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Arizona Senate

{{Short description|Upper house of the Arizona State Legislature}}

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{{Infobox legislature

| background_color = {{party color|Republican Party (US)}}

| name = Arizona State Senate

| legislature = 57th Arizona Legislature

| coa_pic = File:Arizona state seal.svg

| house_type = Upper house

| term_limits = 4 terms (8 years)

| new_session = January 13, 2025

| session_room = Arizona Senate by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| leader1_type = President

| leader1 = Warren Petersen (R)

| election1 = January 9, 2023

| leader2_type = President pro tempore

| leader2 = T. J. Shope (R)

| election2 = January 9, 2023

| leader3_type = Majority Leader

| leader3 = Janae Shamp (R)

| election3 = January 13, 2025

| leader4_type = Minority Leader

| leader4 = Priya Sundareshan (D)

| election4 = January 13, 2025

| term_length = 2 years

| authority = Article 4, Arizona Constitution

| salary = $24,000/year + per diem

| members = 30 senators

| structure1 = Arizona Senate 2025.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| political_groups1 =

Majority

Minority

| last_election1 = November 5, 2024
(30 seats)

| next_election1 = November 4, 2026
(30 seats)

| redistricting = Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

| meeting_place = State Senate Chamber
Arizona State Capitol
1700 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, Arizona{{small|{{*}}}}85007

| website = [https://www.azsenate.gov/ Arizona State Senate]

|rules=[https://www.azsenate.gov/alispdfs/SenateRules2025-2026.pdf Senate Rules]}}

The Arizona State Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members each representing an average of 219,859 constituents (2009 figures). Members serve two-year terms with term limits that limit Senators to a maximum four consecutive terms (eight years) before requiring a one-term respite prior to running again. Members of the Republican Party are currently the majority in the Senate.

As with the Arizona House of Representatives, members to the Senate are elected from the same legislative districts as House members; however, one senator represents the constituency, while for the House there are two Representatives per district. This districting system is similar to those of the New Jersey, Idaho, and Washington State Senate. In political science, this type of legislative district is called a multi-member district.

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal United States Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards.

The Senate convenes in the adjacent legislative chambers at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.

Leadership

Unlike in other states, where an elected lieutenant governor presides over the senate, in Arizona, the Senate elects its own presiding officer, the president of the Senate, who presides over the body, appoints members to all of the Senate's committees and to joint committees, and may create other committees and subcommittees if desired. The Senate president also appoints a president pro tempore, who serves for the duration of a session of the legislature, to preside in their absence, and may appoint a temporary president pro tempore in the absence of the president and president pro tempore.{{Cite web |url=http://www.azsenate.gov/srules.htm#rule2 |title=Senate Rule 2: The President |access-date=March 5, 2009 |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109173256/https://www.azsenate.gov/srules.htm#rule2 |url-status=dead}}

The current president of the Senate is Republican Warren Petersen of district 14, the Senate Majority Leader is Janae Shamp of district 29. The current minority leader is Priya Sundareshan of district 18 with Catherine Miranda of district 11 as the assistant minority leader.{{cite web |url=http://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=S |title=Member Roster |access-date=May 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116233034/https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=S |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

=Leadership information=

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! Position !! Name !! Party !! Residence !! District

President of the Senate{{sortname|Warren|Petersen}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanGilbertDistrict 14
President pro tempore{{sortname|T. J.|Shope}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanCoolidgeDistrict 16
Majority leader{{sortname|Janae|Shamp}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanSurpriseDistrict 29
Majority whip{{sortname|Frank|Carroll|dab=Arizona politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanSurpriseDistrict 28
Minority caucus chair{{sortname|Lela|Alston}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticPhoenixDistrict 5
Minority leader{{sortname|Priya|Sundareshan}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticTucsonDistrict 18
Assistant minority leader{{sortname|Catherine|Miranda}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticPhoenixDistrict 11
Minority whip{{sortname|Rosanna|Gabaldón}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSahuaritaDistrict 21

Current composition

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|+ ↓

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| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}; width:43.3%" | 13

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}; width:56.7%" | 17

style="color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | Democratic

| style="color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | Republican

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style="vertical-align:bottom;"

!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

(shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

!

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:black" |

Republican

!Democratic

!Vacant

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2011–12

|{{party shading/Republican}}|21

|9

!29

|1

colspan=5|
nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2013–14

|{{party shading/Republican}}|17

|13

!30

|0

colspan=5|
nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 2015

|{{party shading/Republican}}|17

|13

!rowspan=2|30

|rowspan=2|0

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End 2016

|{{party shading/Republican}}|18

|12

colspan=5|
nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2017–18

|{{party shading/Republican}}|17

|13

!30

|0

colspan=5|
nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2019–20

|{{party shading/Republican}}|17

|13

!30

|0

colspan=5|
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |2021–22

| {{party shading/Republican}}|16

|14

!30

|0

colspan=5|
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |2023–24

| {{party shading/Republican}}|16

|14

!30

|0

colspan=5|
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Begin 2025

| {{party shading/Republican}} rowspan="3" |17

|13

!30

|0

nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |March 14, 2025{{efn|Eva Burch (District 9) resigned}}

|12

!29

|1

nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |March 31, 2025{{efn|Kiana Sears was sworn in to succeed Burch}}

|13

!30

|0

Latest voting share

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|17|30|1}}

! {{percentage|13|30|1}}

! colspan=2 |

Current members, 2025–2027

{{main|List of representatives and senators of Arizona Legislature by districts (2023–2033)}}

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DistrictImageSenatorPartyResidenceAssumed office on

!Elected

175px{{sortname|Mark|Finchem}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepPrescott2025

|2024

275px{{sortname|Shawnna|Bolick}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepPhoenix2023

|2023†

375px{{sortname|John|Kavanagh|dab=Arizona politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepScottsdale2023

|2022

475px{{sortname|Carine|Werner}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepScottsdale2025

|2024

575px{{sortname|Lela|Alston}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemPhoenix2023

|2018

675px{{sortname|Theresa|Hatathlie}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemCoal Mine Mesa2023

|2022

775px{{sortname|Wendy|Rogers|dab=politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepTempe{{Cite web |url=https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2020/05/24/open-letter-raises-questions-about-wendy-rogers-candidacy/ |title=Open Letter Raises Questions About Wendy Rogers Candidacy – Arizona Daily Independent |date=May 25, 2020 }}2023

|2020

875px{{sortname|Lauren|Kuby}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemTempe2025

|2024

975pxKiana Sears{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemMesa2025

|2025†

1075px{{sortname|Dave|Farnsworth}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepMesa

|2023

|2022

1175px{{sortname|Catherine|Miranda}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemPhoenix2023

|2022

1275px{{sortname|Mitzi|Epstein}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemChandler2023

|2022

1375px{{sortname|J. D.|Mesnard}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepChandler2023

|2018

1475px{{sortname|Warren|Petersen}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepGilbert2023

|2020

1575px{{sortname|Jake|Hoffman|dab=Arizona politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepQueen Creek2023

|2022

1675px{{sortname|T. J.|Shope}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepCoolidge2023

|2020

1775px{{sortname|Vince|Leach}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepTucson2025

|2024

1875px{{sortname|Priya|Sundareshan}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemTucson2023

|2022

1975px{{sortname|David|Gowan}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepSierra Vista2023

|2018

2075px{{sortname|Sally Ann|Gonzales}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemTucson2023

|2018

2175px{{sortname|Rosanna|Gabaldón}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemSahuarita2023

|2022

2275px{{sortname|Eva|Diaz|dab=Arizona politician}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemTolleson2023

|2022

2375px{{sortname|Brian|Fernandez|dab=politician}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemYuma2023

|2022

2475px{{sortname|Analise|Ortiz}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemPhoenix2025

|2024

2575px{{sortname|Tim|Dunn|dab=politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepYuma2025

|2024

2675px{{sortname|Flavio|Bravo}}{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemPhoenix2023

|2023†

2775px{{sortname|Kevin|Payne|dab=politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepSun City2025

|2024

2875px{{sortname|Frank|Carroll|dab=Arizona politician}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepSurprise2023

|2022

2975px{{sortname|Janae|Shamp}}{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepSurprise2023

|2022

3075px{{sortname|Hildy|Angius}}{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepBullhead City2025

|2024

† Member was originally appointed.

Committees

The current standing committees of the Arizona Senate are as follows:

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Committee{{cite web |url=https://www.azsenate.gov/SenateList/2025%20COMMITTEE%20ASSIGNMENTS.pdf|title=2025 Committee Assignments|access-date=May 4, 2025}}

! Chair

! Vice Chair

! Ranking Member{{cite web |url=https://www.arizonasenatedemocrats.com/2025-standing-committees|title=Standing Committees |access-date=May 4, 2025}}

Appropriations

| John Kavanagh

| David Farnsworth

| Not Listed

Director Nominations

| Jake Hoffman

| T. J. Shope

| Not Listed

Education and Transportation

| David Farnsworth

| Carine Werner

| Eva Diaz

Federalism

| Mark Finchem

| Hildy Angius

| Priya Sundareshan

Finance

| J. D. Mesnard

| Vince Leach

| Mitzi Epstein

Government

| Jake Hoffman

| Wendy Rogers

| Lauren Kuby

Health & Human Services

| Carine Werner

| T. J. Shope

| Sally Ann Gonzales

Judiciary and Elections

| Wendy Rogers

| John Kavanagh

| Analise Ortiz

Military Affairs and Border Security

| David Gowan

| Janae Shamp

| Catherine Miranda

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

| T. J. Shope

| Tim Dunn

| Rosanna Gabaldón

Public Safety

| Kevin Payne

| Hildy Angius

| Kiana Sears

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

| Shawnna Bolick

| Frank Carroll

| Mitzi Epstein

Rules

| David Farnsworth

| Janae Shamp

| Flavio Bravo

Past composition of the Senate

{{main|Political party strength in Arizona}}

See also

{{Portal|Arizona|Politics}}

Notes

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [https://www.azsenate.gov/ Official Arizona State Senate website]
  • {{Ballotpedia|Arizona_State_Senate}}
  • {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302195314/http://www.az.billhop.com/|date=March 2, 2007|title=Billhop – Arizona legislative wiki}}

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