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.
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.
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.
District Senator Party Notes1Tom O'Halleran Republican2Albert Hale* Democrat3Ron Gould* Republican4Jack W. Harper* Republican5Jake Flake* Republican6Pamela Gorman Republican7Jim Waring* Republican8Carolyn S. Allen* Republican9Robert Burns* Republican10Linda Gray Republican11Barbara Leff* Republican12Robert Blendu* Republican13Richard Miranda* Democrat14Debbie McCune Davis Democrat15Ken Cheuvront* Democrat16Leah Landrum Taylor Democrat17Meg Burton Cahill Democrat18Karen Johnson* Republican19Chuck Gray Republican20John Huppenthal* Republican21Jay Tibshraeny* Republican22Thayer Verschoor* Republican23Rebecca Rios* Democrat24Amanda Aguirre Democrat25Marsha Arzberger* Democrat26Charlene Pesquiera Democrat27Jorge Luis Garcia* Democrat28Paula Aboud 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* RepublicanAndy Tobin Republican2Thomas Chabin DemocratAlbert Tom* Democrat3Trish Groe* RepublicanNancy McLain* Republican4Tom Boone* RepublicanJudy Burges* Republican5Jack A. Brown* DemocratBill Konopnicki* Republican6Doug Clark RepublicanSam Crump Republican7Ray Barnes* RepublicanNancy Barto* Republican8John Kavanagh RepublicanMichelle Reagan* Republican9Rick Murphy* RepublicanBob Stump* Republican10Jackie Thrasher DemocratJames Weiers* Republican11Mark DeSimone DemocratAdam Driggs Republican12John B. Nelson* RepublicanJerry Weiers* Republican13Steve Gallardo* DemocratMartha Garcia* Democrat14Chad Campbell DemocratRobert Meza* Democrat15David Lujan* DemocratKyrsten Sinema* Democrat16Cloves Campbell Jr. DemocratBen R. Miranda* Democrat17Ed Ableser DemocratDavid Schapira Democrat18Mark Anderson* RepublicanRussell Pearce* Republican19Kirk Adams RepublicanRich Crandall Republican20John McComish* RepublicanBob Robson* Republican21Warde Nichols* RepublicanSteven B. Yarbrough* Republican22Andy Biggs* RepublicanEddie Farnsworth* Republican23Barbara McGuire DemocratPete Rios* Democrat24Lynne Pancrazi DemocratTheresa Ulmer Democrat25Manuel Alvarez* DemocratJennifer Burns* Republican26J. Peter Hershberger* RepublicanLena Saradnik Democrat27Olivia Cajero Bedford* DemocratPhil Lopes* Democrat28David T. Bradley* DemocratSteve Farley Democrat29Linda J. Lopez* DemocratTom Prezelski* Democrat30Marian McClure* RepublicanJonathan Paton* Republican
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