2012 Arizona elections

Republican nominee Mitt Romney won Arizona by defeating Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and gained eleven electoral votes.

Incumbent Republican senator and Senate minority whip Jon Kyl decided not to seek a fourth term, thus creating an open seat. Republican U.S. representative Jeff Flake won the election by narrowly defeating Democratic nominee and former surgeon general of the United States Richard Carmona.

A special election was held in the 8th congressional district to replace Gabby Giffords. Democrat Ron Barber won the election by defeating Republican Jesse Kelly.

Following the 2010 United States census, Arizona gained one electoral vote, thus bringing the total number of congressional districts in the state to nine.

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	8	1,131,663	52.07	4	1	44.44
	Democratic	9	946,994	43.57	5	2	55.56
	Libertarian	7	82,282	3.79	0		0.0
	Americans Elect	2	6,740	0.31	0		0.0
	Green	1	5,637	0.26	0		0.0
	Write-in	1	1	0.00	0		0.0
Total		28	2,173,317	100.0	9	1	100.0

2012 Arizona Corporation Commission election

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Nominee Bob Stump Bob Burns Susan Bitter Smith Party Republican Republican Republican Popular vote 979,034 943,157 935,573 Percentage 17.47% 16.83% 16.69%   Nominee Paul Newman Sandra Kennedy Marcia Busching Party Democratic Democratic Democratic Popular vote 868,726 862,876 776,472 Percentage 15.50% 15.39% 13.85%

Commissioners before election Paul Newman (D) Sandra Kennedy (D) Bob Stump (R) Elected Commissioners Bob Stump (R) Bob Burns (R) Susan Bitter Smith (R)

Three of the five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission were up for election. Democratic incumbents Paul Newman and Sandra Kennedy and Republican incumbent Bob Stump all ran for re-election. Both Newman and Kennedy were ousted as Republicans swept all three seats.^[2]

• Bob Stump, incumbent commissioner.^[3]
• Bob Burns, former Arizona Senate president.^[3]
• Susan Bitter Smith, telecommunications executive and former Scottsdale councilwoman.^[3]

• Sandra Kennedy, incumbent commissioner.^[3]
• Paul Newman, incumbent commissioner.^[3]
• Marcia Busching, attorney.^[3]

• Christopher Gohl^[5] (Libertarian Party)
• Thomas Meadows^[5] (Green Party)
• Daniel Pout^[5] (Green Party)

All 30 members of the Arizona Senate and all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats flipped multiple seats in both chambers.

State Senate Party Before After Change Republican 21 17 4 Democratic 9 13 4 Total 30 30

House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 40 36 4 Democratic 19 24 5 Independent 1 0 1 Total 60 60