2018 Arizona State Legislature election
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All 30 seats in the Arizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by district: Republican: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Democrat: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Unopposed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5.62%
4.34%
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All 60 seats in the Arizona House of Representatives 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Arizona State Legislature elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. A primary election took place on August 28, 2018. Voters in all 30 legislative districts of the Arizona Legislature elected one state senator and two state representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including for governor and the United States Senate.
Members to the State Senate are elected from the same legislative districts as members of the State House of Representatives; however, one Senator represents the constituency, while for the House there are two Representatives per district.[1] In this election, each of the party leaders from both chambers retired, and were elected to different offices.
Overview[]
| Senate | ||||
| Affiliation | Total | |||
| Republican Party | Democratic Party | |||
| Members 13-14 | 17 | 13 | 30 | |
| Members start of '15 Members end of '16 |
17 18 |
13 12 |
30 | |
| Members 17-18 | 17 | 13 | 30 | |
| House | ||||
| Affiliation | Total | |||
| Republican Party | Democratic Party | |||
| Members 13-14 | 36 | 24 | 60 | |
| Members 15-16 | 36 | 24 | 60 | |
| Members 17-18 | 35 | 25 | 60 | |
Close Races[]
State Senate Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- State Senate district 28, 0.2%
- State Senate district 6, 1.8% (Tipping seats)
- State Senate district 17, 1.8% (Tippping seats)
- State Senate district 20, 3.8%
- State Senate district 21, 4.4%
State House Seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:
- State House district 6, 0.3%
- State House district 20, 1.4%
- State House district 28, 1.4%
- State House district 17, 1.8%
- State House district 18, 2.8%
- State House district 10 , 2.9%
- State House district 23, 3.0%
- State House district 7, 4.9%
Early campaign[]
In June, a judge ruled that former state senator Don Shooter, who'd been removed from the chamber earlier in 2018, could remain on the ballot for the Yuma district even though Shooter briefly registered to vote in Phoenix.[2]
Independent district 28 senate candidate Mark Syms, husband of representative Maria Syms, was removed from the ballot after a Superior Court judge determined that his petitions contained over 900 forged voter signatures.[3] This followed reports that incumbent district 28 state senator Kate Brophy McGee was supporting house candidate Kathy Petsas.[4]
The most competitive districts in the state included district 28,[4] district 6,[4] and district 18.[5]
Candidates[]
- Winners are in Bold[6]
LD 1[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 2[]
- Democrats
- State Senate: Andrea Dalessandro, incumbent[7]
- State House : Rosanna Gabaldón, incumbent[7]
- State House : Daniel Hernandez Jr., incumbent[7]
- Republicans
LD 3[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Green Party
- State House : Beryl Baker[7]
LD 4[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Green Party
- State House : Sara Mae Williams[7]
LD 5[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 6[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 7[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 8[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 9[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 10[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- State Senate: Marilyn Wiles[7]
- State House : Todd Clodfelter[7]
- Green Party
- State House : Joshua Reilly[7]
LD 11[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Green Party
- State Senate: Mohammad Arif[7]
LD 12[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 13[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 14[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 15[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 16[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Green Party
- State House : Richard Grayson[7]
LD 17[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 18[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 19[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 20[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- No Party
- State Senate: Doug "Q" Quelland[7]
LD 21[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Independents
- State Senate: [7]
LD 22[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 23[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Independents
- State Senate: Christopher "Chris" Leone[7]
LD 24[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- Libertarians
- State House : Christopher Karpurk (write-in)[7]
LD 25[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 26[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
LD 27[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- No Party
- State House : Julian "Jul" Szymanski (write-in)[7]
LD 28[]
- Democrats
- Republicans
- State Senate: Kate Brophy McGee[7]
- State House : Kathy Pappas Petsas[7]
- State House : Maria Syms[7]
LD 29[]
- Democrats
- State Senate: Martín J. Quezada[7]
- State House : Richard Andrade[7]
- State House : Cesar Chavez[7]
- Republicans
LD 30[]
- Democrats
- State Senate: Tony Navarrete[7]
- State House : Robert Meza[7]
- State House : Raquel Terán[7]
- Republicans
References[]
- ^ "Arizona State Legislature - Ballotpedia".
- ^ "Arizona Senate candidate appeals Don Shooter's eligibility". Associated Press. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Judge removes Mark Syms from Arizona Senate ballot following forgery accusations". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Arizona Legislature: 4 sizzling races that could decide the balance of power". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Allhands: This time, Arizona teachers want to take over the House and Senate - from the inside". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Arizona Election Results".
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External links[]
- Election results
- 2018 Arizona elections
- 2018 state legislature elections in the United States