ARIZONA

Your complete directory of Arizona candidates for Governor, State Cabinet, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline: June 4, 2008
Filing Deadline for Write-In Candidates: August 2008 (Primary)
and September 2008 (General)
Primary: September 3, 2008

This page was last updated on December 18, 2008

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
[ Janet Napolitano (D)* - Term Limited in 2010. ]
Terry Goddard (D) - Attorney General, Ex-Phoenix Mayor & '90/'94 Candidate
Phil Gordon (D) - Phoenix Mayor
Jim Pederson (D) - Ex-State Democratic Chair, Real Estate Developer & '06 US Sen. Nominee
Jan Brewer (R) - Secretary of State

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Jan Brewer (R)*

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Terry Goddard (D)*

STATE TREASURER:
Dean Martin (R)* - (Campaign Site)

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
Tom Horne (R)*

STATE MINE INSPECTOR:
Joe Hart (R)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

John McCain (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2010

Jon Kyl (R)* - Next Election in 2012

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
[ Rick Renzi (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Ann Kirkpatrick (D) - State Rep. & Ex-Sedona City Attorney

District 2:
Trent Franks (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
John Shadegg (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Ed Pastor (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
Harry Mitchell (D)* - (Campaign Site)
David Schweikert (R) - Maricopa County Treasurer, Ex-State Rep., Businessman & '08 Nominee
Warren Severin (Libertarian) - Businessman & Frequent Candidate

District 6:
Jeff Flake (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 7:
Raúl Grijalva (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Gabrielle Giffords (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Arizona
Arizona Democratic Party
Arizona Green Party
Independent American Party of Arizona
Arizona Libertarian Party
Arizona Republican Party
Socialist Party of Arizona

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Secretary of State's Office

Citizens Clean Elections Commission

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix)
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)
Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
AZ-Vote (Liberal)
Bisbee Observer
Casa Grande Dispatch
Cave Creek Foothills Sentinel / Canyon Country News
Cave Creek Sonoran News
Douglas Daily Dispatch
Kingman Daily Miner
KGUN TV-9 (ABC - Tucson)
KOLD TV-13 (CBS - Tucson)
Lake Havasu City News-Herald
Navajo Hopi Observer (Flagstaff)
Navajo Times
Parker Sun-Times
Payson Roundup
Phoenix Echo Magazine (Gay & Lesbian)
PHXNews.com
Phoenix New Times (Alternative)
Prescott Daily Courier & Prescott Valley Tribune
Sedona Red Rock News
Sierra Vista Herald
Tombstone Tumbleweed
Tucson Citizen
Yuma Daily Sun