Ted Carpenter (politician)

Ted Carpenter
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 6th district
In office
January 13, 2003 – January 8, 2007
Preceded byJohn Huppenthal
Bob Robson
Succeeded byDoug Clark
Sam Crump
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 19th district
In office
January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003
Preceded byDavid Eberhart
Succeeded byChuck Gray
Gary Pierce
Personal details
Born(1951-12-07)December 7, 1951
Fort Worth, Texas
DiedNovember 19, 2020(2020-11-19) (aged 68)
Gilbert, Arizona
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona
ProfessionPolitician

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]: viii–ix  and was re-elected in 2000.[3]: viii–ix  After redistricting in 2002, Carpenter was again re-elected in both 2002 and 2004, now representing District 6.[4]: viii–ix [5]: viii–ix  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]

  1. ^ "Ted Carpenter's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Arizona State Senate elections, 2006". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Theodore Carpenter Obituary (1951–2020) – The Arizona Republic". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.