Ted Carpenter (politician) explained

Ted Carpenter
State House1:Arizona
District1:6th
Term Start1:January 13, 2003
Term End1:January 8, 2007
Predecessor1:John Huppenthal
Bob Robson
Successor1:Doug Clark
Sam Crump
State House2:Arizona
District2:19th
Term Start2:January 11, 1999
Term End2:January 13, 2003
Predecessor2:David Eberhart
Successor2:Chuck Gray
Gary Pierce
Birth Date:7 December 1951
Birth Place:Fort Worth, Texas
Death Place:Gilbert, Arizona
Nationality:American
Party:Republican
Residence:Phoenix, Arizona
Profession:Politician

Theodore Wayne Carpenter (December 7, 1951 – November 19, 2020) was an American politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1999 until 2007.[1] He was first elected to the House in November 1998, representing District 19,[2] and was re-elected in 2000.[3] After redistricting in 2002, Carpenter was again re-elected in both 2002 and 2004, now representing District 6.[4] [5] Not eligible to run for the House in 2006 due to Arizona's term limits, he ran for the Arizona State Senate, but lost to Pamela Gorman in the Republican primary. Gorman went on to win the general election.[6]

He died on November 19, 2020, in Gilbert, Arizona at age 68.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ted Carpenter's Biography . Project Vote Smart . April 3, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403190438/https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/16362/ted-carpenter . live . April 3, 2019.
  2. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 . State of Arizona . December 12, 2018.
  3. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 . State of Arizona . December 12, 2018.
  4. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 . State of Arizona . December 27, 2018.
  5. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 . State of Arizona. January 3, 2019.
  6. Web site: Arizona State Senate elections, 2006 . Ballotpedia . April 1, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412114817/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2006 . live . April 12, 2019.
  7. Web site: Theodore Carpenter Obituary (1951–2020) – The Arizona Republic . Legacy.com . 2020-12-02.