Theodore Wayne Carpenter (December 7, 1951 – November 19, 2020) was an American politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1999 until 2007.
[1] He was first elected to the House in November 1998, representing District 19,[2]: viii–ix and was re-elected in 2000.
[3]: viii–ix After redistricting in 2002, Carpenter was again re-elected in both 2002 and 2004, now representing District 6.
[4]: viii–ix [5]: viii–ix Not eligible to run for the House in 2006 due to Arizona's term limits, he ran for the Arizona State Senate, but lost to Pamela Gorman in the Republican primary.
[6] He died on November 19, 2020, in Gilbert, Arizona at age 68.