Carl E. Seel
(born July 14, 1969, in
Maryland
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) is an American politician and a former
Republican member of the
Arizona House of Representatives
The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State C ...
representing District 20 from 2013 to 2015. Seel served consecutively from January 2009 until January 14, 2013, in the District 6 seat.
Education
Seel earned his
AA from
College of the Canyons in California.
Elections
* 2012 Redistricted to District 20, and with incumbent Republican Representatives
Jeff Dial and
Bob Robson redistricted to District 18, and with incumbent Republican Representative
David Gowan
David M. Gowan Sr. is an American politician who currently serves in the Arizona Senate from January 14, 2019, and previously as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 2015–2017 legislative session and a Representative for Leg ...
redistricted from District 30, Seel ran in the August 28, 2012 Republican Primary, placing second with 8,990 votes; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election,
Paul Boyer took the first seat and Seel took the second seat with 32,865 votes ahead of
Democratic nominees former Representative
Jackie Thrasher and Tonya Norwood.
* 2004 With four open seats on the
Arizona Corporation Commission, Seel ran for the two-year seat opening in the September 7, 2004 Republican Primary, but lost to
Kristin Mayes; Mayes won the November 2, 2004 General election against
Libertarian
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candidate Rick Fowlkes. Mayes was re-elected in 2006 and served from 2005 until 2011.
* 2006 With District 6 incumbent Republican Representatives
Pamela Gorman and
Ted Carpenter both running for Arizona Senate and leaving both District 6 seats open, Seel ran in the four-way September 12, 2006 Republican Primary, but lost to
Doug Clark and
Sam Crump; Clark and Crump were unopposed in the November 2, 2010 General election.
* 2008 With Representative Clark leaving the Legislature and leaving a District 6 seat open, Seel ran in the three-way September 2, 2008 Republican Primary; Representative Crump placed first and Seel placed second with 7,692 votes; in the November 2, 2008 General election, Representative Crump took the first seat, and Seel took the second seat with 38,467 votes ahead of Democratic nominees Jack Doody and Teri Conrad.
* 2010 With Representative Crump leaving the Legislature and leaving a District 6 seat open, Seel ran in the seven-way August 24, 2010 Republican Primary and placed second with 7,298 votes; in the four-way November 2, 2010 General election, fellow Republican nominee
Amanda Reeve
Amanda A. Reeve is an American politician. She was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives
The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona ...
took the first seat, and Seel took the second seat with 31,518 votes, ahead of Democratic nominee Teri Conrad and
Green
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candidate Deborah O'Dowd.
References
External links
Official pageat the
Arizona State Legislature
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1969 births
Living people
College of the Canyons alumni
Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
People from Maryland
Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona