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56th Arizona State Legislature
The 56th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, is the current legislative session constituted in Phoenix on January 9, 2023, during the first two years of Katie Hobbs's first full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. In the November 2022 Senate election, Republicans maintained an unchanged 16–14 majority. Republicans also maintained an unchanged 31–29 majority in the House after the November 2022 House election. Sessions The Legislature met in its first regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The session opened on January 9, 2023. The second regular session will begin on January 8, 2024. Senate Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. House of Representatives Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Petersen
Warren Petersen is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 14 from January 9, 2023. He currently serves as President of the Arizona Senate. He formerly was a State Representative, also representing District 12. He was elected by his peers to serve as Majority Leader from 2018–2019. Elections In 2012, Arizona redistricted and Legislative District 12 was drawn to cover Gilbert and Queen Creek. Steve Urie decided to leave the legislature, leaving an open seat in the House. Petersen ran in the three-way August 28, 2012, Republican primary. Incumbent Representative Eddie Farnsworth placed first, Petersen placed second with 12,500 votes, and former state Senator Larry Chesley placed third with 8,688 votes. Farnsworth and Petersen were unopposed in the November 6, 2012, general election, with Farnsworth placing first and Petersen taking second with 52,590 votes. In 2014, Petersen and Farnsworth were unopposed in the primary, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Farnsworth
David Christian Farnsworth (born July 16, 1951) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 10 since 2023. He was previously appointed to the Arizona Senate on September 11, 2013, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rich Crandall. Farnsworth served non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 1995 until January 1997 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 4 seat. Education Farnsworth graduated from Mesa High School and earned his AA from Mesa Community College. Elections * 1994: To challenge House District 4 incumbent Democratic Representative Jack Brown and Polly Rosenbaum, Farnsworth ran in the September 13, 1994, Republican Primary as a write-in candidate, qualifying with 582 votes. In the November 8, 1994, General election, Farnsworth took the first seat with 20,780 votes, Representative Brown took the second seat, and Representative Rosenbaum placed third, concluding a 45-year c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Terán
Raquel Terán is an American politician serving as a member of the Arizona Senate from the 30th district. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives. Early life Terán was born in Douglas, Arizona. Her citizenship was challenged in court by an anti-immigration advocate in 2012, and again after her 2018 election. The lawsuits were both dismissed. Career Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Terán was a community organizer who was active in opposing Arizona SB 1070 that she believed had an " anti-immigrant sentiment." She was part of the successful recall of Russell Pearce, the primary sponsor of SB 1070, in 2011. Terán was elected in November 2018 to the Arizona House of Representatives, and she assumed office on January 14, 2019. In 2021, Terán was elected chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. On September 15, 2021, Terán was appointed to the Arizona Senate to fill the remainder of Tony Navarrete's two-year term following his resignation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sine Kerr
Sine Kerr is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 25 since January 2023. She was previously appointed to the District 13 seat in January 2018. Background and business activities Kerr grew up in rural Buckeye, Arizona, and graduated from Buckeye Union High School. She owns a large dairy farm. Political career Appointment and elections Kerr is the member for state Senate District 13, which covers the West Valley. In January 2018, she was appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors from among a list of three candidates to fill the state Senate seat, which was vacated by Steve Montenegro who resigned to run for a special election for the seat in Congress vacated by Trent Franks. In August 2018, Kerr won the Republican nomination for a full term in office, defeating Brent Backus and Don Shooter. Tenure In 2021, Kerr proposed legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Arizona, even in cases of rape or inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Hernandez
Anna Hernandez is an American politician. Hernandez was elected in 2022 to serve in the Arizona State Senate representing District 24 as a member of the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ..., defeating incumbent State Representative Cesar Chavez in the Democratic primary. Hernandez went on to be unopposed in the general election. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Party Arizona state senators 21st-century American politicians {{Arizona-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Fernandez (politician)
Brian Fernandez is an American politician who is State Senator for the Arizona 23rd Legislative District and former member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 4th legislative district beginning in 2021. He was appointed to the seat after incumbent Representative Charlene Fernandez, his mother, resigned the seat to become Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Fernandez is a sixth generation native of Yuma and a graduate of Arizona State University. Prior to joining the legislature, he volunteered for several political campaigns, including those of former Governor Janet Napolitano, Congressmen Ruben Gallego and Congressman Ed Pastor. Brian also founded a software startup, Team Start, which does business in Arizona and Mexico City. Early life and education Fernandez was born in Yuma, Arizona to Sergio and Charlene Fernandez. He attended Yuma High School where he graduated, and went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Diaz (Arizona Politician)
Eva Diaz is an American politician. Diaz was elected in 2022 to serve in the Arizona State Senate representing District 22 as a member of the Democratic Party, after mounting a write-in campaign as a result of the only candidate on the ballot, Diego Espinoza Diego Espinoza is a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper hou ..., withdrawing from the race. Diaz has also served as Chair of the Tolleson Planning Commission since 2013. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Eva Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Party Arizona state senators 21st-century American legislators People from Maricopa County, Arizona 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Arizona 21st-century Arizona politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Gabaldón
Rosanna Gabaldón is an American politician serving as a member of the Arizona Senate from the 21st district. She previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 14, 2013, to January 11, 2021, and as a member of the Arizona Senate from the 2nd district from January 11, 2021, to January 9, 2023. Education Gabaldón attended Central High School. Elections * Gabaldόn ran and was successful in a contested primary election in August 2016, she and Daniel Hernández Jr. went on to win the general election. * In 2014 Gabaldόn won reelection over Republican John Ackerley. Rosanna came in first ahead of Ackerley and Democratic Demion Clinco in the general election with 21,200 votes. * Gabaldόn ran in an uncontested election in the August 26, 2014 Democratic primary, with 9,922 votes, * Gabaldόn ran and was successful in a contested general election and won one of two seats in the November 6, 2012 with 27,081 votes, above Republican nominee John Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales (born October 2, 1957) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 20 since January 9, 2023. She previously represented District 3 from 2019 to 2023, and also served in the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 3 since from 2013 to 2019. She previously served consecutively from January 10, 2011 until January 14, 2013 in the District 27 seat, and non-consecutively from January 1997 until January 2001 in the District 20 seat. Education Gonzales earned her BA in elementary education from Arizona State University and her MA in multicultural education from the University of Arizona. Elections *2014 Gonzales and Macario Saldate were unopposed in the general election. *2012 Redistricted to District 3, and with incumbent Republican Representatives Nancy McLain running for Arizona Senate and Doris Goodale redistricted to District 5, Gonzales and Representative Saldate were both unopposed for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gowan
David M. Gowan Sr. is an American politician who currently serves in the Arizona Senate from January 14, 2019, and previously as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 2015–2017 legislative session and a Representative for Legislative District 14 from January 14, 2013, to January 9, 2017. Gowan served consecutively from January 2009 until January 14, 2013 in the District 30 seat which redistricted into District 14 in 2012. In 2013, he was elected Majority Leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. In 2015, Gowan was elected to serve as Speaker of the House. On October 5, 2015, Gowan announced his candidacy for Arizona's 1st congressional district, but withdrew before the Republican primary. Career before politics Prior to entering politics, Gowan was a magazine distributor and karate instructor.Hank StephensonA man with a plan: David Gowan defies the odds to become speaker of the House ''Arizona Capitol Times'' (December 1, 2014). Politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priya Sundareshan
Priya Sundareshan is an American attorney and politician who is a member of the Arizona Senate from the 18th district. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Education Sundareshan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 2006. In 2011 Sundareshan earned both a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, as well as Master of Science in natural resource economics also from the University of Arizona. Career In addition to holding elected office, Sundareshan serves as the Director of Natural Resource Use and Management Clinic at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Previously, she worked as an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund from 2015 to 2019, and additionally as an associate attorney at the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C. from 2012 to 2015. Sundareshan also worked as an analyst for PA Consulting Group in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Wadsack
Justine Wadsack is an American politician. Wadsack was elected in 2022 to serve in the Arizona State Senate representing District 17 as a member of the Republican Party. Wadsack defeated incumbent State Senator Vince Leach in the Republican primary. Political career 2020 campaigns Before running for office, Wadsack was a real estate agent and political activist.Ray SternArizona state senator-elect told a judge that 'Antifa' attacked her home. Police reports show something else ''Arizona Republic'' (December 19, 2022). She first filed to run for office in 2019, and in 2020 unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. Congress and Arizona State Senate. In 2020, Wadsack posted a QAnon conspiracy theory slogan and QAnon hashtags on social media. She told ''The Arizona Republic'' in September 2022 that she was unaware at the time of what QAnon claims involved, and later realized it was "crap." 2022 campaign In 2022, Wadsack ran for Arizona state senate as a Trump-aligned candidate sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |