2024 Arizona elections

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2024 Arizona elections
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  2022
2026 

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.

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U.S. Senate

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

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
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  2022 November 5, 2024 2026  

All 9 Arizona seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election63
Seats won63
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,680,8411,551,107
Percentage51.66%47.67%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.48%Increase2.svg 5.11%

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     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

2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

3 seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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CandidateRachel WaldenRene Lopez Lea Márquez Peterson
Party Republican Republican Republican
Popular vote1,525,6221,481,9221,440,681
Percentage17.89%17.37%16.89%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
CandidateYlenia AguilarJonathon HillJoshua Polachek
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote1,336,8681,301,9041,230,440
Percentage15.67%15.26%14.43%

commissioners before election

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

Elected commissioners

Rachel Walden (R)
Rene Lopez (R)
Lea Márquez
Peterson
(R)

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

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

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

Notes

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    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.