1980 Arizona Senate election All 30 seats of theArizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
The1980 Arizona Senate election was held on November 4, 1980. Voters elected members of theArizona Senate in all 30 of the state'slegislative districts to serve a two-year term. Primary elections were held on September 9, 1980.[ 3]
Prior to the elections, theRepublicans held a majority of 16 seats over theDemocrats' 14 seats.
Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber and their majority of 16 Republicans to 14 Democrats remained unchanged.[ 4]
The newly elected senators served in the35th Arizona State Legislature .
Retiring incumbents [ edit ] District 25: Trudy Camping[ 5] District 26: Rod J. McMullin Incumbents defeated in general elections [ edit ] District 13: Morris Farr District 16: Wayne Stump Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Boyd Tenney (incumbent ) 11,138 100.00%Total votes 11,138 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Jerry Newton[ a] 9 100.00%Total votes 9 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic A. V. "Bill" Hardt (incumbent ) 11,976 100.00%Total votes 11,976 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jim Crosby 4,224 100.00%Total votes 4,224 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Joshua Wilson[ a] 1 100.00%Total votes 1 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Polly Getzwiller (incumbent ) 4,744 100.00%Total votes 4,744 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican James W. Alverson 1,878 100.00%Total votes 1,878 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Ronald Patrick McKinney 5 100.00%Total votes 5 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic William L. Swink (incumbent ) 5,561 55.94%Democratic Len Fuller 4,380 44.06%Total votes 9,941 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Ed C. Sawyer (incumbent ) 9,046 68.84%Democratic Albert F. Rodriguez 4,095 31.16%Total votes 13,141 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John R. Humphreys, Sr. 4,313 62.31%Democratic Carlos G. Gonzales 2,609 37.69%Total votes 6,922 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jeffrey J. Hill (incumbent ) 5,410 100.00%Total votes 5,410 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Luis Armando Gonzales (incumbent ) 3,257 64.04%Democratic Mike Martin 1,829 35.96%Total votes 5,086 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Irene L. Bice 838 100.00%Total votes 838 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Buck Crouch 18 100.00%Total votes 18 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jaime P. Gutierrez (incumbent ) 5,158 100.00%Total votes 5,158 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Marcia Niemann 1,767 100.00%Total votes 1,767 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Kay Federoff 6,165 100.00%Total votes 6,165 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican John T. Mawhinney (incumbent ) 5,522 100.00%Total votes 5,522 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Morris Farr (incumbent ) 5,510 100.00%Total votes 5,510 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Greg Lunn 4,574 100.00%Total votes 4,574 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Peter Stoss 6,059 100.00%Total votes 6,059 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Dennis M. Teel[ a] 194 74.90%Democratic Jim McCoy[ a] 65 25.10%Total votes 259 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican S. H. "Hal" Runyan (incumbent ) 5,145 100.00%Total votes 5,145 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Marcia G. Weeks 5,093 100.00%Total votes 5,093 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Wayne Stump (incumbent ) 6,476 100.00%Total votes 6,476 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Frank Schoenfeld 26 100.00%Total votes 26 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Justin "Jed" Smith 3,757 100.00%Total votes 3,757 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Anne Lindeman (incumbent ) 8,022 100.00%Total votes 8,022 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Sheldon Zwerling[ a] 33 62.26%Democratic Hannah Shaw[ a] 20 37.74%Total votes 53 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Kathryn L. O'Connell 29 100.00%Total votes 29 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Lois E. Pfau 2,648 100.00%Total votes 2,648 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Steve Hargan 2,699 100.00%Total votes 2,699 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Joe Haldiman III 3,052 100.00%Total votes 3,052 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Manuel "Lito" Peña Jr. (incumbent ) 2,475 100.00%Total votes 2,475 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Carl T. Smith 816 100.00%Total votes 816 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Roxanna D. Rega 8 100.00%Total votes 8 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Alfredo Gutierrez (incumbent ) 2,034 100.00%Total votes 2,034 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Bennie Joe "Bossa Nova" Brown 250 100.00%Total votes 250 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Gene Bullock[ a] 286 100.00%Total votes 286 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Harry E. Fuller 41 100.00%Total votes 41 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Mike McCormick 3,066 100.00%Total votes 3,066 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jacque Steiner 2,892 100.00%Total votes 2,892 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian James Mlnarik 22 100.00%Total votes 22 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Mary C. Hegarty 2,534 100.00%Total votes 2,534 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Peter Kay 5,317 100.00%Total votes 5,317 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian "J" Wayne Murray 20 100.00%Total votes 20 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic David Cohen 3,605 100.00%Total votes 3,605 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican James A. "Jim" Mack (incumbent ) 5,308 100.00%Total votes 5,308 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Monica Swift 39 100.00%Total votes 39 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Guy Panarello[ a] 419 100.00%Total votes 419 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Robert B. Usdane (incumbent ) 5,659 100.00%Total votes 5,659 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jack J. Taylor (incumbent ) 7,494 100.00%Total votes 7,494 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Glen Baumgartner 10 100.00%Total votes 10 100.00%
Libertarian primary results Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Ross Leitch 33 64.71%Libertarian Clyde R. Dickinson Jr. 18 35.29%Total votes 51 100.00%
^a b c d e f g h Ran as a write-in candidate in the primary. ^a b Ran as a write-in candidate in the general election.