2006Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2006 election for Arizona Legislative District 17

Name: 2006 election for Arizona Legislative District 17
Start: 2006-11-07
Location: Arizona

Arizona House of Representatives · Arizona

2 seats: Ed Ableser (D), David Schapira (D) won.

2 seats

Ed AbleserDemocrat · winner

28.0%21,170

David SchapiraDemocrat · winner

27.9%21,035

Laura KnaperekRepublican · incumbent

24.4%18,407

19.7%14,883

75,495 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET