Arizona 2010 Election Results

Ballot Measures, May 18, 2010

Arizona voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on May 18, 2010.

Ballot measures

General Election, November 2, 2010

Arizona held its general election on November 2, 2010, deciding 90 legislative seats across 60 districts and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans grew their legislative majorities to two-thirds of the seats in each chamber and swept every statewide office for the first time since 1994, keeping the governorship they already held. Senate Republicans then chose Russell Pearce, the primary sponsor of SB 1070, as Senate president.
• Jan Brewer (R) won a full term by about 12 points over Attorney General Terry Goddard (D). Her popularity shot through the roof after she signed the SB 1070 immigration law, and voters had already approved her temporary one-cent sales tax in May. Goddard said his message on jobs and schools didn't resonate with voters.
• In the Senate, Republicans added three seats by unseating Democrats:
  • Steve Smith (R) beat Rebecca Rios (D) in Senate District 23 by about 6 points.
  • Don Shooter (R) beat Amanda Aguirre (D) in Senate District 24 by about 6 points.
  • Gail Griffin (R) beat Manuel V. "Manny" Alvarez (D) in Senate District 25 by about 11 points.
  In the House, where each district elects two members, four Democratic incumbents lost: Rae Waters (D) in House District 20, Barbara McGuire (D) in House District 23, Patricia V. Fleming (D) in House District 25, and Nancy Young Wright (D) in House District 26. Young Wright missed the second seat by about 750 votes.
• Tom Horne (R) won the open attorney general's office Goddard left behind, beating Felecia Rotellini (D) by about 4 points. John Huppenthal (R) won the open superintendent's race by about 11 points, and Doug Ducey (R) won the open treasurer's office over Andrei Cherny (D) in a race where both spent a record amount. Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R) kept his office.
• All 8 legislative seats that changed party went Republican, and all 7 incumbents who lost were Democrats. Outside the flips, 1 race finished inside two points: Rep. Eric Meyer (D) held the second seat in House District 11.
• Voters passed 4 of 10 measures. Proposition 203 narrowly legalized medical marijuana, by about 4,300 votes, and Proposition 112 failed by 194 votes after a recount, the slimmest margin in state history. Voters also approved Proposition 106, which bars any law requiring people to participate in a health care system; Proposition 113, which guarantees a secret ballot in union-representation elections; and Proposition 107, which bars preferential treatment based on race or sex. They rejected Proposition 301 and Proposition 302, which would have swept land conservation and early childhood money into the general fund.

Legislature

• House (60 seats): 25 D, 35 R before the election, 20 D, 40 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (30 seats): 11 D, 18 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 9 D, 21 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures