The 33rd Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1977, to December 31, 1978. The legislature met during the terms of three Arizona Governors. When it was constituted, Raúl Héctor Castro still had two years remaining on his only term in office as Governor of Arizona. When Castro left the office to become Ambassador to Argentina in October 1977, he was succeeded by Wesley Bolin, Arizona's Secretary of State. Arizona's constitution mandates that the Secretary of State is first in line of succession to the office of Governor. However, Bolin died in office five months later, on March 4, 1978, and was succeeded by Bruce Babbitt, who was then the Attorney General. Bolin was not succeeded by his replacement, Rose Mofford, because she had been appointed, not elected to the office. Succession fell to the next in line, Babbitt. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The republicans made inroads into the Democrat lead in the Senate, picking up two seats, although the Democrats maintained a 16–14 edge in the upper house. In the lower chamber, the republicans increased their majority by 5 seats, giving them a 38–22 margin.
Sessions The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the state Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 10, 1977, and the two houses adjourned separately. The Senate adjourned on May 27, 1977, at 11:59 pm, while the House adjourned two minutes later, at 12:01 am on May 28. The Second Regular Session convened on January 9, 1978, and adjourned sine die on June 4.
There were two special sessions. The first convened on June 29, 1978, and adjourned sine die later that same day, while the second convened on October 19, 1978, and also adjourned later that same day.
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* Republican2Lewis J. McDonald Democrat3Arthur J. Hubbard Sr.* Democrat4A. V. "Bill" Hardt* Democrat5Jones Osborn* Democrat6Polly Getzwiller Democrat7William L. Swink* Democrat8Ed Sawyer* Democrat9John J. Hutton Democrat10Tom Moore* Democrat11Frank J. Felix* Democrat12Sue Dye* Democrat13Morris Farr* Democrat14Jim Kolbe Republican15S. H. Runyan* Republican16Marcia Weeks* Democrat17Anne Lindeman Republican18Leo Corbet* Republican19Ray Rottas Republican20Lela Alston Democrat21Timothy D. Hayes Republican22Manuel "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 Notes1John U. Hays* RepublicanJames A. Woodward Republican2Sam A. McConnell Jr.* RepublicanJohn Wettaw* Republican3Benjamin Hanley* DemocratDaniel Peaches* Republican4Edward G. Guerrero* DemocratE. C. "Polly" Rosenbaum* Democrat5Elwood W. Bradford* DemocratJim Phillips* Democrat6James Hartdegen RepublicanManuel G. Marin Democrat7Richard Pacheco* DemocratPeter VillaVerde Jr. Democrat8James A. Elliott* DemocratSteve Vukcevich* Democrat9William J. English RepublicanJohn R. Humphreys Jr. Democrat10Larry Bahill* DemocratCarmen Cajero* Democrat11Emilio Carrillo* DemocratPeter Goudinoff Democrat12Thomas N. Goodwin* RepublicanJohn Kromko Democrat13Clare Dunn* DemocratLarry Hawke Republican14Arnold Jeffers RepublicanEmmett McLoughlin Republican15J. Herbert Everett* RepublicanJames B. Ratliff* Republican16Diane B. McCarthy* RepublicanDon Stewart* Republican17C. W. "Bill" Lewis* RepublicanPatrica D. Wright Republican18Burton S. Barr* RepublicanPete Dunn Republican19Stan Akers* RepublicanW. A. "Tony" West Jr.* Republican20Lillian Jordan RepublicanGerald F. Moore* 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* Republican27Dick Flynn* RepublicanJuanita Harelson* Republican28William E. Rigel* RepublicanJim Skelly** Republican29Donna J. Carlson* RepublicanJim L. Cooper* Republican30Carl J. Kunasek* RepublicanJames J. Sossaman* Republican
The ** denotes that Skelly was a member of the prior legislature, but from district 25.
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