2012 Arizona House of Representatives election


The 2012 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. 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. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Arizona Senate.
Following the previous election in 2010, Republicans held a 40-to-20-seat majority over Democrats. During the legislative session, Representative Daniel Patterson switched political party affiliation from Democrat to Independent on April 2, 2012. On April 11, 2012, Patterson then resigned from the House. On April 23, 2012, Nicholas "Nick" Fontana was appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to fill the House vacancy in Legislative [|District 29]. Additionally, Democratic representative P. Ben Arredondo resigned from the House on October 5, 2012. 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. 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. 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.
These were the first elections in Arizona following the 2010 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries.

Retiring Incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 2: Thomas E. "Tom" Chabin
  2. District 13: Anna Tovar
  3. District 15: Katie Hobbs
  4. District 17: Ed Ableser
  5. District 24: Lynne Pancrazi
  6. District 28: Steve Farley
  7. District 29: Matt Heinz

Republicans

  1. District 3: Nancy G. McLain '
  2. District 4: Jack Harper
  3. District 5: Chester Crandell
  4. District 10: James Weiers '
  5. District 10: Kimberly Yee
  6. District 12: Jerry P. Weiers
  7. District 18: Steve Court
  8. District 18: Cecil P. Ash
  9. District 22: Steve R. Urie
  10. District 23: John Fillmore
  11. District 25: Peggy Judd
  12. District 26: Vic Williams
  13. District 26: Terri Proud

Independent

  1. District 29: Nicholas "Nick" Fontana

Incumbents Defeated in Primary Election

Republicans

  1. District 13: Russell "Russ" Jones
  2. District 15: David Burnell Smith

Incumbents Defeated in General Election

Republicans

  1. District 10: Ted Vogt
  2. District 28: Amanda Reeve

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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