1911 United States House of Representatives election in Arizona

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1911 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
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December 12, 1911 1912  
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Nominee Carl Hayden John S. WilliamsJohn Halberg
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote11,5568,4851,252
Percentage54.05%39.69%5.86%

1911 Arizona United States House of Representatives election results by county.svg
County results [1]
Hayden:      50–60%     60–70%
Williams:      40–50%     50–60%

Elected Representative
At-large

Carl Hayden
Democratic

The 1911 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona was held on Tuesday December 12, 1911 to elect the states at-large representative. Representative of Arizona's non-voting delegate Ralph H. Cameron decided not to run.

Contents

Democrat nominee Carl Hayden won the democratic primary on October 4, 1911 by 1,552 votes. He won the general election over Republican John S. Williams and socialist candidate John Halberg with 54.05% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carl Hayden 4,237 44.21%
Democratic Hulford Winsor2,68528.02%
Democratic Lamar Cobb2,66227.77%
Total votes9,584 100.00

Republican primary

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John S. Williams 4,578 100.00%
Total votes4,578 100.00

General Election

Arizona At-large congressional district election, 1911 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carl Hayden 11,556 54.05%
Republican John S. Williams8,48539.69%
Socialist John Halberg1,2525.86%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin880.41%
Total votes21,381 100.00

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References

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  2. "Arizona Memory Project – 1911 Primary election returns, State of Arizona". www.azmemory.azlibrary.gov.
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