47th Arizona State Legislature

The 47th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006, during the second two years of Janet Napolitano's first term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans gained a seat in the Senate, giving them a 18-12 majority. The Republicans maintained their majority in the lower chamber, 39–21, while the Democrats picked up the sole seat held by an Independent.

47th Arizona State Legislature
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Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2006
Senate
Members	30
President	Ken Bennett
Temporary President	Marilyn Jarrett
Party control	Republican (18–12)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Speaker	James P. Weiers
Party control	Republican (39–21)
Sessions
1st January 10 – May 13, 2005 2nd January 9 – June 22, 2006
Special sessions
1st January 24 – March 6, 2006

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 10, 2005, and adjourned on May 13, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 9, 2006 and adjourned sine die on June 22.[1]^:i[2]^:i

There was a single Special Session, which convened on January 24, 2006 and adjourned sine die on March 6.[3]^:1759

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	Ken Bennett*	Republican
2	Albert Hale	Democrat
3	Ron Gould	Republican
4	Jack W. Harper*	Republican
5	Jake Flake	Republican
6	Dean Martin*	Republican
7	Jim Waring*	Republican
8	Carolyn S. Allen*	Republican
9	Robert Burns*	Republican
10	Linda Gray	Republican
11	Barbara Leff*	Republican
12	Robert Blendu*	Republican
13	Richard Miranda*	Democrat
14	Bill Brotherton*	Democrat
15	Ken Cheuvront*	Democrat
16	Linda Aguirre*	Democrat
17	Harry E. Mitchell*	Democrat
18	Karen Johnson	Republican
19	Marilyn Jarrett*	Republican
20	John Huppenthal	Republican
21	Jay Tibshraeny*	Republican
22	Thayer Verschoor*	Republican
23	Rebecca Rios	Democrat
24	Robert Cannell*	Democrat
25	Marsha Arzberger	Democrat
26	Toni Hellon*	Republican
27	Jorge Luis Garcia*	Democrat
28	Gabrielle Giffords*	Democrat
29	Victor Soltero*	Democrat
30	Timothy S. Bee*	Republican

House of Representatives

Members

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

District	Representative	Party	Notes
1	Lucy Mason*	Republican
	Tom O'Halleran*	Republican
2	Ann Kirkpatrick	Democrat
	Albert Tom	Democrat
3	Trish Groe	Republican
	Nancy McLain	Republican
4	Tom Boone*	Republican
	Judy Burges	Republican
5	Jack A. Brown	Democrat
	Bill Konopnicki	Republican
6	Ted Carpenter*	Republican
	Pamela Gorman	Republican
7	Ray Barnes*	Republican
	Nancy Barto	Republican	Replaced Smith on February 2, 2006[2]
	David Burnell Smith	Republican	Smith was removed from office on January 26, 2006[2]
8	Michelle Reagan*	Republican
	Colette Rosati*	Republican
9	Rick Murphy	Republican
	Bob Stump*	Republican
10	Doug Quelland*	Republican
	James Weiers	Republican
11	John Allen*	Republican	Represented District 7 in prior legislature
	Stephen Tully*	Republican
12	John B. Nelson*	Republican
	Jerry Weiers	Republican
13	Steve Gallardo*	Democrat
	Martha Garcia	Democrat
14	Debbie McCune Davis*	Democrat
	Robert Meza*	Democrat
15	David Lujan	Democrat
	Kyrsten Sinema	Democrat
16	Leah Landrum Taylor*	Democrat
	Ben R. Miranda*	Democrat
17	Meg Burton Cahill*	Democrat
	Laura Knaperek	Republican
18	Mark Anderson	Republican
	Russell Pearce*	Republican
19	Chuck Gray*	Republican
	Gary L. Pierce*	Republican
20	John McComish	Republican
	Bob Robson*	Republican
21	Warde Nichols*	Republican
	Steven B. Yarbrough*	Republican
22	Andy Biggs*	Republican
	Eddie Farnsworth*	Republican
23	Cheryl Chase*	Republican
	Pete Rios	Democrat
24	Amanda Aguirre*	Democrat
	Russell L. Jones	Republican
25	Manuel Alvarez*	Democrat
	Jennifer Burns*	Republican
26	J. Peter Hershberger*	Republican
	Steve Huffman*	Republican
27	Olivia Cajero Bedford*	Democrat
	Phil Lopes*	Democrat
28	David T. Bradley*	Democrat
	Ted Downing*	Democrat
29	Linda J. Lopez*	Democrat
	Tom Prezelski*	Democrat
30	Marian McClure*	Republican
	Jonathan Paton	Republican

References

1. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
2. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2006 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 264". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
3. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2006 Volume 2, Forty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 265 to End, First Special Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

External links

• "Arizona State Legislature". Archived from the original on February 5, 2006 – via Wayback Machine.