Jon Hulburd

On January 14, 2010 16-year incumbent John Shadegg announced his retirement at the end of his term, making the third district an open seat.

Hulburd won the Democratic primary with on August 24, 2010.

He officially filed his candidacy on October 16, 2009.

In 1984, Hulburd began law school in New York City. After law school, Hulburd practiced law in New York for a few years before moving to Arizona. Hulburd clerked for the Federal Court after passing the Arizona State Bar Exam and continued his legal career by joined the law firm Fennemore Craig, where he eventually became a partner. Hulburd later began a small import business that supplied handcrafted pottery to retailers in the United States. The business lasted for six years.

Hulburd and his college sweetheart, Carrie Louis, were married in 1984. They have five children.

Hulburd was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the age of 7, his family moved from Oklahoma to Washington State. Upon graduation from high school in 1977, Hulburd enrolled in Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He spent his summers in Alaska, working as a longshoreman in a fish-processing facility. He graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science.

Jon Russell Hulburd (born November 11, 1959) is a Phoenix lawyer and small businessman. He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 3rd congressional district.