35th Arizona State Legislature

The 35th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1981 to December 31, 1982, during the second two years of Bruce Babbitt's first full term as Governor of Arizona. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans maintained their 16–14 edge in the upper house, and gained a seat in the lower house, increasing their majority there to 43–17.

35th Arizona State Legislature
← 34th 36th →
Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1982
Senate
Members	30
Party control	Republican (16–14)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Party control	Republican (43–17)
Sessions
1st January 12 – April 25, 1981 2nd January 11 – April 24, 1982
Special sessions
1st July 7 – September 4, 1981 2nd July 8 – July 25, 1981 3rd September 1 – September 3, 1981 4th November 9 – November 9, 1981 5th December 1, 1981 – January 11, 1982 6th December 1, 1981 – January 11, 1982 7th December 1 – December 7, 1981

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 12, 1981, and adjourned on April 25, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 11, 1982 and adjourned sine die on April 24.[1]^:i[2]^:i There were seven Special Sessions during this legislature. The first convened on July 7, 1981 and adjourned sine die on September 4;[1]^:1311 the second convened on July 8, 1981 and adjourned seventeen days later on July 25;[1]^:1351 the third convened that same year on September 1 and adjourned sine die on September 3;[1]^:1351 the fourth convened on November 9, 1981, at 9:00 in the morning, and adjourned that same day at 4:24 in the afternoon;[1]^:1409 the fifth and sixth special sessions were held concurrently from December 1, 1981 through January 11, 1982;[1]^:1447 the seventh and final special session convened on December 1, 1981 and adjourned later that month on December 7.[1]^:1451

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]^:vii

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1	Boyd Tenney*	Republican
2	Tony Gabaldon*	Democrat
3	Arthur J. Hubbard Sr.*	Democrat
4	A. V. "Bill" Hardt*	Democrat
5	Jones Osborn*	Democrat
6	Polly Getzwiller*	Democrat
7	William L. Swink*	Democrat
8	Ed Sawyer*	Democrat
9	Jeffrey J. Hill*	Republican
10	Luis A. Gonzales*	Democrat
11	Jaime P. Gutierrez*	Democrat
12	John T. Mawhinney*	Republican
13	Greg Lunn	Republican
14	Jim Kolbe*	Republican
15	S. H. Runyan*	Republican
16	Marcia G. Weeks	Democrat
17	Anne Lindeman*	Republican
18	Leo Corbet*	Republican
19	Ray Rottas*	Republican
20	Lela Alston*	Democrat
21	Richard Kimball*	Democrat
22	Manuel "Lito" Pena*	Democrat
23	Alfredo Guteirrez*	Democrat
24	John C. Pritzlaff Jr.*	Republican
25	Jacque Steiner	Republican
26	Peter Kay	Republican
27	James A. Mack*	Republican
28	Robert B. Usdane*	Republican
29	Jack J. Taylor*	Republican
30	Stan Turley*	Republican

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]^:viii-ix

District	Representative	Party	Notes
1	Jerry Everall*	Republican
	John U. Hays*	Republican
2	Sam A. McConnell Jr.*	Republican
	John Wettaw*	Republican
3	Benjamin Hanley*	Democrat
	Daniel Peaches*	Republican
4	Edward G. Guerrero*	Democrat
	E. C. "Polly" Rosenbaum*	Democrat
5	Morris Courtright	Republican
	Frank McElhaney	Democrat
6	James Hartdegen*	Republican
	Renz Jennings*	Democrat
7	George W. Kline	Republican
	Richard Pacheco*	Democrat
8	Joe Lane*	Republican
	Steve Vukcevich*	Democrat
9	Bart Baker*	Republican
	William J. English*	Republican
10	Carmen Cajero*	Democrat
	Jesus R. Higuera	Democrat
11	Peter Goudinoff*	Democrat
	Mike Morales*	Republican
12	Thomas N . Goodwin*	Republican
	E. D. Jewett Jr.	Republican
13	Clare Dunn**	Democrat
	Larry Hawke*	Republican
14	William J. De Long	Republican
	E. H. Lew Macy	Republican
15	Bob Denny*	Republican
	James B. Ratliff*	Republican
16	Bob Hungerford*	Republican
	Rhonda Thomas	Republican
17	C. W. "Bill" Lewis*	Republican
	Patrica D. Wright*	Republican
18	Burton S. Barr*	Republican
	Pete Dunn*	Republican
19	Jane D. Hull*	Republican
	W. A. "Tony" West Jr.*	Republican
20	Lillian Jordan*	Republican
	Debbie McCune*	Democrat
21	Donald Kenney*	Republican
	Elizabeth Adams Rockwell*	Republican
22	Art Hamilton*	Democrat
	Earl V. Wilcox*	Democrat
23	Tony R. Abril*	Democrat
	Leon Thompson*	Democrat
24	Pete Corpstein*	Republican
	Cal Holman*	Republican
25	Glenn Davis	Democrat
	D. Lee Jones*	Republican
26	Peter Kay*	Republican
	Jim Meredith	Republican
27	Juanita Harelson*	Republican
	Doug Todd*	Republican
28	Paul R. Messinger	Republican
	Jim Skelly*	Republican
29	Donna J. Carlson*	Republican
	Jim L. Cooper*	Republican
30	Carl J. Kunasek*	Republican
	James J. Sossaman*	Republican

The ** denotes that she died in office on July 30, 1981 and was replaced by the appointment of David M. Rodriguez

References

1. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1981, Thirty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, First to Seventh Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
2. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1982, Thirty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Fifth and Sixth Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved October 23, 2018.