Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
This will be the last “early filers” update. The state legislature goes back into session on Monday. Anyone filing for office now will not be exploring but running. Filings will really pick up now. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx
There has been an extraordinary number of early candidate filings for 2010. I do not recall ever seeing this many early filers. Many of the ranked contenders have yet to file because of Arizona’s “resign to run” law. So the early filers are not necessarily indicative of who’s in and who’s out for 2010. Some of the early filers have failed to designate the office sought. It looks like a crowded primary season if everyone qualifies for the ballot.
A word of caution, the list below does not distinguish between an “exploratory committee” and a “candidate committee.” “NP” indicates no party affiliation designated on the face of the filing.
So who is out there exploring if not actually running for office in 2010?
Governor
Janelle Wood – NP
Roy Miller – NP
Kent Warren Couchee – NP
Stanford Collins – NP
John Paul Mitchell – Independent
Alvin Ray Yount – Independent
Bruce Olsen – Libertarian
Hugh Kealer – Republican
Karen Johnson – Republican
Johnnie E. Robinson III – Republican
Robert Shaw Graham – Republican
Matthew Jette – Republican
Vernon B. Parker – Republican
John Munger – Republican
Steven H. Slaton – Republican
Jan Brewer – Republican
Buz Mills – Republican
Benjamin Jankowski, Jr. – Democrat
Terry Goddard – Democrat
Secretary of State
Sam Wercinski – Democrat (filing does not designate office sought)
Steve Gallardo – Democrat (filing designates District 13 Senate)*
Christopher Deschene – Democrat (filing does not designate office sought)
Attorney General
David Lujan – Democrat
Felecia Ann Rotellini – Democrat
Tom Horne – Republican
Sam Crump – Republican
Andrew Thomas – Republican
Tajudeen Oladiran – Republican
Treasurer
Andrei Cherney – Democrat
Thayer Verschoor – Republican (filing does not designate office sought)
James Waring – Republican
Theodore “Ted” Carpenter – Republican
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jason Williams – Democrat
Penny Kotterman – Democrat
John Huppenthal – Republican
Margaret Dugan – Republican
Mary Lou Taylor – Republican
Gary Nine – Republican
Beth Price – Republican
Corporation Commission
Jorge Luis Garcia – Democrat
Brenda Burns – Republican
Barry Wong – Republican
State Mine Inspector
Manuel Orozco Cruz – Democrat
Joe Hart – Republican
Arizona Legislature
LD 1 Steve Pierce – Republican – Senate
LD 1 Andrew Tobin – Republican – House
LD 1 Karen Fann – Republican – House
LD 1 Noel Campbell – Republican – House
LD 2 Albert Tom – Democrat – House
LD 2 Tom Chabin – Democrat – House
LD 3 Beth L. Weisser – Democrat -Senate
LD 3 Doris Goodale – Republican – House
LD 4 Sue Dolphin – Democrat – Senate
LD 4 Scott Bundgaard – Republican – Senate
LD 4 Tom Boone – Republican – Senate
LD 4 Shawn Kohner – Republican Senate
LD 4 Karina Guerrero – Democrat – House
LD 4 Judy Burges – Republican – House
LD 5 Sylvia Allen – Republican – Senate
LD 5 Bill Shumway – Democrat – House
LD 5 Brenda Barton – Republican – House
LD 5 Becky Nutt – Republican – House
LD 5 Bruce Olson – Republican – House
LD 5 Chester Crandell – Republican – House
LD 5 Bill Konopnicki – Republican – House (filing does not designate office sought)
LD 6 Patricia Flickner – Democrat – Senate
LD 6 Pamela Gorman – Republican – Senate
LD 6 Teri Conrad – Democrat – House
LD 6 Steven Henry Kaiser – Republican – House
LD 6 Nicholas Burr – Republican – House
LD 6 Carl Seel – Republican – House
LD 6 Leonard Clark – Independent – House
LD 7 Ray Barnes – Republican – Senate
LD 7 Nancy Barto – Republican – Senate
LD 7 Brad Buch – Republican – Senate
LD 7 Bob Green – Republican – Senate
LD 7 Michael Coskun – Republican – House
LD 7 Lawrence Coutts – Republican – House
LD 7 James Waring – Republican – House [closing committee]
LD 7 David Burnell Smith – Republican – House
LD 7 Kristen Burroughs – Republican – House
LD 7 Craig Barton – NP – House
LD 8 Michelle Ugenti – Republican – Senate
LD 8 Ray Mahoubi – Republican – Senate (filing does not designate office sought)
LD 8 Ted King – NP – Senate
LD 8 John A. Kriekard – Democrat – House
LD 8 Walter John Williamson – NP – House
LD 8 Michele Reagan – Republican – House (filing does not designate office sought)
LD 8 Eric Ulis – Republican – House
LD 8 Dennis Robbins – Republican – House
LD 8 James Rich – Republican – House
LD 8 David Paddison – Republican – House
LD 8 Michael Blaire – Republican – House
LD 8 Paul LoBianco – Republican – House
LD 8 John Kavanagh – Republican – House
LD 9 Sheri van Horsen – Democrat – Senate
LD 9 Robert Burns – Republican – Senate (filing does not designate office sought)
LD 9 James Andrew Clark – Republican – Senate
LD 9 Diane Douglas – Republican – House
LD 9 Debbie Lesko – Republican – House
LD 9 Richard “Rick” Gray – Republican – House
LD 9 Nathaniel Martin – Republican – House
LD10 Justin Johnson – Democrat – Senate
LD10 – Linda Gray – Republican – Senate
LD10 Jackie Thrasher – Democrat – House
LD10 David Caparaso – Republican – House
LD10 James Weiers – Republican – House
LD10 Bill Adams – Republican – House
LD10 Doug Quelland – Republican – House
LD11 Rita Dickinson – Democrat – Senate
LD11 Rich Davis – Republican – Senate
LD11 Eric Meyer – Democrat – House
LD11 Adam Driggs – Republican – House (filing does not designate office sought)
LD11 Jon C. Altmann – Republican – House
LD11 Beverly Kraft – Republican – House
LD11 Dusti LeeAnn Morris – Republican – House
LD11 Kate McGee – Republican – House
LD12 Tyler Kissell – Democrat – Senate
LD12 Clark Silver – Republican – Senate
LD12 Angela Cotera – Democrat – House
LD12 Steve Montenegro – Republican – House
LD13 Steve Gallardo – Democrat – Senate*
LD13 Martha Garcia – Democrat – Senate
LD13 Ana Tovar – Democrat – House
LD13 John Martin Quezada – Democrat – House
LD14 Robert Meza – Democrat – Senate
LD14 Chad Campbell – Democrat – House
LD15 Krysten Sinema – Democrat – Senate
LD15 Bob Thomas – Republican – Senate
LD15 Katie Hobbs – Democrat – House
LD15 Lela Alston – Democrat – House
LD15 Luis Alberto Garcia – Democrat – House
LD15 Ken Clark – Democrat – House
LD15 Bernice Condit – Republican – House
LD16 Victor Jett Contreras – Democrat – Senate
LD16 Leah Landrum – Democrat – Senate
LD16 Dr. Cristy Lopez – Democrat – House
LD16 Jimmie Munoz, Jr. – Democrat – House
LD16 Ruben Gallego – Democrat – House
LD16 Robert Michael Gular – Republican – House
LD17 David Schapira – Democrat – Senate
LD17 Wendy Rogers – Republican – Senate
LD17 Ed Ableser – Democrat – House
LD17 Ben Arredondo – Democrat – House
LD17 Augustus H Shaw IV – NP – House
LD18 Robert Hernandez McDonald, Jr. – Democrat – Senate
LD18 Michael Conway – Democrat – House
LD18 Cecil Ash – Republican – House
LD18 Steve Court – Republican – House
LD19 Rich Crandall – Republican – Senate
LD19 Kathryn “Kit” Filbey – Democrat – House
LD19 Scott Perkinson – Republican – House
LD20 Rae Waters – Democrat – House
LD20 Christopher Tolino – Republican – House
LD20 Bob Robson – Republican – House
LD20 Jeff Dial – Republican – House
LD21 Steve Yarbrough – Republican – Senate
LD21 Jeff Vance – Republican – House
LD21 Venessa Whitener – Republican – House
LD21 J.D. Mesnard – Republican – House
LD21 Tom Forese III – Republican – House
LD21 Scott Bergren – NP – House
LD22 Andy Biggs – Republican – Senate
LD22 Adam Armer – Republican – House
LD22 Steven Urie – Republican – House
LD22 Kelly Townsend – Republican – House
LD22 Paul Howell – Republican – House
LD23 Rebecca Rios – Democrat – Senate
LD23 Matthew Byers – Republican – Senate
LD23 Barbara McGuire – Democrat – House
LD23 Ernest Bustamante – Democrat – House
LD23 Frank Pratt – Republican – House
LD23 John Fillmore – Republican – House
LD24 Amanda Aguirre – Democrat – Senate
LD24 Lynne Pancrazi – Democrat – House
LD25 Manuel Alvarez – Democrat – Senate
LD25 Patricia Fleming – Democrat – House
LD25 David Stevens – Republican – House
LD25 Gurmeet ‘George’ Nerhan – Republican – House
LD26 Cheryl Cage – Democrat – Senate
LD26 Al Melvin – Republican – Senate
LD26 Nancy Young Wright – Democrat – House
LD26 Terri Lynn Proud – Republican – House
LD26 Vic Williams – Republican – House
LD27 Olivia Cajero Bedford – Democrat – Senate
LD27 Bob Gilby – Democrat – House
LD27 Sami Hamed – Democrat – House
LD27 Dustin Curtis Cox – Democrat – House
LD27 John Martin Bernal – Democrat – House
LD27 Gene Chewning – Independent – House
LD28 Ted Prezelski – Democrat – House
LD28 Ted Downing – Democrat – House (filing does not designate office sought)
LD28 Mohur Mona Sidhwa – Democrat – House
LD28 Tim Sultan – Democrat – House
LD28 Steve Farley – Democrat – House
LD29 Matt Heinz – Democrat – House
LD29 Daniel Patterson – Democrat – House
LD29 Pat Kilburn – Republican – House
LD30 Todd Camenisch – Democrat – Senate
LD30 Andrea Dalessandro – Democrat – House
LD30 David Gowan – Republican – House
LD30 Frank Antenori – Republican – House
David Bradley, currently LD28 House, filed a committee but is termed out in 2010. He reportedly will be working for the Terry Goddard campaign.
Finally, Lucy Mason, a Republican from Yavapai County, filed an exploratory committee but did not designate the office sought. Laurin Hendix, a Republican from Maricopa County, also filed an exploratory committee but did not specify the office sought. Robert Green, a Republican from Maricopa County, also filed an exploratory committee but did not specify the office sought.