Arizona 2022 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Arizona held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 90 legislative seats across 60 districts and 7 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Katie Hobbs (D) narrowly won the governorship and ended Arizona's Republican trifecta. With Republicans holding slim majorities in both chambers, divided government meant both sides would need to compromise.
Arizona Republicans nominated a statewide slate backed by former President Trump and built around his false claims about the 2020 election, and Democrats beat its candidates for governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. Hobbs defeated Kari Lake (R) by less than a point, and a judge rejected Lake's lawsuit seeking to overturn the result. Adrian Fontes (D) beat Mark Finchem (R) for secretary of state by about 5 points. The attorney general's race was the closest statewide contest: Kris Mayes (D) beat Abraham Hamadeh (R) by 280 votes after a mandatory recount, whose results came days after a judge threw out Hamadeh's separate election challenge.
Republicans' bright spot among the top statewide races was superintendent of public instruction, where Tom Horne (R), a former superintendent and one-term attorney general, unseated Kathy Hoffman (D) by about 9,000 votes after campaigning against critical race theory. That margin also triggered a recount, which left Horne's lead in place.
The new legislative maps produced a handful of very close races:
- In Senate District 4, redistricting paired two sitting senators, and Christine Marsh (D) beat Nancy Barto (R) by about 1,200 votes.
- In House District 13, Jennifer Pawlik (D) won one seat and the second went to a recount between two Republicans; Liz Harris (R) finished 270 votes ahead of Julie Willoughby (R).
- In House District 9, Seth Blattman (D) edged Kathy Pearce (R) for the second seat by under a point.
- In House District 4, Laura Terech (D) finished just ahead of Maria Syms (R) to win the seat alongside Matt Gress (R).
Barto and Hoffman were the 3 incumbents to lose in November, and 5 legislative races had only one candidate on the ballot.
Voters approved 7 of 10 statewide measures, including:
- Proposition 308, which opened up in-state tuition to undocumented students, repealing part of a 2006 voter-approved ban.
- Proposition 211, which requires disclosure of the original sources of money behind large independent expenditures.
- Proposition 131, which created a lieutenant governor elected on a joint ticket with the governor.
- Proposition 132, which narrowly passed, requiring 60% to approve future tax measures.
The 3 that failed were Proposition 309, tighter voter ID rules for mail and in-person voting, which lost by less than a point; the Proposition 310 fire-district sales tax; and Proposition 128, which would have let lawmakers amend voter-approved measures struck down in court.

Legislature

House (60 seats): 29 D, 31 R before the election, 29 D, 31 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (30 seats): 14 D, 16 R before the election, 14 D, 16 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
Governor	Katie Hobbs (D) 50.32%	Kari Lake (R) 49.65%	Flipped R to D
Attorney General	Kris Mayes (D) 49.9%	Abraham Hamadeh (R) 49.9%, Samantha Severson (L) 0.02%	Flipped R to D
Corporation Commissioner	Kevin Thompson (R) 26.02%, Nick Myers (R) 26.01%	Sandra Kennedy (D) 24.77%, Lauren Kuby (D) 23.19%	Incumbent defeated
Secretary of State	Adrian Fontes (D) 52.4%	Mark Finchem (R) 47.6%
State Mine Inspector	Paul Marsh (R) 98.7%	Unopposed
Superintendent of Public Instruction	Tom Horne (R) 50.13%	Kathy Hoffman (D) 49.76%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Treasurer	Kimberly Yee (R) 55.67%	Martin Quezada (D) 44.33%

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Quang Nguyen (R) 33.2%, Selina Bliss (R) 33%	Cathy Ransom (D) 17.5%, Neil Sinclair (D) 16.3%
House 2	Judy Schwiebert (D) 35.2%, Justin Wilmeth (R) 33.3%	Christian Lamar (R) 31.5%	Flipped D to R
House 3	Joseph Chaplik (R) 51.7%, Alexander Kolodin (R) 47.6%	Georgia Flanagan (I) 0.4%, John Skirbst (D) 0.3%	Flipped D to R
House 4	Matt Gress (R) 34.7%, Laura Terech (D) 33.5%	Maria Syms (R) 31.8%
House 5	Amish Shah (D) 40.3%, Jennifer Longdon (D) 39.8%	Jennifer Treadwell (R) 19.9%	Flipped R to D
House 6	Mae Peshlakai (D) 50.9%, Myron Tsosie (D) 49.1%	Unopposed	Flipped R to D
House 7	David Cook (R) 52.6%, David Marshall (R) 46.4%	Chris Verrill (I) 1%	Flipped D to R
House 8	Melody Hernandez (D) 31.7%, Athena Salman (D) 30.9%	Caden Darrow (R) 18.7%, Bill Loughrige (R) 18.6%	Flipped R to D
House 9	Lorena Austin (D) 26.5%, Seth Blattman (D) 25.2%	Kathy Pearce (R) 24.5%, Mary Ann Mendoza (R) 23.8%
House 10	Justin Heap (R) 36.9%, Barbara Parker (R) 36.3%	Helen Hunter (D) 26.7%	Flipped D to R
House 11	Oscar De Los Santos (D) 41.1%, Marcelino Quiñonez (D) 40.4%	Tatiana Peña (R) 18.5%	Flipped R to D
House 12	Patty Contreras (D) 29.3%, Anastasia Travers (D) 28.8%	Terry Roe (R) 21.1%, James Chaston (R) 20.8%	Flipped R to D
House 13	Jennifer Pawlik (D) 35.1%, Liz Harris (R) 32.6%	Julie Willoughby (R) 32.4%	Flipped R to D
House 14	Travis Grantham (R) 36.4%, Laurin Hendrix (R) 35.9%	Brandy Reese (D) 27.8%
House 15	Jacqueline Parker (R) 52%, Neal Carter (R) 48%	Unopposed
House 16	Teresa Martinez (R) 36.5%, Keith Seaman (D) 32.1%	Rob Hudelson (R) 31.5%	Flipped R to D
House 17	Rachel Keshel (R) 26.2%, Cory McGarr (R) 25.7%	Dana Allmond (D) 24.8%, Brian Radford (D) 23.3%	Flipped D to R
House 18	Nancy Gutierrez (D) 38.2%, Chris Mathis (D) 36.4%	Linda Evans (R) 25.4%
House 19	Gail Griffin (R) 38.6%, Lupe Diaz (R) 35.5%	Sanda Clark (D) 25.9%	Flipped D to R
House 20	Alma Hernández (D) 51.3%, Andres Cano (D) 48.7%	Unopposed	Flipped R to D
House 21	Consuelo Hernandez (D) 33.1%, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D) 30.1%	Deborah McEwen (R) 18.6%, Damien Kennedy (R) 18.2%	Flipped R to D
House 22	Lupe Contreras (D) 51%, Leezah Sun (D) 45.1%	Jeannette Garcia (R) 2.7%, Roberto Escobedo (R) 1.2%	Flipped R to D
House 23	Mariana Sandoval (D) 36.2%, Michele Peña (R) 33.9%	Jesus Lugo Jr. (D) 29.8%	Flipped R to D
House 24	Analise Ortiz (D) 50.5%, Lydia Hernandez (D) 49.5%	Unopposed
House 25	Tim Dunn (R) 51.9%, Michael Carbone (R) 48.1%	Unopposed
House 26	Cesar Aguilar (D) 54%, Flavio Bravo (D) 46%	Unopposed
House 27	Ben Toma (R) 34.6%, Kevin Payne (R) 34.6%	Don Kissinger (D) 30.8%	Flipped D to R
House 28	Beverly Pingerelli (R) 38.1%, David Livingston (R) 37%	Stephanie Holbrook (D) 24.9%	Flipped D to R
House 29	Steve Montenegro (R) 36.4%, Austin Smith (R) 35.5%	Scott Podeyn (D) 28.1%	Flipped D to R
House 30	Leo Biasiucci (R) 56.3%, John Gillette (R) 43.7%	Unopposed	Flipped D to R
Senate 1	Ken Bennett (R) 67.2%	Mike Fogel (D) 32.8%
Senate 2	Steve Kaiser (R) 51.8%	Jeanne Casteen (D) 48.2%
Senate 3	John Kavanagh (R) 63.2%	Thomas Dugger (D) 36.8%
Senate 4	Christine Marsh (D) 50.5%	Nancy Barto (R) 49.5%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 5	Lela Alston (D) 70.7%	Jeff Silvey (R) 29.3%
Senate 6	Theresa Hatathlie (D) 94.8%	Richard King (R) 5.2%
Senate 7	Wendy Rogers (R) 63.6%	Kyle Nitschke (D) 36.4%, Jeff Daniels (L) 0%
Senate 8	Juan Mendez (D) 62.7%	Roxana Holzapfel (R) 37.3%
Senate 9	Eva Burch (D) 52.5%	Robert Scantlebury (R) 47.5%
Senate 10	Dave Farnsworth (R) 61.1%	Nick Fierro (D) 38.9%
Senate 11	Catherine Miranda (D) 75.2%	Maryn Brannies (R) 24.8%
Senate 12	Denise Epstein (D) 58.1%	David Richardson (R) 41.9%
Senate 13	Javan Daniel Mesnard (R) 51.7%	Cindy Hans (D) 48.3%
Senate 14	Warren Petersen (R) 97.6%	Kristin Clark (D) 2.4%
Senate 15	Jake Hoffman (R) 64.8%	Alan Smith (D) 35.2%
Senate 16	T.J. Shope (R) 55.7%	Taylor Kerby (D) 44.3%
Senate 17	Justine Wadsack (R) 51.2%	Mike Nickerson (D) 48.8%
Senate 18	Priya Sundareshan (D) 62.2%	Stan Caine (R) 37.8%
Senate 19	David Gowan (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 20	Sally Ann Gonzales (D) 99.9%	Eric Perkins (D) 0.1%
Senate 21	Rosanna Gabaldón (D) 64.1%	Jim Cleveland (R) 35.9%
Senate 22	Eva Diaz (D) 59%	Steve Robinson (R) 33.1%, Steven Chapman (D) 4.8%
Senate 23	Brian Fernandez (D) 53.7%	Gary Garcia Snyder (R) 46.3%
Senate 24	Anna Hernandez (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 25	Sine Kerr (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 26	Raquel Terán (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 27	Anthony Kern (R) 55.1%	Brittani Barraza (D) 44.9%
Senate 28	Frank Carroll (R) 61.8%	David Sandoval (D) 38.2%
Senate 29	Janae Shamp (R) 59%	David Raymer (D) 41%
Senate 30	Sonny Borrelli (R) 100%	Unopposed

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Proposition 128	Allow the Legislature to amend or repeal voter-approved ballot measures that contain provisions ruled unconstitutional by the Arizona Supreme Court or U.S. Supreme Court	Failed (36% yes)
Proposition 129	Require citizen-initiated ballot measures to embrace a single subject	Passed (55% yes)
Proposition 130	Allow the Legislature to set certain property tax exemption amounts and qualifications	Passed (64% yes)
Proposition 131	Create the position of lieutenant governor to be elected on a joint ticket with the governor	Passed (55% yes)
Proposition 132	Require a 60% vote to pass ballot measures to approve taxes	Passed (51% yes)
Proposition 209	Limit interest rates for debt from healthcare services and increases the value of certain property and earnings exempt from debt collection	Passed (72% yes)
Proposition 211	Require that anyone making independent expenditures of more than $50,000 on a statewide campaign or $25,000 on a local campaign to disclose the names of the money's sources	Passed (72% yes)
Proposition 308	Repeal provisions of Proposition 300 (2006) to allow in-state tuition for non-citizen residents that meet specific requirements	Passed (51% yes)
Proposition 309	Require date of birth and voter identification number for mail-in ballots and eliminate two-document alternative to photo ID for in-person voting	Failed (50% yes)
Proposition 310	Create a 0.1% sales tax for 20 years to fund fire districts	Failed (48% yes)

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