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 an 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.
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.
There was a single Special Session, which convened on January 24, 2006, and adjourned sine die on March 6.
State Senate Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Senator Party Notes1Ken Bennett* Republican2Albert Hale Democrat3Ron Gould Republican4Jack W. Harper* Republican5Jake Flake Republican6Dean Martin* Republican7Jim Waring* Republican8Carolyn S. Allen* Republican9Robert Burns* Republican10Linda Gray Republican11Barbara Leff* Republican12Robert Blendu* Republican13Richard Miranda* Democrat14Bill Brotherton* Democrat15Ken Cheuvront* Democrat16Linda Aguirre* Democrat17Harry E. Mitchell* Democrat18Karen Johnson Republican19Marilyn Jarrett* Republican20John Huppenthal Republican21Jay Tibshraeny* Republican22Thayer Verschoor* Republican23Rebecca Rios Democrat24Robert Cannell* Democrat25Marsha Arzberger Democrat26Toni Hellon* Republican27Jorge Luis Garcia* Democrat28Gabrielle Giffords* Democrat29Victor Soltero* Democrat30Timothy S. Bee* Republican
House of Representatives
Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Representative Party Notes1Lucy Mason* RepublicanTom O'Halleran* Republican2Ann Kirkpatrick DemocratAlbert Tom Democrat3Trish Groe RepublicanNancy McLain Republican4Tom Boone* RepublicanJudy Burges Republican5Jack A. Brown DemocratBill Konopnicki Republican6Ted Carpenter* RepublicanPamela Gorman Republican7Ray Barnes* RepublicanNancy Barto RepublicanReplaced Smith on February 2, 2006David Burnell Smith RepublicanSmith was removed from office on January 26, 20068Michelle Reagan* RepublicanColette Rosati* Republican9Rick Murphy RepublicanBob Stump* Republican10Doug Quelland* RepublicanJames Weiers Republican11John Allen* RepublicanRepresented District 7 in prior legislatureStephen Tully* Republican12John B. Nelson* RepublicanJerry Weiers Republican13Steve Gallardo* DemocratMartha Garcia Democrat14Debbie McCune Davis* DemocratRobert Meza* Democrat15David Lujan DemocratKyrsten Sinema Democrat16Leah Landrum Taylor* DemocratBen R. Miranda* Democrat17Meg Burton Cahill* DemocratLaura Knaperek Republican18Mark Anderson RepublicanRussell Pearce* Republican19Chuck Gray* RepublicanGary L. Pierce* Republican20John McComish RepublicanBob Robson* Republican21Warde Nichols* RepublicanSteven B. Yarbrough* Republican22Andy Biggs* RepublicanEddie Farnsworth* Republican23Cheryl Chase* RepublicanPete Rios Democrat24Amanda Aguirre* DemocratRussell L. Jones Republican25Manuel Alvarez* DemocratJennifer Burns* Republican26J. Peter Hershberger* RepublicanSteve Huffman* Republican27Olivia Cajero Bedford* DemocratPhil Lopes* Democrat28David T. Bradley* DemocratTed Downing* Democrat29Linda J. Lopez* DemocratTom Prezelski* Democrat30Marian McClure* RepublicanJonathan Paton Republican
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