David Cook (Arizona)

David Cook

Republican Party

Arizona House of Representatives District 7

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Prior offices

Arizona House of Representatives District 8

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Compensation

Base salary

$24,000/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within Maricopa County: $35/day for the first 120 days of regular and special sessions and $10/day for all following days. For legislators residing outside of Maricopa County: $238/day for the first 120 days of regular and special sessions and half that amount after the 120th day. The per diem for legislators residing outside of Maricopa County is tied to the federal rate.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Personal

Birthplace

Ponca City, Okla.

Profession

Business owner

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David Cook (Republican Party) is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 7. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.

Cook (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 7. He lost in the Republican primary on July 30, 2024.

He was first elected to the chamber in 2016.

Biography

David Cook was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Cook graduated from Miami High School. His career experience includes co-founding the DC Cattle Company and working as a sergeant with the Arizona Department of Corrections. Cook has served on the executive committee, on the board of directors, and as the federal lands chairman of the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association (ACGA); the federal lands chairman of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; and the chairman of the Young Cattlemen's Conference.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Cook was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee
• Land & Agriculture
• Transportation Committee, Chair

2021-2022

Cook was assigned to the following committees:

• Transportation Committee
• House Commerce Committee
• Land & Agriculture

2019-2020

Cook was assigned to the following committees:

• Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee

2017 legislative session

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

Arizona committee assignments, 2017
• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources
• Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Noteworthy events

DUI arrest (2018)

See also: Noteworthy criminal misconduct in American politics (2019-2020)

On December 19, 2018, Cook was arrested on suspicion of a DUI in Mesa, Arizona. Court documents said Cook's blood-alcohol content was between 0.15 and 0.19 percent. Arizona's legal limit at the time was 0.08 percent. Cook was cited on DUI charges and released. His license was also suspended.

Cook posted an apology on Facebook on December 20. "I apologize to all of you because I hold myself to a higher standard and I've let everyone down, friends and family alike," he said.

Elections

2024

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 7

Incumbent Wendy Rogers and Haley Creighton are running in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Wendy Rogers (R)
		Haley Creighton (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 7

Haley Creighton defeated Roberto Apodaca Reveles in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 7 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Haley Creighton	54.0	7,280
		Roberto Apodaca Reveles	46.0	6,194

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 13,474
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 7

Incumbent Wendy Rogers defeated David Cook in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 7 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendy Rogers	54.8	16,375
		David Cook	45.2	13,512

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 29,887
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2022

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 7 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Cook and David Marshall defeated Chris Verrill in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cook (R)	52.6	59,974
✔		David Marshall (R)	46.4	52,893
		Chris Verrill (Independent) (Write-in)	1.0	1,192

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,059
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 7 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Cook and David Marshall defeated incumbent John Fillmore in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 7 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cook	37.9	21,276
✔		David Marshall	32.2	18,083
		John Fillmore	29.8	16,742

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,101
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brenda Barton (R)

2020

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Cook and Frank Pratt defeated Sharon Girard and Cristefano Lessard in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cook (R)	35.7	45,117
✔		Frank Pratt (R)	34.6	43,799
		Sharon Girard (D)	29.5	37,384
		Cristefano Lessard (D) (Write-in)	0.2	213

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 126,513
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Sharon Girard advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharon Girard	100.0	13,727

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,727
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Cook and Frank Pratt defeated Neal Carter in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cook	36.0	10,504
✔		Frank Pratt	32.1	9,381
		Neal Carter	31.9	9,295

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,180
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2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Cook and incumbent Thomas Shope defeated Carmen Casillas and Linda Gross in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cook (R)	29.2	28,421
✔		Thomas Shope (R)	28.9	28,150
		Carmen Casillas (D)	21.8	21,171
		Linda Gross (D)	20.1	19,530

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97,272
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Carmen Casillas and Linda Gross defeated Pablo Correa in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Casillas	39.6	6,916
✔		Linda Gross	30.6	5,343
		Pablo Correa	29.9	5,222

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,481 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Incumbent Thomas Shope and incumbent David Cook advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Shope	50.9	10,432
✔		David Cook	49.1	10,062

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,494 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives 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. Incumbent Frank Pratt (R) did not seek re-election.

David Cook and incumbent Thomas Shope, Jr. defeated Carmen Casillas in the Arizona House of Representatives District 8 general election.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 8 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Cook	35.82%	31,565
	Republican	Thomas Shope, Jr. Incumbent	34.52%	30,416
	Democratic	Carmen Casillas	29.66%	26,138
Total Votes				88,119
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

Carmen Casillas ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 8 Democratic Primary.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Carmen Casillas  (unopposed)

Incumbent Thomas Shope, Jr. and David Cook were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 8 Republican Primary.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 8 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Thomas Shope, Jr. Incumbent
	Republican	David Cook

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

Cook's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Economic Growth & Jobs: We need pro-growth policies and we need to attract more employers from the high-tax states around us Secure Borders and the Rule of Law Opposed to amnesty and for real border security to stop the flow of drugs, guns, and crime that cross our border Standing for Families, not Special Interests Strong families make a strong Arizona, so when we vote on legislation the question has to be 'Will this be good for Arizona’s families?' Supports School Choice for Parents and more $$$ to Classrooms and Teachers While much is made of how much we spend on education, we also need to do a better job ensuring that what we do spend is better spent in the classroom, training and retaining quality teachers, and giving our kids the tools they need to succeed. Opposes Common Core, supports high education standards, designed by Arizona teachers and parents If there are good parts of Common Core, let’s keep them, but only as part of a quality program created by Arizona teachers and parents, not bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

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Campaign finance summary

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David Cook campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Arizona State Senate District 7	Lost primary	$107,950	$13,320
2022	Arizona House of Representatives District 7	Won general	$109,437	$81,061
2020	Arizona House of Representatives District 8	Won general	$111,942	N/A**
2018	Arizona House of Representatives District 8	Won general	$141,977	N/A**
2016	Arizona House of Representatives, District 8	Won	$82,465	N/A**
Grand total			$553,772	$94,381
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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Current members of the Arizona State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Warren Petersen

Majority Leader:Sonny Borrelli

Minority Leader:Denise Epstein

Senators

District 1

Ken Bennett (R)

District 2

Shawnna Bolick (R)

District 3

John Kavanagh (R)

District 4

Christine Marsh (D)

District 5

Lela Alston (D)

District 6

Theresa Hatathlie (D)

District 7

Wendy Rogers (R)

District 8

Juan Mendez (D)

District 9

Eva Burch (D)

District 10

David Farnsworth (R)

District 11

Catherine Miranda (D)

District 12

Denise Epstein (D)

District 13

Javan Mesnard (R)

District 14

Warren Petersen (R)

District 15

Jake Hoffman (R)

District 16

Thomas Shope (R)

District 17

Justine Wadsack (R)

District 18

Priya Sundareshan (D)

District 19

David Gowan (R)

District 20

Sally Gonzales (D)

District 21

Rosanna Gabaldon (D)

District 22

Eva Diaz (D)

District 23

Brian Fernandez (D)

District 24

Anna Hernandez (D)

District 25

Sine Kerr (R)

District 26

Flavio Bravo (D)

District 27

Anthony Kern (R)

District 28

Frank Carroll (R)

District 29

Janae Shamp (R)

District 30

Sonny Borrelli (R)

Republican Party (16)

Democratic Party (14)

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Current members of the Arizona House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Ben Toma

Majority Leader:Leo Biasiucci

Minority Leader:Lupe Contreras

Representatives

District 1

Selina Bliss (R)

Quang Nguyen (R)

District 2

Judy Schwiebert (D)

Justin Wilmeth (R)

District 3

Joseph Chaplik (R)

Alexander Kolodin (R)

District 4

Matt Gress (R)

District 5

Sarah Liguori (D)

Charles Lucking (D)

District 6

Mae Peshlakai (D)

Myron Tsosie (D)

District 7

David Cook (R)

David Marshall (R)

District 8

Melody Hernandez (D)

Deborah Nardozzi (D)

District 9

Lorena Austin (D)

Seth Blattman (D)

District 10

Justin Heap (R)

Barbara Parker (R)

District 11

Junelle Cavero (D)

Oscar De Los Santos (D)

District 12

Patricia Contreras (D)

Anastasia Travers (D)

District 13

Jennifer Pawlik (D)

Julie Willoughby (R)

District 14

Travis Grantham (R)

Laurin Hendrix (R)

District 15

Neal Carter (R)

Jacqueline Parker (R)

District 16

Teresa Martinez (R)

Keith Seaman (D)

District 17

Rachel Jones (R)

Cory McGarr (R)

District 18

Nancy Gutierrez (D)

Christopher Mathis (D)

District 19

Lupe Diaz (R)

Gail Griffin (R)

District 20

Alma Hernandez (D)

Betty Villegas (D)

District 21

Consuelo Hernandez (D)

Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D)

District 22

Lupe Contreras (D)

Elda Luna-Nájera (D)

District 23

Michele Pena (R)

Mariana Sandoval (D)

District 24

Lydia Hernandez (D)

Analise Ortiz (D)

District 25

Michael Carbone (R)

Tim Dunn (R)

District 26

Cesar Aguilar (D)

Quantá Crews (D)

District 27

Kevin Payne (R)

Ben Toma (R)

District 28

David Livingston (R)

Beverly Pingerelli (R)

District 29

Steve Montenegro (R)

Austin Smith (R)

District 30

Leo Biasiucci (R)

John Gillette (R)

Republican Party (31)

Democratic Party (28)