Saturday, November 18th, 2006...11:34 am
Final Results from District 24: It’s the Good Yuma Women
A correspondent has pointed out an article in yesterday’s Yuma Sun. Apparently, final results have been tabulated in District 24 (I don’t know if they have been officially certified) and they show Amanda Aguirre elected to the State Senate, and Lynne Pancrazi and Theresa Ulmer will be novice House members in January. Not only are all three of these folks Democrats, but they make up an entirely female delegation.
As I said before, this is a remarkable victory in a district where only a few months ago the Republicans were counting on wins to get their 2/3 majority.
I’m inviting response from y’all on this: is this the only distaff delegation in the current legislature?
The last three-woman delegation that I remember was from the old central Tucson District 14 in the mid 1990’s. That slate first consisted of Sen. Cindy Resnick, and Reps. Ruth Solomon and Herschella Horton. Resnick made a bid for the US Senate and Solomon took her place in the State Senate, so Marion Pickens rounded out the trio.
4 Comments
November 18th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Interesting…do you know this stuff off the top of your head or do you do research?
November 18th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
The election for Dems in the state legislature looks a little better than I thought. Maybe a pickup in the Senate now…and what 5-7 in the House. It is still not what I would have expected or thought from a big year like this, but here is hoping it moderates the legislature a little and that it at least gives a little more power to Republicans like Burns.
November 19th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
District 8 sent Michele Reagan, Collette Rosatti, and Carolyn Allen to the legislature in 2002 and 2004.
November 19th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
I still have not forgiven D8 for Collette Rosatti.
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