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John Verkamp | |
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| Member of the Arizona Senate from the 2nd district | |
| In office January 2001 – January 2003 | |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 2nd district | |
| In office January 1993 – January 2001 | |
| Succeeded by | Jack Jackson, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | since December 2005, Democrat |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
John Verkamp (born c. 1940) is an American attorney and politician in Arizona. He served as a county attorney for 12 years, and was elected to four terms as a Republican state representative. He served one term as a state senator, but decided not to run for re-election in 2002 after redistricting moved his base of Flagstaff to a primarily Democratic district.
Continuing to disagree with the Republicans over the issues of the Iraq War, which he opposed, in 2005 Verkamp joined the Democrats.[1] He filed to run in 2006 as a Democrat for the United States Senate from Arizona,[2] but was late and failed to qualify for the primary.
- ^ Paul Giblin, "Verkamp running against Pederson", East Valley Tribune, 5 May 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2012
- ^ Andrea Stone, "Immigration may play a key role in Arizona's Senate race", USA Today, 17 May 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2012.