Ernest Bustmante is a former member of the
Arizona House of Representatives
The Arizona House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Arizona Senate, Senate. The House convenes in the le ...
from January 2003 until January 2005, representing the newly redistricted District 23. He ran for re-election in 2004 along with
Cheryl Chase, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by
Pete Rios. In 2008 he ran again for the House in District 23, and won the Democratic primary along with
Barbara McGuire. However, while McGuire won, Bustamante lost in the general election to
Frank Pratt. He again ran in 2010, and won the Democratic primary, along with McGuire, but in the general election they both lost to Pratt and
John Fillmore. He ran once again in 2012, this time in District 8, after redistricting. He and Emily Verdugo won the Democratic primary, but they both lost in the general election, to Pratt and
T. J. Shope.
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Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century members of the Arizona State Legislature