{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = J. Christopher Ackerley | image = | state_house = Arizona | district = 2nd<ref name="AL">{{cite web |url=http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=32&Legislature=52&Session_ID=114 |title=J. Chris |publisher=Arizona State Legislature |location=Phoenix, Arizona |accessdate=December 30, 2013 |archive-date=January 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122205950/http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=32&legislature=52&Session_ID=114 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | term_start = January 5, 2015 | term_end = January 9, 2017 | predecessor = Demion Clinco | successor = Daniel Hernández Jr. | alongside = Rosanna Gabaldón | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Northern Arizona University | profession = High School Teacher | website = {{URL|chrisackerley.com}} }}
'''J. Christopher Ackerley'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/153887/jill-norgaard#.U9lRPki0bTo |title=J. Christopher Ackerley's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=March 18, 2016}}</ref> is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives who represented District 2.
==Education== Ackerley earned his degree from Northern Arizona University. He currently teaches high school physics and math at Amphitheater High School in Tucson.
==Elections== * 2018 Ackerley and fellow Republican Anthony Sizer were defeated by Democratic incumbents Hernández and Gabaldon in the general election. * 2016 Ackerley was defeated by Daniel Hernández Jr. and Democratic incumbent Rosanna Gabaldon in the general election.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 15 |accessdate= December 9, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203745/https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf |archive-date= December 20, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> *2014 Ackerley ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Ackerley came in second behind Rosanna Gabaldón and ahead of Democratic incumbent Demion Clinco in the general election with 19,656 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/General/Canvass2014GE.pdf|title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 9 |accessdate= March 18, 2016}}</ref> *2012 Ackerley ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Ackerley came in third in the general election with 23,677 votes.
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==External links== * [http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=32&Legislature=52&Session_ID=114 Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122205950/http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=32&legislature=52&Session_ID=114 |date=2015-01-22 }} at the Arizona State Legislature * [https://ballotpedia.org/John_Christopher_Ackerley Profile] at Ballotpedia
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