2018 Arizona Senate election

Not to be confused with 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona.

The 2018 Arizona Senate election took place on November 6, 2018, with the primary election held on August 28, 2018.^[5][6] Arizona voters elected all 30 members of the Arizona Senate to serve two-year terms.^[7]

2018 Arizona Senate election

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All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Steve Yarbrough Katie Hobbs Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 17th-Chandler (retired) 24th-Phoenix (retired) Last election 17 13 Seats after 17 13 Seat change
Senate President before election Steve Yarbrough[1][2] Republican Elected Senate President Karen Fann[3][4] Republican

The election coincided with United States national elections and Arizona state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Arizona governor and Arizona House.^[8][9]

Following the previous election in 2016, Republicans held a 17-to-13-seat majority over Democrats.^[10][11][12] Republicans maintained their unchanged 17-to-13 majority in 2018.^[5][8][9] The newly elected members served in the 54th Arizona State Legislature, during which Republican Karen Fann was elected President of the Arizona Senate.^[4][a]

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

1. District 3: Olivia Cajero Bedford^[b] (term-limited)^[5]
2. District 9: Steve Farley^[c]
3. District 24: Katie Hobbs^[d]
4. District 27: Catherine Miranda^[e]
5. District 30: Robert Meza^[f] (term-limited)^[5]

Republicans

1. District 11: Steve Smith^[g]
2. District 12: Warren Petersen^[h]
3. District 14: Gail Griffin^[i] (term-limited)^[5]
4. District 15: Nancy Barto^[j] (term-limited)^[5]
5. District 17: Steve Yarbrough (term-limited)^[5]
6. District 20: Kimberly Yee^[k]
7. District 22: Judy Burges (term-limited)^[5]
8. District 23: John Kavanagh^[l]
9. District 25: Bob Worsley

Summary of results

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.^[5][8][9]

State senate district	Incumbent	Party		Elected senator	Outcome
1st	Karen Fann		Rep	Karen Fann		Rep hold
2nd	Andrea Dalessandro		Dem	Andrea Dalessandro		Dem hold
3rd	Olivia Cajero Bedford		Dem	Sally Ann Gonzales		Dem hold
4th	Lisa Otondo		Dem	Lisa Otondo		Dem hold
5th	Sonny Borrelli		Rep	Sonny Borrelli		Rep hold
6th	Sylvia Tenney Allen		Rep	Sylvia Tenney Allen[m]		Rep hold
7th	Jamescita Peshlakai		Dem	Jamescita Peshlakai		Dem hold
8th	Frank Pratt		Rep	Frank Pratt		Rep hold
9th	Steve Farley		Dem	Victoria Steele		Dem hold
10th	David Bradley		Dem	David Bradley		Dem hold
11th	Steve Smith		Rep	Vince Leach		Rep hold
12th	Warren Petersen		Rep	Eddie Farnsworth		Rep hold
13th	Sine Kerr[n]		Rep	Sine Kerr		Rep hold
14th	Gail Griffin		Rep	David Gowan		Rep hold
15th	Nancy Barto		Rep	Heather Carter		Rep hold
16th	David Christian Farnsworth		Rep	David Christian Farnsworth		Rep hold
17th	Steve Yarbrough		Rep	J. D. Mesnard		Rep hold
18th	Sean Bowie		Dem	Sean Bowie		Dem hold
19th	Lupe Chavira Contreras		Dem	Lupe Chavira Contreras		Dem hold
20th	Kimberly Yee		Rep	Paul Boyer		Rep hold
21st	Rick Gray[o]		Rep	Rick Gray		Rep hold
22nd	Judy Burges		Rep	David Livingston		Rep hold
23rd	John Kavanagh		Rep	Michelle Ugenti-Rita		Rep hold
24th	Katie Hobbs		Dem	Lela Alston		Dem hold
25th	Bob Worsley		Rep	Tyler Pace		Rep hold
26th	Juan Mendez		Dem	Juan Mendez		Dem hold
27th	Catherine Miranda		Dem	Rebecca Rios		Dem hold
28th	Kate Brophy McGee		Rep	Kate Brophy McGee		Rep hold
29th	Martín Quezada		Dem	Martín Quezada		Dem hold
30th	Robert Meza		Dem	Otoniel "Tony" Navarrete		Dem 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 Craycraft	15,002	100.00%
Total votes			15,002	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen Fann (incumbent)	38,797	100.00%
Total votes			38,797	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen Fann (incumbent)	76,856	69.61%
	Democratic	Jo Craycraft	33,554	30.39%
Total votes			110,410	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Dalessandro (incumbent)	16,332	100.00%
Total votes			16,332	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelley Kais	6,800	52.45%
	Republican	Bobby Wilson	6,164	47.55%
Total votes			12,964	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Dalessandro (incumbent)	36,893	59.68%
	Republican	Shelley Kais	24,925	40.32%
Total votes			61,818	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Ann Gonzales	10,632	55.44%
	Democratic	Betty Villegas	8,547	44.56%
Total votes			19,179	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Ann Gonzales	45,529	100.00%
Total votes			45,529	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Otondo (incumbent)	10,638	100.00%
Total votes			10,638	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Otondo (incumbent)	33,034	99.46%
	Republican	Julian Contreraz[p]	180	0.54%
Total votes			33,214	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J'aime Morgaine	8,065	100.00%
Total votes			8,065	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sonny Borrelli (incumbent)	27,918	100.00%
Total votes			27,918	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sonny Borrelli (incumbent)	56,454	75.29%
	Democratic	J'aime Morgaine	18,530	24.71%
Total votes			74,984	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wade Carlisle	17,812	100.00%
Total votes			17,812	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sylvia Tenney Allen (incumbent)	23,044	100.00%
Total votes			23,044	100.00%

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Jeff "JD" Daniels[p]	83	100.00%
Total votes			83	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sylvia Tenney Allen (incumbent)	48,044	50.91%
	Democratic	Wade Carlisle	46,332	49.09%
Total votes			94,376	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamescita Peshlakai (incumbent)	23,503	100.00%
Total votes			23,503	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JL Mealer	9,483	100.00%
Total votes			9,483	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamescita Peshlakai (incumbent)	43,179	67.18%
	Republican	JL Mealer	21,091	32.82%
Total votes			64,270	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 8

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Girard	6,244	53.69%
	Democratic	Natali Fierros Bock	5,385	46.31%
Total votes			11,629	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Pratt (incumbent)	13,496	100.00%
Total votes			13,496	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Pratt (incumbent)	31,181	56.14%
	Democratic	Sharon Girard	24,360	43.86%
Total votes			55,541	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victoria Steele	23,895	82.20%
	Democratic	Jim Love	5,174	17.80%
Total votes			29,069	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Fleenor[p]	698	100.00%
Total votes			698	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victoria Steele	58,571	62.76%
	Republican	Randy Fleenor	34,758	37.24%
Total votes			93,329	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 10

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Bradley (incumbent)	24,583	100.00%
Total votes			24,583	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marilyn Wiles	18,057	100.00%
Total votes			18,057	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Bradley (incumbent)	52,376	58.48%
	Republican	Marilyn Wiles	37,187	41.52%
Total votes			89,563	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph Atchue	18,493	100.00%
Total votes			18,493	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Venden "Vince" Leach	26,252	100.00%
Total votes			26,252	100.00%

Green primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Mohammad Arif[p]	7	100.00%
Total votes			7	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Venden "Vince" Leach	53,232	54.55%
	Democratic	Ralph Atchue	43,273	44.35%
	Green	Mohammad Arif	1,076	1.10%
Total votes			97,581	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Brown	13,551	100.00%
Total votes			13,551	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Farnsworth	15,642	51.21%
	Republican	Jimmy Lindblom	14,904	48.79%
Total votes			30,546	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Farnsworth	60,959	57.83%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Brown	44,449	42.17%
Total votes			105,408	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Harris	11,267	100.00%
Total votes			11,267	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sine Kerr (incumbent)[n]	12,824	50.13%
	Republican	Brent Backus	7,634	29.84%
	Republican	Don Shooter	5,121	20.02%
Total votes			25,579	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sine Kerr (incumbent)[n]	50,432	62.53%
	Democratic	Michelle Harris	30,215	37.47%
Total votes			80,647	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 14

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jaime Alvarez	10,491	68.66%
	Democratic	Mendy Gomez	4,789	31.34%
Total votes			15,280	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Gowan	11,034	40.41%
	Republican	Drew John	9,388	34.38%
	Republican	Lori Kilpatrick	6,885	25.21%
Total votes			27,307	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Gowan	48,131	60.54%
	Democratic	Jaime Alvarez	31,368	39.46%
Total votes			79,499	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 15

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko	14,679	100.00%
Total votes			14,679	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Carter	24,273	100.00%
Total votes			24,273	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Carter	57,264	60.13%
	Democratic	Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko	37,971	39.87%
Total votes			95,235	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 16

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin "Ben" Carmitchel	11,785	100.00%
Total votes			11,785	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Christian Farnsworth (incumbent)	19,399	75.83%
	Republican	Michael "Big Mike" Hernandez	6,184	24.17%
Total votes			25,583	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Christian Farnsworth (incumbent)	51,406	61.44%
	Democratic	Benjamin "Ben" Carmitchel	32,261	38.56%
Total votes			83,667	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 17

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Weichert	15,680	100.00%
Total votes			15,680	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. D. Mesnard	22,206	100.00%
Total votes			22,206	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. D. Mesnard	48,008	50.92%
	Democratic	Steve Weichert	46,264	49.08%
Total votes			94,272	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Bowie (incumbent)	21,256	100.00%
Total votes			21,256	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Schmuck	20,824	100.00%
Total votes			20,824	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Bowie (incumbent)	57,401	56.85%
	Republican	Frank Schmuck	43,575	43.15%
Total votes			100,976	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lupe Chavira Contreras (incumbent)	9,194	100.00%
Total votes			9,194	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lupe Chavira Contreras (incumbent)	32,872	100.00%
Total votes			32,872	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 20

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas Ervin	7,377	51.63%
	Democratic	Matthew Marquez	6,911	48.37%
Total votes			14,288	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Boyer	13,275	71.19%
	Republican	Charles Loftus	5,372	28.81%
Total votes			18,647	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Boyer	35,170	48.34%
	Democratic	Douglas Ervin	32,352	44.47%
	Independent	Doug "Q" Quelland	5,229	7.19%
Total votes			72,751	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gray (incumbent)[o]	14,497	61.55%
	Republican	Randy Miller	9,055	38.45%
Total votes			23,552	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gray (incumbent)[o]	40,869	52.23%
	Independent	Kathy Knecht	37,380	47.77%
Total votes			78,249	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wendy Garcia	10,531	58.13%
	Democratic	Brianna Westbrook	7,586	41.87%
Total votes			18,117	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Livingston	25,842	70.32%
	Republican	Clair Van Steenwyk	10,908	29.68%
Total votes			36,750	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Livingston	70,775	63.34%
	Democratic	Wendy Garcia	40,957	36.66%
Total votes			111,732	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daria Lohman	18,681	100.00%
Total votes			18,681	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michelle Ugenti-Rita	15,347	41.38%
	Republican	Timothy Jeffries	12,951	34.92%
	Republican	Kristina Kelly	8,792	23.70%
Total votes			37,090	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michelle Ugenti-Rita	67,852	57.11%
	Democratic	Daria Lohman	45,344	38.17%
	Independent	Christopher "Chris" Leone	5,603	4.72%
Total votes			118,799	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 24

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lela Alston	19,925	100.00%
Total votes			19,925	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicki Alger	7,596	100.00%
Total votes			7,596	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lela Alston	48,245	71.99%
	Republican	Vicki Alger	18,772	28.01%
Total votes			67,017	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Mohr-Almeida	12,465	100.00%
Total votes			12,465	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tyler Pace	25,569	98.18%
	Republican	Itasca Small[p]	473	1.82%
Total votes			26,042	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tyler Pace	52,208	61.80%
	Democratic	Kathy Mohr-Almeida	32,268	38.20%
Total votes			84,476	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 26

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Mendez (incumbent)	6,660	53.22%
	Democratic	Debbie Nez Manuel	5,853	46.78%
Total votes			12,513	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rebecca Speakman	6,923	100.00%
Total votes			6,923	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Mendez (incumbent)	32,812	65.76%
	Republican	Rebecca Speakman	17,086	34.24%
Total votes			49,898	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 27

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Rios	11,170	78.63%
	Democratic	Cipriano Miranda	3,036	21.37%
Total votes			14,206	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Rios	40,012	100.00%
Total votes			40,012	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 28

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Porter Marsh	19,671	100.00%
Total votes			19,671	100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kate Brophy McGee (incumbent)	17,325	70.12%
	Republican	Kenneth R. "Ken" Bowers Jr.	7,383	29.88%
Total votes			24,708	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kate Brophy McGee (incumbent)	47,278	50.14%
	Democratic	Christine Porter Marsh	47,011	49.86%
Total votes			94,289	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 29

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martín J. Quezada (incumbent)	8,457	100.00%
Total votes			8,457	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martín J. Quezada (incumbent)	29,003	99.57%
	Republican	Charles Carpenter[p]	124	0.43%
Total votes			29,127	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 30

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Otoniel "Tony" Navarrete	10,025	100.00%
Total votes			10,025	100.00%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Otoniel "Tony" Navarrete	28,574	100.00%
Total votes			28,574	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2018 United States elections
• 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
• 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
• 2018 Arizona elections
• 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election
• 2018 Arizona Secretary of State election
• 2018 Arizona Attorney General election
• 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
• 2018 Arizona House of Representatives election
• 54th Arizona State Legislature
• Arizona Senate

Notes

1. Karen Fann was elected unanimously as President of the Senate for the 54th legislature.^[3]
2. Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford ran for Arizona House, but was defeated in the Democratic primary election.
3. Senator Steve Farley ran for Arizona Governor, but was defeated in the Democratic primary election.
4. Senator Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona Secretary of State.
5. Senator Catherine Miranda ran for US House, but was defeated in the Democratic primary election.
6. Senator Robert Meza was elected to the Arizona House.
7. Senator Steve Smith ran for US House, but was defeated in the Republican primary election.
8. Senator Warren Petersen was elected to the Arizona House.
9. Senator Gail Griffin was elected to the Arizona House.
10. Senator Nancy Barto was elected to the Arizona House.
11. Senator Kimberly Yee was elected Arizona Treasurer.
12. Senator John Kavanagh was elected to the Arizona House.
13. Republican Senator Sylvia Allen resigned on December 31, 2020.^[13]
14. Republican Sine Kerr was sworn in January 8, 2018 to replace Republican Senator Steve Montenegro who resigned on December 15, 2017.^[14][15][16]
15. Republican Rick Gray was sworn in January 19, 2018 to replace Republican Senator Debbie Lesko who resigned on January 8, 2018.^[17][18][16]
16. Was a write-in candidate in this election.