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2002 Arizona House of Representatives election

The 2002 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, with the primary election held on Tuesday, September 10, 2002. 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. House, Governor, and Arizona Senate.

Following the previous election in 2000, Republicans held a 36-to-24-seat majority over Democrats. Republicans expanded their majority in 2002, winning 39 seats. At 21 members, Democrats experienced a net loss of three seats. The newly elected members served in the 46th Arizona State Legislature, during which Republican Jake Flake was elected as Speaker of the Arizona House.

These were the first elections in Arizona following the 2000 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries.

Retiring Incumbents

<span style="color:Blue">Democrats</span>

  1. District 11: Carmine Cardamone
  2. District 11: Noemi Norris
  3. District 13: Richard Miranda
  4. District 13: Kathi Foster
  5. District 14: Marion L. Pickens
  6. District 14: Bill Brotherton
  7. District 15: Ken Cheuvront
  8. District 25: Christine Weason
  9. District 28: Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords

<span style="color:crimson">Republicans</span>

  1. District 3: Linda Binder
  2. District 7: Wes Marsh
  3. District 8: Carolyn S. Allen
  4. District 11: Barbara Leff
  5. District 12: Robert Blendu
  6. District 15: Mike Gleason
  7. District 16: Jim Weiers
  8. District 17: Laura Knaperek
  9. District 18: Mark Anderson
  10. District 19: Roberta Voss
  11. District 21: Dean Cooley
  12. District 26: Jeff Hatch-Miller

Incumbents Defeated in Primary Elections

<span style="color:Blue">Democrats</span>

  1. District 2: James "Jim" Sedillo
  2. District 2: Albert Tom
  3. District 16: Carlos Avelar
  4. District 23: Mark Clark
  5. District 25: Mark Maiorana

<span style="color:crimson">Republicans</span>

  1. District 5: Debra Brimhall
  2. District 10: James Kraft
  3. District 11: Steve May
  4. District 26: Carol Somers

Incumbents Defeated in General Elections

<span style="color:Blue">Democrats</span>

  1. District 1: Henry J. Camarot
  2. District 25: Bobby Lugo

<span style="color:crimson">Republican</span>

  1. District 28: Edward Poelstra

Predictions

Summary of results

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

Detailed results

Sources for election results:

District 1

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District 5

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District 7

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District 11

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District 15

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District 18

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District 19

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District 20

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District 21

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District 22

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District 23

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District 25

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District 26

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District 27

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District 28

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District 29

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District 30

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