List of United States Senators from Arizona

This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Arizona.

Current members

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Arizona are:

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Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends
U.S. Senate Arizona	Ruben Gallego	Democratic	January 3, 2025	January 3, 2031
U.S. Senate Arizona	Mark Kelly	Democratic	December 2, 2020	January 3, 2029

Election history

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For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators

Class I

Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2024 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class I terms run from the beginning of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025, to the end of the 121st Congress on January 3, 2031.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Arizona, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Arizona

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruben Gallego (D)	50.1	1,676,335
		Kari Lake (R)	47.7	1,595,761
		Eduardo Quintana (G)	2.3	75,868
	Submit photo	Sarah Williams (L) (Write-in)	0.0	535
	Submit photo	Christopher Beckett (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	103
		Steven Cavin Sanders (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	92
	Submit photo	Jannie Prosser (R) (Write-in)	0.0	82
	Submit photo	Shawn Petty (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	24
	Submit photo	David Bozic (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12
	Submit photo	Benjamin Rodriguez (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,348,814
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Grayson (No party preference)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Ruben Gallego advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruben Gallego	100.0	498,927

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexander Keller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Kari Lake defeated Mark Lamb, Elizabeth Reye, and Dustin Williams in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kari Lake	55.3	409,339
		Mark Lamb	39.5	292,888
		Elizabeth Reye	5.2	38,208
	Submit photo	Dustin Williams (Write-in)	0.0	184

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 740,619
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Leonard Fulcher (R)
• Robert Walker (R)
• Alan White (R)
• Connie Moreno (R)
• Christopher Berschauer (R)
• Brian Wright (R)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Eduardo Quintana defeated Mike Norton and Arturo Hernandez in the Green primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eduardo Quintana (Write-in)	49.5	282
		Mike Norton	31.6	180
		Arturo Hernandez	18.9	108

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Williams (L)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Arizona

Kyrsten Sinema defeated Martha McSally and Angela Green in the general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kyrsten Sinema (D)	50.0	1,191,100
		Martha McSally (R)	47.6	1,135,200
		Angela Green (G)	2.4	57,442
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	566

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,384,308 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2012

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeff Flake	49.2%	1,104,457
	Democratic	Richard Carmona	46.2%	1,036,542
	Libertarian	Marc Victor	4.6%	102,109
	Independent	Steven Watts (Write-in)	0%	290
	Independent	Don Manspeaker (Write-in)	0%	24
Total Votes				2,243,422
Source: Arizona Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2006

On November 7, 2006, Jon Kyl won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Jim Pederson (D) and Richard Mack (L) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jon Kyl incumbent	53.3%	814,398
	Democratic	Jim Pederson	43.5%	664,141
	Libertarian	Richard Mack	3.2%	48,231
	N/A	Write-in	0%	12
Total Votes				1,526,782

2000

On November 7, 2000, Jon Kyl won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated William Toel (I), Vance Hansen (G) and Barry Hess, II (L) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jon Kyl incumbent	79.3%	1,108,196
	Independent	William Toel	7.8%	109,230
	Green	Vance Hansen	7.8%	108,926
	Libertarian	Barry Hess, II	5.1%	70,724
Total Votes				1,397,076

Class III

Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2022 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class III terms run from the beginning of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023, to the end of the 120th Congress on January 3, 2029.

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Arizona, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Arizona

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kelly (D)	51.4	1,322,027
		Blake Masters (R)	46.5	1,196,308
		Marc Victor (L) (Unofficially withdrew)	2.1	53,762
	Submit photo	Lester Ralph Maul Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	95
	Submit photo	Christopher Bullock (R) (Write-in)	0.0	27
	Submit photo	Ty McLean Jr. (D) (Write-in)	0.0	21
		Roxanne Rodriguez (R) (Write-in)	0.0	20
	Submit photo	Sherrise Bordes (R) (Write-in)	0.0	17
		William Taylor (D) (Write-in)	0.0	8
		Todd Smeltzer (D) (Write-in)	0.0	6
		Edward Davida (R) (Write-in)	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,572,294
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Weed (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Incumbent Mark Kelly advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kelly	100.0	589,400

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Blake Masters	40.2	327,198
		Jim Lamon	28.1	228,467
		Mark Brnovich	17.7	144,092
		Michael McGuire	8.7	71,100
		Justin Olson	5.2	41,985
	Submit photo	David Bozic (Write-in)	0.0	138
		Frank Bertone (Write-in)	0.0	88

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 813,068
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Paveza (R)
• James Streeter (R)
• Keerthi Prabhala (R)
• Craig Brittain (R)

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Isaiah Motta (G)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Marc Victor advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Victor	100.0	3,065

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,065
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2020

On November 3, 2020, there was a special election to fill the rest of the 2017-2022 term that John McCain (R) was elected to in 2016. McCain died from cancer on August 25, 2018. Incumbent Rep. Martha McSally (R) was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on December 18, 2018.

General election

Special general election for U.S. Senate Arizona

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kelly (D)	51.2	1,716,467
		Martha McSally (R)	48.8	1,637,661
	Submit photo	Matthew Dorchester (L) (Write-in)	0.0	379
		Nicholas Glenn (Independent Republican Party) (Write-in)	0.0	152
	Submit photo	Debbie Simmons (R) (Write-in)	0.0	98
		John Schiess (R) (Write-in)	0.0	92
	Submit photo	Christopher Beckett (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	69
		Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party) (Write-in)	0.0	69
		Mohammad Arif (D) (Write-in)	0.0	68
		Perry Kapadia (D) (Write-in)	0.0	58
	Submit photo	Mathew Haupt (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	37
	Submit photo	Patrick Thomas (R) (Write-in)	0.0	29
		Edward Davida (R) (Write-in)	0.0	28
	Submit photo	Jim Stevens (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	23
	Submit photo	Buzz Stewart (D) (Write-in)	0.0	22
	Submit photo	William Decker (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	21
	Submit photo	Adam Chilton (D) (Write-in)	0.0	19
	Submit photo	Benjamin Rodriguez (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	17
	Submit photo	Frank Saenz (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,355,317
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Mark Kelly defeated Bo Garcia in the special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kelly	99.9	665,620
	Submit photo	Bo Garcia (Write-in)	0.1	451

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 666,071
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mohammad Arif (D)
• Sheila Bilyeu (D)
• Juan Angel Vasquez (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Incumbent Martha McSally defeated Daniel McCarthy and Sean Lyons in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martha McSally	75.2	551,119
		Daniel McCarthy	24.8	181,511
	Submit photo	Sean Lyons (Write-in)	0.0	210

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 732,840
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Josue Larose (R)
• Craig Brittain (R)
• Paul Burton (R)
• Floyd Getchell (R)
• Mark Cavener (R)

Libertarian primary election

Special Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		Barry J. Hess (Write-in)	76.5	329
	Submit photo	Alan White (Write-in)	23.5	101

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 430
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2016

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain Incumbent	53.7%	1,359,267
	Democratic	Ann Kirkpatrick	40.7%	1,031,245
	Green	Gary Swing	5.5%	138,634
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	1,584
Total Votes				2,530,730
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2010

On November 2, 2010, John McCain won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Rodney Glassman (D), David Nolan (L), Jerry Joslyn (G) and a handful of write-in candidates in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain incumbent	58.9%	1,005,615
	Democratic	Rodney Glassman	34.7%	592,011
	Libertarian	David Nolan	4.7%	80,097
	Green	Jerry Joslyn	1.4%	24,603
	Write-in	Ian Gilyeat	0.3%	5,938
	Write-in	Loyd Ellis	0%	160
	Write-in	Santos Chavez	0%	39
	Write-in	Sydney Dudikoff	0%	14
	Write-in	Ray Caplette	0%	7
Total Votes				1,708,484

2004

On November 2, 2004, John McCain won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Stuart Starky (D) and Ernest Hancock (L) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain incumbent	76.7%	1,505,372
	Democratic	Stuart Starky	20.6%	404,507
	Libertarian	Ernest Hancock	2.6%	51,798
Total Votes				1,961,677

1998

On November 3, 1998, John McCain won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Ed Ranger (D), John Zajac (L) and Bob Park (Reform) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain incumbent	68.7%	696,577
	Democratic	Ed Ranger	27.2%	275,224
	Libertarian	John Zajac	2.3%	23,004
	Reform	Bob Park	1.8%	18,288
	N/A	Write-in	0%	187
Total Votes				1,013,280

1992

On November 3, 1992, John McCain won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Claire Sargent (D), Evan Mecham (I), Kiana Delamare (L) and Ed Finkelstein (New Alliance) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain incumbent	55.8%	771,395
	Democratic	Claire Sargent	31.6%	436,321
	Independent	Evan Mecham	10.5%	145,361
	Libertarian	Kiana Delamare	1.6%	22,613
	New Alliance	Ed Finkelstein	0.5%	6,335
	N/A	Write-in	0%	26
Total Votes				1,382,051

1986

On November 4, 1986, John McCain won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Richard Kimball (D) and Write-in candidates Paul Rodriguez, Robert Winn and David Zilly in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Arizona General Election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John McCain	60.5%	521,850
	Democratic	Richard Kimball	39.5%	340,965
	Write-in	Paul Rodriguez	0%	60
	Write-in	Robert Winn	0%	28
	Write-in	David Zilly	0%	18
Total Votes				862,921

Historical members

Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Arizona
Party	Total
Democratic	7
Republican	9
Independent	1

Class 1 Senators from Arizona
Senator	Years Served	Party
Henry Fountain Ashurst	1912-1941	Democratic
Ernest W. McFarland	1941-1953	Democratic
Barry M. Goldwater	1953-1965	Republican
Paul J. Fannin	1965-1977	Republican
Dennis W. DeConcini	1977-1995	Democratic
Jon Kyl	1995-2013	Republican
Jeff Flake	2013-2019	Republican
Kyrsten Sinema	2019-2025	Independent
Ruben Gallego	2025-present	Democratic

Class 3 Senators from Arizona
Senator	Years Served	Party
Marcus A. Smith	1912-1921	Democratic
Ralph H. Cameron	1921-1927	Republican
Carl T. Hayden	1927-1969	Democratic
Barry M. Goldwater	1969-1987	Republican
John McCain	1987-2018	Republican
Jon Kyl	2018	Republican
Martha McSally	2019-2020	Republican
Mark Kelly	2020-present	Democratic

See also

• United States Senate
• United States congressional delegations from Arizona
• Classes of United States Senators

Footnotes

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Arizona's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ruben Gallego (D)

Mark Kelly (D)

Representatives

District 1

David Schweikert (R)

District 2

Eli Crane (R)

District 3

Yassamin Ansari (D)

District 4

Greg Stanton (D)

District 5

Andy Biggs (R)

District 6

Juan Ciscomani (R)

District 7

Raúl Grijalva (D)

District 8

Abraham Hamadeh (R)

District 9

Paul Gosar (R)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (5)