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Robert Meza

Democratic Party

Prior offices:

Arizona House of Representatives District 30

Years in office: 2019 - 2023

Successor:Leo Biasiucci (R)

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Arizona State Senate District 30

Years in office: 2013 - 2019

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Arizona State Senate District 14

Years in office: 2011 - 2013

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Arizona House of Representatives District 14

Years in office: 2003 - 2011

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 2, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Notre Dame

Personal

Profession

Banker

Contact

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Robert Meza (Democratic Party) was a member of theArizona House of Representatives, representingDistrict 30. He assumed office on January 14, 2019. He left office on January 9, 2023.

Meza (Democratic Party) ran for election for the West McDowell Precinct judge of theMaricopa County Justice Court in Arizona. He lost in the Democratic primary onAugust 2, 2022.

Meza is a formerDemocratic member of theArizona State Senate, representingDistrict 30 from 2013 to 2019. He represented the 14th District from 2011 to 2013. Meza was unable to run for re-election in2018 to theArizona State Senate because of term limits.

Meza is a former member of theArizona House of Representatives, representingDistrict 14 from 2003 to 2011.

Biography

Meza earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. His professional experience includes working as a banker and business development director for AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Meza was assigned to the following committees:

• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• House Commerce Committee

2019-2020

Meza was assigned to the following committees:

• House Commerce Committee
• Federal Relations Committee
• Technology Committee (Decommissioned)

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Meza served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Meza served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Meza served on these committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2022

Justice of the Peace

See also: Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2022)

General election

General election for Maricopa County Justice of the Peace West McDowell Precinct

IncumbentTeresa Lopez won election in the general election for Maricopa County Justice of the Peace West McDowell Precinct on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Teresa Lopez (D)	97.3	10,771
		Other/Write-in votes	2.7	304

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,075
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maricopa County Justice of the Peace West McDowell Precinct

IncumbentTeresa Lopez defeatedRobert Meza in the Democratic primary for Maricopa County Justice of the Peace West McDowell Precinct on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Teresa Lopez	49.9	2,236
		Robert Meza	49.8	2,233
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	12

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,481
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State House

See also:Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022

Robert Meza did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

IncumbentRaquel Terán and incumbentRobert Meza won election in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raquel Terán (D)	52.8	34,106
✔		Robert Meza (D)	47.2	30,546

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,652
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

IncumbentRaquel Terán and incumbentRobert Meza advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raquel Terán	54.9	10,403
✔		Robert Meza	45.1	8,556

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 18,959
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Republican primary election

No Republicans filed for this race.Gary Spears ran as a write-in and received 246 votes. Write-in candidates were required to receive at least 251 votes to make the general election ballot.

Campaign finance

2018

See also:Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Raquel Terán andRobert Meza defeatedGary Spears in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raquel Terán (D)	39.3	20,831
✔		Robert Meza (D)	37.4	19,794
	Submit photo	Gary Spears (R)	23.3	12,329

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,954
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Robert Meza andRaquel Terán defeatedAlejandro Larios andBill Brotherton in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Meza	31.1	5,401
✔		Raquel Terán	30.9	5,380
	Submit photo	Alejandro Larios	20.2	3,514
	Submit photo	Bill Brotherton	17.8	3,091

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,386 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Gary Spears advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Gary Spears	100.0	5,281

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,281 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also:Arizona State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theArizona State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

IncumbentRobert Meza defeatedJohn Lyon in the Arizona State Senate District 30 general election.^[1][2]

Arizona State Senate, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Robert MezaIncumbent	66.38%	27,941
	Republican	John Lyon	33.62%	14,152
Total Votes				42,093
Source:Arizona Secretary of State

IncumbentRobert Meza ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 30 Democratic Primary.^[3]

Arizona State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Robert MezaIncumbent (unopposed)

John Lyon ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 30 Republican Primary.^[4]

Arizona State Senate, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	John Lyon (unopposed)

2014

See also:Arizona State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theArizona State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. IncumbentRobert Meza was unopposed in the Democratic primary.Gary Cox was unopposed in the Republican primary. Meza defeated Cox in the general election.^[5][6][7][8]

Arizona State Senate District 30, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Robert MezaIncumbent	58%	12,802
	Republican	Gary Cox	42%	9,276
Total Votes				22,078

2012

See also:Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Meza won election in the2012 election forArizona State Senate District 30. He defeatedRaquel Teran in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. He won the general election on November 6, 2012.^[9][10]

Arizona State Senate, District 30, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Robert MezaIncumbent	100%	27,485
Total Votes				27,485

Arizona State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert MezaIncumbent	50.7%	4,268
Raquel Teran	49.3%	4,155
Total Votes		8,423

2010

See also:Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Meza was ineligilbe to run for re-election in 2010 due to the term limits of theArizona House of Representatives. He instead ran for election to the district 14 seat of theArizona State Senate. He won in the November 2 general election, unopposed.^[11]

2008

On November 4, 2008, Meza andChad Campbell were elected to the 14th District Seat in theArizona House of Representatives, running unopposed in the general election.^[12]

Meza raised $65,496 for the campaign and Campbell raised $14,341.^[13]

Arizona State House, District 14 (2008)
Candidates		Votes
Robert Meza (D)		13,644
Chad Campbell (D)		12,336

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Robert Meza did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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2022

In 2022, theArizona State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 25.

• Arizona Free Enterprise Club:Senate andHouse

Legislators are scored on their votes on the association's policy platform.

• Center for Arizona Policy Action:Senate andHouse

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues.

• Children's Action Alliance

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues.

• Club for Growth Foundation

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.

• Humane Voters of Arizona

Legislators are scored on their stances on animal issues.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• Progress Arizona

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• Secular Coalition for Arizona

Legislators are scored on their stances on secular policy.

• Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

• The Arizona Center for Economic Progress

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic policy.

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