United States Senate election in Arizona, 1994

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United States Senate election in Arizona, 1994
Arizona
1988 ←
 November 7, 1994
 → 2000
  Jon Kyl, official 109th Congress photo.jpg Sam Coppersmith.jpg
Nominee Jon Kyl Sam Coppersmith Scott Grainger
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 600,999 442,510 75,493
Percentage 53.7% 39.5% 6.8%
U.S. Senator before election

Dennis DeConcini
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jon Kyl
Republican
Elections in Arizona
Arizona-StateSeal.svg

The 1994 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 7, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican nominee Jon Kyl won the open seat.

Contents

Democratic primary [edit]

Candidates [edit]

Results [edit]

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Sam Coppersmith 81,995 32.15%
Democratic Richard Mahoney 81,863 32.10%
Democratic Cindy Resnick 75,563 29.63%
Democratic David Moss 15,612 6.12%
Totals 200,120 100.00%

Republican primary [edit]

Candidates [edit]

Results [edit]

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Jon Kyl 231,275 99.04%
Republican Write-ins 2,248 0.96%
Totals 231,733 100.00%

Libertarian primary [edit]

Candidates [edit]

  • Scott Grainger, engineer

Results [edit]

Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Libertarian Scott Grainger 5,424 100.00%
Totals 5,424 100.00%

General election [edit]

Polling [edit]

Source Date Kyl (R) Coopersmith (D)
Arizona State University Nov. 2, 1994 47% 28%
United for Arizona Oct. 30, 1994 43% 38%
The Rocky Mountain News Oct. 16, 1994 43% 30%
Arizona State University Oct. 7, 1994 39% 31%

Results [edit]

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Kyl 600,999 53.71% +12.65%
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
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.azsos.gov/election/1994/Primary/Canvass1994PE.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.azsos.gov/election/1994/Primary/Canvass1994PE.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.azsos.gov/election/1994/Primary/Canvass1994PE.pdf
  4. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm#3
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