Political party strength in Arizona

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As of January 2023, Arizona's registered voters include 1,443,142 Republicans (34.7%), 1,270,613 Democrats (30.5%), 32,961 Libertarians (0.8%), and 1,415,020 "Other" (34.0%). [1]

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State politics

Most political offices are currently held by members of the Republican Party. Both U.S. Senators and 3 of out the 9 House of Representatives members are Democrats, (the other six are Republicans) Many were first elected in the 2018 elections. The following table indicates the political parties of elected officials in Arizona:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1863–1911)

YearExecutive offices Territorial Legislature United States Congress
Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Supt. of Pub. Inst. Senate House Delegate
1863 John A. Gurley (R) [lower-alpha 1] Richard C.
McCormick
(R)
[ ? ][ ? ][ ? ][ ? ] Charles D. Poston (R)
John Noble Goodwin (R) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3]
1864 Coles Bashford (R) [lower-alpha 4]
1865 John Noble Goodwin (R)
1866John A. Rush
Richard C.
McCormick
(R) [lower-alpha 3]
James P. T. Carter (R)
1867 Coles Bashford (I)
1868[ ? ]
James P. T. Carter (R) [lower-alpha 5]
1869 Coles Bashford (R) [lower-alpha 6] G. H. Oury (D) Richard C.
McCormick
(U)
Anson P. K. Safford (R)
1870[ ? ]
1871
1872J. E. McCaffry
1873[ ? ]
1874
1875 Hiram Sanford Stevens (D)
1876 John Philo Hoyt (R)
1877
John Philo Hoyt (R) John J. Gosper (R)
1878
John C. Frémont (R) [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 6]
1879 John G. Campbell (D)
1880
1881 G. H. Oury (D)
John J. Gosper (R) [lower-alpha 5]
1882
Frederick Augustus Tritle (R) [lower-alpha 6] Hiram M. Van Arman (R)
1883
1884 Clark Churchill (R)
1885 Curtis Coe Bean (R)
C. Meyer Zulick (D) James A. Bayard (D)
1886
1887 Briggs Goodrich Marcus A. Smith (D)
1888 John A. Rush
1889 Clark Churchill (R)
Lewis Wolfley (R) [lower-alpha 6] Oakes Murphy (R)
1890
John N. Irwin (R) [lower-alpha 6]
1891
1892 William Herring (R)
Oakes Murphy (R) Nathan A. Morford (R)
1893 John C. Herndon
L. C. Hughes (D) [lower-alpha 8] Charles Morelle Bruce (D) Francis J. Heney (R)
1894
1895 Thomas D. Satterwhite Oakes Murphy (R)
1896 J. F. Wilson
Charles Morelle Bruce (D) [lower-alpha 5]
Benjamin Joseph Franklin (D)
1897A. P. Shewman Marcus A. Smith (D)
Myron H. McCord (R) [lower-alpha 6] Charles H. Akers (R)
1898 C. M. Frazier
Oakes Murphy (R) [lower-alpha 9] Charles F. Ainsworth
1899 John Frank Wilson (D)
1900
1901 Marcus A. Smith (D)
1902 Isaac T. Stoddard (R) Edmund W. Wells (R)[ ? ]
Alexander Brodie (R) [lower-alpha 6]
1903 John Frank Wilson (D)
1904 William F. Nichols (R) Joseph Henry Kibbey (R)
1905 E. S. Clark Marcus A. Smith (D)
William F. Nichols (R) [lower-alpha 5]
Joseph Henry Kibbey (R)
1906
1907
1908 John H. Page (R)
1909 Ralph H. Cameron (R)
Richard Elihu Sloan (R) George U. Young (R)
1910John B. Wright
1911
Year Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Supt. of Pub. Inst. Senate House Delegate
Executive offices Territorial Legislature United States Congress

1912–present

YearExecutive offices State Legislature Corp.
Comm.
United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Secretary
of State
Attorney
General
Treasurer Supt. of Pub. Inst. Mine Inspector Senate House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S.
House
1912 George W. P. Hunt (D) Sidney Preston
Osborn
(D)
George Purdy Bullard (D) David F. Johnson (D) Charles O. Case (D) G. H. Bolin (D)15D, 4R31D, 4R3D Henry F. Ashurst (D) Marcus A. Smith (D) Carl
Hayden

(D)
Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913
1914
1915 Wiley E. Jones (D) Mit Simms (D)18D, 1R35D
1916
1917 Thomas E. Campbell (R) [lower-alpha 10] David F. Johnson (D)14D, 5R31D, 4R
George W. P. Hunt (D)
1918
1919 Thomas E. Campbell (R) Mit Simms (D) Harry S. Ross (D)26D, 9R
1920 Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
1921 Ernest Hall (R) W. J. Galbraith (R) Raymond R. Earhart (D) Elsie Toles (R) John F. White (R)10R, 9D20D, 18R Ralph H. Cameron (R)
1922
1923 George W. P. Hunt (D) James H. Kerby (D) John W. Murphy (D) Wayne Hubbs (D)Charles O. Case (D) Tom C. Foster (D)18D, 1R41D, 6R
1924 Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 Vernon S. Wright (D)17D, 2R
1926
1927 J. C. Callaghan (D)43D, 9R Carl Hayden (D) Lewis
Douglas

(D) [lower-alpha 6]
1928 K. Berry Peterson (D) Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 John C. Phillips (R)J. C. Callaghan (D) [lower-alpha 11] Charles R. Price (D)37D, 17R
1930 I. P. "Ike" Fraizer (R) [lower-alpha 12]
1931 George W. P. Hunt (D) Scott White (D) Mit Simms (D)18D, 1R52D, 12R
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 Benjamin B. Moeur (D) James H. Kerby (D) Arthur T. La Prade (D) W. M. Cox (D) Herman E. Hendrix (D)19D59D, 4R Isabella
Greenway

(D) [lower-alpha 13]
1934
1935 John L. Sullivan (D) Mit Simms (D)18D, 1R51D
1936
1937 Rawghlie C. Stanford (D) Joe Conway (D) Harry M. Moore (D)19D50D, 1R John R.
Murdock

(D)
1938
1939 Robert Taylor Jones (D)Harry M. Moore (D) [lower-alpha 11] William G. Petersen (D)51D, 1R
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) [lower-alpha 11] Joe Hunt (D) E. D. Ring (D)53D Ernest McFarland (D)
1942
Dan Edward Garvey (D) [lower-alpha 14]
1943 James D. Brush (D)58D2D
1944John L. Sullivan (D) Alva E. Weaver (D) [lower-alpha 12] Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 William T. Brooks (D) Clifford J. Murdock (D)57D, 1R
1946
1947 Mit Simms (D) Nolan D. Pulliam (D)53D, 5R
1948 Evo Anton DeConcini (D)
Dan Edward Garvey (D) [lower-alpha 15] Curtis Williams (D) Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
1949 Wesley Bolin (D) Fred O. Wilson (D) J. W. Kelly (D) Marion Brooks (D)52D, 7R
1950
1951 John Howard Pyle (R) E. T. Williams Jr. (D)61D, 10R
1952 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953 Ross F. Jones (R)J. W. Kelly (D) Edward Massey (D)15D, 4R50D, 30R Barry Goldwater (R)1D, 1R
19542D, 1R
1955 Ernest McFarland (D) Robert Morrison (D)E. T. Williams Jr. (D) Cliff Harkins (D)26D, 2R61D, 19R3D
1956
1957J. W. Kelly (D)Marion Brooks (D)57D, 23R
1958
1959 Paul Fannin (R) H. Y. Sprague (D) Wilburn W. Dick (D) R. V. Hersey (D)27D, 1R55D, 25R
1960 Wade Church (D) John Quebedeaux (R) [lower-alpha 12] Nixon/
Lodge (R)Red x.svg
1961 Robert Pickrell (R)J. W. Kelly (D)24D, 4R52D, 28R
1962
1963 Milton J. Husky (D)48D, 32R2D, 1R2D, 1R
1964 Goldwater/
Miller (R)Red x.svg
1965 Sam Goddard Jr. (D) Darrell F. Smith (R) Bob Kennedy (D) Sarah Folsom (R) Verne C. McCutchan (R)26D, 2R45D, 35R3D Paul Fannin (R)
1966
1967 Jack Williams (R) [lower-alpha 16] Charles H. Garland (R)16R, 14D33R, 27D2R, 1D
1968 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1969 Gary K. Nelson (R) Morris A. Herring (R) Weldon P. Shofstall (R) [lower-alpha 14] 17R, 13D34R, 26D2D, 1R Barry Goldwater (R)
19702R, 1D
1971 Ernest Garfield (R)18R, 12D3R
1972
1973 Bart Fleming (R) [lower-alpha 14] 38R, 22D3R, 1D
1974 N. Warner Lee (R)
1975 Raúl Héctor Castro (D) [lower-alpha 6] Bruce Babbitt (D) Carolyn Warner (D) Bert C. Romero (D)18D, 12R33R, 27D
1976 Ford/
Dole (R)Red x.svg
1977Verne C. McCutchan (R) [lower-alpha 11] 16D, 14R38R, 22D2R, 1D Dennis DeConcini (D)2R, 2D
Wesley Bolin (D) [lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 17] Rose Mofford (D) [lower-alpha 14]
1978
Bruce Babbitt (D) [lower-alpha 18] Jack LaSota (D) [lower-alpha 12] Ted M. Martinez (D) [lower-alpha 12]
1979 Robert K. Corbin (R) Clark Dierks (R) James H. McCutchan (R)16R, 14D42R, 18D
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198143R, 17D
1982
1983 Ray Rottas (R)18R, 12D39R, 21D3R, 2D
1984
198538R, 22D3D4R, 1D
1986
1987 Evan Mecham (R) [lower-alpha 19] C. Diane Bishop (D)19R, 11D36R, 24D2D, 1R John McCain (R) [lower-alpha 11]
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
Rose Mofford (D) [lower-alpha 17] James Shumway (D) [lower-alpha 12]
1989 Douglas K. Martin (R)17R, 13D34R, 26D
1990
1991 Fife Symington (R) Richard Mahoney (D) Grant Woods (R) Tony West (R)17D, 13R33R, 27D
1992 Bush/
Quayle (R)Red x.svg
199318R, 12D35R, 25D3R, 3D
1994
1995 Jane Dee Hull (R) Lisa Graham Keegan (R) [lower-alpha 6] 19R, 11D38R, 22D Jon Kyl (R)5R, 1D
1996 Clinton/
Gore (D)Green check.svg
199718R, 12D2R, 1D
Jane Dee Hull (R) [lower-alpha 15] Betsey Bayless (R)
1998
1999 Janet Napolitano (D) Carol Springer (R)16R, 14D40R, 20D3R
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
2001 Jaime Molera (R) [lower-alpha 12] 15R, 15D [lower-alpha 20] 36R, 24D5R [lower-alpha 21]
2002
2003 Janet Napolitano (D) [lower-alpha 6] [6] Jan Brewer (R) Terry Goddard (D) David Petersen (R) Tom Horne (R)17R, 13D39R, 21D6R, 2D
2004
200518R, 12D38R, 22D
2006 Elliott Hibbs (R) [lower-alpha 12] 39R, 21D
2007 Dean Martin (R) Joe Hart (R)17R, 13D33R, 27D4R, 4D
2008 McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
2009 Jan Brewer (R) [lower-alpha 15] Ken Bennett (R) [lower-alpha 14] 18R, 12D36R, 24D3R, 2D5D, 3R
2010
2011 Tom Horne (R) Doug Ducey (R) John Huppenthal (R)21R, 9D40R, 20D5R, 3D
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
201317R, 13D36R, 24D5R Jeff Flake (R)5D, 4R
2014
2015 Doug Ducey (R) Michele Reagan (R) Mark Brnovich (R) Jeff DeWit (R) [lower-alpha 6] [7] Diane Douglas (R)5R, 4D
201618R, 12D Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
201717R, 13D35R, 25D
2018
Eileen Klein (R) [lower-alpha 12] Jon Kyl (R) [lower-alpha 12]
2019 Katie Hobbs (D) Kimberly Yee (R) Kathy Hoffman (D)31R, 29D4R, 1D Kyrsten Sinema (D) Martha McSally (R) [lower-alpha 12] 5D, 4R
2020 Biden/
Harris (D)Green check.svg
202116R, 14D3R, 2D Mark Kelly (D)
2022 Paul Marsh (R) [lower-alpha 12]
2023 Katie Hobbs (D) Adrian Fontes (D) Kris Mayes (D) Tom Horne (R)4R, 1D Kyrsten Sinema (I) [lower-alpha 22] 6R, 3D
2024[ to be determined ]
Year Governor Secretary
of State
Attorney
General
Treasurer Supt. of Pub. Inst. Mine Inspector Senate House Corp.
Comm.
U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S.
House
Electoral votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Appointed territorial governor by President Abraham Lincoln to be the first governor of the territory, but died on August 19, 1863, before he could arrive in the territory.
  2. Gurley died prior to taking office as first appointed governor; Goodwin, who was Chief Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, was appointed by Lincoln in his place.
  3. 1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat as delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  4. Attorney general of Arizona Territory appointed by Goodwin.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Acting.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Resigned.
  7. It is unknown when Frémont took the oath of office; he and his family arrived in Prescott on the afternoon of October 6, 1878.
  8. Hughes abolished many territorial offices, and unhappy officials successfully petitioned Cleveland to remove him.
  9. Asked by President Theodore Roosevelt to resign for opposing the Newlands Reclamation Act.
  10. Campbell's narrow election win was overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court on December 22, 1917, which, following a recount, awarded the office to George W.P. Hunt. Campbell vacated the office three days later.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Died in office.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Appointed to fill a vacancy.
  13. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but resigning before the term began.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Initially appointed to fill a vacancy, subsequently elected in his or her own right.
  15. 1 2 3 As state secretary of state, filled unexpired term and was later elected in his or her own right.
  16. The state constitution was amended in 1968 to increase gubernatorial terms from two to four years; Williams's first two terms were for two years, his third was for four years.
  17. 1 2 As state secretary of state, filled unexpired term.
  18. As state attorney general, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right; the secretary of state at the time had been appointed, not elected, and was therefore, per the state Constitution, not in the line of succession.
  19. Impeached and removed from office on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds.
  20. A power-sharing agreement was reached between the Democrats and three moderate Republicans, who elected Randall Gnant President Pro Tempore, and they organized the chamber with committees alternately being chaired by one party or the other. The twelve conservative Republicans organized as the minority faction in the chamber. [3] [4]
  21. The state constitution was amended in 2000 to expand the Corporation Commission from three to five members and shorten term lengths from six to four years with the possibility to run for a second four-year term. [5]
  22. Switched party from Democratic to Independent on December 9, 2022. She preserved her committee assignments and seniority through the Democratic Party.

See also

Notes

  1. Historical election data
  2. Entries from 1912–1976 can be downloaded from the Arizona Memory Project here:
  3. http://www.limitedgovernment.org/publications/pubs/briefs/pdfs/brf11-36.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. "Randall Gnat: Mushroom Power". Governing. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  5. "Arizona Corporation Commission | Arizona State Library". azlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  6. White, Brian (January 21, 2009). "Napolitano officially resigns as AZ governor". KOLD-TV . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  7. Associated Press (March 27, 2018). "DeWit to resign April 3 for NASA job". Arizona Capitol Times . Retrieved November 11, 2022.

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