Theodore Wayne Carpenter (December 7, 1951 – November 19, 2020) was an American politician who served as a 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 house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State C ...

from 1999 until 2007. He was first elected to the House in November 1998, representing District 19, and was re-elected in 2000. After redistricting in 2002, Carpenter was again re-elected in both 2002 and 2004, now representing District 6. Not eligible to run for the House in 2006 due to Arizona's term limits, he ran for the Arizona State Senate, but lost to Pamela Gorman in the Republican primary. Gorman went on to win the general election. He died on November 19, 2020, in

Gilbert, Arizona Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located southeast of Phoenix within the city's metropolitan area. Incorporated on July 6, 1920, Gilbert was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the World". It is the fifth-larg ...

at age 68.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Ted 1951 births 2020 deaths Politicians from Fort Worth, Texas Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives