Arizona Democratic Party

Arizona Democratic Party
State Chair	Yolanda Bejarano
Governor	Katie Hobbs
Senate Leader	Mitzi Epstein
House Leader	Lupe Contreras
Headquarters	PO Box 36123, Phoenix, AZ 85067-6123
Membership (2024)	1,266,536[1]
Ideology	Modern liberalism
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate	1 / 2[a]
U.S. House	3 / 9
Statewide offices	3 / 6
Arizona Corporation Commission	1 / 5
Seats in the Arizona Senate	14 / 30
Seats in the Arizona House of Representatives	29 / 60
Phoenix City Council	5 / 9
Navajo leadership	1 / 2
Website
www.azdem.org
Politics of Arizona Elections

The Arizona Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix.^[2]

Along with its main rival, the Arizona Republican Party, it is one of two major parties in the state. As of 2023, the party controls the governorship, secretary of state, and attorney general offices, and three out of the state's nine U.S. House seats. Additionally, both of the state's U.S. Senators were elected as Democrats and caucus with the party.^[a]

The Arizona Democratic Party is organized into three parts: the state committee, the executive committee, and the executive board.

The state committee is composed of "the chairperson of each county committee of the Democratic Party of Arizona, plus one member of the county committee for every three members of the county committee elected pursuant to statute."^[3] The state committee meets biennially. A state committee member has four duties:

a) Canvass and campaign only on behalf of Democratic candidates. b) Assist in registration programs and in turning out a maximum Democratic vote. c) Support the permanent State Party organization as well as their County and District Party committees. d) Encourage financial support of the State Democratic Party, their County Committees and their districts.^[3]

The state committee has many officers including: Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, First Vice-Chair (who is required to be a different gender and county residence than the chair), three Vice-Chairwomen, three Vice Chairmen, Educational Coordinator, and Affirmative Action Moderator.

The executive committee meets quarterly. The executive committee consists of, "the County Chairperson and the first and second County Vice-Chairpersons from each county; the State Committee-elected National Committeemen, the State Committee-elected National Committeewomen; three members-at-large from each Congressional District; the President or a representative of the President of the Young Democrats of Arizona; the President or representative of the President of the Arizona Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs; and the other State Officers as listed in Article III of these bylaws. The Chair of the State Committee shall serve as Chair of the Executive Committee".^[3] The executive committee has several duties. "The Executive Committee shall approve the budget and amendments to the budget, approve specific contracts extending beyond the Chair's term, act as the final board of arbitrators for State Committeepersons seeking reinstatement after removal, and perform such duties as assigned by the State Chair".^[3]

The executive board duties are assigned by the chair. It also, "acts on behalf of the state committee between State Committee meetings".^[3] The executive board meets at least quarterly. Members of the executive board are, "State Chair, First Vice-Chair, Senior Vice-Chair, Vice-Chairwomen, Vice-Chairmen, Secretary, Treasurer, Educational Coordinator, and Affirmative Action Moderator, the State Committee-elected National Committeemen and the State Committee-elected National Committeewomen".^[3]

The state committee selects candidates to become presidential electors. These candidates pledge to vote for the National Democratic Convention's presidential and vice presidential nominee.^[3] Additionally, the chair and first vice-chair serve on Democratic National Committee.^[3] The state committee also elects the national committee members which represent Arizona.^[3] These members serve a term of four years and must have previously been an elected precinct committee person.^[3] National committee members are to be as evenly split between male and female as possible.^[3]

The party has affiliate groups in localities throughout the state:^[4]

• Apache County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Cochise County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Coconino County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Gila County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Graham County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Greenlee County Democrats [Wikidata]
• La Paz County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Maricopa County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Mohave County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Navajo County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Pima County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Pinal County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Santa Cruz County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Yavapai County Democrats [Wikidata]
• Yuma County Democrats [Wikidata]

Democrats had controlled both of Arizona's seats in the U.S. Senate since 2020. Currently, a single seat is under their direct control:^[a]

• 
  Junior U.S. Senator Mark Kelly

Out of the 9 seats Arizona is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 3 are held by Democrats:

Arizona Democrats in House of Representatives

District	Member	Photo
3rd	Ruben Gallego
4th	Greg Stanton[5]
7th	Raúl Grijalva

Democrats control 4 of the 11 elected statewide executive offices:

• 
  Governor Katie Hobbs
• 
  Secretary of State Adrian Fontes
• 
  Attorney General Kris Mayes
• 
  Corporation Commissioner Anna Tovar

• Senate Minority Leader: Raquel Terán
  • Assistant Senate Minority Leader: Mitzi Epstein
  • Senate Minority Whip: Rosanna Gabaldón
• House Minority Leader: Andrés Cano
  • Assistant House Minority Leader: Lupe Contreras
    • House Minority Whips: Marcelino Quiñonez and Melody Hernandez

The Arizona Democratic Party is the minority party in the Arizona State Senate, holding 14 of the 30 seats.^[6]

• LD-04: Christine Marsh
• LD-05: Lela Alston
• LD-06: Theresa Hatathlie
• LD-08: Juan Mendez
• LD-09: Eva Burch
• LD-11: Catherine Miranda
• LD-12: Mitzi Epstein
• LD-18: Priya Sundareshan
• LD-20: Sally Ann Gonzales
• LD-21: Rosanna Gabaldón
• LD-23: Brian Fernandez
• LD-24: Anna Hernandez
• LD-26: Raquel Terán

The Arizona Democratic Party is the minority party in the Arizona State House of Representatives, holding 29 of the 60 seats.^{[7][needs update]}

Some of the state's major cities have Democratic mayors. As of 2021, Democrats control the mayor's offices in three of Arizona's ten largest cities and in one median-sized city.

• Phoenix: Kate Gallego
• Tucson: Regina Romero
• Tempe: Corey Woods
• Flagstaff: Becky Daggett
• Sierra Vista: Clea McCaa

The Arizona Democratic Party has been functioning since territorial times. The citizens of the Arizona Territory were mostly Democrats as a reaction to the Republican governors appointed by Washington, D.C.^[8] When drafting a state constitution in 1910, 41 Democrats were elected as delegates to the convention^[9] The convention totaled 52 delegates.^[9]

In July 2020, the party's headquarters was destroyed by a fire that was declared to be an act of arson.^[10]

• Vernon F. Vaughan (1923)
• A. A. Johns (1925)
• C. E. Addams (1931)
• Junious Gibbons (1937)
• E. C. Locklear (1945)
• Stephen W. Langmade (1948–50)
• J. N. Harber (1955)
• Joe F. Walton (1958)
• Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1960–62)
• Bill Minette (1991–1993)
• Steve Owens (1993–1995)
• Samuel G. Coppersmith (1995–1997)
• Mark Fleisher (1997–2001)
• Jim Pederson (2001–2005)
• Harry Mitchell (2005–2006)
• David Waid (2006–2007)
• Don Bivens (2007–2009)
• Paul Eckerstrom (2009)
• Don Bivens (2009–2011)
• Andrei Cherny (2011–2012)
• Bill Roe (2012–2015)
• Alexis Tameron Kinsey (2015–2017)
• Felecia Rotellini (2018–2021)
• Raquel Terán (2021–2023)
• Yolanda Bejarano (2023–)

• W. L. Barnum 1920
• Mrs. B. J. McKinney 1920
• Isabella S. Greenway 1928–34
• Clarence Gunter 1929
• Wirt G. Bowman 1937
• Mrs. Samuel White 1937
• Della Tovrea Stuart 1940–56
• Sam H. Morris 1943–50
• R. B. Robbins 1947
• Mrs. Henry S. Larson 1963
• Frank S. Minarik 1963
• Lorraine W. Frank 1980–2000
• Jim Pederson 2001
• Martin Bacal 2004
• Janice Brunson 2004
• Carolyn Warner 2004
• Joe Rios 2004
• Alexis Tameron 2004
• Sue Tucker 2004
• Judy Kennedy 2008
• Fred DuVal 2008^[11]

Arizona Democratic Party gubernatorial election results

Election	Gubernatorial candidate	Votes	Vote %	Result
1911	George W. P. Hunt	11,123	51.5%	Won Y
1914	George W. P. Hunt	25,226	49.5%	Won Y
1916	George W. P. Hunt	28,094	48.0%	Won Y
1918	Fred T. Colter	25,588	49.3%	Lost N
1920	Mit Simms	31,385	45.9%	Lost N
1922	George W. P. Hunt	37,310	54.9%	Won Y
1924	George W. P. Hunt	38,372	50.5%	Won Y
1926	George W. P. Hunt	39,979	50.3%	Won Y
1928	George W. P. Hunt	44,553	48.2%	Lost N
1930	George W. P. Hunt	48,875	51.4%	Won Y
1932	Benjamin Baker Moeur	75,314	63.2%	Won Y
1934	Benjamin Baker Moeur	61,355	59.7%	Won Y
1936	Rawghlie Clement Stanford	87,678	70.7%	Won Y
1938	Robert Taylor Jones	80,350	68.6%	Won Y
1940	Sidney Preston Osborn	97,606	65.5%	Won Y
1942	Sidney Preston Osborn	63,484	72.5%	Won Y
1944	Sidney Preston Osborn	100,220	77.9%	Won Y
1946	Sidney Preston Osborn	73,595	60.1%	Won Y
1948	Dan Edward Garvey	104,008	59.2%	Won Y
1950	Ana Frohmiller	96,118	49.2%	Lost N
1952	Joe C. Haldiman	103,693	39.8%	Lost N
1954	Ernest McFarland	128,104	52.5%	Won Y
1956	Ernest McFarland	171,848	59.6%	Won Y
1958	Robert Morrison	130,329	44.9%	Lost N
1960	Lee Ackerman	161,605	40.7%	Lost N
1962	Samuel Goddard	165,263	45.2%	Lost N
1964	Samuel Goddard	252,098	53.2%	Won Y
1966	Samuel Goddard	174,904	46.2%	Lost N
1968	Samuel Goddard	204,075	42.2%	Lost N
1970	Raúl Héctor Castro	202,053	49.1%	Lost N
1974	Raúl Héctor Castro	278,375	50.4%	Won Y
1978	Bruce Babbitt	282,605	52.5%	Won Y
1982	Bruce Babbitt	453,795	62.5%	Won Y
1986	Carolyn Warner	298,986	34.5%	Lost N
1990 (runoff)	Terry Goddard	448,168	47.6%	Lost N
1994	Eddie Basha	500,702	44.3%	Lost N
1998	Paul Johnson	361,552	35.5%	Lost N
2002	Janet Napolitano	566,284	46.2%	Won Y
2006	Janet Napolitano	959,830	62.6%	Won Y
2010	Terry Goddard	733,935	42.4%	Lost N
2014	Fred DuVal	626,921	41.6%	Lost N
2018	David Garcia	994,341	41.8%	Lost N
2022	Katie Hobbs	1,287,891	50.3%	Won Y

• John Goulder Campbell (1879–1881)
• Granville Henderson Oury (1881–1885)
• Marcus Aurelius Smith (1887–1895, 1897–1899, 1901–1903, 1905–1909)
• Hiram Sanford Stevens (1875–1879)
• John Frank Wilson (1899–1901, 1903–1905)

• Marcus A. Smith (1912–1921)
• Henry F. Ashurst (1912–1941)
• Carl Hayden (1927–1969)
• Ernest McFarland (1941–1953)
• Dennis DeConcini (1977–1995)^[12]

• Carl Hayden (AZ-1) (1912–1927)
• Lewis W. Douglas (AZ-1) (1927–1933)
• Isabella Selmes Greenway (AZ-1) (1933–1937)
• John R. Murdock (AZ-1) (1937–1953)
• Richard F. Harless (AZ-2) (1943–1949)
• Harold A. Patten (AZ-2) (1949–1955)
• Mo Udall (AZ-2) (May 2, 1961 – May 4, 1991)
• Stewart Lee Udall (AZ-2) (January 3, 1955 – January 18, 1961)
• George Frederick Senner, Jr. (AZ-3) (1963–1967)
• Bob Stump (AZ-3) (1977–1983)
• James Francis McNulty, Jr. (AZ-5) (1983–1985)
• Samuel G. Coppersmith (AZ-1) (1993–1995)
• Karan English (AZ-6) (1993–1995)
• Harry Mitchell (AZ-5) (2007–2011)
• Gabby Giffords (AZ-2) (2007–2012)
• Ron Barber (AZ-2) (2012–2015)
• Ed Pastor (AZ-2) (1991–2003) (AZ-4) (2003–2013) (AZ-7) (2013–2015)
• Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1) (2009–2011) (2013–2017) (AZ-2) (2019–2023)

• Conrad Meyer Zulick (1885–1889)
• Louis Cameron Hughes (1893–1896)
• Charles Morelle Bruce ((acting) 1896)^[13]

• George W. P. Hunt (1912–1919, 1923–1929, 1931–1933)
• Benjamin Baker Moeur (1933–1937)
• Rawghlie Clement Stanford (1937–1939)
• Robert Taylor Jones (1939–1941)
• Sidney Preston Osborn (1941–1948)
• Daniel Edward Garvey (1948–1951)
• Ernest William McFarland (1955–1959)
• Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1965–1967)
• Raul Hector Castro (1975–1977)
• Harvey Wesley Bolin (1977–1978)
• Bruce Babbitt (1978–1987)
• Rose Perica Mofford (1988–1991)
• Janet Napolitano (2003–2009)^[14]

• Arizona Republican Party
• Arizona Libertarian Party
• Arizona Green Party
• Political party strength in Arizona

• Arizona Democratic Party