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Kevin Payne
2025 - Present
2027
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Kevin Payne (Republican Party) is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 27. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Payne (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 27. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Kevin Payne was born in Florence, Arizona. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1978 to 1986 and was honorably discharged. Payne's career experience includes working as an electrical engineer, aerospace technical consultant, and small business owner and operator.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Payne was assigned to the following committees:
- Government and Elections Committee
- Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections Committee, Chair
- Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections Committee
- Regulatory Affairs Committee
2021-2022
Payne was assigned to the following committees:
- Government and Elections Committee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections Committee, Chair
2019-2020
Payne was assigned to the following committees:
- Government and Higher Education Committee, Vice Chairman
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Public Safety Committee (Decommissioned), Chairman
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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• Federalism, Property Rights and Public Policy |
• Transportation and Infrastructure |
• Ways and Means |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 27
Kevin Payne won election in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 27 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne (R) | 100.0 | 67,274 |
Total votes: 67,274 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joshua Abbott (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 27
Kevin Payne advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 27 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne | 100.0 | 20,673 |
Total votes: 20,673 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Payne in this election.
Pledges
Payne signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ben Toma and incumbent Kevin Payne defeated Don Kissinger in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ben Toma (R) ![]() | 34.6 | 40,249 |
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne (R) ![]() | 34.6 | 40,240 |
![]() | Don Kissinger (D) ![]() | 30.8 | 35,839 |
Total votes: 116,328 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Don Kissinger advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Don Kissinger (Write-in) ![]() | 100.0 | 681 |
Total votes: 681 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ben Toma and incumbent Kevin Payne defeated Brian Morris and Jay Griffin in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ben Toma ![]() | 41.3 | 17,278 |
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne ![]() | 40.1 | 16,772 |
Brian Morris | 11.0 | 4,617 | ||
Jay Griffin | 7.5 | 3,143 |
Total votes: 41,810 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 (2 seats)
Beverly Pingerelli and incumbent Kevin Payne defeated Kathy Knecht in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Beverly Pingerelli (R) | 35.6 | 57,803 |
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne (R) | 32.9 | 53,441 |
![]() | Kathy Knecht (D) ![]() | 31.5 | 51,047 |
Total votes: 162,291 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 (2 seats)
Kathy Knecht advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kathy Knecht ![]() | 100.0 | 19,882 |
Total votes: 19,882 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 (2 seats)
Incumbent Kevin Payne and Beverly Pingerelli defeated Randy Miller in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne | 38.1 | 16,987 |
✔ | ![]() | Beverly Pingerelli | 37.9 | 16,896 |
Randy Miller | 24.0 | 10,708 |
Total votes: 44,591 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 (2 seats)
Incumbent Kevin Payne and incumbent Tony Rivero defeated Gilbert Romero and Bradley Hughes in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne (R) | 28.7 | 41,236 |
✔ | ![]() | Tony Rivero (R) | 27.3 | 39,275 |
![]() | Gilbert Romero (D) | 22.1 | 31,756 | |
![]() | Bradley Hughes (D) ![]() | 21.8 | 31,348 |
Total votes: 143,615 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 (2 seats)
Gilbert Romero and Bradley Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gilbert Romero | 52.3 | 11,140 |
✔ | ![]() | Bradley Hughes ![]() | 47.7 | 10,161 |
Total votes: 21,301 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 (2 seats)
Incumbent Kevin Payne and incumbent Tony Rivero advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 21 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Payne | 59.0 | 18,543 |
✔ | ![]() | Tony Rivero | 41.0 | 12,870 |
Total votes: 31,413 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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2016
Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives 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.[3] Incumbent Rick Gray (R) did not seek re-election.
Kevin Payne and incumbent Tony Rivero defeated Deanna Rasmussen-Lacotta in the Arizona House of Representatives District 21 general election.[4][5]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 21 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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36.84% | 45,639 | |
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35.57% | 44,060 | |
Democratic | Deanna Rasmussen-Lacotta | 27.59% | 34,180 | |
Total Votes | 123,879 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
Deanna Rasmussen-Lacotta ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 21 Democratic Primary.[6]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Kevin Payne and incumbent Tony Rivero were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 21 Republican Primary.[7]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 21 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kevin Payne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Kevin Payne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Payne'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'm a constitutional conservative they will uphold both the Arizona and the US constitution
- I'm an advocate of public safety to include correctional, police police and firefighters
- I believe in backpack funding for for our students where the money follows the child to whatever school ever school they attend. This includes public district, public charter, private and home schools.
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2020
Kevin Payne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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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2022
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In 2022, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 25.
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2021
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In 2021, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 11 to June 30.
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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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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate Arizona State Senate District 27 |
Officeholder Arizona State Senate District 27 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2022
- ↑ Elect Kevin Payne, "About," accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
- ↑ 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
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Anthony Kern (R) |
Arizona State Senate District 27 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by Marcelino Quiñonez (D) |
Arizona House of Representatives District 27 2023-2025 |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Arizona House of Representatives District 21 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by Consuelo Hernandez (D) |