Ernest Bustamante

{{short description|American politician}}

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Ernest Bustmante is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2003 until January 2005, representing the newly redistricted District 23.{{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|viii–ix}} He ran for re-election in 2004 along with Cheryl Chase, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Pete Rios.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2004 |title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2004 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111810/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2004 |url-status=live |archivedate=April 10, 2019}} In 2008 he ran again for the House in District 23, and won the Democratic primary along with Barbara McGuire. However, while McGuire won, Bustamante lost in the general election to Frank Pratt.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 |title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2008 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111720/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 |url-status=live |archivedate=April 10, 2019}} He again ran in 2010, and won the Democratic primary, along with McGuire, but in the general election they both lost to Pratt and John Fillmore.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010 |title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2010 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111812/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010 |url-status=live |archivedate=April 10, 2019}} He ran once again in 2012, this time in District 8, after redistricting. He and Emily Verdugo won the Democratic primary, but they both lost in the general election, to Pratt and T. J. Shope.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012 |title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2012 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107161139/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012 |url-status=live |archivedate=November 7, 2018}}