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Arizona House of Representatives Commune 8

Incumbents

            
Well-nigh the District
Census Topic Value
Population 229,764
Gender

54.8% Male person

45.2% Female

Race

57.nine% White

4.9% Black

one.4% Asian

7.4% Native American

0.3% Pacific Islander

Ethnicity 33.7% Hispanic
Median household income $57,909
High school graduation rate 84.2%
College graduation rate 17.3%

Arizona House of Representatives District 8 is represented past Neal Carter (R) and David Cook (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Arizona land representatives represented an average of 119,191 residents. Later on the 2010 Census, each member represented 106,533 residents.

About the office

Members of the Arizona House of Representatives serve two-twelvemonth terms with term limits, limiting representatives to four terms (a full of viii years).[1] Arizona legislators presume office on the kickoff day of the session after they are elected. Each regular session begins on the second Mon in January.

Qualifications

Meet as well: State legislature candidate requirements by land

Commodity iv, Part ii, Section ii of the Arizona Constitution states: "No person shall exist a fellow member of the Legislature unless he shall exist a citizen of the United States at the fourth dimension of his election, nor unless he shall be at least xx-5 years of age, and shall have been a resident of Arizona at to the lowest degree three years and of the county from which he is elected at least one year earlier his election."

Salaries

See besides: Comparison of state legislative salaries
Land legislators
Salary Per diem
$24,000/year For legislators residing within Maricopa Canton: $35/day for the kickoff 120 days of regular and special sessions and $10/mean solar day for all following days. For legislators residing outside of Maricopa County: $151/day for the first 120 days of regular and special sessions for lodging and $56 for meals. That rate would exist cut in one-half after the 120th day. The per diem for legislators residing outside of Maricopa County is tied to the federal rate.

Term limits

See also: Land legislatures with term limits

The Arizona legislature is one of 15 state legislatures with term limits. Voters enacted the Arizona Term Limits Human action in 1992. That initiative said that Arizona senators are subject to term limits of no more than four ii-yr terms, or a total of eight years.

The starting time year that the term limits enacted in 1992 impacted the ability of incumbents to run for role was in 2000.[2]

Vacancies

Come across as well: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Arizona State Legislature, the board of county supervisors must select a replacement. The political political party committee is involved in the appointment process only if the legislative district has xxx or more than elected precinct committeemen.[3]

If the legislative district has 30 or more elected precinct committeemen:

  • The secretary of state is required to contact the state party chairperson to requite detect of the vacancy. The land chairperson must give observe of a meeting to fill the seat within iii business days of receiving detect.[three]
  • The precinct committeemen must nominate iii qualified electors every bit replacements. If the Legislature is in session, this must occur within five days. If the Legislature is out of session, the committeemen take 21 days to nominate potential replacements. Each elector must receive a majority of the committeemen to earn a nomination. The chair so forwards the three nominees to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors appoints a nominee from the 3 names. If the committeemen practice not submit a list of names within the allotted timeframe, the board of supervisors gain with the vacancy as if the commune had fewer than 30 elected precinct committeemen.[3]

If the legislative district has fewer than 30 elected precinct committeemen:

  • The board of supervisors appoints a console of citizen supervisors within 3 business organization days of a vacancy occurring. That console has seven business days to submit the name of three qualified electors of the same political political party every bit the previous incumbent to the board of supervisors. Within five business days of receiving the list, the board of supervisors must select a replacement by a bulk vote.[4]
  • The person selected to fill the seat serves the remainder of the unfilled term.[4]

DocumentIcon.jpg Run into sources: Arizona Rev. Stat. Ann. §41-1202

District map

The map below shows this district's current boundaries, not those enacted equally office of the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Redistricting

2020-2022

Run into also: Redistricting in Arizona after the 2020 census

On January 24, 2022, Arizona enacted new legislative maps after the Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee transmitted its finalized plans to the secretary of state.[five] The commission initially voted to finalize and certify the legislative map plan on Jan. 21.[6] The committee's nonpartisan chairwoman, Erika Neuberg, joined the two Republican members—David Mehl and Douglas York—voting in favor of the map. The commission'due south two Democratic members—Shereen Lerner and Derrick Watchman—were opposed.[7] This map takes effect for Arizona'due south 2022 legislative elections.

The commission previously voted in favor of the legislative map past a iii-2 vote on December 22, 2021, which was followed by a period for counties to request administrative changes before the final vote on Jan. 21.[8]

How does redistricting in Arizona work? The Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee is responsible for drawing both congressional and land legislative district lines. The committee is composed of five members. Of these, four are selected by the bulk and minority leaders of each chamber of the land legislature from a listing of 25 candidates nominated by the state commission on appellate court appointments. These 25 nominees comprise ten Democrats, ten Republicans, and 5 unaffiliated citizens. The 4 commission members appointed by legislative leaders and then select the fifth fellow member to round out the committee. The fifth member of the committee must belong to a unlike political party than the other commissioners. The governor, with a 2-thirds vote in the Arizona Country Senate, may remove a commissioner "for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in function, or disability to belch the duties of office." The Arizona Country Legislature may make recommendations to the commission, but ultimate authority is vested with the commission.[9] [10] [11]

The Arizona Constitution requires that both congressional and land legislative districts be "contiguous, geographically compact, and respect communities of interest–all to the extent practicable." The land constitution farther mandates that district lines "should [follow] visible geographic features, city, town, and county boundaries, and undivided demography tracts." In addition, the constitution requires that "competitive districts be favored where doing so would not significantly detract from the goals above."[11]

Arizona House of Representatives District eight
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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Arizona House of Representatives District eight
afterward 2020 redistricting cycle

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Elections

2022

Encounter also: Arizona Business firm of Representatives elections, 2022

Full general election

The principal volition occur on August 2, 2022. The general election volition occur on November 8, 2022. General election candidates will be added hither following the primary.

Democratic master ballot

Republican main ballot

2020

See also: Arizona Firm of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

Democratic principal election

Republican primary election

2018

General ballot

Autonomous primary election

Republican master election

2016

Run into besides: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took identify on August 30, 2016, and the full general election was held on Nov 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June i, 2016.[12] Incumbent Frank Pratt (R) did not seek re-election.

David Cook and incumbent Thomas Shope, Jr. defeated Carmen Casillas in the Arizona Business firm of Representatives District 8 general election.[xiii] [14]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Melt 35.82% 31,565
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Shope, Jr. Incumbent 34.52% xxx,416
Democratic Carmen Casillas 29.66% 26,138
Total Votes 88,119
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Carmen Casillas ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives Commune 8 Autonomous Primary.[15]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Carmen Casillas  (unopposed)


Incumbent Thomas Shope, Jr. and David Cook were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives Commune 8 Republican Primary.[16]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 8 Republican Chief, 2016
Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Shope, Jr. Incumbent
Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Cook

2014

Run into also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona Business firm of Representatives took place in 2014. A principal ballot took identify on August 26, 2014. The general ballot was held on November iv, 2014. The signature filing borderline for candidates wishing to run in this ballot was May 28, 2014. Carmen Casillas was unopposed in the Democratic main. Incumbents Frank Pratt and T.J. Shope defeated Wayne Bachmann and Darla Dawald in the Republican primary. Pratt and Shope defeated Casillas in the general election.[17] [18] [19] [xx]

Arizona Firm of Representatives District 8, General Election, 2014
Political party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Frank Pratt Incumbent 36.4% 19,458
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Thomas "TJ" Shope Incumbent 35.9% 19,198
Democratic Carmen Casillas 27.7% 14,847
Total Votes 53,503
Arizona House of Representatives, District eight Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Frank Pratt Incumbent 32.2% 5,992
Green check mark transparent.png T.J. Shope Incumbent 29.9% 5,556
Darla Dawald 21.nine% 4,081
Wayne Bachmann sixteen% 2,974
Full Votes 18,603

2012

Run into too: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of Arizona Firm of Representatives consisted of a primary election on Baronial 28, 2012, and a general ballot on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 30, 2012. Incumbent Frank Pratt and fellow Republican Thomas Shope, Jr. defeated Democratic candidates Ernest Bustamante and Emily Verdugo in the full general election. Bustamante and Verdugo defeated George Arredondo in the August 28 Democratic master. Shope and Pratt ran without main opposition. Libertarian candidate Dean Dill withdrew prior to the August 28 principal election. [21] [22] [23] [24]

Arizona Business firm of Representatives, Commune 8, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Frank Pratt Incumbent 27.6% 24,195
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Thomas "T.J." Shope 25.2% 22,102
Democratic Ernest Bustamante 24.3% 21,258
Democratic Emily Verdugo 22.nine% xx,102
Total Votes 87,657
Arizona Business firm of Representatives, Commune 8 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ernest Bustamante 40.1% 6,173
Green check mark transparent.png Emily Verdugo 36.half-dozen% five,636
George Arredondo 23.3% 3,581
Total Votes 15,390

Entrada contributions

From 2000 to 2018, candidates for Arizona House of Representatives District eight raised a full of $2,577,062. Candidates who raised coin in contributions earned $48,624 on boilerplate. All figures come from Follow the Coin

Campaign contributions, Arizona Business firm of Representatives District 8
Twelvemonth Amount Candidates Average
2018 $348,001 five $69,600
2016 $260,551 3 $86,850
2014 $238,068 five $47,614
2012 $165,332 v $33,066
2010 $251,587 seven $35,941
2008 $229,023 3 $76,341
2006 $403,512 seven $57,645
2004 $235,430 5 $47,086
2002 $367,716 vii $52,531
2000 $77,842 6 $12,974
Total $ii,577,062 53 $48,624

Meet also

  • Arizona State Legislature
  • Arizona State Senate
  • Arizona Firm of Representatives
  • Arizona state legislative districts

External links

  • The Arizona Land Legislature

Footnotes

  1. Arizona State Legislature, "Term limits," accessed Dec 16, 2013
  2. Arizona Attorney General, "Legislative Term Limits," accessed Feb eight, 2021
  3. 3.0 3.one 3.two Arizona Legislature, "Arizona Revised Statutes," accessed February 8, 2021 (Statute 41.1202 (A), Arizona Revised Statutes)
  4. four.0 four.1 Arizona Legislature, "Arizona Revised Statutes," accessed February 8, 2021 (Statute 41.1202 (B), Arizona Revised Statutes)
  5. Phone conversation with Valerie Neumann, AIRC executive assistant, Jan. 25, 2022]
  6. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, "Official Maps," accessed January. 21, 2022
  7. Tucson Spotter, "Arizona Redistricting Commission gives concluding certification to new election maps," January. 21, 2022
  8. Arizona Mirror, "Republicans hold the edge as Arizona redistricting nears completion," December. 17, 2021
  9. Supreme Court of the U.s.a., "Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee, et al. - Appellant's Jurisdictional Statement," accessed March 6, 2015
  10. Arizona Contained Redistricting Commission, "Home folio," accessed March vi, 2015
  11. 11.0 xi.1 All Almost Redistricting, "Arizona," accessed April 17, 2015
  12. Arizona Secretarial assistant of State, "Elections Agenda & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
  13. Arizona Secretary of Land, "General ballot ," accessed September 9, 2016
  14. Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November eleven, 2016
  15. Arizona Secretary of Country, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate Listing," accessed June 3, 2016
  16. Arizona Secretary of Land, "2016 Election Information - Master Candidate Listing," accessed June 3, 2016
  17. Arizona Secretary of Country, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
  18. Arizona Secretarial assistant of State, "2014 Main Ballot," May 27, 2014
  19. Arizona Secretarial assistant of State, "Official full general election candidate listing," accessed September 11, 2014
  20. Arizona Secretary of State, "Official full general ballot results," accessed August 3, 2015
  21. Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Full general Election Results," Dec 18, 2013
  22. "Arizona Secretarial assistant of Country", "Official 2012 General Ballot Candidates", December xviii, 2013
  23. Arizona Secretarial assistant of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," December 18, 2013
  24. Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Candidates," December eighteen, 2013

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Russell Bowers

Representatives

Republican Party (31)

Democratic Party (29)