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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Arizona

Dennis Deconcini (Democrat) beat Pete Dunn (Republican) in Arizona in 1982, 56.9% to 40.3%, a margin of 16.6 points and 120,221 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Dennis Deconcini also won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 14 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Maricopa, cast 390,872 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.8 points. The closest was Yavapai, where 454 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dennis Deconcini won Democratic 411,970 56.9%
Pete Dunn Republican 291,749 40.3%
All other candidates 20,166 2.8%
Total723,885

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Maricopa 199,671 51.1% 180,917 46.3% 10,284 390,872 D+4.8
Pima 104,764 66.5% 47,041 29.9% 5,694 157,499 D+36.6
Yavapai 12,582 47.7% 13,036 49.4% 759 26,377 R+1.7
Coconino 13,888 65.2% 6,517 30.6% 903 21,308 D+34.6
Pinal 14,316 67.5% 6,474 30.5% 426 21,216 D+37.0
Cochise 12,907 64.2% 6,787 33.7% 419 20,113 D+30.4
Yuma 11,858 63.2% 6,602 35.2% 314 18,774 D+28.0
Mohave 9,799 53.8% 8,057 44.2% 352 18,208 D+9.6
Navajo 8,223 58.9% 5,437 39.0% 297 13,957 D+20.0
Gila 7,721 65.7% 3,812 32.4% 219 11,752 D+33.3
Apache 6,455 70.1% 2,517 27.3% 239 9,211 D+42.8
Graham 3,994 60.4% 2,517 38.1% 99 6,610 D+22.3
Santa Cruz 3,162 66.7% 1,460 30.8% 122 4,744 D+35.9
Greenlee 2,630 81.1% 575 17.7% 39 3,244 D+63.3

Counties as they stood in 1982; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arizona Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Ruben Gallego (D) D+2.4
2022 Mark Kelly (D) D+4.9
2018 Kyrsten Sinema (D) D+2.3
2016 John McCain (R) R+13.0
2012 Jeff Flake (R) R+3.0
2010 John McCain (R) R+24.2
2006 Jon Kyl (R) R+9.8
2004 John McCain (R) R+56.1
2000 Jon Kyl (R) R+79.3
1998 John McCain (R) R+41.6
1994 Jon Kyl (R) R+14.2
1992 John McCain (R) R+24.2
1988 Dennis Deconcini (D) D+15.7
1986 John McCain (R) R+21.0
1982 Dennis Deconcini (D) D+16.6
1980 Barry Goldwater (R) R+1.1
1976 Dennis Deconcini (D) D+10.7
1974 Barry Goldwater (R) R+16.5
1970 Paul Fannin (R) R+12.0
1968 Barry Goldwater (R) R+14.4
1964 Paul Fannin (R) R+2.9
1962 Carl Hayden (D) D+9.9
1958 Barry Goldwater (R) R+12.1
1956 Carl Hayden (D) D+22.8
1952 Barry Goldwater (R) R+2.6
1950 Carl Hayden (D) D+25.6
1946 Ernest McFarland (D) D+39.1
1944 Carl Hayden (D) D+38.7
1940 Ernest McFarland (D) D+43.6
1938 Carl Hayden (D) D+53.0
1934 Henry Ashurst (D) D+46.4
1932 Carl Hayden (D) D+34.6
1928 Henry Ashurst (D) D+8.5
1926 Carl Hayden (D) D+16.7
1922 Henry Ashurst (D) D+30.1
1920 Ralph H. Cameron (R) R+10.3
1916 Henry Ashurst (D) D+16.0
1914 Marcus A. Smith (D) D+34.3