Thomas "Tom" Forese (born in

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) is an American politician, a Republican, and former chairman of the

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. He was also in the

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representing District 17. Forese also previously served consecutively from January 10, 2011, until January 14, 2013, in the District 21 seat.

Education

Forese attended

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Elections

Redistricted to District 17 with fellow incumbent Representative J. D. Mesnard, and with incumbent Democratic Representatives Ed Ableser running for

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and Ben Arredondo leaving the Legislature, Forese and Mesnard were unopposed for the August 28, 2012 Republican Primary; Forese placed first with 13,974 votes, and Mesnard placed second; Forese and Mesnard won the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, with Forese taking the first seat with 44,422 votes and Mesnard taking the second seat ahead of Democratic nominee Karyn Lathan and a

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. When District 21 incumbent Republican Representative Steve Yarbrough ran for Arizona Senate and Warde Nichols left the Legislature, Forese ran in the three-way August 24, 2010 Republican Primary, placing first with 13,379 votes; in the three-way November 2, 2010 General election, Forese took the first seat with 42,523 votes, and fellow Republican J. D. Mesnard took the second seat ahead of

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candidate Linda Macias. In 2014, Forese ran for and won a seat on the

. On September 14, 2016, Forese announced that he would run for

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in the 2018 elections to succeed incumbent Jeff DeWit, who is not running for reelection. In April 2018, Forese withdrew from the race.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forese, Thomas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Brigham Young University–Idaho alumni Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives Politicians from Boston People from Gilbert, Arizona 21st-century members of the Arizona State Legislature