2012 Arizona elections

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Ageneral election was held in theU.S. state ofArizona on November 6, 2012. Along with thepresidential election, a Class IU.S. Senate seat, nine seats in theUnited States House of Representatives and several statewide and local offices were up for election.Primary elections were held on August 28, 2012.^[1]

Republican nomineeMitt Romney won Arizona by defeatingDemocratic incumbentBarack Obama and gained elevenelectoral votes.

Incumbent Republican senator andSenate minority whipJon Kyl decided not to seek a fourth term, thus creating anopen seat. Republican U.S. representativeJeff Flake won the election by narrowly defeating Democratic nominee and formersurgeon general of the United StatesRichard Carmona.

A special election was held in the8th congressional district to replaceGabby Giffords. DemocratRon Barber won the election by defeating Republican Jesse Kelly.

Following the2010 United States census, Arizona gained one electoral vote, thus bringing the total number ofcongressional 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 theArizona Corporation Commission were up for election. Democratic incumbentsPaul Newman andSandra Kennedy and Republican incumbentBob 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, formerArizona Senate president.^[3]
• Susan Bitter Smith, telecommunications executive and formerScottsdale 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 theArizona Senate and all 60 members of theArizona House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats flipped multiple seats in both chambers.

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

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

One seat on theArizona Supreme Court was up forretention. JusticeJohn Pelander was appointed by GovernorJan Brewer in 2009 to succeed retiring justiceRuth McGregor.^[8]

Justice Pelander retention, 2012

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	1,070,838	73.95
No	377,259	26.05
Total votes	1,448,097	100.00
Source: Arizona Secretary of State[7]

Arizona had nine statewide propositions on the ballot in 2012.^[9]

Results by county

Proposition 114 results by county

Yes:

•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Proposition 115 results by county

No:

•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Proposition 116 results by county

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Proposition 117 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

No:

•   50–60%

Proposition 118 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%

No:

•   50–60%

Proposition 119 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

No:

•   50–60%

Proposition 120 results by county

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Proposition 121 results by county

No:

•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Proposition 204 results by county

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

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