2018 Arizona State Legislature election

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.

2018 Arizona State Senate election
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
All 30 seats in the Arizona Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kimberly Yee
(retired)		 Katie Hobbs
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 20th Senate District 24th Senate district
Seats before 17 13
Seats after 17 13
Seat change
Popular vote 1,091,817 1,124,990
Percentage 48.2% 49.6%
Swing 5.62% 4.34%
Majority Leader before election

Kimberly Yee
Republican

 Elected Majority Leader

Rick Gray
Republican

Arizona State House of Representatives election, 2018
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
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 4 4
Popular vote 1,906,416 1,826,038
Percentage 50.6% 48.4%
Swing 6.16% 6.9%
Speaker before election

J. D. Mesnard
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Russell Bowers
Republican

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 1713 30
Members start of '15
Members end of '16		 17
18		13
12		 30
Members 17-18 1713 30
House
Affiliation      Total
Republican Party Democratic Party
Members 13-14 3624 60
Members 15-16 3624 60
Members 17-18 3525 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% (Tippping 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 include district 28,[4] district 6,[4] and district 18.[5]

Candidates
  • Winners are in Bold[6]

LD 1

LD 2
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Shelley Kais[7]
    • State House : John Christopher Ackerley, former state representative[7]
    • State House : Anthony Sizer[7]

LD 3
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: none[7]
    • State House : none[7]
  • Green Party
    • State House : Beryl Baker[7]

LD 4

LD 5

LD 6
  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Wade Carlisle[7]
    • State House : Felicia French[7]
    • State House : Bobby Tyler[7]
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Sylvia Tenney Allen, incumbent[7]
    • State House : Walter "Walt" Blackman[7]
    • State House : Bob Thorpe, incumbent[7]

LD 7

LD 8

LD 9

LD 10

LD 11

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

LD 16
  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Benjamin "Ben" Carmitchel[7]
    • State House : Sharon Stinard[7]
  • Republicans
  • Green Party
    • State House : Richard Grayson[7]

LD 17
  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Steve Weichert[7]
    • State House : Jennifer Pawlik[7]
  • Republicans

LD 18
  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Sean Bowie[7]
    • State House : Denise "Mitzi" Epstein[7]
    • State House : Jennifer Jermaine[7]
  • Republicans

LD 19
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: none[7]
    • State House : none[7]

LD 20
  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Douglas Ervin[7]
    • State House : Hazel Chandler[7]
    • State House : Christopher "Chris" Gilfillan[7]
  • Republicans
  • No Party

LD 21

LD 22
  • Democrats
    • State Senate: Wendy Garcia[7]
    • State House : Valerie Harris[7]
    • State House : Teri Sarmiento[7]
  • Republicans

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

LD 27

LD 28

LD 29
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
    • State Senate: Charles Carpenter (write in candidate)[7]
    • State House : none[7]

LD 30

References
  1. "Arizona State Legislature - Ballotpedia".
  2. Press, The Associated. "Arizona Senate candidate appeals Don Shooter's eligibility". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  3. "Judge removes Mark Syms from Arizona Senate ballot following forgery accusations". Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  4. "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. https://results.arizona.vote/#/legislative/4/0
  7. "Arizona Election Information". apps.arizona.vote. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
Election Results
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