Bob Robson
is an American politician and a former
Republican member of the
Arizona House of Representatives
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representing District 18. Robson previously served consecutively from January 10, 2011, until January 14, 2013, in the District 20 seat, and non-consecutively from January 2001 until January 2009 in the District 6 and District 20 seats.
Education
Robson earned his
BS and
MS in
criminal justice
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from
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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.
Elections
* 2014 Robson successfully ran for reelection alongside
Jill Norgaard. Robson came in second, narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Denise "Mitzi" Epstein in the general election with 31,587 votes.
* 2012 Redistricted to District 18, and with incumbent Republican Representatives
Cecil Ash and
Steve Court leaving the Legislature, Dial and Robson were unopposed in the August 28, 2012, Republican primary; Dial placed first, and Robson placed second with 14,780 votes; Dial and Robson won the five-way November 6, 2012, general election, with Dial taking the first seat and Robson taking the second seat with 44,204 votes against
Democratic nominees Corey Harris, Darin Fisher, and
Independent
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candidate Brent Fine.
* 2000 With District 6 incumbent Republican Representatives
Lori Daniels running for
Arizona Senate
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and
Richard Kyle leaving the Legislature, Robson ran in the four-way September 12, 2000, Republican primary, placing second with 5,130 votes, and took the second seat in the November 7, 2000, general election with 31,328 votes against Democratic nominee Richard Wenzel.
* 2002 Redistricted to District 20, Robson ran in the four-way September 10, 2002, Republican primary, placing second with 4,278 votes, and won the second seat in the three-way November 5, 2002, general election with 20,794 votes against Democratic nominee Jim Torgeson.
* 2004 With fellow Republican Representative
John Huppenthal running for Arizona Senate, Robson ran in the five-way September 7, 2004, Republican primary, placing first with 6,801 votes;
John McComish (who had been a primary candidate in 2002) won the first seat, and Robson won the second seat in the four-way November 2, 2004, general election with 37,334 votes above Democratic nominee Jim Torgeson and
Libertarian
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candidate Joel Beckwith.
* 2006 Robson and McComish were unopposed for the September 12, 2006, Republican primary; Robson placed first with 6,221 votes, and in the November 7, 2006, general election, McComish took the first seat and Robson took the second seat with 26,963 votes against Libertarian candidate Jack Heald.
* 2008 Running for one of the three seats up for election on the
Arizona Corporation Commission
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, Robson ran in the eight-way September 2, 2008, Republican primary, placing sixth behind
Bob Stump
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, former state Representative
Marian McClure, and Barry Wong; in the November 4, 2008, general election, Democratic former state Senator
Sandra Kennedy
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placed first, Democratic former state Representative
Paul Newman
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placed second, and Stump took the third seat.
* 2010 Robson challenged incumbent Democratic Representative
Rae Waters to regain the District 20 seat, and ran alongside incumbent Representative
Jeff Dial
Jeff Dial (born April 4, 1976 in Los Angeles County, California) is a former State Senator in the Arizona State Legislature.
Dial was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010 and was reelected in 2012.
Dial was elected to the Ariz ...
in the three-way August 24, 2010, Republican primary, placing second behind Dial with 10,543 votes; in the three-way November 2, 2010, general election, Dial took the first seat, and Robson took the second seat with 27,662 votes against Representative Waters.
References
External links
Official pageat the
Arizona State Legislature
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Campaign site*
Biographyat
Ballotpedia
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Financial information (state office)at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
John Jay College of Criminal Justice alumni
Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Politicians from Chandler, Arizona
21st-century members of the Arizona State Legislature