From: "Candidate Profile from Congressional Quarterly: Bob Stump", in "All Politics" section of CNN.com website (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AZ/H/03/bob.stump.html; viewed 1 December 2005):
Bob Stump (R) of Tolleson
Incumbent - elected 1976
- Born: April 4, 1927, Phoenix.
- Education: Arizona State U., B.S., 1951.
- Military Service: Navy, 1943-46.
- Occupation: Cotton farmer.
- Family: Divorced; three children.
- Religion: Seventh-Day Adventist.
- Political Career: Ariz. House, 1959-67; Ariz. Senate, 1967-77, president, 1975-77