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Elections in Arizona are authorized under the Arizona State Constitution, which establishes elections for the state level officers, cabinet, and legislature.

In a 2020 study, Arizona was ranked as the 21st hardest state for citizens to vote in.[1]

Districting

United States presidential election results for Arizona[2]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 1,661,686 48.91% 1,672,143 49.22% 63,559 1.87%
2016 1,252,401 48.08% 1,161,167 44.58% 191,089 7.34%
2012 1,233,654 53.48% 1,025,232 44.45% 47,673 2.07%
2008 1,230,111 53.39% 1,034,707 44.91% 39,020 1.69%
2004 1,104,294 54.77% 893,524 44.32% 18,284 0.91%
2000 781,652 50.95% 685,341 44.67% 67,120 4.38%
1996 622,073 44.29% 653,288 46.52% 129,044 9.19%
1992 572,086 38.47% 543,050 36.52% 371,870 25.01%
1988 702,541 59.95% 454,029 38.74% 15,303 1.31%
1984 681,416 66.42% 333,854 32.54% 10,627 1.04%
1980 529,688 60.61% 246,843 28.24% 97,414 11.15%
1976 418,642 56.37% 295,602 39.80% 28,475 3.83%
1972 402,812 61.64% 198,540 30.38% 52,153 7.98%
1968 266,721 54.78% 170,514 35.02% 49,701 10.21%
1964 242,535 50.45% 237,753 49.45% 482 0.10%
1960 221,241 55.52% 176,781 44.36% 469 0.12%
1956 176,990 60.99% 112,880 38.90% 303 0.10%
1952 152,042 58.35% 108,528 41.65% 0 0.00%
1948 77,597 43.82% 95,251 53.79% 4,217 2.38%
1944 56,287 40.90% 80,926 58.80% 421 0.31%
1940 54,030 36.01% 95,267 63.49% 742 0.49%
1936 33,433 26.93% 86,722 69.85% 4,008 3.23%
1932 36,104 30.53% 79,264 67.03% 2,883 2.44%
1928 52,533 57.57% 38,537 42.23% 184 0.20%
1924 30,516 41.26% 26,235 35.47% 17,210 23.27%
1920 37,016 55.61% 29,546 44.39% 0 0.00%
1916 20,524 35.37% 33,170 57.17% 4,327 7.46%
1912 3,021 12.74% 10,324 43.52% 10,377 43.74%

Main article: Redistricting in Arizona

Presidential elections

Main article: United States presidential elections in Arizona
Vote in Arizona National vote
Year Candidate Year Candidate
2020 Joe Biden 2020 Joe Biden
2016 Donald Trump 2016 Donald Trump
2012 Mitt Romney 2012 Barack Obama
2008 John McCain 2008 Barack Obama
2004 George W. Bush 2004 George W. Bush
2000 George W. Bush 2000 George W. Bush
1996 Bill Clinton 1996 Bill Clinton
1992 George H. W. Bush 1992 Bill Clinton
1988 George H. W. Bush 1988 George H. W. Bush
1984 Ronald Reagan 1984 Ronald Reagan
1980 Ronald Reagan 1980 Ronald Reagan
1976 Gerald Ford 1976 Jimmy Carter
1972 Richard Nixon 1972 Richard Nixon
1968 Richard Nixon 1968 Richard Nixon
1964 Barry Goldwater 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson
1960 Richard Nixon 1960 John F. Kennedy
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
1948 Harry S. Truman 1948 Harry S. Truman
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt
1928 Herbert Hoover 1928 Herbert Hoover
1924 Calvin Coolidge 1924 Calvin Coolidge
1920 Warren G. Harding 1920 Warren G. Harding
1916 Woodrow Wilson 1916 Woodrow Wilson
1912 Woodrow Wilson 1912 Woodrow Wilson

United States Senate elections

Before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, United States senators were elected by state legislatures. Arizona's first two Senate elections, which took place in 1912, still featured popular elections, following which the state legislature unanimously elected their respective victories.

Class I (1916 - Present)

Year Winner Votes Percent Runner-up Votes Percent Other notable

candidates

Votes Percent Notes
2018 Kyrsten Sinema 1,191,100 50.0% Martha McSally 1,135,200 47.6%
2012 Jeff Flake 1,104,457 49.2% Richard Carmona 1,036,542 46.2% Marc J. Victor 102,109 4.6%
2006 Jon Kyl 814,398 53.3% Jim Pederson 664,141 43.5%
2000 Jon Kyl 1,101,196 79.3% William Toel 109,230 7.8% Vance Hansen 108,926 7.8%
1994 Jon Kyl 600,999 53.7% Sam Coppersmith 442,510 39.5% Scott Grainger 75,493 6.7%
1988 Dennis DeConcini 660,403 56.7% Keith DeGreen 478,060 41.1%
1982 Dennis DeConcini 411,970 56.9% Pete Dunn 291,749 40.3%
1976 Dennis DeConcini 400,334 54.0% Sam Steiger 321,236 43.3%
1976 Paul Fannin 228,284 56.0% Sam Grossman 179,512 44.0%
1964 Paul Fannin 241,089 51.4% Roy Elson 227,712 48.6%
1958 Barry Goldwater 164,593 56.1% Ernest McFarland 129,030 43.9%
1952 Barry Goldwater 132,063 51.3% Ernest McFarland 125,338 48.7%
1946 Ernest McFarland 80,415 69.2% Ward S. Powers 35,022 30.1%
1940 Ernest McFarland 101,495 71.6% Irving A. Jennings, Sr. 29,657 28.0%
1934 Henry F. Ashurst 67,648 72.0% Joseph Edward Thompson 24,075 25.6%
1928 Henry F. Ashurst 47,013 54.2% Ralph H. Cameron 39,651 45.8%
1922 Henry F. Ashurst 39,722 65.03% James Harvey McClintock 21,358 34.97%
1916 Henry F. Ashurst 29,873 55.4% Joseph H. Kibbey 21,261 39.4% W.S. Bradford 2,827 5.2%

Class I (1912)

Year Winner Popular votes Percent Electoral Votes Runner-up Popular votes Percent Electoral votes Other notable

candidates

Popular Votes Percent Electoral votes Notes
1912 Henry F. Ashurst 10,872 50.00% 54 Ralph H. Cameron 9,640 44.33% 0 E. Johnson 1,234 5.68% 0

Class III (1914 - Present)

Year Winner Votes Percent Runner-up Votes Percent Other notable

candidates

Votes Percent Notes
2022 Mark Kelly 1,322,027 51.4% Blake Masters 1,196,308 46.5%
2020 (special) Mark Kelly 1,716,467 51.2% Martha McSally 1,637,661 48.8% McSally was appointed to this seat in 2019 to replace the retiring Jon Kyl, who was himself appointed in 2018 to replace the deceased John McCain.
2016 John McCain 1,359,267 53.7% Ann Kirkpatrick 1,031,245 40.8% Gary Swing 138,634 5.5%
2010 John McCain 1,005,615 59.1% Rodney Glassman 592,011 34.8%
2004 John McCain 1,505,372 76.7% Stuart Starky 404,507 20.6%
1998 John McCain 696,577 68.7% Ed Ranger 275,224 27.2%
1992 John McCain 771,395 55.8% Claire Sargent 436,321 31.6% Evan Mecham 145,361 10.5%
1986 John McCain 521,850 60.5% Richard Kimball 340,965 39.5%
1980 Barry Goldwater 432,371 49.5% Bill Schulz 422,972 48.4%
1974 Barry Goldwater 320,396 58.3% Jonathan Marshall 229,523 41.7%
1968 Barry Goldwater 274,607 57.2% Roy Elson 205,338 42.8%
1962 Carl Hayden 199,217 54.9% Evan Mecham 163,338 45.1%
1956 Carl Hayden 170,816 61.4% Ross F. Jones 107,447 38.6%
1950 Carl Hayden 116,246 62.8% Bruce Brockett 68,846 37.2%
1944 Carl Hayden 90,335 69.4% Fred Wildon Fickett Jr. 39,891 30.6%
1938 Carl Hayden 82,714 76.5% Burt H. Clingan 25,378 23.5%
1932 Carl Hayden 74,310 66.7% Ralph H. Cameron 35,737 32.1%
1926 Carl Hayden 44,591 58.3% Ralph H. Cameron 31,845 41.7%
1920 Ralph H. Cameron 35,893 55.2% Marcus A. Smith 29,169 44.8%
1914 Marcus A. Smith 25,800 53.2% Don Lorenzo Hubbell 9,183 18.9% Eugene W. Chafin 7,293 15.0%

Class III (1912)

Year Winner Popular votes Percent Electoral Votes Runner-up Popular votes Percent Electoral votes Other notable

candidates

Popular Votes Percent Electoral votes Notes
1912 Marcus A. Smith 10,598 50.35% 54 Hoval A. Smith 9,228 43.85% 0 E.B. Simonton 1,221 5.80% 0


United State House of Representatives elections

Gubernatorial elections

Governors of Arizona are elected to a term of four years. Prior to a 1968 amendment to the state constitution, governors of Arizona served two-year terms.

1970 - Present

Year Winner Votes Percent Runner-up Votes Percent Other notable

candidates

Votes Percent Notes
2022 Katie Hobbs 1,287,891 50.3% Kari Lake 1,270,774 49.7%
2018 Doug Ducey 1,330,863 56.0% David Garcia 994,341 41.8%
2014 Doug Ducey 805,062 53.4% Fred DuVal 626,921 41.6%
2010 Jan Brewer 938,934 54.3% Terry Goddard 733,935 42.4% Brewer ascended to the governorship after Janet Napolitano's resignation to become U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.
2006 Janet Napolitano 959,830 62.6% Len Munsil 543,528 35.4%
2002 Janet Napolitano 566,284 46.2% Matt Salmon 554,465 45.2% Richard Mahoney 84,947 6.9%
1998 Jane Dee Hull 620,188 60.9% Paul Johnson 361,552 35.5%
1994 Fife Symington 593,492 52.5% Eddie Basha 500,702 44.3%
1991 (runoff) Fife Symington 492,569 52.4% Terry Goddard 448,168 47.6% Runoff necessitated because no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the first round
1990 Fife Symington 523,984 49.7% Terry Goddard 519,691 49.2% Max Hawkins (write-in) 10,983 1.0% Symington and Goddard advanced to runoff
1986 Evan Mecham 343,913 39.67% Carolyn Warner 298,986 34.49% Bill Schulz 224,085 25.85%
1982 Bruce Babbitt 453,795 62.5% Leo Corbet 235,877 32.5% Sam Steiger 36,649 5.1%
1978 Bruce Babbitt 282,605 52.5% Evan Mecham 241,093 44.8%
1974 Raúl Héctor Castro 278,375 50.4% Russell Williams 273,674 49.6%
1970 Jack Williams 209,355 50.9% Raúl Héctor Castro 202,053 49.1%

1911 - 1968

Year Winner Votes Percent Runner-up Votes Percent Other notable

candidates

Votes Percent Notes
1968 Jack Williams 279,923 57.8% Samuel Goddard 204,075 42.2%
1966 Jack Williams 203,438 53.8% Samuel Goddard 174,904 46.2%
1964 Samuel Goddard 252,098 53.2% Richard Kleindienst 221,404 46.8%
1962 Paul Fannin 200,578 54.8% Samuel Goddard 165,263 45.2%
1960 Paul Fannin 235,502 59.3% Lee Ackerman 161,605 40.7%
1958 Paul Fannin 160,136 55.1% Robert Morrison 130,329 44.9%
1956 Ernest McFarland 171,848 59.5% Horace B. Griffen 116,744 40.5%
1954 Ernest McFarland 128,104 52.5% John Howard Pyle 115,866 47.5%
1952 John Howard Pyle 156,592 60.16% Joe C. Haldiman 103,693 39.84%
1950 John Howard Pyle 99,109 50.77% Ana Frohmiller 96,118 49.23%
1948 Dan Edward Garvey 104,008 59.17% Bruce Brockett 70,419 40.06%
1946 Sidney Preston Osborn 73,595 60.10% Bruce Brockett 48,867 39.90%
1944 Sidney Preston Osborn 100,220 77.91% Jerrie W. Lee 27,261 21.9%
1942 Sidney Preston Osborn 63,484 72.48% Jerrie W. Lee 23,562 26.90%
1940 Sidney Preston Osborn 97,606 65.52% Jerrie W. Lee 50,358 33.81%
1938 Robert Taylor Jones 80,350 68.57% Jerrie W. Lee 32,022 27.33%
1936 Rawghlie Clement Stanford 87,678 70.68% Thomas Edward Campbell 36,114 29.11%
1934 Benjamin Baker Moeur 61,355 59.65% Thomas Maddock 39,242 38.15%
1932 Benjamin Baker Moeur 75,314 63.22% Jack Kinney 42,202 35.43%
1930 George W.P. Hunt 48,875 51.39% John Calhoun Phillips 46,231 48.61%
1928 John Calhoun Phillips 47,829 51.71% George W.P. Hunt 44,553 48.16%
1926 George W.P. Hunt 39,979 50.25% Elias S. Clark 39,580 49.75%
1924 George W.P. Hunt 38,372 50.53% Dwight B. Heard 37,571 49.47%
1922 George W.P. Hunt 37,310 54.94% Thomas E. Campbell 30,599 45.06%
1920 Thomas E. Campbell 37,060 54.15% Mit Simms 31,385 45.85%
1918 Thomas E. Campbell 25,927 49.9% Fred T. Colter 25,588 49.3%
1916 George W.P. Hunt 28,094 48.01% Thomas E. Campbell 28,051 47.94% Campbell was sworn in as governor on January 1, 1917, but Hunt declared the winner after recount and subsequently took office
1914 George W.P. Hunt 25,226 49.46% Ralph H. Cameron 17,602 34.51% George U. Young 5,206 10.20%
1911 George W.P. Hunt 11,123 51.46% Edmund W. Wells 9,166 42.41% P.W. Gallentine 1,247 5.77%

See also

References

  1. ^ J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (15 Dec 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4): 503–509. doi:10.1089/elj.2020.0666. S2CID 225139517. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Arizona". US Election Atlas. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

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