Robert Blendu

{{short description|American politician}}

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| state_senate = Arizona

| district = 12th

| term_start = January 2003

| term_end = January 2009

| predecessor = Toni Hellon

| successor = John B. Nelson

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|1|4}}{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3047/robert-blendu#.XK1NyfZFwjY |title=Robert Blendu's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=March 22, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606060931/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3047/robert-blendu |url-status=live |archivedate=June 6, 2013}}

| birth_place = Gary, Indiana

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| nationality = American

| party = Republican

| spouse = Leslie Blendu - 2nd wife. First wife, Ann Blendu (deceased, married nearly 50 years

| children = Betty Jo, Annette, Deanna, Larry, Ana, Robert Jr., Josette, Scott, Anaroberta

| residence = Litchfield Park, Arizona

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| profession = Politician

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Robert Blendu (born January 4, 1943) was a member of the Arizona State Senate from 2003 through 2009. He was first elected to the Senate in November 2002,{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/93/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 | accessdate=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|vii}} and was re-elected twice, in 2004 and 2006.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/88/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 | accessdate=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/104/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214 | accessdate=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|vii}} In 2008 Blendu decided to not seek re-election to the Senate and ran for a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives in the same district. However, he lost to Steve Montenegro and Jerry Weiers in the Republican primary.{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 | publisher=Ballotpedia | title=Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008 | accessdate=March 22, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111720/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 | url-status=live |archivedate=April 10, 2019}}