1994 United States Senate election in Arizona
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The1994 United States Senate election in Arizonawas held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. SenatorDennis DeConcinidecided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican nomineeJon Kylwon the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win Arizona's Class 1 Senate seat sincePaul Fanninin1970.Democrats would not win this seat again, or any Senate race in the state, untilKyrsten Sinema'svictory in2018.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Sam Coppersmith,U.S. Representative
- Richard D. Mahoney,Secretary of State of Arizona
- Cindy Resnick,State Senator
- Dave Moss,perennial candidate
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Coppersmith | 81,995 | 32.2% | |
Democratic | Richard Mahoney | 81,863 | 32.1% | |
Democratic | Cindy Resnick | 75,563 | 29.6% | |
Democratic | David Moss | 15,612 | 6.1% | |
Total votes | 200,120 | 100.0% |
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Jon Kyl,U.S. Representative since 1987
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jon Kyl | 231,275 | 99.0% | |
Republican | Write-ins | 2,248 | 1.0% | |
Total votes | 231,733 | 100.0% |
Libertarian primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Scott Grainger, engineer
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Scott Grainger | 5,424 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 5,424 | 100.0% |
General election[edit]
Polling[edit]
Source | Date | Kyl (R) | Coppersmith (D) |
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Arizona State University | October 7, 1994 | 39% | 31% |
United for Arizona | October 30, 1994 | 43% | 38% |
The Rocky Mountain News | October 16, 1994 | 43% | 30% |
Arizona State University | November 2, 1994 | 47% | 28% |
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jon Kyl | 600,999 | 53.71% | +12.66% | |
Democratic | Sam Coppersmith | 442,510 | 39.54% | −17.17% | |
Libertarian | Scott Grainger | 75,493 | 6.75% | +4.96% | |
Write-ins | 58 | 0.01% | |||
Majority | 158,489 | 14.16% | −1.50% | ||
Turnout | 1,119,060 | ||||
RepublicangainfromDemocratic | Swing |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abc"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 14, 2009.RetrievedApril 20,2009.
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:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"94 Congressional Election Statistics".clerk.house.gov.RetrievedApril 13,2018.