48th Arizona State Legislature

The 48th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008, during the first two years of Janet Napolitano's second term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Democrats gained a seat in the Senate, leaving the Republicans with a 17-13 majority. The Republicans maintained their majority in the lower chamber, 33–27, even though the Democrats picked up 6 seats.

48th Arizona State Legislature
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Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008
Senate
Members	30
President	Timothy S. Bee
Temporary President	Robert Blendu
Party control	Republican (17–13)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Speaker	James P. Weiers
Party control	Republican (33–27)
Sessions
1st January 8 – June 20, 2007 January 14 June 27, 2008 –

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 8, 2007, and adjourned on June 20, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 14, 2008 and adjourned sine die on June 27.[1]^:i[2]^:i

There were no Special Sessions.

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	Tom O'Halleran	Republican
2	Albert Hale*	Democrat
3	Ron Gould*	Republican
4	Jack W. Harper*	Republican
5	Jake Flake*	Republican
6	Pamela Gorman	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	Debbie McCune Davis	Democrat
15	Ken Cheuvront*	Democrat
16	Leah Landrum Taylor	Democrat
17	Meg Burton Cahill	Democrat
18	Karen Johnson*	Republican
19	Chuck Gray	Republican
20	John Huppenthal*	Republican
21	Jay Tibshraeny*	Republican
22	Thayer Verschoor*	Republican
23	Rebecca Rios*	Democrat
24	Amanda Aguirre	Democrat
25	Marsha Arzberger*	Democrat
26	Charlene Pesquiera	Democrat
27	Jorge Luis Garcia*	Democrat
28	Paula Aboud	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
	Andy Tobin	Republican
2	Thomas Chabin	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	Doug Clark	Republican
	Sam Crump	Republican
7	Ray Barnes*	Republican
	Nancy Barto*	Republican
8	John Kavanagh	Republican
	Michelle Reagan*	Republican
9	Rick Murphy*	Republican
	Bob Stump*	Republican
10	Jackie Thrasher	Democrat
	James Weiers*	Republican
11	Mark DeSimone	Democrat
	Adam Driggs	Republican
12	John B. Nelson*	Republican
	Jerry Weiers*	Republican
13	Steve Gallardo*	Democrat
	Martha Garcia*	Democrat
14	Chad Campbell	Democrat
	Robert Meza*	Democrat
15	David Lujan*	Democrat
	Kyrsten Sinema*	Democrat
16	Cloves Campbell Jr.	Democrat
	Ben R. Miranda*	Democrat
17	Ed Ableser	Democrat
	David Schapira	Democrat
18	Mark Anderson*	Republican
	Russell Pearce*	Republican
19	Kirk Adams	Republican
	Rich Crandall	Republican
20	John McComish*	Republican
	Bob Robson*	Republican
21	Warde Nichols*	Republican
	Steven B. Yarbrough*	Republican
22	Andy Biggs*	Republican
	Eddie Farnsworth*	Republican
23	Barbara McGuire	Democrat
	Pete Rios*	Democrat
24	Lynne Pancrazi	Democrat
	Theresa Ulmer	Democrat
25	Manuel Alvarez*	Democrat
	Jennifer Burns*	Republican
26	J. Peter Hershberger*	Republican
	Lena Saradnik	Democrat
27	Olivia Cajero Bedford*	Democrat
	Phil Lopes*	Democrat
28	David T. Bradley*	Democrat
	Steve Farley	Democrat
29	Linda J. Lopez*	Democrat
	Tom Prezelski*	Democrat
30	Marian McClure*	Republican
	Jonathan Paton*	Republican

References

1. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
2. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2008 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 218". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.