- Sen. Al Melvin (R)
Senate
Republican state Sen. Al Melvin, a retired merchant marine and captain in the Naval Reserve who served as chair of the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee and vice chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee in his freshman term, is seeking a second term in Legislative District 26.
Democrat Cheryl Cage, who lost to Melvin by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2008, is looking for a rematch and hopes that Melvin’s conservative voting record will help carry her to victory in one of Arizona’s few swing districts, which reaches from the Catalina Foothills to Pinal County’s Saddlebrooke. Republicans have a roughly seven percentage point lead in voter registration over Democrats in the district, but nearly 30 percent of voters in LD26 are registered Independent or other.
Republican Sen. Al Melvin's Web site here
Democrat Cheryl Cage's Web site here
House
Incumbent Rep. Vic Williams, who was first elected in 2008 and served
on the Appropriations and Education committees, will face fellow Republicans Wade McLean, a former superintendent of the Marana School District, and Terri Proud, a precinct committeeman, paralegal and gun-rights activist. (Check out her "Women of the Second Amendment YouTube video.)
- Rep. Nancy Young-Wright (D)
Republicans
Rep. Vic William' Web site here
Terri Proud's Web site here
Wade Mcclean's Facebook page here
Democrats
Rep. Nancy Young-Wright's Web site here
William Wallace's Web site is in progress and will be found here
- LD26