2024 Arizona Senate election

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2024 Arizona Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Warren Petersen by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Mitzi Epstein by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
Leader Warren Petersen Mitzi Epstein
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 2023March 2, 2023
Leader's seat 14th Gilbert 12th Chandler
Last election16 seats, 53.8%14 seats, 44.7%
Current seats1614
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2

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Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent

Incumbent President of the Senate

Warren Petersen
Republican



The 2024 Arizona Senate election will be held on November 5, 2024. Voters will elect members of the Arizona Senate in all 30 of the state's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. Primary elections are scheduled for July 30, 2024. [1]

Contents

Prior to the elections, the Republican Party held a narrow majority over the Democratic Party, controlling 16 seats to their 14 seats.

Overview

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PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeAfter+/–
Republican 16
Democratic 14
Total

Retiring incumbents

Republicans

Democrats

Summary of results by district

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

DistrictIncumbentPartyElected SenatorOutcome
1st Ken Bennett Rep TBD
2nd Shawnna Bolick [lower-alpha 1] Rep TBD
3rd John Kavanagh Rep TBD
4th Christine Marsh Dem TBD
5th Lela Alston Dem TBD
6th Theresa Hatathlie Dem TBD
7th Wendy Rogers Rep TBD
8th Juan Mendez Dem TBD
9th Eva Burch Dem TBD
10th David Christian Farnsworth Rep TBD
11th Catherine Miranda Dem TBD
12th Mitzi Epstein Dem TBD
13th J. D. Mesnard Rep TBD
14th Warren Petersen Rep TBD
15th Jake Hoffman Rep TBD
16th T. J. Shope Rep TBD
17th Justine Wadsack Rep TBD
18th Priya Sundareshan Dem TBD
19th David Gowan Rep TBD
20th Sally Ann Gonzales Dem TBD
21st Rosanna Gabaldón Dem TBD
22nd Eva Diaz Dem TBD
23rd Brian Fernandez Dem TBD
24th Anna Hernandez Dem TBD
25th Sine Kerr Rep TBD
26th Flavio Bravo [lower-alpha 2] Dem TBD
27th Anthony Kern Rep TBD
28th Frank Carroll Rep TBD
29th Janae Shamp Rep TBD
30th Sonny Borrelli Rep TBD
  1. Republican Shawnna Bolick was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat after Steve Kaiser resigned. [5]
  2. Democrat Flavio Bravo was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat after Raquel Terán resigned. [6]

Results

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30

District 1

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Mike Fogel
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Ken Bennett (incumbent)
Republican Mark Finchem
Republican Steve Zipperman
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 2

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Judy Schwiebert
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Josh Barnett
Republican Shawnna Bolick (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Green Party Primary Results
Green Dennis Pugsley
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Green
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 3

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican John Kavanagh (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 4

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Christine Marsh (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Kenneth R. Bowers, Jr.
Republican Carine Werner
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 5

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Lela Alston (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Joshua Ortega
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 6

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Theresa Hatathlie (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 7

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Haley Creighton
Democratic Roberto Reveles
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican David Cook
Republican Wendy Rogers (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 8

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Melody Hernandez (withdrawn) [7]
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Roxana Holzapfel
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 9

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Eva Burch (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Robert Scantlebury
Republican Christopher Stapley
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 10

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Robert Doyle
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican David Christian Farnsworth (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 11

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Catherine Miranda (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Joshua Ayala
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 12

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Denise "Mitzi" Epstein (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Cara Vicini
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 13

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Sharon Winters
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican J.D. Mesnard (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 14

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Elizabeth Brown
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Warren Petersen (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 15

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Alan Smith
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Jake Hoffman (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Independent Evan Olson
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 16

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Stacey Seaman
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Thomas "T.J." Shope, Jr. (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 17

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic John McLean
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Venden "Vince" Leach
Republican Justine Wadsack (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 18

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Priya Sundareshan (incumbent)
Democratic Matt Welch (withdrawn) [8]
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 19

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Bob Karp
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican David Gowan (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 20

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Sally Gonzales (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 21

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Rosanna Gabaldón (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 22

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Eva Diaz (incumbent)
Democratic Leezah Sun
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Steve Robinson
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 23

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Brian Fernandez (incumbent)
Democratic Jesus Lugo, Jr.
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Michelle Altherr
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 24

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Mario Garcia
Democratic Analise Ortiz
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 25

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Sonya Willis (withdrawn) [9]
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Timothy "Tim" Dunn
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 26

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Flavio Bravo (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Victor "Vic" Harris
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 27

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Joshua Abbott
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Kevin Payne
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 28

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Frank Carroll (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 29

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Eric Stafford
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Janae Shamp (incumbent)
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

District 30

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic J'aime Morgaine
Total votes100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Hildy Angius
Republican Ashley Gerich
Republican Kimberly Zanon
Total votes100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
Republican
Total votes100.00%
hold

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