2024 Arizona elections

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2024 Arizona elections

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The 2024 Arizona elections were held in the state of Arizona on November 5, 2024, coinciding with the nationwide general election. One of the state's U.S. Senate seats was up for election, as were all nine of its seats in the U.S. House and three of the five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission.

U.S. Senate

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The 2024 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arizona. Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego and Republican former news anchor Kari Lake were seeking their first term in office. The winner will succeed independent incumbent Kyrsten Sinema, who is not seeking re-election after one term.[1]

U.S. House of Representatives

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

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All 9 Arizona seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 6 3
Seats won 6 3
Seat change Steady Steady

     Democratic hold
     Republican hold


The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the State of Arizona, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on July 30, 2024.

Corporation Commission

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2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election

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3 seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission
 
Candidate Rene Lopez Lea Márquez Peterson Rachel Walden
Party Republican Republican Republican

 
Candidate Ylenia Aguilar Jonathon Hill Joshua Polachek
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic

Incumbent commissioners

Lea Márquez
Peterson
(R)
James O'Connor (R)
Anna Tovar (D)



The 2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election was held on November 5, 2024. It will elect three members of the Arizona Corporation Commission, a five-member body tasked with regulating public utilities in the state.

Members are elected to four-year terms, with three seats up for election in presidential years and the other two up for election in midterm years. The elections use plurality block voting, and each party will nominate 3 candidates. Republicans currently hold 4 seats on the board, while Democrats hold 1.

Two Republicans, Lea Márquez Peterson and James O'Connor, were up for re-election in 2024, as is the lone Democrat, Anna Tovar.

Supreme Court

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Supreme Court justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn Hackett King are up for retention. Bolick was retained in 2018 with 70.0% of the vote. King was appointed by Governor Doug Ducey in 2021.

Progress Arizona, a progressive political group, is campaigning to have Bolick and King removed over their votes in the abortion case Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes.[2]

Local elections

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Numerous local elections will also take place in 2024. Some notable ones include:

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Raju, Manu (March 5, 2024). "Sinema announces she's retiring". CNN. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Jimmy (April 22, 2024). "Campaign seeks to unseat 2 Arizona supreme court justices who upheld 1864 abortion ban". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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