2004 Arizona House of Representatives election

2004 Arizona House of Representatives election

November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)

All 60 seats in the Arizona House
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Jake Flake
(retired)
John Loredo
(retired)
Sylvia Laughter
(defeated)
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Leader's seat 5th - Snowflake 13th - Phoenix 2nd - Kayenta
Last election 39 21 0
Seats before 39 20 1
Seats after 38 22 0
Seat change 1 2 1

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Speaker before election

Jake Flake
Republican

Elected Speaker

Jim Weiers
Republican

The 2004 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, with the primary election held on Tuesday, September 7, 2004. Arizona voters elected all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives in multi-member districts to serve two-year terms.

The election coincided with United States national elections and Arizona state elections, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Arizona Senate.

Following the previous election in 2002, Republicans held a 39-to-21-seat majority over Democrats. During the legislative session, Representative Sylvia Laughter switched political party affiliation from Democrat to Independent. Republicans maintained their majority in 2004, winning 38 seats. At 22 members, Democrats regained Laughter's seat and flipped a Republican seat, resulting in a net gain of two seats. The newly elected members served in the 47th Arizona State Legislature, during which Republican Jim Weiers was elected as Speaker of the Arizona House.