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Joe Hart (politician)

{{Short description|American politician (1944–2022)}}

{{About|the Arizona politician|the English football goalkeeper|Joe Hart|other people with the same name|Joseph Hart (disambiguation){{!}}Joseph Hart}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Joe Hart

| image = Joe Hart (31722467137) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Hart in 2019

| office = 11th Mine Inspector of Arizona

| governor = Janet Napolitano
Jan Brewer
Doug Ducey

| term_start = January 1, 2007

| term_end = October 29, 2021

| predecessor = Doug Martin

| successor = Paul Marsh

| state_house1 = Arizona

| district1 = 2nd

| alongside1 = John Verkamp

| term_start1 = January 10, 1992

| term_end1 = January 14, 2001

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|5|8}}

| birth_place = Kingman, Arizona, U.S.

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2022|9|11|1944|5|8}}}}

| death_place =

| party = Republican

| education = Fullerton College
Mohave Community College

}}

Joe Hart (May 8, 1944 – September 11, 2022)[https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/09/12/longtime-kingman-politician-former-mine-inspector-joe-hart-dies-at-78/ Longtime Kingman politician, former mine inspector Joe Hart dies at 78] {{subscription required}} was an American politician who served as the 11th State Mine Inspector of Arizona (2007–2021) and as a Member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing Arizona's 2nd Legislative District (1992–2001). He was a member of the Republican Party.

Education and career

Hart attended Fullerton Junior College and Mohave Community College.{{cite web|title=Joe Hart's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/16195/joe-hart|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=November 4, 2012}}

Hart previously worked for the Black Mountain Cattle Company, as the Safety Inspector for the Duval Mining Corporation (then owner of the Mineral Park mine) and at Hart to Hart Trucking. He was also the owner of radio stations KGMN, KZKE, and KYET, and television station KKAX-LD.{{Cite web| title = Our Campaigns – Candidate – Joe Hart| access-date = August 24, 2019| url = https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=26741}}

Legal issues

In 2017, Hart was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence following a physical altercation with his 59 year old nephew.{{cite news|author=|date=August 21, 2017|title=Police: Mine inspector arrested after fighting with nephew|work=Arizona Capitol Times|url=https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/08/21/kingman-police-department-mine-inspector-arrested-after-fighting-with-nephew/|access-date=January 5, 2021}} The fight was instigated by a disagreement over repairs to a water pipe.{{cite news|last=Lively|first=Matthew|date=August 21, 2017|title=Arizona mine inspector Joe Hart arrested on suspicion of domestic violence|work=AZ Central|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/08/21/arizona-mine-inspector-joe-hart-arrested-suspicion-domestic-violence/586841001/|access-date=January 5, 2021}} This charge was later dismissed by the Kingman city attorney.{{cite web|last=Sellby|first=W. Gardner|date=June 8, 2018|title=PolitiFact: Paxton alone among indicted officials|url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20180608/politifact-paxton-alone-among-indicted-officials|access-date=January 5, 2021|website=Statesman|publisher=Gannett Co.}}

Electoral history

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona State Mine Inspector Election, 2018

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|1,168,798

|51.7

Democratic

|William Pierce

|1,090,346

|48.3

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona State Mine Inspector Election, 2014

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|1,050,509

|100.0

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona State Mine Inspector Election, 2010

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|916,046

|57.1

Democratic

|Manuel Cruz

|687,310

|42.9

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona State Mine Inspector Election, 2006

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|Joe Hart

|1,057,097

|100.0

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! colspan="3" | State Mine Inspector – 2006 Republican Primary

colspan="1" style="width: 170px" |Candidate

! style="width: 50px" |Votes

! style="width: 40px" |%

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Joe Hart

| align="right" | 127,800

| align="right" | 50.6

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Larry Nelson

| align="right" | 124,778

| align="right" | 49.4

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class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Election, 1998

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|John Verkamp (inc.)

|23,375

|40.7

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|18,144

|31.6

Democratic

|Richard "Cowboy" Swanson

|15,903

|27.7

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Election, 1996

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|John Verkamp (inc.)

|35,953

|42.3

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|31,979

|37.6

Libertarian

|John Williams

|8,853

|10.4

Libertarian

|Sunny Reid

|8,280

|9.7

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Republican Primary Election, 1996

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|John Verkamp (inc.)

|7,900

|45.7

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|6,864

|39.7

Republican

|Timothy Webb

|2,507

|14.5

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Election, 1994

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|John Verkamp (inc.)

|24,771

|39.7

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|19,989

|32.0

Democratic

|Florence Karlstrom

|17,644

|28.3

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Republican Primary Election, 1994

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|John Verkamp (inc.)

|6,188

|36.4

Republican

|Joe Hart (inc.)

|6,010

|35.3

Republican

|Barbara Miller

|4,818

|28.3

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Election, 1992

Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

Republican

|John Verkamp (inc.)

|26,738

|28.5

Republican

|Joe Hart

|19,696

|21.0

Democratic

|Ginger Engen

|19,015

|20.2

Democratic

|Joe Lingerfelt

|18,201

|19.4

Independent Republican

|Ben Benton

|5,532

|5.9

Libertarian

|Clifford "Sunny" Reid, Jr.

|2,430

|2.6

Libertarian

|Eric Boudette

|2,345

|2.5

References

  • {{cite news |url=https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/06/20101006arizona-mine-inspector-joe-hart-investigation.html |title=No fraud inquiry of Mine Inspector Joe Hart |date=October 6, 2010 |author=Ryan Randazzo |newspaper=azcentral.com |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044122/http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/06/20101006arizona-mine-inspector-joe-hart-investigation.html |url-status=dead }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101027070838/http://www.hartformineinspector.com/about.htm Page about Hart on his rally website.]

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External links

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{{Portal|Biography}}

  • [http://statemineinspector.blogspot.com/ Joe Hart's blog]

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Category:1944 births

Category:2022 deaths

Category:20th-century members of the Arizona State Legislature

Category:21st-century Arizona politicians

Category:Arizona State Mine Inspector

Category:Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives

Category:People from Kingman, Arizona