Nominating petitions – where the rubber meets the road

Posted by Craig McDermott

Every election cycle, there are far more candidates before nominating petitions are due than after.  In other words, more people start candidate committees than actually file nominating petitions to make it on to the ballot.

For most of the pretenders, collecting signatures requires more work than they can put in (to collect the sigs themselves), more volunteers and campaign workers than they have (to help collect the sigs), and/or more money than they can beg, borrow, or give to themselves (to use to hire a professional sig gathering company).

It's still early, but here is a list of candidates who have submitted their sigs already (note: some of the candidates may have their sigs successfully challenged and may not make it on to the ballot, so all of the candidates listed may not appear on the ballot for August's primary), courtesy the Secretary of State's website (key: incumbent – holds office currently; House/Senate – moving over from the other chamber of the lege; CE – Clean Elections forms filed and money disbursed) –

(Note: sig list current as of close of business Friday, Clean Elections info current as of last Monday)

U.S. Senate

Republicans Jim Deakin and JD Hayworth

CD1 Congress

Republican Bradley Beauchamp

CD2 Congress

Republican Trent Franks (Incumbent)

CD3 Congress

Republican Ed Winkler

CD5 Congress

Republican David Schweikert

CD6 Congress

Republican Jeff Smith

CD7 Congress

Ruth McClung

CD8 Congress

Republican Jesse Kelly

Governor

Democrat Terry Goddard (CE)

Republicans Jan Brewer (unelected incumbent, CE) and Matthew Jette

LD4 State Senate

Democrat Sue Dolphin (CE)

LD5 State Senate

Republican Sylvia Allen (incumbent)

LD7 State Senate

Republican Bob Green

LD9 State Senate

Republican Rick Murphy (House)

LD11 State Senate

Democrat Rita Dickinson

Republicans Rich Davis and Andrew Smigielski

LD12 State Senate

Republican Clark Silver

LD15 State Senate

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema (House)

LD17 State Senate

Democrat David Schapira (House)

Republican Wendy Rogers

LD20 State Senate

Republican John McComish (House)

LD22 State Senate

Republican Andy Biggs

LD26 State Senate

Democrat Cheryl Cage

LD28 State Senate

Democrat Paula Aboud (incumbent)

LD30 State Senate

Democrat Todd Camenisch

LD1 State Representative

Republicans Noel Campbell, Karen Fann, and Andy Tobin (incumbent)

LD2 State Representative

Democrat Tom Chabin (incumbent)

LD4 State Representative

Republican Jack Harper (Senate)

LD5 State Representative

Republicans Brenda Barton and Chester Crandell

LD7 State Representative

Democrat Don Chilton

Republican David Smith

LD8 State Representative

Democrats John Kriekard and W. John Williamson

Republican Paulla Pennypacker

LD9 State Representative

Republican Rick Gray (CE)

LD10 State Representative

Democrat Aaron Jahneke

Republican Doug Quelland (incumbent)

LD11 State Representative

Democrat Eric Meyer (incumbent)

LD15 State Representative

Democrats Lela Alston and Katie Hobbs

Republican Paul Yoder

LD16 State Representative

Democrat Ruben Gallego

Republican Michael Gular

LD18 State Representative

Democrat Michael Conway (CE)

LD19 State Representative

Republican Scott Perkinson (CE)

LD20 State Representative

Republican Bob Robson

LD21 State Representative

Republicans JD Mesnard and Venessa Whitener

LD22 State Representative

Republicans Eddie Farnsworth and Paul Howell

LD23 State Representative

Republicans John Fillmore (CE) and Frank Pratt (incumbent, CE))

LD24 State Representative

Democrat Lynne Pancrazi (incumbent)

LD27 State Representative

Democrat Bob Gilby

LD28 State Representative

Democrats Steve Farley (incumbent), Mohur Sidwa (CE), and Tim Sultan (CE)

LD29 State Representative

Republican Pat Kilburn (CE)

LD30 State Representative

Democrat Andrea Dalessandro

Attorney General

Democrat Felecia Rotellini

Republican Tom Horne

Treasurer

Republican Thayer Verschoor

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Republican John Huppenthal (CE)

Corporation Commission

Republicans Brenda Burns (CE), Gary Pierce (incumbent, CE) and Barry Wong