Ted Downing Explained

Ted (Theodore) Downing
State House4:Arizona
District4:28th
Term Start4:January 1999
Term End4:January 2003
Successor4:Steve Farley
Nationality:American
Party:Democrat
Profession:Politician

Ted Downing is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2003 until January 2007. In 2000 he ran for the State House of Representatives for District 13. Along with Gabrielle Giffords, he was one of the two candidates to win the Democratic primary. However, in the general election, while Giffords won, Downing came in third, losing to Carol Somers.[1] In November 2002, he ran again for the house, this time in District 28 following redistricting, and won.[2] [3] He won re-election to the House in 2004.[4] In 2006, Downing decided not to seek re-election to the House, and chose to run for the State Senate. However, he lost in the Democrat primary to Paula Aboud, who ran unopposed in the general election.[5] He ran again in the 2010 election for the Senate seat from District 28, this time as an independent, finishing a distant third in the election.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2000 . Ballotpedia . April 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501153033/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2000 . live . May 1, 2019.
  2. Web site: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2002 . Ballotpedia . April 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506151946/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2002 . live . May 6, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Arizona State Senate elections, 2006 . Ballotpedia . April 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412114817/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2006 . live . April 12, 2019.
  6. Web site: Arizona State Senate elections, 2010 . Ballotpedia . April 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501223248/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2010 . live . May 1, 2019.

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