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2008 Arizona House of Representatives election

The 2008 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, with the primary election held on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. 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. House, and Arizona Senate.

Following the previous election in 2006, Republicans held a 33-to-27-seat majority over Democrats. Republicans expanded their majority in 2008, winning 35 seats. At 25 members, Democrats experienced a net loss of two seats. The newly elected members served in the 49th Arizona State Legislature, during which Republican Kirk Adams was elected as Speaker of the Arizona House.

Retiring Incumbents

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

  1. District 2: Albert Tom
  2. District 11: David E. Funkhouser III
  3. District 23: Pete Rios
  4. District 25: Manuel V. "Manny" Alvarez
  5. District 29: Linda J. Lopez

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

  1. District 6: Doug Clark
  2. District 9: Bob Stump
  3. District 12: John B. Nelson
  4. District 18: Russell K. Pearce
  5. District 18: Mark Anderson
  6. District 20: Bob Robson
  7. District 22: Eddie Farnsworth
  8. District 25: Jennifer J. Burns
  9. District 26: Pete Hershberger
  10. District 30: Marian A. McClure
  11. District 30: Jonathan Paton

Incumbents Defeated in Primary Election

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

  1. District 29: Tom Prezelski

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

  1. District 3: Trish Groe

Incumbents Defeated in General Elections

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

  1. District 10: Jackie Thrasher
  2. District 24: Theresa Ulmer

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 2

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District 3

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District 4

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District 5

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

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District 9

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District 10

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District 11

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District 12

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District 13

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District 14

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District 15

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District 16

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District 17

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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 24

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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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See also

Notes

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