Thomas Tzitzura

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Thomas Tzitzura

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

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Thomas Tzitzura (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 29. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Steve Montenegro and James Taylor defeated Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez and Thomas Tzitzura in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Montenegro (R)	30.3	66,301
✔		James Taylor (R)	29.9	65,431
	Submit photo	Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez (D)	20.4	44,776
	Submit photo	Thomas Tzitzura (D)	19.4	42,535

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 219,043
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez and Thomas Tzitzura advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez	54.6	12,373
✔	Submit photo	Thomas Tzitzura	45.4	10,304

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,677
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Raymer (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Steve Montenegro and James Taylor defeated Amy Heusted in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Montenegro	54.5	22,153
✔		James Taylor	45.3	18,382
	Submit photo	Amy Heusted (Write-in)	0.2	85

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,620
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Austin Smith (R)

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2022

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar defeated Richard Grayson and Thomas Tzitzura in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Gosar (R)	97.8	192,796
		Richard Grayson (D) (Write-in)	1.8	3,531
	Submit photo	Thomas Tzitzura (D) (Write-in)	0.4	858

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 197,185
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gareth Gilsdorf (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		David Lucier (Write-in)	72.7	1,319
		Gene Scharer (Write-in)	27.3	496

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,815
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar defeated Randy Kutz, Adam Morgan, Sandra Dowling, and Jack Harper in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Gosar	65.9	67,340
		Randy Kutz	13.1	13,387
		Adam Morgan	12.2	12,508
		Sandra Dowling	8.7	8,851
		Jack Harper (Write-in)	0.1	76

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 102,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Saul Rodriguez (R)
• Orlando Johnson (R)
• Jana Jackson (R)

2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 (2 seats)

Incumbent Tim Dunn and Joanne Osborne defeated Thomas Tzitzura in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Dunn (R)	39.2	46,602
✔		Joanne Osborne (R)	36.8	43,780
	Submit photo	Thomas Tzitzura (D)	24.0	28,523

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,905
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 (2 seats)

Thomas Tzitzura advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Thomas Tzitzura	100.0	10,853

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,853 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 (2 seats)

Incumbent Tim Dunn and Joanne Osborne defeated incumbent Darin Mitchell and Trey Terry in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 13 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Dunn	36.8	15,303
✔		Joanne Osborne	23.8	9,879
		Darin Mitchell	20.8	8,639
		Trey Terry	18.6	7,735

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,556 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Thomas Tzitzura did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Thomas Tzitzura campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Arizona House of Representatives District 29	Lost general	$975	$809
2018	Arizona House of Representatives District 13	Lost general	$1,470	N/A**
Grand total			$2,445	$809
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Arizona House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Steve Montenegro

Majority Leader:Michael Carbone

Minority Leader:Oscar De Los Santos

Representatives

District 1

Selina Bliss (R)

Quang Nguyen (R)

District 2

Stephanie Simacek (D)

Justin Wilmeth (R)

District 3

Joseph Chaplik (R)

Alexander Kolodin (R)

District 4

Pamela Carter (R)

Matt Gress (R)

District 5

Sarah Liguori (D)

Aaron Marquez (D)

District 6

Mae Peshlakai (D)

Myron Tsosie (D)

District 7

Walter Blackman (R)

David Marshall (R)

District 8

Janeen Connolly (D)

Brian Garcia (D)

District 9

Lorena Austin (D)

Seth Blattman (D)

District 10

Ralph Heap (R)

Justin Olson (R)

District 11

Junelle Cavero (D)

Oscar De Los Santos (D)

District 12

Patricia Contreras (D)

Anastasia Travers (D)

District 13

Jeff Weninger (R)

Julie Willoughby (R)

District 14

Laurin Hendrix (R)

Khyl Powell (R)

District 15

Neal Carter (R)

Michael Way (R)

District 16

Chris Lopez (R)

Teresa Martinez (R)

District 17

Rachel Jones (R)

Kevin Volk (D)

District 18

Nancy Gutierrez (D)

Christopher Mathis (D)

District 19

Lupe Diaz (R)

Gail Griffin (R)

District 20

Alma Hernandez (D)

Betty Villegas (D)

District 21

Consuelo Hernandez (D)

Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D)

District 22

Lupe Contreras (D)

Elda Luna-Nájera (D)

District 23

Michele Pena (R)

Mariana Sandoval (D)

District 24

Anna Abeytia (D)

Lydia Hernandez (D)

District 25

Michael Carbone (R)

Nick Kupper (R)

District 26

Cesar Aguilar (D)

Quantá Crews (D)

District 27

Lisa Fink (R)

Tony Rivero (R)

District 28

David Livingston (R)

Beverly Pingerelli (R)

District 29

Steve Montenegro (R)

James Taylor (R)

District 30

Leo Biasiucci (R)

John Gillette (R)

Republican Party (33)

Democratic Party (27)