Ken Cheuvront

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name =Kenneth D. Cheuvront

| honorific-suffix =

| image =Judge Head Shot.jpg

| state_senate =Arizona

| district =15th legislative

| term_start =January 2003

| term_end =January 10, 2011

| preceded =Chris Cummiskey

| succeeded =

| state_house2 =Arizona

| district2 =25th legislative

| term_start2 =January 1995

| term_end2 =January 2003

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| party =Democrat

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1961|05|11}}

| birth_place =

| alma_mater =Institut Études Européenes,
Claremont McKenna College,
American Graduate School of International Management

| profession =

| partner =

| residence =Phoenix, Arizona

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}}

Kenneth David Cheuvront {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|ɛ|v|r|ɒ|n|t}} (born May 11, 1961, in Phoenix, Arizona){{Cite web |url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=2957 |title=www.votesmart.org |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522005921/http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=2957 |url-status=dead }} is a Democratic politician. From 2003 to 2011 he served as Arizona state senator for District 15, which centers on Phoenix. In 2018 he was elected justice of the peace in central Phoenix. He is also owner of Cheuvront Construction Inc and Cheuvront Wine Bar.

Earlier he was elected to represent the 15th district in the State House of Representatives in 1994, becoming the first openly gay man elected to the Arizona House of Representatives,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/14/us/the-1994-election-homosexuals-gay-politicians-cite-gains-amid-losses.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|work=The New York Times|title=The 1994 Election: Homosexuals; Gay Politicians Cite Gains Amid Losses|date=November 14, 1994|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|accessdate=September 28, 2011}} and held the seat until he was termed out in 2002. He was the Democratic Leader in that chamber in the 2001–02 session.

In 2002, he was elected to represent the district in the State Senate, winning the general election by a margin of 63% to 37%. He had previously run for the Senate in 1990, winning 44% of the primary election vote but losing to Chuck Blanchard. He won re-election in 2004 with 65% of the vote and in 2006 with 69%. He ran unopposed in 2008, and term limits will prevent him from seeking a fifth two-year term in 2010.

A supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, Cheuvront was a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.{{cite news

|title=Democrats finalize delegate list

|url=http://www.politickeraz.com/evanbrown/1099/democrats-finalize-delegate-list

|date=April 28, 2008

|work=PolitickerAZ.com

|accessdate=July 29, 2008

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006120313/http://www.politickeraz.com/evanbrown/1099/democrats-finalize-delegate-list

|archivedate=October 6, 2008

}}

He is openly gay, and his campaigns have been supported by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. He was one of five openly LGBT members of the Arizona State Legislature, serving alongside Sen. Paula Aboud (D–Tucson), as well as Reps. Robert Meza (D–Phoenix), Kyrsten Sinema (D–Phoenix) and Matt Heinz (D–Tucson).{{cite web

|title=GLLI: Out officials

|url=http://www.glli.org/out_officials

|accessdate=June 1, 2008

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708163309/http://www.glli.org/out_officials

|archivedate=July 8, 2007

}} He is also a member of the Democratic Leadership Council.