2002 Arizona Senate election

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2002 Arizona Senate election
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November 5, 2002
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All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ken Bennett Jack A. Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 1st 5th
Seats before 15 15
Seats after 17 13
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Senate President before election

Randall Gnant[1]
Republican

 Elected Senate President

Ken Bennett[2]
Republican

The 2002 Arizona Senate election was held on November 5, 2002. Voters elected members of the Arizona Senate in all 30 of the state's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. These were the first elections following the 2000 redistricting cycle, which moved many incumbents into new districts. Primary elections were held on September 10, 2002.[3]

Prior to the elections, the Senate was evenly divided between the Republicans and Democrats in a 15-to-15 tie.

Following the election, Republicans took unitary control of the chamber with 17 Republicans to 13 Democrats, a net gain of two seats for Republicans.[4]

The newly elected senators served in the 46th Arizona State Legislature.

Democrats

  1. District 11: Elaine Richardson
  2. District 13: Virginia Yrun
  3. District 14: Ruth Solomon
  4. District 20: Mary Hartley
  5. District 22: Joe Eddie Lopez
  6. District 25: Chris Cummiskey
  7. District 30: Jay Blanchard

Republicans

  1. District 2: John Verkamp
  2. District 16: Darden C. Hamilton
  3. District 17: Brenda Burns
  4. District 19: Scott Bundgaard
  5. District 26: Tom Smith
  6. District 28: Randall Gnant
  7. District 29: David Petersen

Incumbents Defeated in Primary Elections

Democrat

  1. District 4: Edward Cirillo[a]

Republicans

  1. District 11: Susan Gerard[b]
  2. District 20: Lori Daniels[c]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook
Political Report[5] 		Lean R (flip) October 4, 2002

Summary of Results by Arizona State Legislative District

Detailed Results

References

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