{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Pete Rios |image = |office = President of the Arizona Senate |term_start = 1991 |term_end = 1992 |preceded = |succeeded = John Greene |state_senate1 = Arizona |district1 = 7th |term_start1 = January 1983 |term_end1 = January 1995 |predecessor1 = William L. Swink |successor1 = Robert Chastain |state_senate2 = Arizona |district2 = 7th |term_start2 = January 1997 |term_end2 = January 2003 |predecessor2 = Robert Chastain |successor2 = |state_senate3 = Arizona |district3 = 23rd |term_start3 = January 2003 |term_end3 = January 2005 |predecessor3 = Robert Chastain |successor3 = |state_house4 = Arizona |district4 = 23rd |term_start4 = January 2005 |term_end4 = January 2009 |predecessor4 = Ernest Bustmante |successor4 = Franklin Pratt |state_house5 = |district5 = |term_start5 = |term_end5 = |predecessor5 = |successor5 = |birth_date = |birth_place = Hayden, Arizona |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democrat |spouse = Gloria |children = Rebecca, Danita Jelani, and Peter Anthony |alma_mater = |profession = Politician |website = }}
'''Pete Rios''' was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate, serving two stretches in the Senate and a single term in the House. He first ran, unsuccessfully, for the House in 1980.<ref name=vote>{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12217/peter-rios#.XJvHdvZFwjY |title=Pete Rios' Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=March 27, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222027/https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12217/peter-rios |url-status=live |archivedate=March 27, 2019}}</ref> In 1982 he ran for the State Senate, winning the seat from Arizona's 7th District.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/27/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1983, Thirty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session | accessdate=October 28, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vi}} He won re-election in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, and 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/0/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session Laws, State of Arizona, 1985 Thirty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session | accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|i}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/3/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1987 Thirty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session | accessdate=November 2, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vii}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/6/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1989 Thirty-Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session | accessdate=November 2, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vii}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/67/rec/3 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1991 Volume 2, Fortieth Legislature, First Regular Session, Second to Fourth Special Sessions, Chapters 218 to End | accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vii}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/69/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1993 Volume 1, Forty-First Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 184 | accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vii}} He served as the Senate President during the 40th Legislature from 1991 to 1992. In 1994, he did not run for re-election to the Senate, instead choosing to run for the Arizona Secretary of State, a bid for which he was unsuccessful.<ref name=vote /> In 1996 Rios once again ran for the Senate, regaining his seat in District 7.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 | accessdate=December 4, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|viii}} He won election three times, the first two in 1998 and 2000 to District, and then to District 23 in 2002, after re-districting.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|viii}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/102/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|viii}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/93/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 | accessdate=December 27, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vii}} In 2004, due to Arizona's term limit laws, Rios was unable to run again for the Senate, and chose to run for the House seat from District 23, which he won.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/88/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 | accessdate=January 3, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|vii}} He won re-election in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/104/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214 | accessdate=January 3, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|ix}} He did not run for re-election in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 | publisher=Ballotpedia | title=Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008 | accessdate=March 27, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111720/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 | url-status=live |archivedate=April 10, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{C-SPAN|38204}}
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