Electoral history of Kyrsten Sinema
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This is the electoral history of Kyrsten Sinema, the senior United States senator from Arizona from 2019 to 2025. Previously, she represented the 15th district in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and in the Arizona Senate from 2011 to 2012. From 2013 to 2019, Sinema represented the newly created 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Sinema became the first openly bisexual person elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 and to the United States Senate in 2018. She is also the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona.
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Mike Johnson | 2,677 | 49.0% | |
| Nonpartisan | Abedon Fimbres | 633 | 11.6% | |
| Nonpartisan | Trace Vencenza | 558 | 10.2% | |
| Nonpartisan | Feliciano D. Vera | 546 | 10.0% | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles W. Townsel | 332 | 6.1% | |
| Nonpartisan | Carolyn T. Lowery | 287 | 5.3% | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher J. Piper | 149 | 2.7% | |
| Nonpartisan | H. Khalsa | 148 | 2.7% | |
| Nonpartisan | Kyrsten Sinema | 129 | 2.4% | |
| Total votes | 5,456 | 100 | ||
Arizona House of Representatives
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ken Clark | 10,873 | 30.2% | |
| Democratic | Wally Straughn | 8,109 | 22.6% | |
| Republican | Milton Wheat | 7,163 | 19.9% | |
| Republican | William Wheat | 6,868 | 19.1% | |
| Green | Kyrsten Sinema[a] | 2,945 | 8.2% | |
| Total votes | 35,958 | 100 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema | 3,475 | 37.0% | |
| Democratic | David Lujan | 3,204 | 34.1% | |
| Democratic | Wally Straughn (incumbent) | 2,726 | 29.0% | |
| Total votes | 9,405 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | David Lujan | 19,999 | 31.1% | |
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema | 19,402 | 30.2% | |
| Republican | Oksana Komarnyckyj | 12,299 | 19.1% | |
| Republican | Tara Roesler | 12,565 | 19.6% | |
| Total votes | 64,265 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 3,590 | 42.3% | |
| Democratic | David Lujan (incumbent) | 3,571 | 42.1% | |
| Democratic | Robert Young | 1,323 | 15.6% | |
| Total votes | 8,484 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | David Lujan (incumbent) | 15,951 | 33.1% | |
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 15,723 | 32.6% | |
| Republican | Robert Gear | 7,689 | 16.0% | |
| Republican | William Wheat | 7,305 | 15.2% | |
| Libertarian | Richard Buck | 1,499 | 3.1% | |
| Total votes | 48,167 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | David Lujan (incumbent) | 4,860 | 50.8% | |
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 4,708 | 49.2% | |
| Total votes | 9,568 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | David Lujan (incumbent) | 23,781 | 40.1% | |
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 22,721 | 38.3% | |
| Republican | Ed Hedges | 12,860 | 21.7% | |
| Total votes | 59,362 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Arizona Senate
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema | 7,312 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 7,312 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema | 18,013 | 62.82% | |
| Republican | Bob Thomas | 10,663 | 37.18% | |
| Total votes | 28,676 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
U.S. House of Representatives
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema | 15,536 | 40.8% | |
| Democratic | David Schapira | 11,419 | 30.0% | |
| Democratic | Andrei Cherny | 11,146 | 29.3% | |
| Total votes | 38,101 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema | 121,881 | 48.7% | ||
| Republican | Vernon Parker | 111,630 | 44.6% | ||
| Libertarian | Powell E. Gammill | 16,620 | 6.6% | ||
| Total votes | 250,131 | 100 | |||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 31,900 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 31,900 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 88,609 | 54.68% | |
| Republican | Wendy Rogers | 67,841 | 41.86% | |
| Libertarian | Powell Gammill | 5,612 | 3.46% | |
| Total votes | 162,062 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 38,948 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 38,948 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) | 169,055 | 60.92% | |
| Republican | Dave Giles | 108,350 | 39.04% | |
| Green | Cary Dolego (write-in) | 56 | 0.02% | |
| Independent | Axel Bello (write-in) | 46 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 277,507 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||