Chris Cummiskey

{{short description|American politician}}

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|state_senate1 = Arizona

|district1 = 25th

|term_start1 = January 1995

|term_end1 = January 2003

|predecessor1 = Chuck Blanchard

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|state_house4= Arizona

|district4 = 25th

|term_start4 = January 1991

|term_end4 = January 1995

|predecessor4= Margaret Updike

|successor4 = Ken Cheuvront
Robert Updike

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|15}}{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3122/chris-cummiskey#.XMSpLvZFwjY |title=Chris Cummiskey's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=April 27, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806031108/https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3122/chris-cummiskey |url-status=live |archivedate=August 6, 2019}}

|birth_place = Point Pleasant, New Jersey

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|nationality = American

|party = Democrat

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|residence = Phoenix, Arizona

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Chris Cummiskey (born August 15, 1964) is a former member of both the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives. He served in the House from January 1991 until January 1995, and in the Senate from January 1995 through January 2003. He was first elected to the House in November 1990, representing District 25,{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/67/rec/3 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1991 Volume 2, Fortieth Legislature, First Regular Session, Second to Fourth Special Sessions, Chapters 218 to End | accessdate=November 19, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}} and was re-elected in 1992.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/69/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1993 Volume 1, Forty-First Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 184 | accessdate=November 19, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}}

In 1994 he ran for the State Senate from the district, and won.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/52/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1995 Volume 1, Forty-Second Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 178 | accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{rp|vii}} He was re-elected in 1996, 1998, and 2000.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 | accessdate=December 4, 2018}}{{rp|vii}} {{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/102/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|vii}}