---
type: Person
title: "T.J. Shope"
description: "AZ Senate District 16 — AZ State Senate District 16"
role: "AZ Senate District 16"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AZ"
district: "AZ State Senate District 16"
represents: "us/states/az/districts/senate/16"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "0629e3da-188d-4398-8d3a-b2927676b49c"
  office: "fcedeabf-88be-4749-8e83-539e4600d7cf"
  tenure: "2bd13aae-6a32-4fa8-a95b-363bc1de3f73"
  jurisdiction: "8b47697e-cd5a-439b-a3bf-ff6f451ad6a4"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, az]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# T.J. Shope

Current AZ Senate District 16 (AZ State Senate District 16).

Represents [AZ State Senate District 16](/us/states/az/districts/senate/16.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).