2012 Arizona House of Representatives election

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2012 Arizona House of Representatives election

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November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)

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All 60 seats in the Arizona House
31 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Andy Tobin	Chad Campbell	Nick Fontana
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Leader's seat	1st-Paulden	24th-Phoenix	29th-Tucson
Last election	40	20	0
Seats before	40	18^[a]	1^[c]
Seats after	36	24	0
Seat change	4	6^[b]	1

Results:
Democratic hold Democratic gain
Republican hold

Speaker before election

Kirk Adams
(1/10/2011 - 4/28/2011)^[8]^[9]
Andy Tobin
(4/28/2011 - 1/14/2013)^[10]^[11]
Republican

Elected Speaker

Andy Tobin^[12]^[13]
Republican

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The 2012 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 28, 2012.^[14]^[15] Arizona voters elected all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives in multi-member districts to serve two-year terms.^[16]

The election coincided with United States national elections and Arizona state elections, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Arizona Senate.^[17]^[18]

Following the previous election in 2010, Republicans held a 40-to-20-seat majority over Democrats.^[19]^[20]^[21] During the legislative session, Representative Daniel Patterson switched political party affiliation from Democrat to Independent on April 2, 2012.^[1] On April 11, 2012, Patterson then resigned from the House.^[2]^[3] On April 23, 2012, Nicholas "Nick" Fontana (I) was appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to fill the House vacancy in Legislative District 29.^[4] Additionally, Democratic representative P. Ben Arredondo resigned from the House on October 5, 2012.^[5]^[6] Given both the proximity to the end of the term in December and that the legislature was in recess for the remainder of the session, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors decided not to replace Arredondo and simply left the seat vacant.^[7] Therefore, on election day in 2012, Republicans had 40 members, Democrats held 18 seats, there was one Independent, and one seat was vacant.

Republicans maintained their majority in 2012, though the GOP majority narrowed to 36 seats. At 24 members, Democrats experienced a net gain of six seats.^[14]^[17]^[18] The newly elected members served in the 51st Arizona State Legislature, during which Republican Andy Tobin was re-elected as Speaker of the Arizona House.^[d]

These were the first elections in Arizona following the 2010 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries.^[22]^[23]

District	Incumbent		Elected Representative
1st	Andy Tobin	Rep	Andy Tobin	Rep Hold
1st	Karen Fann	Rep	Karen Fann	Rep Hold
2nd	Thomas E. "Tom" Chabin^[e]	Dem	Rosanna Gabaldón	Dem Hold
2nd	Albert Hale^[t]	Dem	Andrea Dalessandro^[u]	Dem Hold
3rd	Nancy G. McLain^[l]	Rep	Sally Ann Gonzales^[v]	Dem Gain
3rd	Doris Goodale^[w]	Rep	Macario Saldate^[x]	Dem Gain
4th	Jack Harper	Rep	Lisa Otondo	Dem Gain
4th	Phil Lovas^[y]	Rep	Juan Carlos "J.C." Escamilla	Dem Gain
5th	Brenda Barton^[z]	Rep	Doris Goodale^[w]	Rep Hold
5th	Chester Crandell^[m]	Rep	Sonny Borrelli	Rep Hold
6th	Carl Seel^[aa]	Rep	Brenda Barton^[z]	Rep Hold
6th	Amanda Reeve^[s]	Rep	Bob Thorpe	Rep Hold
7th	Heather Carter^[ab]	Rep	Albert Hale^[t]	Dem Gain
7th	David Burnell Smith^[q]	Rep	Jamescita Peshlakai	Dem Gain
8th	John Kavanagh^[ac]	Rep	Franklin M. "Frank" Pratt^[ad]	Rep Hold
8th	Michelle Ugenti^[ae]	Rep	Thomas "T. J." Shope	Rep Hold
9th	Debbie Lesko^[af]	Rep	Victoria Steele	Dem Gain
9th	Rick Gray^[ag]	Rep	Ethan Orr	Rep Hold
10th	James Weiers	Rep	Bruce Wheeler^[ah]	Dem Gain
10th	Kimberly Yee^[n]	Rep	Stefanie Mach	Dem Gain
11th	Kate Brophy McGee^[ai]	Rep	Steve Smith	Rep Hold
11th	Eric Meyer^[aj]	Dem	Adam Kwasman	Rep Gain
12th	Jerry P. Weiers	Rep	Eddie Farnsworth^[ak]	Rep Hold
12th	Steve Montenegro^[al]	Rep	Warren Petersen	Rep Hold
13th	Anna Tovar^[f]	Dem	Steve Montenegro^[al]	Rep Gain
13th	Martín J. Quezada^[am]	Dem	Darin Mitchell	Rep Gain
14th	Chad Campbell^[an]	Dem	David Gowan^[ao]	Rep Gain
14th	Debbie McCune Davis^[ap]	Dem	David Stevens^[aq]	Rep Gain
15th	Lela Alston^[ar]	Dem	Heather Carter^[ab]	Rep Gain
15th	Katie Hobbs^[g]	Dem	John Allen	Rep Gain
16th	Catherine Miranda^[as]	Dem	Kelly Townsend	Rep Gain
16th	Ruben Gallego^[at]	Dem	Doug Coleman	Rep Gain
17th	Ed Ableser^[h]	Dem	Javan Daniel "J.D." Mesnard^[au]	Rep Gain
17th	Vacant^[av]		Thomas "Tom" Forese^[aw]	Rep Gain
18th	Steve Court	Rep	Bob Robson^[ax]	Rep Hold
18th	Cecil P. Ash	Rep	Jeff Dial^[ay]	Rep Hold
19th	Justin Pierce^[az]	Rep	Lupe Chavira Contreras	Dem Gain
19th	Justin Olson^[ba]	Rep	Mark A. Cardenas	Dem Gain
20th	Bob Robson^[ax]	Rep	Carl Seel^[aa]	Rep Hold
20th	Jeff Dial^[ay]	Rep	Paul Boyer	Rep Hold
21st	Javan Daniel "J.D." Mesnard^[au]	Rep	Rick Gray^[ag]	Rep Hold
21st	Thomas "Tom" Forese^[aw]	Rep	Debbie Lesko^[af]	Rep Hold
22nd	Eddie Farnsworth^[ak]	Rep	Phil Lovas^[y]	Rep Hold
22nd	Steve R. Urie	Rep	David Livingston	Rep Hold
23rd	Franklin M. "Frank" Pratt^[ad]	Rep	John Kavanagh^[ac]	Rep Hold
23rd	John Fillmore^[o]	Rep	Michelle Ugenti^[ae]	Rep Hold
24th	Lynne Pancrazi^[i]	Dem	Lela Alston^[ar]	Dem Hold
24th	Russell "Russ" Jones^[p]	Rep	Chad Campbell^[an]	Dem Gain
25th	David Stevens^[aq]	Rep	Justin Olson^[ba]	Rep Hold
25th	Peggy Judd	Rep	Justin Pierce^[az]	Rep Hold
26th	Vic Williams	Rep	Juan Mendez	Dem Gain
26th	Terri Proud	Rep	Andrew Sherwood	Dem Gain
27th	Sally Ann Gonzales^[v]	Dem	Catherine Miranda^[as]	Dem Hold
27th	Macario Saldate^[x]	Dem	Ruben Gallego^[at]	Dem Hold
28th	Steve Farley^[j]	Dem	Eric Meyer^[aj]	Dem Hold
28th	Bruce Wheeler^[ah]	Dem	Kate Brophy McGee^[ai]	Rep Gain
29th	Matt Heinz^[k]	Dem	Martín J. Quezada^[am]	Dem Hold
29th	Nicholas "Nick" Fontana^[c]	Ind	Lydia Hernández	Dem Gain
30th	David Gowan^[ao]	Rep	Debbie McCune Davis^[ap]	Dem Gain
30th	Ted Vogt^[r]	Rep	Jonathan Larkin	Dem Gain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Andy Tobin (incumbent)	22,167	40.98%
	Republican	Karen Fann (incumbent)	18,142	33.54%
	Republican	Lori Klein	13,781	25.48%
Total votes			54,090	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Tobin (incumbent)	62,379	50.64%
	Republican	Karen Fann (incumbent)	60,800	49.36%
Total votes			123,179	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Andrea Dalessandro^[u]	9,603	51.19%
	Democratic	Rosanna Gabaldón	9,158	48.81%
Total votes			18,761	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	John Christopher Ackerley	8,687	100.00%
Total votes			8,687	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Dalessandro^[u]	28,266	35.77%
	Democratic	Rosanna Gabaldón	27,081	34.27%
	Republican	John Christopher Ackerley	23,677	29.96%
Total votes			79,024	100.00%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Sally Ann Gonzales (incumbent)^[v]	11,317	54.09%
	Democratic	Macario Saldate (incumbent)^[x]	9,605	45.91%
Total votes			20,922	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Alan Aversa^[bb]^[bc]	90	100.00%
Total votes			90	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Ann Gonzales (incumbent)^[v]	35,795	53.86%
	Democratic	Macario Saldate (incumbent)^[x]	30,662	46.14%
Total votes			66,457	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Otondo	23,334	53.24%
	Democratic	Juan Carlos "J.C." Escamilla	20,498	46.76%
Total votes			43,832	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Doris Goodale (incumbent)^[w]	14,056	43.37%
	Republican	Sonny Borrelli	8,672	26.76%
	Republican	Wyatt Brooks	5,369	16.56%
	Republican	George Albert Schnittgrund	4,315	13.31%
Total votes			32,412	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	P.L. Durbin	4,884	100.00%
Total votes			4,884	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doris Goodale (incumbent)^[w]	41,217	42.48%
	Republican	Sonny Borrelli	35,154	36.23%
	Democratic	P.L. Durbin	20,647	21.28%
Total votes			97,018	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Thorpe	42,675	27.64%
	Republican	Brenda Barton (incumbent)^[z]	41,122	26.64%
	Democratic	Angela LeFevre	36,302	23.52%
	Democratic	Doug Ballard	34,274	22.20%
Total votes			154,373	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Pratt (incumbent)^[ad]	24,195	27.60%
	Republican	Thomas "T. J." Shope	22,102	25.21%
	Democratic	Ernest Bustamante	21,258	24.25%
	Democratic	Emily Verdugo	20,102	22.93%
Total votes			87,657	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

Primary Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Eddie Farnsworth (incumbent)^[ak]	14,816	41.15%
	Republican	Warren Petersen	12,500	34.72%
	Republican	Larry "Lucky" Chesley	8,688	24.13%
Total votes			36,004	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Albert Hale (incumbent)^[t]	13,890	49.15%
	Democratic	Jamescita Peshlakai	7,803	27.61%
	Democratic	Phil Stago	6,570	23.25%
Total votes			28,263	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Hale (incumbent)^[t]	40,245	58.74%
	Democratic	Jamescita Peshlakai	28,269	41.26%
Total votes			68,514	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victoria Steele	44,609	35.05%
	Republican	Ethan Orr	42,626	33.49%
	Democratic	Mohur Sarah Sidhwa	40,034	31.46%
Total votes			127,269	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Bruce Wheeler (incumbent)^[ah]	12,235	39.00%
	Democratic	Stefanie Mach	11,525	36.73%
	Democratic	Brandon Patrick	7,614	24.27%
Total votes			31,374	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Ted Vogt (incumbent)^[r]	14,982	55.16%
	Republican	Todd A. Clodfelter	12,181	44.84%
Total votes			27,163	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bruce Wheeler (incumbent)^[ah]	43,058	27.38%
	Democratic	Stefanie Mach	40,843	25.97%
	Republican	Ted Vogt (incumbent)^[r]	37,758	24.01%
	Republican	Todd A. Clodfelter	35,609	22.64%
Total votes			157,268	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Steve Smith	16,201	55.94%
	Republican	Adam Kwasman	12,758	44.06%
Total votes			28,959	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Dave Joseph	11,408	100.00%
Total votes			11,408	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Smith	44,928	36.72%
	Republican	Adam Kwasman	41,732	34.10%
	Democratic	Dave Joseph	35,707	29.18%
Total votes			122,367	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Farnsworth (incumbent)^[ak]	53,925	50.63%
	Republican	Warren Petersen	52,590	49.37%
Total votes			106,515	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Steve Montenegro (incumbent)^[al]	10,189	39.11%
	Republican	Darin Mitchell	8,572	32.90%
	Republican	Russ Jones (incumbent)^[p]	7,294	27.99%
Total votes			26,055	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Montenegro (incumbent)^[al]	39,372	51.67%
	Republican	Darin Mitchell	35,968	47.21%
	Republican	Robert Garcia^[bb]	323	0.42%
	Republican	John Minore^[bb]	225	0.30%
	Republican	Cheryl Brown^[bb]	194	0.25%
	Republican	Clair "Van"^[bb]	110	0.14%
Total votes			76,192	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic
	Republican gain from Democratic

Retiring Incumbents

Democrats

Republicans

Independent

Incumbents Defeated in Primary Election

Republicans

Incumbents Defeated in General Election

Republicans

Summary of results

Detailed results

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

See also

Notes

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	David Gowan (incumbent)^[ao]	15,955	51.70%
	Republican	David Stevens (incumbent)^[aq]	14,904	48.30%
Total votes			30,859	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Mark Stonebraker	9,566	51.46%
	Democratic	Robert Leach	9,022	48.54%
Total votes			18,588	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Gowan (incumbent)^[ao]	43,967	30.75%
	Republican	David Stevens (incumbent)^[aq]	43,585	30.48%
	Democratic	Mark Stonebraker	27,769	19.42%
	Democratic	Robert Leach	27,675	19.35%
Total votes			142,996	100.000%
	Republican gain from Democratic
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Heather Carter (incumbent)^[ab]	13,196	39.63%
	Republican	John Allen	7,813	23.46%
	Republican	David Burnell Smith (incumbent)^[q]	7,397	22.21%
	Republican	James Bearup	4,895	14.70%
Total votes			33,301	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Patricia Flickner	6,511	100.00%
Total votes			6,511	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Carter (incumbent)^[ab]	50,716	39.28%
	Republican	John Allen	46,612	36.10%
	Democratic	Patricia Flickner	31,775	24.61%
Total votes			129,103	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Coleman	41,063	35.38%
	Republican	Kelly Townsend	40,720	35.09%
	Democratic	Matthew Cerra	24,942	21.49%
	Green	Bill Maher	9,094	7.84%
	Democratic	Cara Prior^[bb]	234	0.20%
Total votes			116,053	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Tom Forese (incumbent)^[aw]	13,974	50.98%
	Republican	J.D. Mesnard (incumbent)^[au]	13,439	49.02%
Total votes			27,413	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Karyn Lathan	7,379	100.00%
Total votes			7,379	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Forese (incumbent)^[aw]	44,422	35.92%
	Republican	J.D. Mesnard (incumbent)^[au]	42,955	34.73%
	Democratic	Karyn Lathan	36,265	29.32%
	Republican	Jason Harris^[bb]	41	0.03%
Total votes			123,683	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Jeff Dial (incumbent)^[ay]	15,677	51.47%
	Republican	Bob Robson (incumbent)^[ax]	14,780	48.53%
Total votes			30,457	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Corey Harris	9,943	52.22%
	Democratic	Darin Fisher	9,097	47.78%
Total votes			19,040	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Dial (incumbent)^[ay]	46,095	26.15%
	Republican	Bob Robson (incumbent)^[ax]	44,204	25.08%
	Democratic	Corey Harris	39,409	22.36%
	Democratic	Darin Fisher	38,347	21.75%
	Independent	Brent Fine	8,221	4.66%
Total votes			176,276	100.00%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lupe Chavira Contreras	23,674	50.71%
	Democratic	Mark A. Cardenas	23,007	49.29%
Total votes			46,681	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican
	Democratic gain from Republican