Former state legislator Sylvia Allen angling for a return to the lege

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings

…And here I was, thinking that Arizona’s Republicans were implacably opposed to recycling… 🙂

From the Arizona Daily Sun, written by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa –

Navajo County Supervisor Sylvia Allen might find herself back in the Arizona Senate before the end of the year.

And if she does, it would be under eerily similar circumstances to her first stint in the Legislature.

According to the Arizona Capitol Times, Allen announced she wanted to be the designated Republican nominee for Sen. Chester Crandell’s seat in the Nov. 4 general election.

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Allen has plenty of experience working with the Arizona Senate. According to the Arizona Republic, she was appointed to the Senate in June 2008 to fill the remainder of Sen. Jake Flake’s term.

Flake died from a heart attack after falling off his horse. Flake was also running for re-election unopposed.

Allen then ran for the District 5 Senate seat in 2008 and won. She served in the Senate until 2012, when she ran for and was elected to the Navajo County Board of Supervisors.

Crandell died on August 4 as a result of a fall from a horse.

As a sitting elected official who has more than one year remaining in her term of office, Arizona’s much-ignored resign to run law would apply here, assuming that she becomes to GOP nominee for the seat.

Note: I am pretty sure that the law would not apply until (and if) she becomes an official candidate for the legislature.

Note2: As of this writing, no campaign finance filings for her (desired) candidacy are on the AZSOS’ web site.

General info:

From a letter to elections officials in Coconino, Gila, Navajo, and Yavapai counties (parts of each fall within Legislative District 6) from the AZSOS regarding the filling of Crandell’s seat and his spot on the ballot:

 

 

5 thoughts on “Former state legislator Sylvia Allen angling for a return to the lege”

    • It doesn’t seem to be fully repealed, but it has been significantly weakened. Of course, what remains is still thoroughly ignored.

      • The resign to run law was effectively gutted after the “Huppenthal Rule” adopted by the courts which allowed a candidate to run an exploratory campaign and to collect signatures and donations. Under the current law, resign to run is not triggered until the candidate files their nomination petitions, or presumably in this case, after the primary election vote has been certified. This is an opportunity to make Sylvia Allen a two-time loser this fall, leaving her with no office at all.

  1. While Sup. Allen may be selected to fill the remainder of Sen. Crandall’s term, it is entirely possible that she may lose the election for the seat to former Sen. Tom O’Halleran who is more qualified and represented the same rough district in the past. Tom left the Republican Party after being primaried out by Sen. Crandall, he is now running as am Independent. Tom is a thoughtful, responsible candidate who is well liked especially in the Sedona area and has worked very hard for natural resource and public lands protection. He is one of only a very tiny number of Republicans in the Arizona legislature to receive A ratings from the Sierra Club for their votes for the environment.

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