2008 Arizona Senate election

2008 Arizona Senate election
All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold ; Republican hold Republican gain
Senate President before election; Timothy S. Bee; Republican	Elected Senate President ; Robert "Bob" Burns; Republican

The 2008 Arizona Senate election was held on November 4, 2008. Voters elected members of the Arizona Senate in all 30 of the state's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. Primary elections were held on September 2, 2008.^[3]

Prior to the elections, the Republicans held a majority of 17 seats over the Democrats' 13 seats.

Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber with 18 Republicans to 12 Democrats, a net gain of one seat for Republicans.^[4]

The newly elected senators served in the 49th Arizona State Legislature.

Retiring Incumbents

Democrats

District 25: Marsha Arzberger
District 26: Charlene Pesquiera
District 29: Victor Soltero

Republicans

District 5: Jake Flake
District 12: Robert Blendu
District 18: Karen S. Johnson
District 30: Tim Bee

Incumbent Defeated in Primary Election

Republican

District 1: Tom O'Halleran

Summary of Results by Arizona State Legislative District

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Tom O'Halleran	Rep	Steve Pierce	Rep Hold
2nd	Albert Hale	Dem	Albert Hale	Dem Hold
3rd	Ron Gould	Rep	Ron Gould	Rep Hold
4th	Jack Harper	Rep	Jack Harper	Rep Hold
5th	Jake Flake	Rep	Sylvia Tenney Allen	Rep Hold
6th	Pamela Gorman	Rep	Pamela Gorman	Rep Hold
7th	Jim Waring	Rep	Jim Waring	Rep Hold
8th	Carolyn S. Allen	Rep	Carolyn S. Allen	Rep Hold
9th	Robert "Bob" Burns	Rep	Robert "Bob" Burns	Rep Hold
10th	Linda Gray	Rep	Linda Gray	Rep Hold
11th	Barbara Leff	Rep	Barbara Leff	Rep Hold
12th	Robert Blendu	Rep	John Nelson	Rep Hold
13th	Richard Miranda	Dem	Richard Miranda	Dem Hold
14th	Debbie McCune-Davis	Dem	Debbie McCune-Davis	Dem Hold
15th	Ken Cheuvront	Dem	Ken Cheuvront	Dem Hold
16th	Leah Landrum	Dem	Leah Landrum	Dem Hold
17th	Meg Burton-Cahill	Dem	Meg Burton-Cahill	Dem Hold
18th	Karen S. Johnson	Rep	Russell Pearce	Rep Hold
19th	Chuck Gray	Rep	Chuck Gray	Rep Hold
20th	John Huppenthal	Rep	John Huppenthal	Rep Hold
21st	Jay Tibshraeny	Rep	Jay Tibshraeny	Rep Hold
22nd	Thayer Verschoor	Rep	Thayer Verschoor	Rep Hold
23rd	Rebecca Rios	Dem	Rebecca Rios	Dem Hold
24th	Amanda Aguirre	Dem	Amanda Aguirre	Dem Hold
25th	Marsha Arzberger	Dem	Manuel V. "Manny" Alvarez	Dem Hold
26th	Charlene Pesquiera	Dem	Al Melvin	Rep Gain
27th	Jorge Luis Garcia	Dem	Jorge Luis Garcia	Dem Hold
28th	Paula Aboud	Dem	Paula Aboud	Dem Hold
29th	Victor Soltero	Dem	Linda Lopez	Dem Hold
30th	Tim Bee	Rep	Jonathan Paton	Rep Hold

Detailed Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30

District 1

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Chancerelle^[a]	1,037	100.00%
Total votes			1,037	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pierce	13,757	52.70%
	Republican	Tom O'Halleran (incumbent)	12,349	47.30%
Total votes			26,106	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pierce	58,612	60.98%
	Democratic	Pat Chancerelle	37,512	39.02%
Total votes			96,124	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Hale (incumbent)	17,577	100.00%
Total votes			17,577	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Royce Jenkins	2,823	100.00%
Total votes			2,823	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Hale (incumbent)	42,241	72.91%
	Republican	Royce Jenkins	15,693	27.09%
Total votes			57,934	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Landahl	4,485	100.00%
Total votes			4,485	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Gould (incumbent)	11,967	100.00%
Total votes			11,967	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Gould (incumbent)	42,730	62.63%
	Democratic	Mary Landahl	25,499	37.37%
Total votes			68,229	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 4

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Boehlke	10,275	100.00%
Total votes			10,275	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Harper (incumbent)	17,974	69.35%
	Republican	John B. Zerby	7,944	30.65%
Total votes			25,918	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Harper (incumbent)	73,097	60.67%
	Democratic	Robert Boehlke	47,394	39.33%
Total votes			120,491	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Jeffers^[a]	2,486	100.00%
Total votes			2,486	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sylvia Tenney Allen	10,205	100.00%
Total votes			10,205	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sylvia Tenney Allen	36,347	54.48%
	Democratic	Bill Jeffers	30,365	45.52%
Total votes			66,712	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Larson	5,570	100.00%
Total votes			5,570	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pamela Gorman (incumbent)	11,755	100.00%
Total votes			11,755	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pamela Gorman (incumbent)	47,116	59.87%
	Democratic	Jim Larson	31,579	40.13%
Total votes			78,695	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Black	5,580	100.00%
Total votes			5,580	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Waring (incumbent)	12,584	100.00%
Total votes			12,584	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Dennis G. Grenier	56	100.00%
Total votes			56	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Waring (incumbent)	46,673	57.82%
	Democratic	Lisa Black	31,583	39.13%
	Libertarian	Dennis G. Grenier	2,465	3.05%
Total votes			80,721	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 8

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carolyn S. Allen (incumbent)	17,687	100.00%
Total votes			17,687	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carolyn S. Allen (incumbent)	71,125	100.00%
Total votes			71,125	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Price	7,211	100.00%
Total votes			7,718	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Burns (incumbent)	12,967	100.00%
Total votes			12,967	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Burns (incumbent)	40,214	55.51%
	Democratic	Karen Price	32,236	44.49%
Total votes			72,450	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 10

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Monroe	4,931	100.00%
Total votes			4,931	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Gray (incumbent)	7,472	100.00%
Total votes			7,472	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Gray (incumbent)	27,445	55.26%
	Democratic	Martin Monroe	22,218	44.74%
Total votes			49,663	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 11

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann Wallack	8,665	100.00%
Total votes			8,665	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Leff (incumbent)	13,827	100.00%
Total votes			13,827	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Leff (incumbent)	43,702	54.57%
	Democratic	Ann Wallack	36,376	45.43%
Total votes			80,078	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angela Cotera	7,123	100.00%
Total votes			7,123	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Nelson	12,058	100.00%
Total votes			12,058	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Nelson	52,552	52.49%
	Democratic	Angela Cotera	47,562	47.51%
Total votes			100,114	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Miranda (incumbent)	3,772	100.00%
Total votes			3,772	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Miranda (incumbent)	23,816	100.00%
Total votes			23,816	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie McCune-Davis (incumbent)	3,471	100.00%
Total votes			3,471	100.00%

Libertarian Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Mike Renzulli^[a]	5	100.00%
Total votes			5	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie McCune-Davis (incumbent)	16,033	82.45%
	Libertarian	Mike Renzulli	3,391	17.44%
	Independent	C.J. Becker^[b]	22	0.11%
Total votes			19,446	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cheuvront (incumbent)	5,670	100.00%
Total votes			5,670	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Cheuvront (incumbent)	30,321	100.00%
Total votes			30,321	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leah Landrum (incumbent)	6,184	100.00%
Total votes			6,184	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel J. Veres	1,914	100.00%
Total votes			1,914	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leah Landrum (incumbent)	33,368	73.31%
	Republican	Daniel J. Veres	12,149	26.69%
Total votes			45,517	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meg Burton-Cahill (incumbent)	6,406	100.00%
Total votes			6,406	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse Hernandez	6,486	100.00%
Total votes			6,486	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meg Burton-Cahill (incumbent)	35,720	61.56%
	Republican	Jesse Hernandez	22,303	38.44%
Total votes			58,023	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judah Nativio	2,841	100.00%
Total votes			2,841	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Pearce	6,604	69.09%
	Republican	Kevin Gibbons	2,954	30.91%
Total votes			9,558	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Pearce	24,232	56.19%
	Democratic	Judah Nativio	18,889	43.80%
	Independent	Ilias Kostopoulos^[b]	2	0.00%
Total votes			43,123	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Gray (incumbent)	13,245	100.00%
Total votes			13,245	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Gray (incumbent)	58,870	100.00%
Total votes			58,870	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Maish	5,876	100.00%
Total votes			5,876	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Huppenthal (incumbent)	11,215	100.00%
Total votes			11,215	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Huppenthal (incumbent)	44,245	56.24%
	Democratic	Ted Maish	34,426	43.76%
Total votes			78,671	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Tibshraeny (incumbent)	14,001	100.00%
Total votes			14,001	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Tibshraeny (incumbent)	77,426	100.00%
Total votes			77,426	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thayer Verschoor (incumbent)	7,167	42.32%
	Republican	Eddie Farnsworth	6,593	38.93%
	Republican	Joe Bedgood	3,176	18.75%
Total votes			16,936	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thayer Verschoor (incumbent)	81,332	100.00%
Total votes			81,332	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Rios (incumbent)	10,260	100.00%
Total votes			10,260	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	André Campos	6,737	100.00%
Total votes			6,737	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Rios (incumbent)	48,203	56.73%
	Republican	André Campos	36,772	43.27%
Total votes			84,975	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 24

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Aguirre (incumbent)	6,016	100.00%
Total votes			6,016	100.00%

Green Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jack Kretzer	38	100.00%
Total votes			38	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Aguirre (incumbent)	29,718	76.43%
	Green	Jack Kretzer	9,167	23.57%
Total votes			38,885	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel V. "Manny" Alvarez	10,282	100.00%
Total votes			10,282	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Ann Black	7,568	100.00%
Total votes			7,568	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel V. "Manny" Alvarez	34,269	52.74%
	Republican	Mary Ann Black	30,703	47.26%
Total votes			64,972	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cheryl A. Cage	11,375	100.00%
Total votes			11,375	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Melvin	10,131	53.35%
	Republican	Pete Hershberger	8,857	46.65%
Total votes			18,988	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Melvin	48,191	51.04%
	Democratic	Cheryl A. Cage	46,225	48.96%
Total votes			94,416	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jorge Luis Garcia (incumbent)	9,788	100.00%
Total votes			9,788	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Westerman	3,859	100.00%
Total votes			3,859	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jorge Luis Garcia (incumbent)	38,480	67.24%
	Republican	Bob Westerman	18,749	32.76%
Total votes			57,229	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 28

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paula Aboud (incumbent)	11,687	100.00%
Total votes			11,687	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	(John) Michael Steimer^[a]	19	100.00%
Total votes			19	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paula Aboud (incumbent)	53,343	100.00%
Total votes			53,343	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Lopez	7,874	100.00%
Total votes			7,874	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Lopez	37,248	100.00%
Total votes			37,248	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 30

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Georgette W. Valle	11,962	100.00%
Total votes			11,962	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jonathan Paton	18,995	100.00%
Total votes			18,995	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jonathan Paton	64,355	60.04%
	Democratic	Georgette W. Valle	42,827	39.96%
Total votes			107,182	100.00%
	Republican hold

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Was a write-in candidate in the primary election.
^ ^a ^b Was a write-in candidate in the general election.

References

[PrimaryWI-5] Was a write-in candidate in the primary election.

[GeneralWI-6] Was a write-in candidate in the general election.

[1] "2007, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Forty-Eighth Legislature, 1st Regular Session". Arizona Secretary of State.

[2] "2009, Journal of the Senate, State of Arizona, Forty-Ninth Legislature, 1st Regular Session". Arizona Secretary of State.

[3] "2008 State of Arizona official canvass, primary election". Arizona Secretary of State.

[4] "2008 State of Arizona official canvass, general election". Arizona Secretary of State.

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