Unless Rep. Shawnna Bolick really is living in a tiny box on Bell Road, she may be in a heap of trouble.

In fact, the first-term legislator could be disqualified for running for reelection this year.

If that happens, look for Republicans to break out in a wholesale sweat. The loss of Bolick’s seat could mean the loss of Republican control of the Arizona House — a place where they have ruled for more than five decades.

A lawsuit was filed on Monday asking a judge to toss Bolick off the ballot. This, because she listed her residential address as 610 E. Bell Road, 2-142, both on her nominating petitions and on her circulator verification forms.

Then she declared “under penalty of perjury” that the information was true.

That address is a UPS store.

On Monday, a voter identified as Judith Lohr filed suit, challenging Bolick’s right to run in the north Phoenix district. (The lawsuit was first reported by the Paul Weich of Arizona’s Politics blog.)

Bolick didn’t respond to messages asking to talk about the challenge. I’m guessing she would claim that as a wife of state Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, she’s entitled to keep her address under wraps.

Indeed, state law allows judges to petition to shield their home addresses on records maintained by the county recorder’s, treasurer’s and assessor’s offices as well as the state Department of Transportation.

It also allows judges and those living with them to keep their address private on voter registration forms.

But attorney Jim Barton, a prominent Democratic attorney who is representing Lohr, contends that protection doesn’t extend to candidates running for state office.

“One of the reasons you have to provide an address is so voters know a candidate is (living) in the district,” Barton told me.

In her petitions, Bolick listed the UPS store as her residential address, never noting that it’s really a place to pick up her mail. In a separate space listed for a post office address, she wrote “none supplied”.

Then she signed the form, declaring “under penalty of perjury, that the information in this Nomination Paper and Declaration of Qualification is true and correct.”

She also listed the UPS store as her “actual residence address” on her circulator verification forms.

Bolick will have a chance to explain at a hearing before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy on April 29.

How she’s exempt from the state law that says a candidate “shall sign and cause to be filed a nomination paper giving the person’s actual residence address or description of place of residence and post office address.”

How she’s exempt from the state law that requires a petition circulator to list his or her “actual residence address or, if no street address, a description of residence location."

If the one-term Republican is tossed from the Aug. 4 ballot, that could make it easier for Democrats to pick up the seat.

The only other candidates running for the two House seats in Legislative District 20 are Republican Rep. Anthony Kern and Democrat Judy Schwiebert, though a write-in GOP candidate or independent still could qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot.

Losing Bolick would be a blow to Republicans, who have been hanging onto control of the House by their fingertips since 2018 when Democrats picked up four seats.

The loss of one seat would give the parties a 30-30 split in the House, essentially clearing a spot at the table for Democrats when laws are made.

If they take two seats, Democrats would seize control of the House for the first time since 1966.

Did I say Republicans would break out into a sweat if Bolick loses her spot on the ballot?

Make that a full-out faint.

Reach Roberts at laurie.roberts@arizonarepublic.com.