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Arizona: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Arizona, 1911-2018 (May be incomplete!)
Henry F. Ashurst 1912-41 Marcus A. Smith 1912-21 Ralph H. Cameron 1921-27 Carl Hayden 1927-69 Ernest W. McFarland 1941-53 Barry M. Goldwater 1953-65 Paul J. Fannin 1965-77 Barry M. Goldwater 1969-87 Dennis DeConcini 1977-95 John S. McCain 1987- Jon Kyl 1995-2013 Jeff Flake 2013-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1911 Dec 12: Henry F. Ashurst (Dem), elected; Marcus A. Smith (Dem), elected; Ralph H. Cameron (Rep), defeated; Hoval A. Smith (Rep), defeated; E. Johnson (Socialist), defeated; E. B. Simonton (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Marcus A. Smith (Dem), elected; J. L. Hubbell (Rep), defeated; Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition), defeated; Bert Davis (Socialist), defeated; J. Bernard Nelson (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Henry F. Ashurst (Dem), elected; Joseph H. Kibbey (Rep), defeated; W. S. Bradford (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1920 Sep 8: Thomas Maddock (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Ralph H. Cameron (Rep), elected; Marcus A. Smith (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Henry F. Ashurst (Dem), elected; James H. McClintock (Rep), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Ralph H. Cameron (Rep), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Henry F. Ashurst (Dem), elected; Ralph H. Cameron (Rep), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Ralph H. Cameron (Rep), defeated; Lester B. Woolever (Socialist), defeated; Edward Haustgen (Communist), defeated.
  • 1934 Sep 11: Renz L. Jennings (Dem), defeated in primary; Sidney P. Osborn (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Henry F. Ashurst (Dem), elected; J. E. Thompson (Rep), defeated; Charles D. Pinkerton (Socialist), defeated; Ramon Garcia (Communist), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Burt H. Clingan (Rep), defeated.
  • 1940 Sep 10: Irving A. Jennings (Rep), nominated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Ernest W. McFarland (Dem), elected; Irving A. Jennings (Rep), defeated; A. Walter Gehres (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Fred W. Fickett (Rep), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Ernest W. McFarland (Dem), elected; Ward S. Powers (Rep), defeated; Morris Graham (Communist), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Bruce D. Brockett (Rep), defeated.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Barry M. Goldwater (Rep), elected; Ernest W. McFarland (Dem), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Ross F. Jones (Rep), defeated.
  • 1958 Nov 4: Barry M. Goldwater (Rep), elected; Ernest W. McFarland (Dem), defeated.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Carl Hayden (Dem), elected; Evan Mecham (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Sep 8: Renz L. Jennings (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Paul J. Fannin (Rep), elected; Roy L. Elson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Barry M. Goldwater (Rep), elected; Roy L. Elson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Paul J. Fannin (Rep), elected; Sam Grossman (Dem), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Barry M. Goldwater (Rep), elected; Jonathan Marshall (Dem), defeated.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Dennis DeConcini (Dem), elected; Sam Steiger (Rep), defeated; Bob Field (Ind), defeated; Allan Norwitz (Libertarian), defeated; William Mathews Feigham (Ind), defeated.
  • 1980: James McNulty, Jr., defeated for nomination.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Barry M. Goldwater (Rep), elected; William Schulz (Dem), defeated; Fred R. Esser (Libertarian), defeated; Lorenzo Torrez (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Josefina Otero (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Dennis DeConcini (Dem), elected; Pete Dunn (Rep), defeated; Randall Clamons (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: John S. McCain (Rep), elected; Richard Kimball (Dem), defeated.
  • 1988 Nov 8: Dennis DeConcini (Dem), elected; Keith DeGreen (Rep), defeated; Rick Tompkins (Libertarian), defeated; Ed Finkelstein (New Alliance), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: John S. McCain (Rep), elected; Claire Sargent (Dem), defeated; Evan Mecham (Ind), defeated; Kiana Delamare (Libertarian), defeated; Ed Finkelstein (New Alliance), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Jon Kyl (Rep), elected; Samuel G. Coppersmith (Dem), defeated; Scott Grainger (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1998 Sep 8: Ed Ranger (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Sep 8: John S. McCain (Rep), nominated; Mark Healy (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Sep 8: Bob Park (Reform), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Sep 8: John C. Zajac (Libertarian), nominated; Rex Allen Warner (Libertarian), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: John S. McCain (Rep), elected; Ed Ranger (Dem), defeated; John C. Zajac (Libertarian), defeated; Bob Park (Reform), defeated; Bill Reilly, defeated.
  • 2000 Sep 12: Stuart Starky (Dem), candidate in primary; Ronald E. Maynard (Dem), candidate in primary.
  • 2000 Sep 12: Jon Kyl (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2000 Sep 12: Vance Hansen (Green), nominated unopposed.
  • 2000 Sep 12: Barry J. Hess II (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Jon Kyl (Rep), elected; William Toel (Ind), defeated; Vance Hansen (Green), defeated; Barry J. Hess II (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: John S. McCain (Rep), elected; Stuart Starky (Dem), defeated; Ernest Hancock (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Jeff Flake (Rep), elected; Richard Carmona (Dem), defeated; Marc Victor (Libertarian), defeated; Steven Watts, defeated.
  • 2016: Ann Kirkpatrick, defeated.
  • 2018 Aug 28: Barry J. Hess II (Libertarian), nominated.
  • 2018 Nov 6: Barry J. Hess II (Libertarian), defeated.
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