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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in Arizona

John McCain (Republican) beat Ed Ranger (Democrat) in Arizona in 1998, 68.7% to 27.2%, a margin of 41.6 points and 421,353 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when John McCain also won.

Republicans led in 15 of the 15 counties. The largest, Maricopa, cast 573,051 votes and went to the Republican by 44.3 points. The closest was Greenlee, where 889 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
John McCain won Republican 696,577 68.7%
Ed Ranger Democratic 275,224 27.2%
All other candidates 41,479 4.1%
Total1,013,280

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Maricopa 147,017 25.7% 400,901 70.0% 25,133 573,051 R+44.3
Pima 54,503 28.2% 132,439 68.6% 6,143 193,085 R+40.4
Yavapai 10,799 22.4% 34,926 72.4% 2,497 48,222 R+50.0
Mohave 7,988 27.3% 20,086 68.7% 1,182 29,256 R+41.4
Pinal 9,455 33.4% 17,848 63.0% 1,030 28,333 R+29.6
Coconino 9,046 32.5% 17,267 62.1% 1,506 27,819 R+29.6
Cochise 7,055 28.0% 17,351 68.9% 780 25,186 R+40.9
Navajo 6,454 31.8% 13,131 64.8% 688 20,273 R+32.9
Yuma 5,970 30.6% 12,763 65.5% 767 19,500 R+34.8
Apache 6,494 42.0% 8,340 54.0% 610 15,444 R+12.0
Gila 4,465 32.4% 8,748 63.4% 586 13,799 R+31.0
Graham 2,043 27.5% 5,215 70.1% 178 7,436 R+42.7
Santa Cruz 2,154 37.2% 3,427 59.1% 216 5,797 R+22.0
La Paz 865 26.2% 2,330 70.5% 112 3,307 R+44.3
Greenlee 916 33.0% 1,805 65.1% 51 2,772 R+32.1

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