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Demographics (per 2000 census) Total Population 167,720 Race/Ethnicity: White 46.60% Hispanic 43.79% Native American 7.15% Black 1.12% Asian 0.74% Other 0.60% Voter Registration (October 1, 2009) Democrat 39,417 39.9% Republican 30,321 30.7% Other 28,967 29.3% Voting Age Population 117,842 Race/Ethnicity: White 51.99% Hispanic 39.15% Native American 6.45% Black 1.10% Asian 0.75% Other 0.55% Employment Status Civilian Labor Force 59,692 Unemployed 8.5% ...

This district encompasses parts of five counties and includes much of the south-central and southeastern areas of the state, including most of Cochise County (excluding Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca, which are in District 30), all of rural Pima County that lies north and west of Tucson, rural Maricopa County that lies south of District 4, and the southern half ...

This is a district with a changing demographic. Most of the district’s population is in Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, where Democrats used to be dominant. However, as the economic base has changed from one centered on mining to one centered on the military and tourism, and as the traditionally Democrat-leaning Hispanic population has become more outnumbered by an influx ...

2002 PRIMARY GENERAL Party Candidate Votes Votes % Democrat Mary Judge Ryan 32,322 61,256 30.6% Libertarian Joe Duarte 453 6,142 3.1% Republican Jim Kolbe 35,546 126,930 63.3% James Behnke 13,502 Non Jim Dorrance 28 — 2004 PRIMARY GENERAL Party Candidate Votes Votes % Democrat Eva Bacal 20,216 109,963 36.2% Jeffrey Chimene 5,093 Tim Sultan 9,177 Libertarian Robert Anderson 385 10,443 ...

Demographics (per 2000 census) Total Population 171,436 Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic 49.37% White 44.37% Native American 2.60% Black 2.03% Asian 0.99% Other 0.63% Voter Registration (October 1, 2009) Democrat 29,323 37.1% Republican 25,108 31.8% Other 24,543 31.1% Voting Age Population 121,873 Race/Ethnicity: White 52.50% Hispanic 41.46% Native American 2.48% Black 2.01% Asian 1.00% Other 0.54% Employment Status Civilian Labor Force 53,323 Unemployed 13.6% ...

This district encompasses the southwest corner of the state and includes all of Yuma County and the part of La Paz County that does not lie in District 3. The boundary between this district and District 3 on the north generally follows US-60 from the Maricopa County line west to a point east of the town of Quartzsite and the ...

Although Hispanic is the majority ethnic classification for the general population, among persons of voting age white people represent 52.5 percent of the district. The per-capita income places the district in the lower-fifth of all districts in the state. The district’s unemployment rate is in the lower-third of all districts. Slightly more than 10 percent of residents of this district ...

CURRENT LEGISLATORS Senate Rebecca Rios (D) Apache Junction; Director of Inter-Agency Relations for Pinal-Gila Behavioral Health Association. Termed out in 2012. House Barbara McGuire (D) Kearney; small business owner. Termed out in 2014. Frank Pratt (R) Casa Grande; owner of Pratt Pools. Termed out in 2016. VOTING HISTORY When the Independent Redistricting Commission drew boundaries of LD-23 in 2002, the ...

Deschene, Chris
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Demographics (per 2000 census) Total Population 172,317 Race/Ethnicity: White 49.95% Hispanic 34.59% Native American 10.63% Black 2.89% Asian 0.63% Other 1.31% Voter Registration (October 1, 2009) Democrat 51,960 36.2% Other 47,915 33.4% Republican 43,501 30.3% Voting Age Population 124,291 Race/Ethnicity: White 55.93% Hispanic 30.63% Native American 8.85% Black 2.85% Asian 0.66% Other 1.07% Employment Status Civilian Labor Force 58,396 Unemployed 9.5% ...