The 34th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 1980, during the first two years of Bruce Babbitt's first full term as Governor of Arizona. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans managed to regain control of the Senate by picking up two seats, giving them a 16–14 edge in the upper house. In the lower chamber, the Republicans increased their majority by 4 seats, giving them a 42–18 margin.
Sessions The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 8, 1979, and adjourned on April 21, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 14, 1980, and adjourned sine die on May 1. There was a single special sessions which convened on November 12, 1979, and adjourned sine die on April 3, 1980.
State Senate Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Senator Party Notes1Boyd Tenney* Republican2Tony Gabaldon Democrat3Arthur J. Hubbard Sr.* Democrat4A. V. "Bill" Hardt* Democrat5Jones Osborn* Democrat6Polly Getzwiller* Democrat7William L. Swink* Democrat8Ed Sawyer* Democrat9Jeffrey J. Hill Republican10Luis A. Gonzales Democrat11Jaime P. Gutierrez Democrat12John T. Mawhinney Republican13Morris Farr* Democrat14Jim Kolbe* Republican15S. H. Runyan* Republican16Wayne Stump Republican17Anne Lindeman* Republican18Leo Corbet* Republican19Ray Rottas* Republican20Lela Alston* Democrat21Richard Kimball Democrat22Manuel "Lito" Pena* Democrat23Alfredo Gutierrez* Democrat24John C. Pritzlaff Jr.* Republican25Trudy Camping* Republican26Rod J. McMullin* Republican27James A. Mack* Republican28Robert B. Usdane* Republican29Jack J. Taylor* Republican30Stan Turley* Republican
House of Representatives
Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Representative Party Notes1Jerry Everall RepublicanJohn U. Hays* Republican2Sam A. McConnell Jr.* RepublicanJohn Wettaw* Republican3Benjamin Hanley* DemocratDaniel Peaches* Republican4Edward G. Guerrero* DemocratE. C. "Polly" Rosenbaum* Democrat5Morris Courtright RepublicanFrank McElhaney Democrat6James Hartdegen* RepublicanRenz D. Jennings Democrat7Marjory Ollson DemocratRichard Pacheco* Democrat8Joe Lane RepublicanSteve Vukcevich* Democrat9Bart Baker RepublicanWilliam J. English* Republican10Larry Bahill* DemocratCarmen Cajero* Democrat11Peter Goudinoff* DemocratMike Morales Republican12Thomas N. Goodwin* RepublicanJohn Kromko* Democrat13Clare Dunn* DemocratLarry Hawke* Republican14Arnold Jeffers* RepublicanRalph Soelter Republican15Bob Denny RepublicanJames B. Ratliff* Republican16Bob Hungerford RepublicanDiane B. McCarthy* Republican17C. W. "Bill" Lewis* RepublicanPatrica D. Wright* Republican18Burton S. Barr* RepublicanPete Dunn* Republican19Jane D. Hull RepublicanW. A. "Tony" West Jr.* Republican20Lillian Jordan* RepublicanDebbie McCune Democrat21Donald Kenney* RepublicanElizabeth Adams Rockwell* Republican22Art Hamilton* DemocratEarl V. Wilcox* Democrat23Tony R. Abril* DemocratLeon Thompson* Democrat24Pete Corpstein* RepublicanCal Holman* Republican25D. Lee Jones* RepublicanJacque Steiner* Republican26Peter Kay* RepublicanFrank Kelley* Republican27Juanita Harelson* RepublicanDoug Todd Republican28David B. Kret RepublicanJim Skelly** Republican29Donna J. Carlson* RepublicanJim L. Cooper* Republican30Carl J. Kunasek* RepublicanJames J. Sossaman* Republican
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