2006 Arizona Senate election

Not to be confused with 2006 United States Senate election in Arizona.

The 2006 Arizona Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. Voters elected members of the Arizona Senate in all 30 of the state's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. Primary elections were held on September 12, 2006.^[3]

2006 Arizona Senate election

← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →
All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Timothy S. Bee Marsha Arzberger Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 30th 25th Seats before 18 12 Seats after 17 13 Seat change 1 1
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
Senate President before election Ken Bennett[1] Republican Elected Senate President Timothy S. Bee[2] Republican

Prior to the elections, the Republicans held a majority of 18 seats over the Democrats' 12 seats.

Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber with 17 Republicans to 13 Democrats, a net gain of one seat for Democrats.^[4]

The newly elected senators served in the 48th Arizona State Legislature.

Retiring Incumbents

Democrats

1. District 14: Bill Brotherton
2. District 16: Linda Aguirre
3. District 17: Ed Ableser^[a]
4. District 24: Robert Cannell

Republicans

1. District 1: Ken Bennett
2. District 6: Dean Martin

Incumbent Defeated in Primary Election

Republican

1. District 26: Toni Hellon

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[5]	Safe R	November 4, 2006

Summary of Results by Arizona State Legislative District

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Outcome
1st	Ken Bennett		Rep	Tom O'Halleran		Rep Hold
2nd	Albert Hale		Dem	Albert Hale		Dem Hold
3rd	Ron Gould		Rep	Ron Gould		Rep Hold
4th	Jack Harper		Rep	Jack Harper		Rep Hold
5th	Jake Flake		Rep	Jake Flake		Rep Hold
6th	Dean Martin		Rep	Pamela Gorman		Rep Hold
7th	Jim Waring		Rep	Jim Waring		Rep Hold
8th	Carolyn S. Allen		Rep	Carolyn S. Allen		Rep Hold
9th	Robert "Bob" Burns		Rep	Robert "Bob" Burns		Rep Hold
10th	Linda Gray		Rep	Linda Gray		Rep Hold
11th	Barbara Leff		Rep	Barbara Leff		Rep Hold
12th	Robert Blendu		Rep	Robert Blendu		Rep Hold
13th	Richard Miranda		Dem	Richard Miranda		Dem Hold
14th	Bill Brotherton		Dem	Debbie McCune-Davis		Dem Hold
15th	Ken Cheuvront		Dem	Ken Cheuvront		Dem Hold
16th	Linda Aguirre		Dem	Leah Landrum		Dem Hold
17th	Ed Ableser[a]		Dem	Meg Burton-Cahill		Dem Hold
18th	Karen S. Johnson		Rep	Karen S. Johnson		Rep Hold
19th	Chuck Gray[b]		Rep	Chuck Gray[b]		Rep Hold
20th	John Huppenthal		Rep	John Huppenthal		Rep Hold
21st	Jay Tibshraeny		Rep	Jay Tibshraeny		Rep Hold
22nd	Thayer Verschoor		Rep	Thayer Verschoor		Rep Hold
23rd	Rebecca Rios		Dem	Rebecca Rios		Dem Hold
24th	Robert Cannell		Dem	Amanda Aguirre		Dem Hold
25th	Marsha Arzberger		Dem	Marsha Arzberger		Dem Hold
26th	Toni Hellon		Rep	Charlene Pesquiera		Dem Gain
27th	Jorge Luis Garcia		Dem	Jorge Luis Garcia		Dem Hold
28th	Paula Aboud[c]		Dem	Paula Aboud[c]		Dem Hold
29th	Victor Soltero		Dem	Victor Soltero		Dem Hold
30th	Tim Bee		Rep	Tim Bee		Rep Hold

Detailed Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30

District 1

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jo Kelleher	8,418	100.00%
Total votes			8,418	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom O'Halleran	10,266	49.60%
	Republican	William Stoll	9,131	44.11%
	Republican	Elise Townsend[d]	1,302	6.29%
Total votes			20,699	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Terry Dunn[e]	14	100.00%
Total votes			14	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom O'Halleran	44,713	61.17%
	Democratic	Jo Kelleher	25,495	34.88%
	Libertarian	Terry Dunn	2,887	3.95%
Total votes			73,095	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Hale (incumbent)	10,253	100.00%
Total votes			10,253	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Royce Jenkins	2,743	100.00%
Total votes			2,743	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Hale (incumbent)	30,731	70.50%
	Republican	Royce Jenkins	10,094	23.16%
	Independent	Mark Haughwout	2,763	6.34%
Total votes			43,588	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noah Harris[e]	439	100.00%
Total votes			439	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Gould (incumbent)	12,913	100.00%
Total votes			12,913	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Gould (incumbent)	29,957	61.86%
	Democratic	Noah Harris	18,471	38.14%
Total votes			48,428	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 4

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Gogek	8,623	100.00%
Total votes			8,623	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Harper (incumbent)	15,253	76.87%
	Republican	Willard "Bill" A. Whalen Jr.	4,589	23.13%
Total votes			19,842	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Harper (incumbent)	48,949	59.08%
	Democratic	Ed Gogek	33,901	40.92%
Total votes			82,850	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Cobb	8,366	100.00%
Total votes			8,366	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jake Flake (incumbent)	10,489	100.00%
Total votes			10,489	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jake Flake (incumbent)	30,322	60.96%
	Democratic	Phil Cobb	19,422	39.04%
Total votes			49,744	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Larson	3,933	100.00%
Total votes			3,933	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pamela Gorman	6,969	66.53%
	Republican	Ted Carpenter	3,506	33.47%
Total votes			10,475	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pamela Gorman	29,255	57.67%
	Democratic	Jim Larson	21,477	42.33%
Total votes			50,732	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Black	4,123	100.00%
Total votes			4,123	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Waring (incumbent)	10,828	100.00%
Total votes			10,828	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Waring (incumbent)	31,735	57.08%
	Democratic	Lisa Black	23,860	42.92%
Total votes			55,595	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 8

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Oseran	6,055	100.00%
Total votes			6,055	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carolyn S. Allen (incumbent)	10,844	55.77%
	Republican	Colette Rosati	8,601	44.23%
Total votes			19,445	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carolyn S. Allen (incumbent)	44,011	64.68%
	Democratic	Dan Oseran	24,029	35.32%
Total votes			68,040	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Poe	7,211	100.00%
Total votes			7,211	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Burns (incumbent)	12,344	100.00%
Total votes			12,344	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Burns (incumbent)	29,430	54.45%
	Democratic	Steve Poe	24,623	45.55%
Total votes			54,053	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 10

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin James Monroe	3,850	100.00%
Total votes			3,850	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Gray (incumbent)	6,420	100.00%
Total votes			6,420	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Dan Poland[e]	5	100.00%
Total votes			5	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Gray (incumbent)	20,040	56.52%
	Democratic	Martin James Monroe	15,416	43.48%
Total votes			35,456	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 11

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann Wallack	6,137	100.00%
Total votes			6,137	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Leff (incumbent)	11,741	100.00%
Total votes			11,741	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Leff (incumbent)	34,533	55.06%
	Democratic	Ann Wallack	28,183	44.94%
Total votes			62,716	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Blendu (incumbent)	8,555	100.00%
Total votes			8,555	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Blendu (incumbent)	39,627	100.00%
Total votes			39,627	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Miranda (incumbent)	2,834	100.00%
Total votes			2,834	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Miranda (incumbent)	13,979	100.00%
Total votes			13,979	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie McCune-Davis	2,933	100.00%
Total votes			2,933	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie McCune-Davis	11,003	100.00%
Total votes			11,003	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cheuvront (incumbent)	4,553	100.00%
Total votes			4,553	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Smigielski	3,052	100.00%
Total votes			3,052	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	John Williams[e]	5	100.00%
Total votes			5	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cheuvront (incumbent)	18,797	69.72%
	Republican	Andrew Smigielski	8,164	30.28%
Total votes			26,961	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leah Landrum	4,785	100.00%
Total votes			4,785	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Veres	1,501	100.00%
Total votes			1,501	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leah Landrum	17,800	72.84%
	Republican	Daniel Veres	6,636	27.16%
Total votes			24,436	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meg Burton-Cahill	6,972	100.00%
Total votes			6,972	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rose Crutcher	6,478	100.00%
Total votes			6,478	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meg Burton-Cahill	26,285	62.86%
	Republican	Rose Crutcher	15,530	37.14%
Total votes			41,815	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen S. Johnson (incumbent)	5,838	74.45%
	Republican	Joe Brown	2,004	25.55%
Total votes			7,842	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Rachel Kielsky[e]	5	100.00%
Total votes			5	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen S. Johnson (incumbent)	20,122	70.48%
	Libertarian	Rachel Kielsky	8,429	29.52%
Total votes			28,551	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Zachary	4,370	100.00%
Total votes			4,370	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Gray (incumbent)[b]	11,766	100.00%
Total votes			11,766	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Gray (incumbent)[b]	34,262	61.50%
	Democratic	Steven Zachary	21,450	38.50%
Total votes			55,712	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Gratehouse	4,231	100.00%
Total votes			4,231	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Huppenthal (incumbent)	7,453	100.00%
Total votes			7,453	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Huppenthal (incumbent)	28,868	53.00%
	Democratic	Donna Gratehouse	25,603	47.00%
Total votes			54,471	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Tibshraeny (incumbent)	10,905	100.00%
Total votes			10,905	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Tibshraeny (incumbent)	48,318	100.00%
Total votes			48,318	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn A. Ray	4,595	100.00%
Total votes			4,595	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thayer Verschoor (incumbent)	8,595	57.91%
	Republican	Joe Bedgood	6,248	42.09%
Total votes			14,843	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thayer Verschoor (incumbent)	39,314	58.98%
	Democratic	Glenn A. Ray	27,338	41.02%
Total votes			66,652	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Rios (incumbent)	8,850	100.00%
Total votes			8,850	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cheryl Chase	5,542	100.00%
Total votes			5,542	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Rios (incumbent)	24,137	53.62%
	Republican	Cheryl Chase	20,875	46.38%
Total votes			45,012	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 24

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Aguirre	5,185	100.00%
Total votes			5,185	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russ Jones	6,015	100.00%
Total votes			6,015	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Aguirre	14,821	48.92%
	Republican	Russ Jones	14,548	48.02%
	Reform	Stanley Lenihan	927	3.06%
Total votes			30,296	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marsha Arzberger (incumbent)	11,321	100.00%
Total votes			11,321	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Ann Black	8,559	100.00%
Total votes			8,559	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marsha Arzberger (incumbent)	26,458	57.59%
	Republican	Mary Ann Black	19,483	42.41%
Total votes			45,941	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlene Pesquiera	12,307	100.00%
Total votes			12,307	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Melvin	10,924	56.82%
	Republican	Toni Hellon (incumbent)	8,303	43.18%
Total votes			19,227	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlene Pesquiera	36,069	50.32%
	Republican	Al Melvin	35,614	49.68%
Total votes			71,683	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jorge Luis Garcia (incumbent)	8,646	100.00%
Total votes			8,646	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jorge Luis Garcia (incumbent)	31,484	100.00%
Total votes			31,484	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 28

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paula Aboud (incumbent)[c]	9,158	54.18%
	Democratic	Ted Downing	7,746	45.82%
Total votes			16,904	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paula Aboud (incumbent)[c]	40,878	99.93%
	Independent	J. Michael Steimer[f]	30	0.07%
Total votes			40,908	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Soltero (incumbent)	7,193	100.00%
Total votes			7,193	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Soltero (incumbent)	24,579	100.00%
Total votes			24,579	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 30

Democratic Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey "Jeff" Chimene	13,861	100.00%
Total votes			13,861	100.00%

Republican Primary Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Bee (incumbent)	20,314	100.00%
Total votes			20,314	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Bee (incumbent)	49,268	61.57%
	Democratic	Jeffrey "Jeff" Chimene	30,752	38.43%
Total votes			80,020	100.00%
	Republican hold

1. Senator Ableser was sworn in on March 30, 2006, to replace Harry Mitchell who resigned effective March 23, 2006.^[6]
2. Senator Gray was sworn in on March 15, 2006, to replace Marilyn Jarrett who died on March 10, 2006.^[7]
3. Senator Aboud was sworn in on January 9, 2006, to replace Gabrielle Giffords who resigned effective December 1, 2005.^[8]
4. Candidate withdrew from the election.
5. Was a write-in candidate in the primary election.
6. Was a write-in candidate in the general election.