Arizona State Senator, District 11
Your representative and state lawmaker in the Arizona Senate.
Full office description
- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Arizona State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Arizona Legislature.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- State senators are involved in approving some appointments by the governor.
- There are 30 Arizona senators, each representing a single district.
- State senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $24,000.
How this impacts you
Public Safety — State senators can make and pass laws defining crimes and setting punishments. For example, the Arizona legislature recently repealed abortion as a felony and increased penalties for fentanyl dealers.
