ARIZONA

11 Electoral Votes

Arizona goes from 10 electoral votes to 11 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Arizona Secretary of State)

Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.	6,553,255
Total Registration, Oct. 30, 2012	3,124,712 active >

Rep. 1,120,992 (35.88%) Dem. 952,931 (30.50%) Lib. 22,086 (0.71%) Other 1,023,603 (32.76%) Grn. 4,863 Am. 237
Arizona has: 15 counties.
Two largest counties: Maricopa, Pima. >
Six largest cities: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale. >
Note: 58.2% of registered voters are in Maricopa County.

Government
Governor: Jan Brewer (R) sworn in Jan. 2009, elected in 2010.
State Legislature: Arizona State Legislature House: 60 seats Senate: 30 seats
Local: Cities and Counties..., Tribal NACO counties
U.S. House (112th Congress): 5R, 3D - 1. P.Gosar (R) | 2. T.Franks (R) | 3. B.Quayle (R) | 4. E.Pastor (D) | 5. D.Schweikert (R) | 6. J.Flake (R) | 7. R.Grijalva (D) | 8. R.Barber (D).
U.S. Senate: John McCain (R) re-elected in 2010, John Kyl (R) did not seek re-election in 2012 (+).

2012

U.S. Senate: Sen. John Kyl (R)'s retirement created an open seat. Rep. Jeff Flake (R) defeated former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona (D) and Marc Victor (L) by 49.2% to 46.2% and 4.6% (67,915 votes out of 2,243,422 cast).
U.S. House: Reapportionment added one House seat. The balance in the House delegation goes from 5R, 3D to 5D, 4R. New in the 113th Congress are former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) in the 1st CD, former Rep. Matt Salmon (R) in the 5th CD and Kyrsten Sinema (D) in the 9th CD. Not returning to the House are Reps. Flake (R) and Quayle (R). The closest race was in the new 2nd CD, where Rep. Ron Barber (D) defeated Martha McSally (R) by 147,338 votes (50.41%) to 144,884 (49.57%) and 57 for w/in candidate..
State Legislature: Entering the elections Republicans had roughly 2 to 1 majorities in both chambers (House 40R, 19D, 1v and Senate 21R, 9D). All 60 House seats and 30 Senate seats were up. Democrats achieved gains in both chambers, paring the Republican majorities to 36R, 24D in the House and 17R, 13D in the Senate.
Ballot Measures: Voters approved four of nine ballot measures. The closest vote was for Proposition 118 on the establishment of permanent funds. Proposition 121, which would have established a top-two primary system, went down to defeat by a two to one margin.

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The Grand Canyon State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Voting Eligible Population*: 4,360,076.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 52.9%.

Total Registration: 3,124,712.
Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2012 at midnight.
Early Voting Begins: October 11, 2012.

Official Results >
Obama/Biden (Dem.)	1,025,232	(44.59)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)	7,816	(0.34)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)	32,100	(1.40)
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)	1,233,654	(53.65)
write-ins (6)	452
Total........2,299,254

Overview: The Obama campaign made some noise about Arizona being in play (+), and worked to register voters, but in the end did not fully engage. When the votes were counted the result was similar to in 2008; the Romney/Ryan ticket won with a plurality of 208,422 votes (9.06 percentage points), carrying 11 counties to four for Obama/Biden.
General Election Details
Obama | (Romney)
BALLOT [PDF]

[State Primary: August 28, 2012]

Presidential Preference Election -- Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Registration: Rep. 1,124,726 (35.89%) Dem. 951,359 (30.35%) Lib. 22,456 (0.72%) Other 1,030,643 (32.88%) Grn. 4,925 Am. 125 Total 3,134,234.

Overview

Democrats
79 Delegates (Pledged and Unpledged) and 6 Alternates.

March 31, 2012 District Caucuses.
April 21, 2012 State Committee Meeting elects At-Large and PLEO Delegates.

Greens
Jill Stein 385 (68.6%) of 561 votes. Gary Swing, Michael Oatman, Kent Mesplay, Richard Grayson, Gerard Davis all received fewer than 50 votes.

4,925 registered, 573 ballots cast. Turnout: 11.63%.

Republicans
29 Delegates (penalized 29 delegates for violating the window)

At-large and CD delegates allocated winner-take-all primary.

Official Results

Mitt Romney

239,167

46.87%

Rick Santorum
138,031

27.05%

Newt Gingrich
81,748

16.02%

Ron Paul
43,952

8.61%

Others (19)

7,360

1.44%

Total
510,258

Others: Rick Perry 2,023 - Sarah Gonzales 1,544 - Buddy Roemer 692 - Paul Sims 530 - Cesar Cisneros 418 - Mark Callahan 358 - Al "Dick" Perry 310 - Donald Benjamin 223 - Michael Levinson 217 - Kip Dean 198 - Ronald Zack 156 - Christopher Hill 139 - Frank Lynch 110 - Wayne Charles Arnett 96 - Raymond Scott Perkins 90 - Matt Welch 86 - Jim Terr 59 - Charles Skelley 57 - Simon Bollander 54
[23 total candidates on the ballot (compared to 24 in 2008)].

1,124,726 registered, 511,239 ballots cast. Turnout: 45.45%

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting eligible population*: 4,096,006.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.0%.

Early voting began Oct. 2, 2008.
Early ballots requested: 1,347,428.
Early ballots returned: 1,233,333.
Early ballots counted: 1,227,267...this is 52.88% of the 2,320,951 ballots cast.

Total Registration: 2,987,451 active +

Official Results >
Obama/Biden (Dem.)	1,034,707	(45.12)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)	3,406	(0.15)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	12,555	(0.55)
+McCain/Palin (Rep.)	1,230,111	(53.64)
Nader/Gonzalez (none)	11,301	(0.49)
Chuck Baldwin (w/in)	1,371	(0.06)
Jay Charles (w/in)	16	-
Jonathan Allen (w/in)	8	-
Total........2,293,475

Ballots cast: 2,320,951.

2008 Overview
Sen. McCain won his home state, although the Obama campaign ran some late ads here. Also of note, Republicans' registration advantage had been reduced from 5.33 percentage points (140,988) in Nov. 2004 to 3.22 percentage points (96,335) in Nov. 2008. (+) Nonetheless the McCain-Palin ticket carried 11 counties to four for Obama-Biden, gaining a plurality of 195,404 votes (8.52 percentage points).
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population: 3,717,055.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.1%.

Early voting began Sept. 30, 2004.
Early ballots requested: 938,409.
Early ballots returned: 839,714.
Early ballots counted: 830,455...this is 40.75% of the 2,038,069 ballots cast.

Registration: Rep. 1,055,252 (39.92%), Dem. 914,264 (34.59%), Lib. 18,261 (0.69%), Other 655,554 (24.80%) ...Total 2,643,331.

Official Results
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	893,524	(44.40)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	11,856	(0.59)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	1,104,294	(54.87)
w/in Cobb/LaMarche	138	-
w/in Nader/Camejo	2,773	(0.14)
Total........2,012,585

Ballots cast: 2,038,069.

2004 Overview
Although Arizona was classified as a battleground state, Bush more than doubled his plurality, winning by 210,770 votes (10.47 percentage points). 480,569 more votes were cast in the presidential race in 2004 than in 2000, a 31.4% increase. As in 2000 Bush carried 11 counties including the largest, Maricopa County, while the Democratic ticket won in four counties (Apache and Coconino in the North and Pima and Santa Cruz in the South) (results by county).
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population: 3,357,701.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 45.6%.

Arizona had the third lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population after Hawaii and Nevada.

Early ballots requested: 643,987.
Early ballots counted: 578,215...this is 37.08% of the 1,559,520 ballots cast.

Registration: Rep. 942,078 (43.35%) Dem. 830,904 (38.24%) Lib. 12,576 (0.58%) Grn. 3,807 (0.18%) NLP 101 (0.00%) Reform 1,588 (0.07%) Other 382,068 (16.66%) ...Total 2,173,122.

Official Results
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	685,341	(44.73)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	45,645	(2.98)
Smith/Suprynowicz (Lib.)	5,775	(0.38)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	1,120	(0.07)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	12,373	(0.81)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	781,652	(51.02)
Phillips/Frazier (Write-in)	110	(0.01)
Total........1,532,016

Ballots cast 1,559,520.

2000 Overview
In the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, Arizona ended up as one of the closest states; Bush won by about 30,000 votes or less than 3% in 1992 and Clinton won by about 30,000 votes or less than 3% in 1996. This time around the state went a bit more solidly back into the Republican column as Gov. Bush won with a plurality of 96,311 votes (6.29 percentage points). Libertarian Harry Browne was kept off the ballot in the state where he achieved his strongest 1996 showing because of a conflict that split the state party into two factions. In addition to candidate races, Arizona voters faced 14 propositions on the Nov. 7 ballot.
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992

Bush (Rep.)..........572,086	(38.47)
Clinton (Dem.)......543,050	(36.52)
Perot (Ind.)...........353,741	(23.79)
Others (4+w/in)......18,098	(1.22)
Total........1,486,975

1996

Clinton (Dem.)......653,288	(46.52)
Dole (Rep.)...........622,073	(44.29)
Perot (Ref.)..........112,072	(7.98)
Browne (Lib.).........14,358	(1.02)
Write-ins.................2,614	(0.19)
Total........1,404,405

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