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Yavapai, Navajo, Mohave Counties, AZ November 3, 1998 General

State Representative; District 2

Candidates (Vote for 2)

John Verkamp 23,375 votes 40.7%

  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Businessman/Attorney
  • Elected to Arizona House of Representatives, 1992, 1994 & 1996
  • Chairman, House Judiciary Committee
  • Member: Appropriations, Commerce and Public Institutions & Universities Committees
  • Elected Coconino County Attorney in 1980, 1984 & 1988
  • Captain, US Army, 1965-1970
  • Wife, Linda, and 3 grown children: Melanie, Jay and Greg
Priorities:
  • Education
  • Crime & Drugs
  • Job Creation
Joe Hart 18,144 votes 31.6%
  • Party: Republican
Richard E. "Cowboy" Swanson 15,903 votes 27.7%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Owner Children's Bookstore
  • 4 years on Flagstaff City Council
  • Graduate of Dartmouth College
  • 14-year resident of Legislative District 2
  • Married, father of 6-year-old & 4-year-old
  • Board member of The High Country News
  • Board member Critter Crater Rescue Ranch
Priorities:
  • Education - K-20
  • Economic Opportunity - better than minimum wage jobs
  • Quality of life - keep the forests green and the redrocks red

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