Jeff Dial

Legislative preview, House districts 16-20

LD16
LD16 is solid district for Democratic candidates and current Representatives Ben Miranda and Cloves Campbell are popular within the district. Both work hard to keep their name out there and should have little problem defending their seats against Republican Raymond Williams.

One Election Day reversal is finalized as State Representative John McComish has now fended off Frank Schmuck in LD20.  After last Tuesday it was reported Schmuck had won, but after all of the ballots were counted McComish had indeed won the second seat.  The winner will join Jeff Dial on the ballot for Republicans.

The LD26 Republican race shows a possible reversal that would lead to Marilyn Zerull and not Trent Humphries as joining Vic Williams as the Republican House candidate.  On Tuesday it had appeared Humphries had squeaked out a win but now results show Zerull with a 50 vote lead.  A loss would be a major disappointment to Humphries who seemed to be running one of the more active house campaigns in the state. 

Tempe Republican Frank Schmuck (it’s so hard to not make jokes here) is working quickly to clear his name from alleged Clean Election violations.  The LD-20 House candidate has been accused of violating the public financing rules by not reporting expenses. Schmuck says he is working with the commission to clear up the issue and if the rules were violated it was an honest mistake. 

Schmuck is in a competitive primary against Jeff Dial, Andy Swann and incumbent John McCormish.