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CURRENT LEGISLATORS Senate Sylvia Tenney Allen (R) Snowflake; Real estate agent. Termed out in 2014. House Jack Brown (D) St. Johns; Rancher, real estate broker. Termed out in 2012. Bill Konopnicki (R) Safford; McDonald’s franchisee, radio station owner. Termed out in 2010. VOTING HISTORY When the Independent Redistricting Commission drew boundaries of LD-5 in 2002, the historical partisan voting pattern ...

Demographics (per 2000 census) Total Population 171,337 Race/Ethnicity: White 63.76% Hispanic 17.68% Native American 16.41% Black 1.07% Asian 0.54% Other 0.54% Voter Registration (October 1, 2009) Republican 39,637 39.3% Democrat 39,401 39.2% Other 21,663 21.5% Voting Age Population 120,425 Race/Ethnicity: White 68.19% Hispanic 16.31% Native American 13.34% Black 1.17% Asian 0.54% Other 0.45% Employment Status Labor Force 66,068 Unemployed 9.3% Per ...

This district comprises a large section of eastern Arizona and includes all or part of seven counties: Apache – everything south of the Navajo Nation Coconino – one precinct (near Strawberry) with only 2 registered voters Gila (entire) Graham (entire) Greenlee (entire) Navajo – everything south of the Navajo Nation Pinal – an area of the San Carlos Apache Reservation ...

The state’s two Apache Indian Reservations (San Carlos and White Mountain) lie within the district, as do parts of three national forests: Apache-Sitgreaves, Coronado and Tonto. Mining is king in the southern half of the district as one of the largest copper deposits in the world stretches from Globe in Gila County to Safford in Graham County and on to ...

Current Legislators Senate Jack Harper (R) Glendale; former fleet sales consultant, former restaurant manager. Termed out in 2010. House Tom Boone (R) Glendale; Director ofValley Schools Insurance Trust. Termed out in 2010. Judy Burges (R) Skull Valley; retired Yavapai County finance officer. Termed out in 2012. VOTING HISTORY When the Independent Redistricting Commission drew boundaries of LD-4 in 2002, the ...

Demographics (per 2000 census) Total Population 170,659 Race/Ethnicity: White 86.03% Hispanic 9.21% Asian 1.75% Black 1.68% Native American 0.85% Other 0.48% Voter Registration (October 1, 2009) Republican 76,087 46.0% Other 48,054 29.0% Democrat 41,435 25.0% Voting Age Population 136,276 Race/Ethnicity: White 88.64% Hispanic 7.20% Asian 1.51% Black 1.51% Native American 0.77% Other 0.38% Employment Status Civilian Labor Force 64,858 Unemployed 4.0% ...

This large district comprises both urban and rural areas of west-central Arizona. Included in the district are the northern 3-4 miles of Glendale (generally north of Bell Rd.), Peoria north of Union Hills Dr., all of Sun City West, and most of Surprise. The southeast corner of the district lies at the intersection of Happy Valley Rd. and I-17. From ...

Although Republican registration has fallen 8.2 percent from a high-water mark of 54.2 percent in 2002, the GOP still enjoys a registration advantage of 21 percentage points over Democrats. The ranks of voters unaffiliated with either major party have grown by 8.5 percent to 29 percent of registered voters. Democrats, whose percentage of voters in the district has largely remained ...

Bennett, Ken
Party: Republican
Age: 50
Campaign Finance: Public
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VOTING HISTORY When the Independent Redistricting Commission drew boundaries of LD-3 in 2002, the historical partisan voting pattern in the district was 56 percent Republican and 44 per-cent Democrat. In the 2004 presidential election, Bush did substantially better than this, outpolling Kerry in the district 64 percent to 35 percent. In 2008 McCain outperformed Bush, getting almost 66 percent to ...