2006 Arizona House of Representatives election


The 2006 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, with the primary election held on Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Arizona voters elected all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives in multi-member districts to serve two-year terms.
The election coincided with United States national elections and Arizona state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Arizona governor, and Arizona Senate.
Following the previous election in 2004, [Arizona Arizona Republican Party|Republican Party|Republicans] held a 38-to-22-seat majority over Democrats. During the legislative session, Representative Cheryl Chase switched political party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Republicans maintained their majority in 2006, though the GOP majority narrowed to 33 seats. At 27 members, Democrats experienced a net gain of six seats. The newly elected members served in the 48th Arizona State Legislature, during which Republican Jim Weiers was re-elected as Speaker of the Arizona House.

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 14: Debbie McCune-Davis
  2. District 16: Leah Landrum Taylor
  3. District 17: Meg Burton Cahill
  4. District 24: Amanda Aguirre
  5. District 28: Ted Downing

Republicans

  1. District 1: Tom O'Halleran
  2. District 6: Ted Carpenter
  3. District 6: Pamela Gorman
  4. District 8: Colette Rosati
  5. District 11: Stephen Tully
  6. District 19: Gary Pierce
  7. District 23: Cheryl Chase
  8. District 24: Russ Jones
  9. District 26: Steve Huffman

Incumbent defeated in primary election

Republican

  1. District 11: John Allen

Incumbents defeated in general elections

Republicans

  1. District 10: Doug Quelland
  2. District 17: Laura Knaperek

Summary of results

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

Detailed results

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[|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]

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District 10

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District 11

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District 14

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District 15

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District 19

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District 28

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