2018 Arizona State Legislature election

2018 Arizona Senate election
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All 30 seats in the Arizona Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Steve Yarbrough
(retired) 		Katie Hobbs
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 17th Senate District 24th Senate district
Seats before 17 13
Seats after 17 13
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,091,817 1,124,990
Percentage 48.2% 49.6%
Swing Decrease5.62% Increase4.34%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
President before election

Steve Yarbrough
Republican

Elected President

Karen Fann
Republican

2018 Arizona State House of Representatives election
← 2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →
All 60 seats in the Arizona House of Representatives
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader J. D. Mesnard
(retired) 		Rebecca Rios
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 17th House District 23rd House district
Seats before 35 25
Seats after 31 29
Seat change Decrease4 Increase4
Popular vote 1,906,416 1,826,038
Percentage 50.6% 48.4%
Swing Decrease6.16% Increase6.9%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold
Speaker before election

J. D. Mesnard
Republican

Elected Speaker

Russell Bowers
Republican

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%:

  1. State Senate district 28, 0.2%
  2. State Senate district 6, 1.8% (Tipping seats)
  3. State Senate district 17, 1.8% (Tipping seats)
  4. State Senate district 20, 3.8%
  5. State Senate district 21, 4.4%

State House seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. State House district 6, 0.3%
  2. State House district 20, 1.4%
  3. State House district 28, 1.4%
  4. State House district 17, 1.8%
  5. State House district 18, 2.8%
  6. State House district 10 , 2.9%
  7. State House district 23, 3.0%
  8. 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
    • State Senate: Jo Craycraft[7]
    • State House : Ed Gogek[7]
    • State House : Jan Manolis[7]
  • Republicans

LD 2

LD 3

  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: none[7]
    • State House : none[7]
  • Green Party
    • State House : Beryl Baker[7]

LD 4

  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Julian Contreraz (Write-in)[7]
    • State House : none[7]
  • Green Party
    • State House : Sara Mae Williams[7]

LD 5

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: J'aime Morgaine[7]
    • State House : Mary McCord Robinson[7]
  • Republicans

LD 6

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Wade Carlisle[7]
    • State House : Felicia French[7]
    • State House : Bobby Tyler[7]
  • Republicans

LD 7

LD 8

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Sharon Girard[7]
    • State House : Carmen Casillas[7]
    • State House : Linda C. Gross[7]
  • Republicans

LD 9

LD 10

LD 11

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Ralph Atchue[7]
    • State House : Hollace Lyon[7]
    • State House : Marcela Quiroz[7]
  • Republicans
  • Green Party
    • State Senate: Mohammad Arif[7]

LD 12

LD 13

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Michelle Harris[7]
    • State House : Thomas Tzitzura[7]
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Sine Kerr[7]
    • State House : Timothy "Tim" Dunn[7]
    • State House : Joanne Osborne[7]

LD 14

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Jaime Alvarez[7]
    • State House : Bob Karp[7]
    • State House : Shelley Renne-Leon[7]
  • Republicans

LD 15

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko[7]
    • State House : Julie Gunnigle[7]
    • State House : Jennifer Samuels[7]
  • Republicans

LD 16

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Benjamin "Ben" Carmitchel[7]
    • State House : Sharon Stinard[7]
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: David Christian Farnsworth[7]
    • State House : John Fillmore[7]
    • State House : Kelly Townsend[7]
  • Green Party
    • State House : Richard Grayson[7]

LD 17

LD 18

LD 19

LD 20

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Douglas Ervin[7]
    • State House : Hazel Chandler[7]
    • State House : Christopher "Chris" Gilfillan[7]
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Paul Boyer, state representative[7]
    • State House : Shawnna Bolick[7]
    • State House : Anthony Kern incumbent[7]
  • No Party

LD 21

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: none[7]
    • State House : Bradley Hughes[7]
    • State House : Gilbert Romero[7]
  • Republicans
  • Independents
    • State Senate: Kathy Knecht[7]

LD 22

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Wendy Garcia[7]
    • State House : Valerie Harris[7]
    • State House : Teri Sarmiento[7]
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: David Livingston[7]
    • State House : Frank Carroll[7]
    • State House : Ben Toma[7]
    • State House : Ron Ha'o (write in candidate)[7]

LD 23

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Daria Lohman[7]
    • State House : Eric Kurland[7]
  • Republicans
  • Independents
    • State Senate: Christopher "Chris" Leone[7]

LD 24

  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Vicki Alger[7]
    • State House : David Alger Sr.[7]
  • Libertarians
    • State House : Christopher Karpurk (write-in)[7]

LD 25

LD 26

  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Rebecca Speakman[7]
    • State House : Raymond D. Speakman[7]

LD 27

  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: none[7]
    • State House : none[7]
  • No Party
    • State House : Julian "Jul" Szymanski (write-in)[7]

LD 28

LD 29

  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Martín J. Quezada[7]
    • State House : Richard Andrade[7]
    • State House : Cesar Chavez[7]
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Charles Carpenter (write in candidate)[7]
    • State House : none[7]

LD 30

References

  1. ^ "Arizona State Legislature - Ballotpedia".
  2. ^ "Arizona Senate candidate appeals Don Shooter's eligibility". Associated Press. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Judge removes Mark Syms from Arizona Senate ballot following forgery accusations". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Arizona Legislature: 4 sizzling races that could decide the balance of power". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Allhands: This time, Arizona teachers want to take over the House and Senate - from the inside". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  6. ^ "Arizona Election Results".
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External links

  • Candidate debates on YouTube
Election results
  • Arizona Primary Election Results
  • Arizona General Election Results
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