Seth Blattman
2023 - Present
2027
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Seth Blattman (Democratic Party) is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 9. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Blattman (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 9. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Biography
Seth Blattman was born in New York, New York. He earned a high school diploma from Chaparral High School, a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 2006, and a master's degree from UCLA in 2013. Blattman's professional experience includes owning Forest Designs.[1][2]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Blattman was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2026
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lorena Austin and incumbent Seth Blattman are running in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| Lorena Austin (D) | ||
| Seth Blattman (D) | ||
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2024
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lorena Austin and incumbent Seth Blattman defeated Kylie Barber and Mary Ann Mendoza in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lorena Austin (D) | 26.5 | 39,041 | |
| ✔ | Seth Blattman (D) | 25.0 | 36,823 | |
| Kylie Barber (R) | 24.4 | 35,895 | ||
| Mary Ann Mendoza (R) | 24.1 | 35,553 | ||
| Total votes: 147,312 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lorena Austin and incumbent Seth Blattman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lorena Austin | 54.2 | 10,353 | |
| ✔ | Seth Blattman | 45.8 | 8,741 | |
| Total votes: 19,094 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Mary Ann Mendoza and Kylie Barber advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mary Ann Mendoza | 50.7 | 10,429 | |
| ✔ | Kylie Barber | 49.3 | 10,136 | |
| Total votes: 20,565 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Eaton (L)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Lorena Austin and Seth Blattman defeated Kathy Pearce and Mary Ann Mendoza in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lorena Austin (D) | 26.5 | 30,980 | |
| ✔ | Seth Blattman (D) | 25.2 | 29,403 | |
| Kathy Pearce (R) | 24.5 | 28,643 | ||
| Mary Ann Mendoza (R) | 23.8 | 27,791 | ||
| Total votes: 116,817 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Lorena Austin and Seth Blattman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lorena Austin | 57.5 | 12,018 | |
| ✔ | Seth Blattman | 42.5 | 8,880 | |
| Total votes: 20,898 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Kathy Pearce and Mary Ann Mendoza advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Pearce | 52.5 | 12,798 | |
| ✔ | Mary Ann Mendoza | 47.5 | 11,561 | |
| Total votes: 24,359 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 23
Incumbent Michelle Ugenti-Rita defeated Seth Blattman and Kyle Kirsch in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R) | 59.1 | 89,677 | |
| Seth Blattman (D) | 40.9 | 62,115 | ||
| Kyle Kirsch (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 151,805 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 23
Seth Blattman defeated Brandon Donnelly in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 23 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Seth Blattman | 100.0 | 27,231 | |
| Brandon Donnelly (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 27,234 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 23
Incumbent Michelle Ugenti-Rita defeated Alexander Kolodin in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 23 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Ugenti-Rita | 60.4 | 24,945 | |
| Alexander Kolodin | 39.6 | 16,383 | ||
| Total votes: 41,328 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Kwasman (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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Seth Blattman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Blattman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a local Arizonan who went to the University of Arizona on a scholarship and ended up finishing my bachelor’s degree at Arizona State University. I worked at my father’s furniture manufacturing shop while taking business courses, and then moved on to receive my MBA. When my family’s furniture business got hit by the Bush era recession, they needed me to come home and help. I took on a leadership role in the family business and rebuilt the business stronger than ever before.
- I'm a business owner who cares about the economy, the needs of small businesses, and affordability.
- Everyone should have access to a high quality public education and I'm working at the legislature to make sure our schools have the resources they need. Our children deserve the best opportunity possible to succeed and we should do everything we can to make that a reality.
- Reforming our government to make it the most representative body possible is a goal of mine. Nobody is happy with the current state of politics; it’s time to turn down the temperature and return to a place where the two parties work together in the best interests of the voters and not just their donors or special interests.
As a business owner, I understand the economy comes first. We are facing a time of rising prices and economic uncertainty. We need a government that will look out for small businesses and working class families. Motivated young people will move to where good-paying jobs are and we need to make sure those jobs are here. That starts with fully funding education, because companies look at the quality of local workers first, second, and third when deciding where to open up shop. We need housing to be affordable so young people can buy a home, and if they're renters we need to ensure we're not pricing people out of the communities they grew up and work in.
The core responsibility is in the title: To be a ‘representative’ for all residents of LD9. That starts with constituent services which involves helping people who reach out to me with various situations they find themselves in. For example, this could be helping them access services like rental assistance, or applying for unemployment. I don’t work for just democrats, and not just for those who voted for me, I work to represent all of the diverse people in the district. I represent Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and anyone else who lives within the borders of my district.
My first job was working in the shipping department of my father’s furniture business. I helped load trucks in the summer during high school and made sure deliveries went out on time. The highlight of the work was, before learning to drive a car, I learned to drive a forklift; I was always eager to find a use for it.
I’ve led my business through multiple economic downturns. The Great Recession nearly put us out of business but we managed our way through. COVID was another crisis which almost meant the end. I saw the role government could play in local business owners’ lives. In 2009 the bailout came for Wall Street but not Main Street, and as a result we barely survived. Then I saw what it looked like when government saw themselves as a force for good in regular peoples lives with the Paycheck Protection Program. I credit the federal government with having saved many small businesses during that period.
The first bill I introduced, during my first year in office, was one where I fulfilled my campaign promise to support small businesses. I secured $5 million dollars in the budget for low interest loans to micro businesses (5 employees or less). Often new businesses and mom & pop shops use their credit cards to finance their operations. Those high interest rates can force business owners into a cycle of debt they can’t get out of. I'm proud to have helped small businesses gain access to the same competitively priced capital as large corporations.
Both Republican and Democrat Mayors, city council members, unions, and leaders in our district. Asian Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Technology Council, National Organization of Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Equality Arizona, AEA Fund for Public Education, EveryDistrict, Save Our Schools Pubic School Proud Candidate, The Sates Project, Climate Cabinet, U.A. Local 469, Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate, Arizona AFL-CIO, Voting Rights Fund, Swing Left, AFSCME, Progressive Turnout Project, Our Voice Out Vote, Forward Majority, Local 75 Ironworkers, Arizona Carpenters Union, NDRC, Sierra Club, Healthcare Rising Arizona, Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
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2022
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2020
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My family moved to Scottsdale when I was ten years old. I went to the University of Arizona on a scholarship and ended up finishing my Bachelor's in Political Science at Arizona State University. I worked at my father's furniture manufacturing shop while taking business courses, and then moved to California to receive my MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
THAT'S WHEN I GOT THE CALL. Like so many families, our business was hit hard by the Great Recession. My family needed me to come home and help out. It was a tough call but when times are rough, you do what's needed of you. I came home and took a leadership role in our business. That meant making some hard choices. It turns out they were the right ones and we rebuilt our business stronger than before.
ARIZONA NEEDS OUR HELP RIGHT NOW. Near last in the nation in education and healthcare spending. Career politicians facing ethics investigations. An economy that still lags behind other states we compete with. This isn't what we voted for.
THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR ARIZONA STATE SENATE. Because my three year old nephew deserves all the same educational opportunities I had. Because my neighbors deserve to feel safe in their community. Because all Arizonans deserve to have their best days ahead of us.
I'M SETH BLATTMAN, AND I WANT TO DO MY PART TO MOVE ARIZONA INTO THE BRIGHT FUTURE IT DESERVES.
- We are 48th in per pupil education spending. We need to empower all our young people by fully funding public education. Our long term prosperity depends on these students graduating with all the tools they need to take on the world's challenges.
- Our economy is currently growing but not in a way that is sustainable. Motivated young people will move to where good-paying jobs are and we need to make sure those jobs are here. That starts with fully funding education, because companies look at the quality of local workers first, second, and third when deciding where to open up shop. The next Amazon or Google can grow in Arizona, but we need to sow the seeds for that to happen.
- Our democracy was established so that those in office are beholden to the interests of the people. For far too long, those interests have been set aside for those of our representatives' largest donors - that is why it is imperative to close campaign finance loopholes and re-establish our priorities in favor of the people.
Education
Economy
Reform in Government
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2024
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2023
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2026 Elections
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