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Jeff Dial
Republican Party
Prior offices:
Arizona State Senate District 18
Years in office: 2015 - 2017
Arizona House of Representatives District 18
Years in office: 2011 - 2015
Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Small business owner
Contact
Personal website

Jeff Dial is a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 18 from 2015 to 2017. Dial was defeated in the 2016 primary election by challenger Frank Schmuck.

Dial previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 18 from 2011 to 2015. He has served as precinct committeeman for the Republican Party and as state committeeman.

Biography

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Dial's professional experience includes working as Executive Vice President for Dial Chemical Incorporated since 2003 and small business owner. Dial served in the United States Army Reserve from 1996 to 2004.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

Arizona committee assignments, 2011
• Banking and Insurance, Vice Chair
• Military Affairs and Public Safety
• Technology and Infrastructure

Campaign themes

2014

Dial's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Jobs/Economy

  • Excerpt: "As your State Representative, he’ll continue to fight every day to ensure that job creation is our top priority in Arizona."

Education

  • Excerpt: "Jeff will continue to fight for the best possible education for our children and ensure that our education tax dollars are spent wisely."

Balanced Budget

  • Excerpt: "Looking to the future, Jeff believes that we must pay down the debt incurred by previous Arizona Legislatures and leave Arizona on sound financial footing for our children and grandchildren."

Taxes/Government Spending

  • Excerpt: "As a businessman, Jeff believes that Arizona’s government should be run more like a business. He is also an ardent supporter of more transparency, accountability in government, and dollars in the classroom."

Illegal Immigration and Border Security

  • Excerpt: "Jeff believes that our current immigration laws need to be enforced and the federal government needs to step up and do its job. He believes more infrastructure, personnel, and technology is needed along the border."

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

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.

Sean Bowie defeated Frank Schmuck in the Arizona State Senate District 18 general election.[2][3]

Arizona State Senate, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sean Bowie 51.44% 53,962
     Republican Frank Schmuck 48.56% 50,935
Total Votes 104,897
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Sean Bowie ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 18 Democratic Primary.[4]

Arizona State Senate, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sean Bowie  (unopposed)


Frank Schmuck defeated incumbent Jeff Dial in the Arizona State Senate District 18 Republican Primary.[5]

Arizona State Senate, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Frank Schmuck 53.43% 11,483
     Republican Jeff Dial Incumbent 46.57% 10,008
Total Votes 21,491

This candidate ran in one of Ballotpedia's races to watch in 2016. Read more »

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. Jane Hydrick was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Representative Jeff Dial defeated Tom Morrissey in the Republican primary. Dial defeated Hydrick in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Arizona State Senate District 18, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Dial 53.7% 34,522
     Democratic Jane Hydrick 46.3% 29,723
Total Votes 64,245


Arizona State Senate, District 18 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Dial 59.8% 12,889
Tom Morrissey 40.2% 8,659
Total Votes 21,548

2012

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2012

Dial won re-election in the 2012 election for Arizona House of Representatives District 18. He and incumbent Bob Robson ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He won the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 18, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Dial Incumbent 26.1% 46,095
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBob Robson Incumbent 25.1% 44,204
     Democratic Corey Harris 22.4% 39,409
     Democratic Darin Fisher 21.8% 38,347
     Independent Brent Fine 4.7% 8,221
Total Votes 176,276

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Dial and Bob Robson won the August 24 primary. They defeated incumbent Democrat Rae Waters in the November 2 general election.[12][13]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 20 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Dial (R) 28,680
Green check mark transparent.png Bob Robson (R) 27,662
Rae Waters (D) 26,602
Arizona House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Dial (R) 12,025
Green check mark transparent.png Bob Robson (R) 9,584
Christopher Tolino (R) 3,390

Campaign finance summary

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Jeff Dial campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Arizona State Senate, District 18Won $157,955 N/A**
2012Arizona State House, District 18Won $49,577 N/A**
2010Arizona State House, District 20Won $39,461 N/A**
2008Arizona State House, District 20Lost $100,595 N/A**
2004Arizona State House, District 20Lost $40,695 N/A**
Grand total$388,283 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Arizona

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2017

In 2017, the 53rd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 4.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
  • 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 are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues.
Legislators are scored on their stances on animal issues.
  • Secular Coalition for Arizona: Senate and House Voting Records
Legislators are scored on their stances on secular policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their support of business policies.


2016


2015


2014


2013

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jeff + Dial + Arizona + Senate"

Jeff Dial News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ jeffdial.org, "Official campaign website," accessed April 7, 2014
  2. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
  3. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
  4. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
  5. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
  6. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
  7. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 28, 2014
  8. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
  9. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
  10. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013
  11. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013
  12. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2010 Primary results," accessed December 20, 2013
  13. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election results," accessed December 13, 2013
  14. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ARA
Political offices
Preceded by
John McComish (R) 		Arizona State Senate District 18
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Sean Bowie (D)


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