Legislative election in Arizona
1994 Arizona Senate election
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All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority |
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| Majority party | Minority party | | | | Leader | John Greene | Peter Goudinoff | Party | Republican | Democratic | Leader's seat | 24th | 11th | Seats before | 18 | 12 | Seats after | 19 | 11 | Seat change | 1 | 1 | |
Senate President before election John Greene[1] Republican | Elected Senate President John Greene[2] Republican | |
Elections in Arizona |
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The 1994 Arizona Senate election was held on November 8, 1994. 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 13, 1994.[3]
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 19 Republicans to 11 Democrats, a net gain of one seat for Republicans.[4]
The newly elected senators served in the 42nd Arizona State Legislature.
Retiring Incumbents
Democrats
- District 7: Peter Rios
- District 14: Cindy L. Resnick
- District 16: Stan Furman
- District 20: Lela Alston
- District 25: Chuck Blanchard
Republicans
- District 17: Patricia "Pat" Wright
- District 21: Matt Salmon
- District 27: Bev Hermon
- District 28: Ed Phillips
- District 29: Lester N. Pearce
Detailed Results
District 1
District 2
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Sunny Reid[a] | 23 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 23 | 100.00% |
District 3
District 4
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | A. V. "Bill" Hardt (incumbent) | 12,705 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 12,705 | 100.00% |
General Election Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | A. V. "Bill" Hardt (incumbent) | 26,288 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 26,288 | 100.00% |
| Democratic hold |
District 5
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Jim Wombacher | 5,308 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 5,308 | 100.00% |
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Jim Buster (incumbent) | 4,911 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 4,911 | 100.00% |
District 6
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Gregg Tivnan[a] | 14 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 14 | 100.00% |
District 7
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Robert "Bob" Chastain | 8,227 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 8,227 | 100.00% |
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Roger Hooper | 3,293 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 3,293 | 100.00% |
General Election Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Robert "Bob" Chastain | 13,131 | 53.46% |
| Republican | Roger Hooper | 11,429 | 46.54% |
Total votes | 24,560 | 100.00% |
| Democratic hold |
District 8
District 9
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | John E. Dougherty | 7,282 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 7,282 | 100.00% |
District 10
District 11
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Scott Stewart[a] | 1 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 1 | 100.00% |
District 12
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Roberta McMillan[a] | 4 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 4 | 100.00% |
District 13
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Wes Thompson[a] | 11 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 11 | 100.00% |
District 14
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Ruth Solomon | 7,472 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 7,472 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Douglas F. Newman[a] | 2 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 2 | 100.00% |
District 15
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Austin Turner (incumbent) | 11,517 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 11,517 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Lon S. Weber[a] | 7 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 7 | 100.00% |
District 16
- Democratic Senator Stan Furman did not seek reelection and no other Democrat ran in the district; therefore, it was an automatic pick-up for the Republicans.
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | John Kaites | 8,911 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 8,911 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Dean C. Pleasant[a] | 12 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 12 | 100.00% |
District 17
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Brenda Burns | 10,661 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 10,661 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Rick Tompkins | 211 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 211 | 100.00% |
District 18
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Donna Hancock[a] | 11 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 11 | 100.00% |
District 19
District 20
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | David McElhone | 4,250 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 4,250 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Richard Lee Duncan | 171 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 171 | 100.00% |
District 21
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Fernando P. "Fred" Abreu[a] | 157 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 157 | 100.00% |
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Stan Barnes | 7,743 | 64.43% |
| Republican | Tom Wilkinson | 4,275 | 35.57% |
Total votes | 12,018 | 100.00% |
General Election Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Stan Barnes | 25,808 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 25,808 | 100.00% |
| Republican hold |
District 22
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Manuel "Lito" Peña (incumbent) | 4,033 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 4,033 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Jack C. Gunn[a] | 4 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 4 | 100.00% |
District 23
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | William "Wink" Wiess | 1,243 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 1,243 | 100.00% |
District 24
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | John Greene (incumbent) | 10,189 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 10,189 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | William T. Hosea | 196 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 196 | 100.00% |
District 25
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Obey Frank Bledsoe | 3,529 | 50.11% |
| Republican | Bernie Truter[c] | 3,514 | 49.89% |
Total votes | 7,043 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | John Williams | 219 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 219 | 100.00% |
District 26
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | William E. "Bill" Hegarty | 6,430 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 6,430 | 100.00% |
District 27
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Gary Richardson | 9,670 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 9,670 | 100.00% |
General Election Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Gary Richardson | 23,668 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 23,668 | 100.00% |
| Republican hold |
District 28
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Paul Privateer | 5,019 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 5,019 | 100.00% |
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Randall Gnant | 14,858 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 14,858 | 100.00% |
District 29
Democratic Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Jerry Helmstadter | 3,481 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 3,481 | 100.00% |
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | David Petersen | 5,410 | 57.18% |
| Republican | E. L. "Buzz" Shahan | 4,052 | 42.82% |
Total votes | 9,462 | 100.00% |
General Election Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | David Petersen | 17,269 | 67.40% |
| Democratic | Jerry Helmstadter | 8,353 | 32.60% |
Total votes | 25,622 | 100.00% |
| Republican hold |
District 30
Republican Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Larry Chesley (incumbent) | 11,938 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 11,938 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Primary Results Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | David Lawrence Janecek[a] | 13 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 13 | 100.00% |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ran as a write-in candidate in the primary election.
- ^ a b c Ran as a write-in candidate in the general election.
- ^ a b Despite finishing in second in the Republican primary behind Obey Frank Bledsoe, Bernie Truter would advance as the Republican nominee in the general election.
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