Carolyn Allen (September 8, 1937 – August 27, 2016)^[1] was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate from 1994 through 2011.^[3] She was first elected to the Arizona House in November 1992, where she represented District 28.^{[4]: viii–ix} She was subsequently re-elected three times to the House, always representing District 29.^{[5]: viii–ix [6]: viii–ix [7]: viii–ix} After serving four terms in the House, the Arizona Constitution prevented Allen from running for a fifth term. She ran for the Arizona Senate in 2002 in District 8, which was new due to redistricting in the state. She won the election and won re-election 3 more times to serve as the State Senator from District 8.^{[8]: vii [9]: vii [10]: vii [11]: vii}