The Green Papers: Arizona 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
2000 Census:5,140,683 (1.82% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):3,625,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,173,122
Capital:Phoenix
 

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Arizona State and Local Government


The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 49th ARIZONA LEGISLATURE.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Jon L. Kyl
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3 Republican Senator John McCain
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years, All Governors

  Republican Governor Janice K. "Jan" Brewer
Appointed: 2009 (by Governor Janet Napolitano who resigned upon confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security)
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 

20 January 2009: Governor Janet Napolitano, who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006, resigned her Chair to become Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate viva voce (by voice vote).

Pursuant to law, Ms. Napolitano transmitted the following letter to Arizona’s Secretary of State:

Dear Secretary Brewer:
It has been my honor to serve the people of Arizona as Governor. I look forward to continuing to serve Arizona, our new president, and all the people of our great nation in my new role as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute 38-294, please accept this letter as my official resignation from the Office of the Governor effective upon my confirmation.
Very truly yours,
Janet Napolitano
Governor

20 January 2009: Secretary of State Janice K. "Jan" Brewer (Republican) became governor upon Governor Janet Napolitano's resignation to become Secretary of Homeland Security.


111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Democratic (5 Undetermined);
3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman Ann Kirkpatrick
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Republican Congressman Trent Franks
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Republican Congressman John B. Shadegg
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Democratic Congressman Edward L. "Ed" Pastor
First elected: 24 September 1991- in a Special Election re: the resignation of Congressman Morris Udall, 4 May 1991
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Democratic Congressman Harold E. "Harry" Mitchell
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Jeff Flake
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Secretary of State Ken Bennett
Appointed: 2009
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
 

20 January 2009: Secretary of State Janice K. "Jan" Brewer, who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006, become governor upon Janet Napolitano's resignation to become Secretary of Homeland Security. State Senator and Senate President Ken Bennett was appointed Secretary of State by Governor Brewer and sworn 26 January 2009.


Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Treasurer Dean Martin
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Mine Inspector  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Mine Inspector Joe Hart
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for Attorney General in 2010.

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents
  Republican: 10 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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