SWAG Update: Early filers for 2010

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I have been a bit remiss lately in updating the early filers with the Arizona Secretary of State for 2010. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx.

Since the last update, former Arizona Democratic Party chairman Jim Pederson and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon have announced that they will not be a candidate in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Former Tempe mayor and gay rights activist Neil Giuliano is exploring running for Governor as a Democrat (he was a Republican). Republican State Treasurer Dean Martin is making noises about running for Governor, and there are persistent rumors that Republican National Committeeman John Munger is biding his time waiting to announce that he is running for Governor.

[Update 8/21/09: The Arizona Republic reports that Paradise Valley mayor and long-time GOP politico Vernon Parker is weighing a run for governor.]

There has been an extraordinary number of early candidate filings this year for 2010. I do not recall ever seeing this many early filers. Many of the ranked contenders, however, may not file until as late as January of 2010 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 not even designated what office they are seeking.

A word of caution, the list below does not distinguish between an "exploratory committee" and a "candidate committee." "NP" indicates no party affilliation 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
John Paul Mitchell – Independent
Hugh Kealer – Republican
Karen Johnson – Republican
Johnnie E. Robinson III – Republican
Robert Shaw Graham – Republican
Matthew Jette – Republican
Benjamin Jankowski, Jr. – Democrat

Secretary of State

Sam Wercinski – Democrat (office sought is not designated in his filing)
Steve Gallardo – Democrat (his filing designates District 13 Senate)*

Attorney General

David Lujan – Democrat
Tom Horne – Republican
Sam Crump – Republican

Treasurer

Andrei Cherney – Democrat

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Jason Williams – Democrat
Penny Kotterman – Democrat
John Huppenthal – Republican
Margaret Dugan – Republican
Mary Lou Taylor – Republican
Gary Nine – Republican

Corporation Commission

Brenda Burns – Republican

Arizona Legislature

LD  1 Andrew Tobin – Republican – House
LD  3 Beth L. Weisser – Democrat -Senate
LD  4 Scott Bundgaard – Republican – Senate
LD  4 Tom Boone – Republican – Senate
LD  4 Shawn Kohner – Republican Senate
LD  4 Sue Dolphin – Democrat – Senate
LD  5 Brenda Barton – Republican – House
LD  6 Pamela Gorman – Republican – Senate
LD  6 Patricia Flickner – Democrat – Senate
LD  6 Steven Henry Kaiser – Republican – House
LD  7 Ray Barnes – Republican – Senate
LD  7 Michael Coskun – Republican – House
LD  7 Lawrence Coutts – Republican – House
LD  7 James Waring – Republican – House
LD  8 Ted King – NP – Senate
LD  8 Eric Ulis – Republican – House
LD  9 Diane Douglas – Republican – House
LD  9 Debbie Lesko – Republican – House
LD10 David Caparaso – Republican – House
LD11 Rich Davis – Republican – Senate
LD11 Jon C. Altmann – Republican – House
LD12 Angela Cotera – Democrat – House
LD12 Steve Montenegro – Republican – House
LD13 Steve Gallardo – 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
LD16 Dr. Cristy Lopez – Democrat – House
LD16 Jimmie Munoz, Jr. – Democrat – House
LD16 Robert Michael Gular – Republican – House
LD17 Wendy Rogers – Republican – Senate
LD20 Christopher Tolino – Republican – House
LD20 Bob Robson – Republican – House
LD22 Adam Armer – Republican – House
LD23 Rebecca Rios – Democrat – Senate
LD23 Barbara McGuire – Democrat – House
LD25 Manuel Alvarez – Democrat – Senate
LD25 David Stevens – Republican – House
LD26 Cheryl Cage – Democrat – Senate
LD27 Olivia Cajero Bedford – Democrat – Senate
LD27 Bob Gilby – Democrat – House
LD27 Sami Hamed – Democrat – House
LD27 Dustin Curtis Cox – Democrat – House
LD27 Gene Chewning – Independent – House
LD28 Ted Prezelski – Democrat – House
LD28 Ted Downing – Democrat – House (his filing does not designate the office sought)
LD28 Mohur Mona Sidhwa – Democrat – House
LD30 Andrea Dalessandro – Democrat – House
LD30 David Gowan – Republican – House

A few incumbents have filed but do not designate the office sought:

Robert Burns (R) currently LD 9 Senate (and Senate President); Bill Konopnicki (R) currently LD 5 House (and rumored to be exploring running for Congress); Michele Reagan (R) currently LD 8 House; David Bradley, currently LD28 House (and termed out in 2010); and Adam Driggs (R) currently LD 11 House.

Finally there is Ray Mahoubi, a Republican who did not designate the office sought, but is believed to be running for LD 8 Senate.