

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Ableser won re-election to the 17th District seat in 2010. He and P. Ben Arredondo faced no opposition in the August 24 primary election. They defeated Republicans Donald Hawker and Steve May, Libertarians Cristian Dumitrescu and Damian Trabel, and Green Party candidate Haryaksha Gregor Knauer in the November 2 general election.[9]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 17 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png P. Ben Arredondo (D) 22,458
Green check mark transparent.png Ed Ableser (D) 21,153
Donald Hawker (R) 14,277
Steve May (R) 14,048
Damian Trabel (L) 1,638
Cristian Dumitrescu (L) 1,429
Haryaksha Gregor Knauer (G) 1,260

2008

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Ableser and David Schapira were elected to the 17th District Seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating opponents Mark Thompson (R) and Wes Waddle (R).[10]

Arizona State House, District 17 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ed Ableser (D) 30,467
Green check mark transparent.png David Schapira (D) 33,210
Mark Thompson (R) 23,437
Wes Waddle (R) 18,461

Campaign finance summary


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Ed Ableser campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Arizona State Senate, District 26Won $42,646 N/A**
2012Arizona State Senate, District 26Won $40,147 N/A**
2010Arizona State House, District 17Won $40,018 N/A**
2008Arizona State House, District 17Won $45,208 N/A**
2006Arizona State House, District 17Won $50,902 N/A**
2004Arizona State House, District 17Lost $54,338 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2015

In 2015, the 52nd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 12 to April 2.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Legislators are scored on how they vote in relation to the Republican Party platform.[11]
Legislators are scored on their votes on ASBA's legislative priority bills.
  • 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' 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.
Legislators were scored on their stances on policies related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on their stances on secular policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2014


2013

Personal

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Ableser has a wife, Hilary. Ableser's father-in-law is U.S. Senator Dean Heller.

Ableser is involved with the University Presbyterian Church, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, League of Conservation Voters, Kiwanis Club of Tempe and the Boys and Girls Club of Tempe.[12]

Recent news

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See also

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Al Melvin (R)
Arizona State Senate District 26
2013–2015
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Arizona State House District 17
2007–2013
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Harry E. Mitchell
Arizona State Senate District 17
2006–2007
Succeeded by
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