1968 Arizona Senate election All 30 seats of theArizona Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
The1968 Arizona Senate election was held on November 5, 1968. Voters elected all 30 members of theArizona Senate to serve two-year terms.
Primary elections were held on September 10, 1968.[ 3]
Prior to the elections, theRepublicans held a majority of 16 seats over the 14 seats held byDemocrats .
Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber and expanded their majority to 17 Republicans to 13 Democrats, a net gain of one seat for Republicans.[ 4]
The newly elected senators served in the29th Arizona State Legislature .
Retiring Incumbents [ edit ] District 2: Dan S. Kitchel, Senator fromCochise County . District 2: A. R. Spikes, Senator fromCochise County . District 5: John Gregovich, Senator fromGila County .[ a] District 8-A: Marshall Humphrey, Senator fromMaricopa County . District 8-I: Chet Goldberg Jr., Senator fromMaricopa County . Incumbents Defeated in Primary Elections [ edit ] District 3: Glenn Blansett, Senator fromNavajo County . District 8-F: Wing F. Ong, Senator fromMaricopa County . District 8-M: William T. "Bill" Crowley, Senator fromMaricopa County . Incumbents Defeated in General Elections [ edit ] District 7-C: Ernest Garfield, Senator fromPima County . Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Boyd Tenney (incumbent ) 4,354 100.00%Total votes 4,354 100.00%
District 2 electedtwo Senators at the time. District 3 electedtwo Senators at the time. Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican LeRoy A. Palmer 1,872 100.00%Total votes 1,872 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Thomas M. (Tommy) Knoles Jr. (incumbent ) 3,250 100.00%Total votes 3,250 100.00%
District 5 electedtwo Senators at the time. Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic A. V. "Bill" Hardt 12,620 51.17%Democratic E. B. "Blodie" Thode (incumbent ) 12,041 48.83%Total votes 24,661 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Harold C. Giss (incumbent ) 5,509 100.00%Total votes 5,509 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic F. T. (Limie) Gibbings (incumbent ) 4,037 100.00%Total votes 4,037 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Sam Lena 5,289 100.00%Total votes 5,289 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ernest Garfield (incumbent ) 2,793 100.00%Total votes 2,793 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Marvin Bell 3,895 100.00%Total votes 3,895 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ken Cardella[ b] (incumbent ) 3,458 100.00%Total votes 3,458 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Ross Gomez 3,919 100.00%Total votes 3,919 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican William C. Jacquin (incumbent ) 4,985 100.00%Total votes 4,985 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Bob Winters 3,562 100.00%Total votes 3,562 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican James F. Holley 3,087 100.00%Total votes 3,087 100.00%
General election results Party Candidate Votes % Republican James F. Holley 10,467 58.27%Democratic Bob Winters 7,495 41.73%Total votes 17,962 100.00% Republican hold
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Joseph S. Jarvis 2,299 100.00%Total votes 2,299 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican William S. (Bill) Porter (incumbent ) 4,325 100.00%Total votes 4,325 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Guy Stillman 2,175 100.00%Total votes 2,175 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican David B. Kret (incumbent ) 3,112 100.00%Total votes 3,112 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Robert Edwards 2,313 100.00%Total votes 2,313 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Archie C. Ryan 2,171 50.81%Democratic Wing F. Ong (incumbent ) 2,102 49.19%Total votes 4,273 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Mike Farren 1,608 60.45%Republican Edwin J. Egan 1,052 39.55%Total votes 2,660 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John B. Haldiman 3,116 100.00%Total votes 3,116 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Orme Lewis Jr. (incumbent ) 3,009 100.00%Total votes 3,009 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Somers White 3,225 64.33%Republican Virginia A. Troster 1,788 35.67%Total votes 5,013 100.00%
General election results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Somers White 12,747 100.00%Total votes 12,747 100.00% Republican hold
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Bob Wilcox (incumbent ) 4,039 100.00%Total votes 4,039 100.00%
General election results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Bob Wilcox (incumbent ) 12,938 97.04%Fair Tax Equalization John Michael Morris 394 2.96%Total votes 13,332 100.00% Republican hold
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Edward D. Lewis 2,133 100.00%Total votes 2,133 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ray A. Goetze (incumbent ) 5,637 100.00%Total votes 5,637 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic L. J. "Jim" Grube 3,552 100.00%Total votes 3,552 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Christopher T. "Chris" Johnson (incumbent ) 2,890 70.27%Republican Dr. Wayne Howard Stump, D. C. 1,223 29.73%Total votes 4,113 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Terry Jones 1,893 64.98%Republican Walter Chopiwskyj 1,020 35.02%Total votes 2,913 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican James Forrest 1,339 100.00%Total votes 1,339 100.00%
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic P. A. "Joe" Silva 1,976 51.65%Democratic John A. Fresco 1,850 48.35%Total votes 3,826 100.00%
Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes % Republican Dan Halacy (incumbent ) 2,852 100.00%Total votes 2,852 100.00%
^a b Democratic Senator Clarence L. Carpenter ofGila County died on February 7, 1967. The Gila County Board of Supervisors appointed Mr. John Gregovich to succeed Senator Carpenter.[ 5] ^a b c Republican Senator Thomas G. Beaham ofPima County died on May 2, 1967. The Pima County Board of Supervisors appointed Mr. Kenneth C. Cardella to succeed Senator Beaham.[ 6] ^ "28th Arizona State Senate in Phoenix" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "29th Arizona State Senate in Phoenix" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1968 State of Arizona official canvass, primary election" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1968 State of Arizona official canvass, general election" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1967, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Twenty-Eighth Legislature, 1st Regular Session" .Arizona Secretary of State .^ "1967, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Twenty-Eighth Legislature, 1st Special Session" .Arizona Secretary of State .