Electoral history of Kyrsten Sinema

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Kyrsten Sinema (2018)

This is the electoral history of Kyrsten Sinema, the senior United States senator from Arizona since 2019. Previously, she represented the 15th district in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and in the Arizona Senate from 2011 to 2012. From 2013 to 2019, Sinema represented the newly created 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Sinema became the first openly bisexual person elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 and to the United States Senate in 2018. She is also the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona.

Phoenix City Council[edit]

2001[edit]

Phoenix City Council 8th District, 2001 Primary Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mike Johnson 2,677 49.0%
Nonpartisan Abedon Fimbres 633 11.6%
Nonpartisan Trace Vencenza 558 10.2%
Nonpartisan Feliciano D. Vera 546 10.0%
Nonpartisan Charles W. Townsel 332 6.1%
Nonpartisan Carolyn T. Lowery 287 5.3%
Nonpartisan Christopher J. Piper 149 2.7%
Nonpartisan H. Khalsa 148 2.7%
Nonpartisan Kyrsten Sinema 129 2.4%
Total votes 5,456 100

Arizona House of Representatives[edit]

2002[edit]

Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2002 General Election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ken Clark 10,873 30.2%
Democratic Wally Straughn 8,109 22.6%
Republican Milton Wheat 7,163 19.9%
Republican William Wheat 6,868 19.1%
Green Kyrsten Sinema[a] 2,945 8.2%
Total votes 35,958 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2004[edit]

Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2004 Primary Election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 3,475 37.0%
Democratic David Lujan 3,204 34.1%
Democratic Wally Straughn (incumbent) 2,726 29.0%
Total votes 9,405 100
Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2004 General Election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Lujan 19,999 31.1%
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 19,402 30.2%
Republican Oksana Komarnyckyj 12,299 19.1%
Republican Tara Roesler 12,565 19.6%
Total votes 64,265 100
Democratic hold

2006[edit]

Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2006 Primary Election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 3,590 42.3%
Democratic David Lujan (incumbent) 3,571 42.1%
Democratic Robert Young 1,323 15.6%
Total votes 8,484 100
Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2006 General Election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Lujan (incumbent) 15,951 33.1%
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 15,723 32.6%
Republican Robert Gear 7,689 16.0%
Republican William Wheat 7,305 15.2%
Libertarian Richard Buck 1,499 3.1%
Total votes 48,167 100
Democratic hold

2008[edit]

Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2008 Primary Election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Lujan (incumbent) 4,860 50.8%
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 4,708 49.2%
Total votes 9,568 100
Arizona House of Representatives 15th District, 2008 General Election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Lujan (incumbent) 23,781 40.1%
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 22,721 38.3%
Republican Ed Hedges 12,860 21.7%
Total votes 59,362 100
Democratic hold

Arizona Senate[edit]

2010[edit]

Arizona Senate 15th District, 2010 Primary Election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 7,312 100
Total votes 7,312 100
Arizona Senate 15th District, 2010 General Election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 18,013 62.82%
Republican Bob Thomas 10,663 37.18%
Total votes 28,676 100
Democratic hold

U.S. House of Representatives[edit]

2012[edit]

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 9
Arizona's 9th Congressional District, 2012 Democratic Primary[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 15,536 40.8%
Democratic David Schapira 11,419 30.0%
Democratic Andrei Cherny 11,146 29.3%
Total votes 38,101 100
Arizona's 9th Congressional District, 2012 General Election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 121,881 48.7%
Republican Vernon Parker 111,630 44.6%
Libertarian Powell E. Gammill 16,620 6.6%
Total votes 250,131 100
Democratic win (new seat)

2014[edit]

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 9
Arizona's 9th Congressional District, 2014 Democratic Primary[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 31,900 100
Total votes 31,900 100
Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, 2014 General Election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 88,609 54.68%
Republican Wendy Rogers 67,841 41.86%
Libertarian Powell Gammill 5,612 3.46%
Total votes 162,062 100
Democratic hold

2016[edit]

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona § District 9
Arizona's 9th Congressional District, 2016 Democratic Primary[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 38,948 100
Total votes 38,948 100
Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, 2016 General Election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent) 169,055 60.92%
Republican Dave Giles 108,350 39.04%
Green Cary Dolego (write-in) 56 0.02%
Independent Axel Bello (write-in) 46 0.02%
Total votes 277,507 100
Democratic hold

U.S. Senate[edit]

2018[edit]

Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
2018 United States Senate Democratic Primary in Arizona[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 404,170 79.3%
Democratic Deedra Abboud 105,800 20.7%
Total votes 509,970 100
2018 United States Senate General Election in Arizona[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 1,191,100 50.0% +3.8%
Republican Martha McSally 1,135,200 47.6% -1.6%
Green Angela Green 57,442 2.4% N/A
Write-in 566[b] nil N/A
Total votes 2,384,308 100 N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Phoenix City Council - Primary Race - Sep 11, 2001". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  2. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. November 25, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Keneally, Meghan (2018-11-13). "Meet Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat who was just elected Arizona's first female senator". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 20, 2004. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. November 22, 2004. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 26, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. December 4, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 15, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. December 1, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 7, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  12. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. December 3, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 5, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  15. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  16. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 12, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. November 29, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. September 10, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  19. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. November 30, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sinema ran as an Independent affiliated with the Green Party.[3]
  2. ^ Barry Hess (Libertarian) – 365 votes
    Jonathan Ringham (The Old Republic) – 46 votes
    Michael DeCarlo – 45 votes
    Sheila Bilyeu (Democratic) – 42 votes
    Robert Kay (Republican) – 37 votes
    Jeff Pearce (Independent) – 29 votes
    Edward Davida (Anti-Terror Party) – 2 votes
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