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James Chaston
James Chaston (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 12. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Chaston completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
James Chaston was born in Provo, Utah. He earned a high school diploma from Orem High School, a bachelor's degree in 1994, and a graduate degree in 2001 from Arizona State University. His career experience includes working as a certified public accountant and finance director. Chaston has been affiliated with ASCPA, AICPA, AAATP, BNI, and Chambers of Commerce.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)
Patricia Contreras and Anastasia Travers defeated Terry Roe and James Chaston in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patricia Contreras (D)  | 29.3 | 55,454 |
| ✔ |  | Anastasia Travers (D) | 28.8 | 54,484 |
 | Terry Roe (R) | 21.1 | 40,024 | |
 | James Chaston (R) | 20.8 | 39,298 | |
| Total votes: 189,260 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)
Patricia Contreras and Anastasia Travers defeated Paul Weich, Ajlan Kurdoglu, and Sam Huang in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 12 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patricia Contreras | 27.7 | 13,050 |
| ✔ | | Anastasia Travers | 27.1 | 12,738 |
 | Paul Weich | 20.8 | 9,796 | |
 | Ajlan Kurdoglu | 15.1 | 7,083 | |
 | Sam Huang | 9.3 | 4,363 | |
| Total votes: 47,030 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 12 (2 seats)
Terry Roe and James Chaston advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 12 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terry Roe | 52.0 | 16,355 |
| ✔ | | James Chaston | 48.0 | 15,104 |
| Total votes: 31,459 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Chaston completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chaston's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jim has worked in accounting for over 30 years, starting his own CPA firm more than 18 years ago. His firm specializes in working with local small business owners to save them money and be successful.
In addition to helping Arizonans through his CPA Firm, Jim has served on a variety of boards.
Jim also served as a City Finance Director, worked with County Water and Sewer Districts, and Tribal Governments and enterprises working in their accounting and budget systems.
Jim’s extensive background and experience working with government, business, and individuals, makes him uniquely qualified to represent the best interests of Arizonans at the State Capitol.
Jim has been married to his wife Pamela for 29 years and together they have three children. He enjoys completing Triathlons, Spartan Races and other activities to bring out the best in himself and to see just what he is capable of and testing his limits continuously.
As a small business owner, Conservative Republican, community advocate, and CPA, I’m running to take fiscally conservative values and sound business principles to safeguard and protect your hard-earned tax dollars.- Supporting Businesses, keeping taxes and regulations low so that we can lower inflation and bring jobs to Arizona is of paramount importance.
- We need to secure our borders, support our police officers to keep our neighborhoods safe.
- Our future is our children, we need to invest in education and ensure parental rights of their childrens education.
Taxation
Education
Education
Water
Appropriations
Education
Not sure it is desirable, however people are different and so compromise is needed.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 1, 2022
