1990 Arizona Senate election All 30 seats of theArizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
The1990 Arizona Senate election was held on November 6, 1990. 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 11, 1990.[ 3]
Prior to the elections, theRepublicans held a majority of 17 seats over theDemocrats' 13 seats.
Following the election, Democrats flipped control of the chamber and took a majority of 17 Democrats to 13 Republicans, a net gain of four seats for Democrats.[ 4]
The newly elected senators served in the40th Arizona State Legislature .
Retiring Incumbents [ edit ] District 2:Tony Gabaldon District 12: John T. Mawhinney District 14: William J. "Bill" DeLong District 24: Pete Corpstein District 28: Robert B. Usdane Incumbents Defeated in Primary Elections [ edit ] District 1: John Hays District 21:Jerry Gillespie Incumbents Defeated in General Elections [ edit ] District 5:Jones Osborn District 9: Jeffrey J. Hill District 16: Wayne Stump District 18:Leo Corbet District 25: Jacque Steiner Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Joe Hart 8,607 100.00%Total votes 8,607 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Wilson Y. Deschine 1,759 100.00%Total votes 1,759 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic A. V. "Bill" Hardt (incumbent ) 11,431 100.00%Total votes 11,431 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Joy T. Pearce 5,279 100.00%Total votes 5,279 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jim Buster 3,973 100.00%Total votes 3,973 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Alan Stephens (incumbent ) 8,164 100.00%Total votes 8,164 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Craig Runbeck 4,373 50.92%Republican Chuck Rosenkrantz 3,095 36.04%Republican Juan Bautista 1,120 13.04%Total votes 8,588 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Dolores "Dodie" Rhodes 4,376 100.00%Total votes 4,376 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ramiro "Tito" Ross 4,034 100.00%Total votes 4,034 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John E. Dougherty 8,015 100.00%Total votes 8,015 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jeffrey J. Hill (incumbent ) 10,093 100.00%Total votes 10,093 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jesus "Chuy" Higuera (incumbent )[ a] 4,901 100.00%Total votes 4,901 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Vicente "Vince" Becerra 1,595 100.00%Total votes 1,595 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jaime P. Gutierrez (incumbent ) 6,150 67.28%Democratic Kathleen Henry 2,991 32.72%Total votes 9,141 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Katherine Jacobson 8,639 100.00%Total votes 8,639 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic David C. Bartlett (incumbent ) 8,825 100.00%Total votes 8,825 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Howard Parker 9,869 100.00%Total votes 9,869 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Di Ann Ewing 5,763 50.36%Republican L. "Sam" DeLong 5,681 49.64%Total votes 11,444 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Bob Denny (incumbent ) 13,540 100.00%Total votes 13,540 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Stan Furman 5,757 100.00%Total votes 5,757 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Ray Reese 5,661 100.00%Total votes 5,661 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Patricia "Pat" Wright (incumbent ) 12,051 100.00%Total votes 12,051 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Nancy Hill 5,631 100.00%Total votes 5,631 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Marlene Abbott 7,239 100.00%Total votes 7,239 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Harry Fennemore 6,186 100.00%Total votes 6,186 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Bill Hegarty 6,086 100.00%Total votes 6,086 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Manuel "Lito" Peña Jr. (incumbent ) 4,662 100.00%Total votes 4,662 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Bob Mayes 1,960 100.00%Total votes 1,960 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Chuck Blanchard 4,164 56.32%Democratic Ken Cheuvront 3,230 43.68%Total votes 7,394 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Jacque Steiner (incumbent ) 8,260 100.00%Total votes 8,260 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Paul C. Rodriguez 5,285 100.00%Total votes 5,285 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Doug Todd (incumbent ) 7,489 50.91%Republican Bill Valentic 7,222 49.09%Total votes 14,711 100.00%
General election results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Doug Todd (incumbent ) 26,100 99.71%Independent[ d] Ross W. Bruner[ c] 31 0.12%None of the Above[ e] Cindy Moeckel[ c] 28 0.11%Independent[ f] Ilias Kostopoulos[ c] 17 0.06%Total votes 26,176 100.00% Republican hold
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Morgenstern 6,479 100.00%Total votes 6,479 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ed Phillips 17,255 65.04%Republican Mike Saager 9,274 34.96%Total votes 26,529 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lester N. Pearce (incumbent ) 10,904 100.00%Total votes 10,904 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican James Sossaman (incumbent ) 13,736 53.19%Republican Jerry Brooks 12,086 46.81%Total votes 25,822 100.00%
^a b c Senator Higuera resigned from the Senate March 20, 1991;Victor E. Soltero was appointed to fill the District 10 opening effective April 1, 1991.[ 5] ^a b c Senator Walker was expelled from the Senate March 20, 1991; Armando Ruiz was appointed to fill the District 23 opening April 1, 1991.[ 6] ^a b c d e f g h i j k l Ran as a write-in candidate in the general election. ^a b c No party designated. ^ None of the above. ^ Non-partisan ^ "1989, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Thirty-Ninth Legislature, 1st Regular Session" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1991, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Fortieth Legislature, 1st Regular Session" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1990 State of Arizona, official canvass, primary election" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1990 State of Arizona official canvass- General election" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "Members of the Senate, Fortieth Arizona State Legislature" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "Members of the Senate, Fortieth Arizona State Legislature" .Arizona Secretary of State .