1992 Arizona Senate election

1992 Arizona Senate election
	November 3, 1992
All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate; 16 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; Peter Rios[1]; Democratic	Elected Senate President ; John Greene[2]; Republican

The 1992 Arizona Senate election was held on November 3, 1992. Voters elected members of the Arizona Senate in all 30 of the state's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. Primary elections were held on September 8, 1992.[3]

Prior to the elections, the Democrats held a majority of 17 seats over the Republicans' 13 seats.

Following the election, Republicans flipped control of the chamber and took a majority of 18 Republicans to 12 Democrats, a net gain of five seats for Republicans.[4]

The newly elected senators served in the 41st Arizona State Legislature.

Retiring Incumbents

Democrats

District 2: Karan English
District 6: Alan J. Stephens
District 11: Jaime P. Gutierrez
District 13: David C. Bartlett
District 23: Armando Ruiz[lower-alpha 1]

Republicans

District 15: Bob Denny
District 27: Doug Todd
District 30: James J. Sossaman

Incumbents Defeated in General Elections

Democrats

District 9: John Dougherty
District 18: Nancy Hill

Summary of Results by Arizona State Legislative District

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Carol Springer	Rep	Carol Springer	Rep Hold
2nd	Karan English	Dem	John Wettaw	Rep Gain
3rd	James Henderson Jr.	Dem	James Henderson Jr.	Dem Hold
4th	A.V. "Bill" Hardt	Dem	A.V. "Bill" Hardt	Dem Hold
5th	Jim Buster	Rep	Jim Buster	Rep Hold
6th	Alan J. Stephens	Dem	John Huppenthal	Rep Gain
7th	Peter Rios	Dem	Peter Rios	Dem Hold
8th	Gus Arzberger	Dem	Gus Arzberger	Dem Hold
9th	John Dougherty	Dem	Keith A. Bee	Rep Gain
10th	Victor Soltero[lower-alpha 2]	Dem	Victor Soltero	Dem Hold
11th	Jaime P. Gutierrez	Dem	Peter Goudinoff	Dem Hold
12th	Ann Day	Rep	Ann Day	Rep Hold
13th	David C. Bartlett	Dem	Patricia A. "Patti" Noland	Rep Gain
14th	Cindy L. Resnick	Dem	Cindy L. Resnick	Dem Hold
15th	Bob Denny	Rep	Austin Turner	Rep Hold
16th	Stan Furman	Dem	Stan Furman	Dem Hold
17th	Patricia "Pat" Wright	Rep	Patricia "Pat" Wright	Rep Hold
18th	Nancy Hill	Dem	Marc Spitzer	Rep Gain
19th	Jan Brewer	Rep	Jan Brewer	Rep Hold
20th	Lela Alston	Dem	Lela Alston	Dem Hold
21st	Matt Salmon	Rep	Matt Salmon	Rep Hold
22nd	Manuel "Lito" Peña	Dem	Manuel "Lito" Peña	Dem Hold
23rd	Armando Ruiz[lower-alpha 1]	Dem	Sandra Kennedy	Dem Hold
24th	John Greene	Rep	John Greene	Rep Hold
25th	Chuck Blanchard	Dem	Chuck Blanchard	Dem Hold
26th	Tom Patterson	Rep	Tom Patterson	Rep Hold
27th	Doug Todd	Rep	Bev Hermon	Rep Hold
28th	Ed Phillips	Rep	Ed Phillips	Rep Hold
29th	Lester N. Pearce	Rep	Lester N. Pearce	Rep Hold
30th	James J. Sossaman	Rep	Larry Chesley	Rep Hold

Detailed Results

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

District 1

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anne McKinley	8,007	100.00%
Total votes			8,007	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carol Springer (incumbent)	8,728	47.92%
	Republican	Jim Heath	5,441	29.88%
	Republican	Kathleen M. Haley	4,043	22.20%
Total votes			18,212	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carol Springer (incumbent)	34,289	56.76%
	Democratic	Anne McKinley	26,124	43.24%
Total votes			60,413	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Democratic Senator Karan English did not seek reelection and no other Democrat ran in the district; therefore, it was an automatic pick-up for the Republicans.

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Wettaw	9,250	100.00%
Total votes			9,250	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Michael Voth	48	100.00%
Total votes			48	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Wettaw	40,647	76.83%
	Libertarian	Michael Voth	12,261	23.17%
Total votes			52,908	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Henderson Jr. (incumbent)	12,526	100.00%
Total votes			12,526	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Henderson Jr. (incumbent)	28,627	100.00%
Total votes			28,627	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. V. "Bill" Hardt (incumbent)	17,087	100.00%
Total votes			17,087	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. V. "Bill" Hardt (incumbent)	33,193	100.00%
Total votes			33,193	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas B. Daniel	7,077	100.00%
Total votes			7,077	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Buster (incumbent)	5,483	100.00%
Total votes			5,483	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Buster (incumbent)	18,319	55.50%
	Democratic	Thomas B. Daniel	14,690	44.50%
Total votes			33,009	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jaime A. Vasquez	3,988	100.00%
Total votes			3,988	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Huppenthal	5,487	50.93%
	Republican	Donald H. Goldwater	2,857	26.52%
	Republican	Jerry Brooks	2,430	22.55%
Total votes			10,774	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Huppenthal	36,970	66.53%
	Democratic	Jaime A. Vasquez	18,595	33.47%
Total votes			55,565	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 7

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Rios (incumbent)	9,470	100.00%
Total votes			9,470	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Richard R. Stewart[lower-alpha 3]	4	100.00%
Total votes			4	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Rios (incumbent)	22,272	75.97%
	Libertarian	Richard R. Stewart	7,043	24.03%
Total votes			29,315	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 8

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gus Arzberger (incumbent)	12,442	100.00%
Total votes			12,442	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gus Arzberger (incumbent)	27,228	100.00%
Total votes			27,228	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dougherty (incumbent)	7,467	100.00%
Total votes			7,467	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith A. Bee	10,359	100.00%
Total votes			10,359	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith A. Bee	27,128	53.43%
	Democratic	John Dougherty (incumbent)	23,645	46.57%
Total votes			50,773	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Soltero (incumbent)[lower-alpha 2]	6,635	100.00%
Total votes			6,635	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Arthur Kerschen	32	100.00%
Total votes			32	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Soltero (incumbent)[lower-alpha 2]	21,517	81.96%
	Libertarian	Arthur Kerschen	4,736	18.04%
Total votes			26,253	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Goudinoff	7,806	100.00%
Total votes			7,806	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank O. Romero[lower-alpha 3]	219	100.00%
Total votes			219	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Norma Poplin[lower-alpha 3]	18	100.00%
Total votes			18	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Goudinoff	18,772	56.79%
	Republican	Frank O. Romero	11,283	34.13%
	Libertarian	Norma Poplin	1,748	5.29%
	Time for Change	Joe Bernick	1,254	3.79%
Total votes			33,057	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Day (incumbent)	7,366	56.37%
	Republican	Ted Schlinkert	3,426	26.22%
	Republican	M. J. Mawhinney	2,276	17.42%
Total votes			13,068	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Roberta McMillan[lower-alpha 3]	33	100.00%
Total votes			33	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Day (incumbent)	42,802	82.00%
	Libertarian	Roberta McMillan	9,397	18.00%
Total votes			52,199	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eleanor D. Schorr	9,114	100.00%
Total votes			9,114	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia A. "Patti" Noland	9,172	100.00%
Total votes			9,172	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Rachel Aschmann[lower-alpha 3]	61	100.00%
Total votes			61	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia A. "Patti" Noland	28,411	48.76%
	Democratic	Eleanor D. Schorr	27,805	47.72%
	Libertarian	Rachel Aschmann	2,054	3.52%
Total votes			58,270	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy L. Resnick (incumbent)	7,616	100.00%
Total votes			7,616	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Truly Nolen[lower-alpha 3]	296	100.00%
Total votes			296	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Mark A. Voelker[lower-alpha 3]	49	100.00%
Total votes			49	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy L. Resnick (incumbent)	35,609	82.79%
	Libertarian	Mark A. Voelker	7,402	17.21%
Total votes			43,011	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Austin Turner	6,602	56.91%
	Republican	Kyle Hindman	4,999	43.09%
Total votes			11,601	100.00%

Green Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Mike McNally[lower-alpha 3]	1	100.00%
Total votes			1	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Austin Turner	33,244	77.74%
	Green	Mike McNally	9,519	22.26%
Total votes			42,763	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 16

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stan Furman (incumbent)	4,031	100.00%
Total votes			4,031	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hill	3,441	41.98%
	Republican	Maxine Thompson	2,669	32.56%
	Republican	Frank Koopman	2,087	25.46%
Total votes			8,197	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stan Furman (incumbent)	24,385	53.77%
	Republican	Bob Hill	20,969	46.23%
Total votes			45,354	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia "Pat" Wright (incumbent)	8,898	100.00%
Total votes			8,898	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kathy L. Harrer[lower-alpha 3]	9	100.00%
Total votes			9	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia "Pat" Wright (incumbent)	35,150	78.63%
	Libertarian	Kathy L. Harrer	9,552	21.37%
Total votes			44,702	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Hill (incumbent)	5,188	100.00%
Total votes			5,188	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marc Spitzer	5,968	57.70%
	Republican	Chris Wertheim	4,376	42.30%
Total votes			10,344	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marc Spitzer	25,462	49.64%
	Democratic	Nancy Hill (incumbent)	23,293	45.41%
	Declaration of Independents[lower-alpha 4]	Donna Hancock	2,541	4.95%
Total votes			51,296	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 19

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marlene L. Abbott	3,703	100.00%
Total votes			3,703	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jan Brewer (incumbent)	7,220	100.00%
Total votes			7,220	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jan Brewer (incumbent)	33,928	65.08%
	Democratic	Marlene L. Abbott	18,203	34.92%
Total votes			52,131	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lela Alston (incumbent)	4,650	98.62%
	Democratic	Mary Hartley[lower-alpha 3]	65	1.38%
Total votes			4,715	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Martin Keck	3,644	100.00%
Total votes			3,644	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lela Alston (incumbent)	19,313	61.41%
	Republican	John Martin Keck	12,138	38.59%
Total votes			31,451	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 21

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Salmon (incumbent)	8,390	100.00%
Total votes			8,390	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Salmon (incumbent)	34,417	100.00%
Total votes			34,417	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel "Lito" Peña (incumbent)	3,668	100.00%
Total votes			3,668	100.00%

New Alliance Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Alliance	Greg L. Campbell	7	100.00%
Total votes			7	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel "Lito" Peña (incumbent)	14,892	76.20%
	New Alliance	Greg L. Campbell	4,651	23.80%
Total votes			19,543	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 23

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Kennedy	2,637	41.33%
	Democratic	Richard Estrada	2,360	36.98%
	Democratic	Tony R. Abril, Sr.	782	12.26%
	Democratic	C. E. "Chuck" Hagley	602	9.43%
Total votes			6,381	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robert Howarth	26	100.00%
Total votes			26	100.00%

New Alliance Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Alliance	Carolyn T. Lowery	3	100.00%
Total votes			3	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Kennedy	16,976	83.24%
	Libertarian	Robert Howarth	2,094	10.27%
	New Alliance	Carolyn T. Lowery	1,324	6.49%
	Independent	Bradley Cashman[lower-alpha 5]	1	0.00%
Total votes			20,395	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 24

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Greene (incumbent)	5,589	68.25%
	Republican	Ted Humes	2,600	31.75%
Total votes			8,189	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Marilyn Titschinger	58	100.00%
Total votes			58	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Greene (incumbent)	31,306	64.48%
	Independent	Tom Beauchamp	9,624	19.82%
	Libertarian	Marilyn Titschinger	7,623	15.70%
Total votes			48,553	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 25

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chuck Blanchard (incumbent)	6,163	100.00%
Total votes			6,163	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Rudman	5,720	100.00%
Total votes			5,720	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chuck Blanchard (incumbent)	26,777	63.96%
	Republican	Roger Rudman	15,091	36.04%
Total votes			41,868	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul C. Rodriguez	5,035	100.00%
Total votes			5,035	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Patterson (incumbent)	9,670	100.00%
Total votes			9,670	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Patterson (incumbent)	33,183	61.28%
	Democratic	Paul C. Rodriguez	20,964	38.72%
Total votes			54,147	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 27

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bev Hermon	8,256	100.00%
Total votes			8,256	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Matt Gismondi[lower-alpha 3]	18	100.00%
Total votes			18	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bev Hermon	41,623	81.50%
	Libertarian	Matt Gismondi	9,451	18.50%
Total votes			51,074	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 28

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Phillips (incumbent)	10,756	100.00%
Total votes			10,756	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Gary Sprunk[lower-alpha 3]	8	100.00%
Total votes			8	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Phillips (incumbent)	54,769	88.07%
	Libertarian	Gary Sprunk	7,419	11.93%
Total votes			62,188	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 29

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virginia Claseman	3,100	100.00%
Total votes			3,100	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lester N. Pearce (incumbent)	7,562	100.00%
Total votes			7,562	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lester N. Pearce (incumbent)	21,753	57.16%
	Democratic	Virginia Claseman	16,305	42.84%
Total votes			38,058	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 30

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christopher J. Wagner	3,526	100.00%
Total votes			3,526	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Chesley	5,885	48.58%
	Republican	Andy Ostrander	3,306	27.29%
	Republican	John M. Fillmore	2,922	24.12%
Total votes			12,113	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Chesley	31,892	64.74%
	Democratic	Christopher J. Wagner	17,369	35.26%
Total votes			49,261	100.00%
	Republican hold

Senator Carolyn Walker was expelled from the Senate March 20, 1991; Armando Ruiz was appointed to fill the District 23 opening April 1, 1991.[6]
Senator Jesus "Chuy" Higuera resigned from the Senate March 20, 1991; Victor E. Soltero was appointed to fill the District 10 opening effective April 1, 1991.[5]
Ran as a write-in candidate in the primary election.
Designated party as "Declaration of Independents".
Ran as a write-in candidate in the general election.

References

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[Ruiz-5] Senator Carolyn Walker was expelled from the Senate March 20, 1991; Armando Ruiz was appointed to fill the District 23 opening April 1, 1991.[6]

[Soltero-7] Senator Jesus "Chuy" Higuera resigned from the Senate March 20, 1991; Victor E. Soltero was appointed to fill the District 10 opening effective April 1, 1991.[5]

[PrimaryWI-9] Ran as a write-in candidate in the primary election.

[DI-10] Designated party as "Declaration of Independents".

[GeneralWI-11] Ran as a write-in candidate in the general election.

[1] "1991, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Fortieth Legislature, 1st Regular Session". Arizona Secretary of State.

[2] "1993, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Forty-First Legislature, 1st Regular Session". Arizona Secretary of State.

[3] "1992 State of Arizona official canvass- Primary election". Arizona Secretary of State.

[4] "1992 State of Arizona official canvass- General election". Arizona Secretary of State.

[6] "Members of the Senate, Fortieth Arizona State Legislature". Arizona Secretary of State.

[8] "Members of the Senate, Fortieth Arizona State Legislature". Arizona Secretary of State.