The Green Papers: Arizona 2015 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2015. Find 2016 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:6,412,700 (2.07% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
Capital:Phoenix
 

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Arizona State and Local Government

Arizona 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans

           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 114th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Republican Senator Jeff Flake
• First elected: 2012.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010]
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list
  Candidate Republican     Senator Jeff Flake
• FEC S2AZ00141
Class 3 Republican Senator John Sidney McCain
• First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984]
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list
  Candidate Democratic     Leonard A. "Lennie" Clark
• FEC S6AZ00134
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Ann Leila Kirkpatrick
• Congressman CD 1.
• FEC S6AZ00225; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,261,714; Dsb $495,108
  Candidate Republican     Senator John Sidney McCain
• FEC S6AZ00019; 30 Sep 15; Tot $4,631,824; Dsb $1,692,394
  Candidate Republican     Alexander "Alex" Meluskey
• FEC S6AZ00217; 30 Sep 15; Tot $267,545; Dsb $255,420
  Candidate Republican     David Summer Pizer
• FEC S6AZ00266
  Candidate Republican     Clair Van Steenwyk
• FEC S2AZ00216
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Kelli Ward
• FEC S6AZ00233; 30 Sep 15; Tot $527,938; Dsb $207,067
  Candidate Independent     Joanne Selena Lopez-Cervantez
• FEC S6AZ00241
  Candidate Independent     John Lewis "J.L." Mealer
• Independent: "OPPORTUNITY." "PROSPERITY."
• FEC S6AZ00209
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Patrick Thomas "Pat" Quinn
• FEC S6AZ00258
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years, All Governors
  Republican Governor Doug Ducey
• First elected: 2014
• Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
114th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (1 Open, 3 Undetermined);
5 Republican (5 Undetermined)
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Congressman Ann Leila Kirkpatrick
• First elected: 2012
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
• Open Seat - 26 May 2015: Announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2016.
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
    Democratic     Congressman Ann Leila Kirkpatrick - apparently not a candidate
• 26 May 2015: Announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2016.
• FEC H8AZ01104; 30 Sep 15; Tot $422,984; Dsb $510,303
    Democratic     state Senator Barbara McGuire - apparently not a candidate
• 6 November 2015: Will run for re-election to the state Senate.
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Tom O'Halleran
• Previously a Republican and Independent.
• FEC H6AZ01199; 30 Sep 15; Tot $120,156; Dsb $11,272
  Candidate Democratic     Miguel A. "Mike" Olivas
• FEC H6AZ01181
  Candidate Republican     Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu
  Candidate Republican     former Secretary of State Ken Bennett
• FEC H6AZ01173; 30 Sep 15; Tot $111,530; Dsb $1,591
  Candidate Republican     state Representative David Matthew Gowan, Sr.
• FEC H6AZ01215
  Candidate Republican     Gary Kiehne
• FEC H4AZ01145; 30 Sep 15; Tot $655,595; Dsb $75,945
  Candidate Republican     Shawn Redd
• FEC H6AZ01207
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman Martha E. McSally
• First elected: 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Matthew Gerald "Matt" Heinz
• FEC H2AZ08078
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew Gerald "Matt" Heinz
• FEC H6AZ02189; 30 Sep 15; Tot $203,923; Dsb $28,956
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Victoria L. Steele
• FEC H6AZ02171; 30 Sep 15; Tot $55,647; Dsb $21,396
    Democratic     state Representative Bruce Wheeler - apparently not a candidate
• 9 June 2015: Withdrew following surgery to repair a torn retina.
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Martha E. McSally
• FEC H2AZ08102; 30 Sep 15; Tot $2,493,682; Dsb $1,295,645
  Candidate Independent     Rowan Bean
• FEC H6AZ02197
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva
• FEC H2AZ07070; 30 Sep 15; Tot $150,293; Dsb $141,411
  Candidate Republican     Edna San Miguel
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman Paul Anthony Gosar
• First elected: 2010
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Paul Anthony Gosar
• FEC H0AZ01259; 30 Sep 15; Tot $159,200; Dsb $43,176
  Candidate Republican     Raymond John "Ray" Strauss
• FEC H6AZ04177; 30 Sep 15; Tot $25,990; Dsb $3,345
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5 Republican Congressman Matthew James "Matt" Salmon
• First elected: 1994; served through January 2001 (did not run in 2000); subsequently elected: 2012
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6 Republican Congressman David Schweikert
• First elected: 2010
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman David Schweikert
• FEC H4AZ06045; 30 Sep 15; Tot $312,015; Dsb $292,177
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego
• First elected: 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
• aka Ruben Marinelarena
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Cesar Chavez
• FEC H4AZ07035
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Ruben Gallego
• FEC H4AZ07043; 30 Sep 15; Tot $415,122; Dsb $202,764
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8 Republican Congressman Trent Franks
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Trent Franks
• FEC H4AZ04024; 30 Sep 15; Tot $103,307; Dsb $78,977
Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Congressman Kyrsten Sinema
• First elected: 2012
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list - 115th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Kyrsten Sinema
• FEC H2AZ09019; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,462,156; Dsb $435,989
  Candidate Republican     David Victor "Dave" Giles
• FEC H6AZ09010; 30 Sep 15; Tot $142,474; Dsb $62,282
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018
  Republican Secretary of State Michele Reagan
• First elected: 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018
  Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich
• First elected: 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018
  Republican Treasurer Jeff DeWit
• First elected: 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Mine Inspector  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018
  Republican Mine Inspector Joe Hart
• First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018
  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Diane M. Douglas
• First elected: 2014
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 
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): 4 incumbents, 11 candidates
 • Republican: 13 incumbents, 18 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Justice Party
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
Independents
 • Independent: 3 candidates
 • No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
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.
"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).
Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • Arizona Constitution
 • http://www.azleg.state.az.us/const/const.htm
Election Authority
 • Arizona Secretary of State
 • Citizens Clean Elections Commission
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Arizona House of Representatives
 • Arizona Revised Statutes
 • Arizona State Senate
Democratic
 • Arizona Democratic Party
Republican
 • Arizona Republican Party
 • Traditional Republicans United
Third Party
 • Arizona Right to Life
 • Constitution Party of Arizona
 • Independent Party of Arizona
 • Justice Party of Arizona
 • Patriot Party of Arizona (not affiliated with any other party)
 • The Arizona Green Party
 • The Arizona Libertarian Party
 • The Unity Party of Arizona
Media & others
 • Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix
 • Arizona Daily Star - Tucson
 • Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff
 • Blog For Arizona
 • East Valley Tribune - Mesa
 • KGUN TV - ABC - Tucson
 • Kingman Daily Miner
 • KOLD TV - CBS - Tucson
 • Payson Roundup
 • Politics1.com - Arizona
 • Prescott Newspapers Online
 • Sedona Red Rock News
 • Sierra Vista Herald
 • Sonoran News - Cave Creek
 • The Daily Dispatch - Douglas
 • The Flagstaff Navajo-Hopi Observer
 • The Navajo Times - Window Rock
 • The Republic - Phoenix
 • The Sun - Yuma
 • Today's News-Herald - Lake Havasu City
 • Tucson Citizen
 

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  2015 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Statewide Political Party Strength going into the 2014 Midterm Election  
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  Relative Political Party Strength by SECTION and Region going into the 2014 Midterm Election  
  Relative Political Party Strength by SECTION and Region coming out of the 2014 Elections  
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  Comparative Political Party Predominance in each State, 2000 thru 2014  
2014 CONGRESSIONAL Political Party Breakdown by SECTION and Region
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History
  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States  
  Dates of DIRECT PRIMARY Elections re: Major Party Nominations for Statewide and/or Federal Office  
  Length of Terms of Office of STATE Governors throughout American History  
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