# Elections in Arizona

Elections in Arizona :
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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.
United States presidential election results for Arizona :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 1,770,242 | 52.05% | 1,582,860 | 46.54% | 47,624 | 1.40% |
| 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% |

## Presidential elections

| Vote in Arizona | Vote in Arizona | National vote | National vote |
| Year | Candidate | Year | Candidate |
| 2024 | Donald Trump | 2024 | Donald Trump |
| 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 |
| 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 | |

## 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% | |