2022 Arizona Senate election
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November 8, 2022
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The 2022 Arizona Senate election was held on November 8, 2022. 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 scheduled for August 2, 2022.[1]
Prior to the elections, the Republican Party held a narrow majority over the Democratic Party, controlling 16 seats to their 14 seats. These were the first elections affected by redistricting resulting from the 2020 United States census.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Likely R | May 19, 2022 |
Summary of results by Arizona State Legislative district
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
Overview
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||||
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| Republican | 25 | 1,258,896 | 53.81 | 16 | 16 |  | ||||||
| Democratic | 25 | 1,045,625 | 44.71 | 14 | 14 | | ||||||
| Independent | 2 | 34,482 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 | | ||||||
| Total | 2,338,503 | 100.00 | 30 | 30 | ||||||||
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- State Senate district 4, 0.96%
- State Senate district 17, 2.48%
- State Senate district 13, 3.46%
- State Senate district 2, 3.68% (gain)
- State Senate district 9, 4.94% (gain)
- State Senate district 23, 7.32%
Retiring incumbents
Republicans
- District 1: Karen Fann retired.[3]
- District 2: Paul Boyer[ae] retired.[4]
- District 3: Michelle Ugenti-Rita[af] retired to run for Secretary of State.[5]
- District 28: David Livingston[ag] was term-limited and ran for the State House.[6]
- District 28: Rick Gray[ah] retired.[3]
Democrats
- District 11: Rebecca Rios[ai] retired.[6]
- District 12: Sean Bowie[aj] retired.[3]
- District 18: Victoria Steele[ak] retired.[6]
- District 21: Stephanie Stahl Hamilton[al] ran for the State House.[6]
- District 22: Lupe Contreras[am] was term-limited and ran for the State House.[6]
- District 23: Lisa Otondo[an] retired.[6]
- District 24: Martín Quezada[ao] was term-limited and ran for State Treasurer.[7]