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2018 Arizona Senate election
← 2016
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
2020 →
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
Popular vote
1,091,817
1,124,990
Percentage
48.2%
49.6%
Swing
5.62%
4.34%
Results by gains and holds
Results by winning party vote share
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
4
4
Popular vote
1,906,416
1,826,038
Percentage
50.6%
48.4%
Swing
6.16%
6.9%
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.
Main article: List of representatives and senators of the Arizona Legislature by district, 2013–2023
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
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State Senate seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
State Senate district 28, 0.2%
State Senate district 6, 1.8% (Tipping seats)
State Senate district 17, 1.8% (Tipping seats)
State Senate district 20, 3.8%
State Senate district 21, 4.4%
State House seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:
State House district 6, 0.3%
State House district 20, 1.4%
State House district 28, 1.4%
State House district 17, 1.8%
State House district 18, 2.8%
State House district 10 , 2.9%
State House district 23, 3.0%
State House district 7, 4.9%
Early campaign
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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.[3]
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.[4] This followed reports that incumbent District 28 state senator Kate Brophy McGee was supporting house candidate Kathy Petsas.[5]
The most competitive districts in the state included District 28,[5] District 6,[5] and District 18.[6]
Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections
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