Political party strength in Arizona
As of January 1, 2022, Arizona's registered voters include 1,501,302 Republicans (34.5%), 1,364,178 Democrats (31.4%), 36,249 Libertarians (0.8%), and 1,449,711 "Other" (33.3%).[1]
State politics
Most political offices are currently held by members of the Republican Party. Both U.S. Senators and 5 of out the 9 House of Representatives members are Democrats, (the other four are Republicans) Many were first elected in the 2018 elections. The following table indicates the political parties of elected officials in Arizona:
- Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- State Mine Inspector
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Corporation Commission[2]
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
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)
1912–present
| Year | Executive 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, 4R | 31D, 4R | 3D | Henry F. Ashurst (D) | Marcus A. Smith (D) | Carl Hayden (D) |
Wilson/ Marshall (D)  |
| 1913 | |||||||||||||
| 1914 | |||||||||||||
| 1915 | Wiley E. Jones (D) | Mit Simms (D) | 18D, 1R | 35D | |||||||||
| 1916 | |||||||||||||
| 1917 | Thomas E. Campbell (R)[lower-alpha 10] | David F. Johnson (D) | 14D, 5R | 31D, 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) | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | Ernest R. Hall (R) | W. J. Galbraith (R) | Raymond R. Earhart (D) | Elsie Toles (R) | John F. White (R) | 10R, 9D | 20D, 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, 1R | 41D, 6R | |||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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, 1R | 52D, 12R | ||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | Benjamin B. Moeur (D) | James H. Kerby (D) | Arthur T. La Prade (D) | W. M. Cox (D) | Herman E. Hendrix (D) | 19D | 59D, 4R | Isabella Greenway (D)[lower-alpha 13] | |||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||
| 1935 | John L. Sullivan (D) | Mit Simms (D) | 18D, 1R | 51D | |||||||||
| 1936 | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | Rawghlie C. Stanford (D) | Joe Conway (D) | Harry M. Moore (D) | 19D | 50D, 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) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | 58D | 2D | ||||||||||
| 1944 | John L. Sullivan (D) | Alva E. Weaver (D)[lower-alpha 12] | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | ||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | Ross F. Jones (R) | J. W. Kelly (D) | Edward Massey (D) | 15D, 4R | 50D, 30R | Barry Goldwater (R) | 1D, 1R | ||||||
| 1954 | 2D, 1R | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | Ernest McFarland (D) | Robert Morrison (D) | E. T. Williams Jr. (D) | Cliff Harkins (D) | 26D, 2R | 61D, 19R | 3D | ||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | J. 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, 1R | 55D, 25R | |||||||
| 1960 | Wade Church (D) | John Quebedeaux (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Nixon/ Lodge (R)  | ||||||||||
| 1961 | Robert Pickrell (R) | J. W. Kelly (D) | 24D, 4R | 52D, 28R | |||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | Milton J. Husky (D) | 48D, 32R | 2D, 1R | 2D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1964 | Goldwater/ Miller (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | Sam Goddard Jr. (D) | Darrell F. Smith (R) | Bob Kennedy (D) | Sarah Folsom (R) | Verne C. McCutchan (R) | 26D, 2R | 45D, 35R | 3D | Paul Fannin (R) | ||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | Jack Williams (R)[lower-alpha 16] | Charles H. Garland (R) | 16R, 14D | 33R, 27D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | Gary K. Nelson (R) | Morris A. Herring (R) | Weldon P. Shofstall (R)[lower-alpha 14] | 17R, 13D | 34R, 26D | 2D, 1R | Barry Goldwater (R) | ||||||
| 1970 | 2R, 1D | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Ernest Garfield (R) | 18R, 12D | 3R | ||||||||||
| 1972 | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | Bart Fleming (R)[lower-alpha 14] | 38R, 22D | 3R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1974 | N. Warner Lee (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Raúl Héctor Castro (D)[lower-alpha 17] | Bruce Babbitt (D) | Carolyn Warner (D) | Bert C. Romero (D) | 18D, 12R | 33R, 27D | |||||||
| 1976 | Ford/ Dole (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | Verne C. McCutchan (R)[lower-alpha 11] | 16D, 14R | 38R, 22D | 2R, 1D | Dennis DeConcini (D) | 2R, 2D | |||||||
| Wesley Bolin (D)[lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 18] | Rose Mofford (D)[lower-alpha 14] | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Babbitt (D)[lower-alpha 19] | 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, 14D | 42R, 18D | ||||||||
| 1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | 43R, 17D | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | Ray Rottas (R) | 18R, 12D | 39R, 21D | 3R, 2D | |||||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 38R, 22D | 3D | 4R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | Evan Mecham (R)[lower-alpha 20] | C. Diane Bishop (D) | 19R, 11D | 36R, 24D | 2D, 1R | John McCain (R)[lower-alpha 11] | |||||||
| 1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
| Rose Mofford (D)[lower-alpha 18] | James Shumway (D)[lower-alpha 12] | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | Douglas K. Martin (R) | 17R, 13D | 34R, 26D | ||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | Fife Symington (R) | Richard Mahoney (D) | Grant Woods (R) | Tony West (R) | 17D, 13R | 33R, 27D | |||||||
| 1992 | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 18R, 12D | 35R, 25D | 3R, 3D | ||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | Jane Dee Hull (R) | Lisa Graham Keegan (R)[lower-alpha 6] | 19R, 11D | 38R, 22D | Jon Kyl (R) | 5R, 1D | |||||||
| 1996 | Clinton/ Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 18R, 12D | 2R, 1D | |||||||||||
| Jane Dee Hull (R)[lower-alpha 15] | Betsey Bayless (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Janet Napolitano (D) | Carol Springer (R) | 16R, 14D | 40R, 20D | 3R | ||||||||
| 2000 | Bush/ Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | Jaime Molera (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 15R, 15D[lower-alpha 21] | 36R, 24D | 5R[lower-alpha 22] | |||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | Janet Napolitano (D)[lower-alpha 23] | Jan Brewer (R) | Terry Goddard (D) | David Petersen (R) | Tom Horne (R) | 17R, 13D | 39R, 21D | 6R, 2D | |||||
| 2004 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 18R, 12D | 38R, 22D | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Elliott Hibbs (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 39R, 21D | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Dean Martin (R) | Joe Hart (R) | 17R, 13D | 33R, 27D | 4R, 4D | ||||||||
| 2008 | McCain/ Palin (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Jan Brewer (R)[lower-alpha 15] | Ken Bennett (R)[lower-alpha 14] | 18R, 12D | 36R, 24D | 3R, 2D | 5D, 3R | |||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Tom Horne (R) | Doug Ducey (R) | John Huppenthal (R) | 21R, 9D | 40R, 20D | 5R, 3D | |||||||
| 2012 | Romney/ Ryan (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 17R, 13D | 36R, 24D | 5R | Jeff Flake (R) | 5D, 4R | ||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Doug Ducey (R) | Michele Reagan (R) | Mark Brnovich (R) | Jeff DeWit (R)[lower-alpha 24] | Diane Douglas (R) | 5R, 4D | |||||||
| 2016 | 18R, 12D | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 17R, 13D | 35R, 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, 29D | 4R, 1D | Kyrsten Sinema (D) | Martha McSally (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 5D, 4R | |||||
| 2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | 16R, 14D | 3R, 2D | Mark Kelly (D) | ||||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
- 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.
- 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.
- Resigned to take an elected seat as delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Attorney general of Arizona Territory appointed by Goodwin.
- Acting.
- Resigned.
- It is unknown when Frémont took the oath of office; he and his family arrived in Prescott on the afternoon of October 6, 1878.
- Hughes abolished many territorial offices, and unhappy officials successfully petitioned Cleveland to remove him.
- Asked by President Theodore Roosevelt to resign for opposing the Newlands Reclamation Act.
- 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.
- Died in office.
- Appointed to fill a vacancy.
- Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but resigning before the term began.
- Initially appointed to fill a vacancy, subsequently elected in his or her own right.
- As state secretary of state, filled unexpired term and was later elected in his or her own right.
- 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.
- Resigned to take post as United States Ambassador to Argentina.
- As state secretary of state, filled unexpired term.
- 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.
- Impeached and removed from office on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds.
- 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]
- 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]
- Resigned following confirmation as United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
- Resigned to take post as Chief Financial Officer of NASA.
See also
Notes
- Historical election data
- Entries from 1912–1976 can be downloaded from the Arizona Memory Project here:
- http://www.limitedgovernment.org/publications/pubs/briefs/pdfs/brf11-36.pdf
- "Randall Gnat: Mushroom Power". Governing. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- "Arizona Corporation Commission | Arizona State Library". azlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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