1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 Arizona State Senate election results, district by district
Every Arizona State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 30 seats
After the electionD 12 · R 18
Races30
Changed party1
Unopposed43%13 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 12 · R 18
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Boyd Tenney (R) | 25.7 | |
| LD-2 | Thomas M. Knoles Jr. (D) | 19.7 | |
| LD-3 | Roy Palmer (R) | 8.2 | Flipped |
| LD-4 | John W. McLaughlin (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-5 | Harold C. Giss (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-6 | E. B. Thode (D) | 9.2 | |
| LD-7 | A. V. Hardt (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-8 | Charles Awalt (D) | 38.5 | |
| LD-9 | James F. McNulty Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | Joe Castilllo (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-11 | F. T. Gibbings (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-12 | Sam Lena (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-13 | Douglas S. Holsclaw (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-14 | Scott Alexander (R) | 71.4 | |
| LD-15 | William C. Jacquin (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-16 | Fred Koory Jr. (R) | 23.2 | |
| LD-17 | Ray A. Goetze (R) | 28.7 | |
| LD-18 | Joe Shaughnessy Jr. (R) | 10.4 | |
| LD-19 | Ray Rottas (R) | 31.3 | |
| LD-20 | Sandra D. Oconnor (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-21 | John B. Conlan (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-22 | Bess B. Stinson (R) | 5.6 | |
| LD-23 | Leo Corbet (R) | 29.3 | |
| LD-24 | Howard S. Baldwin (R) | 18.7 | |
| LD-25 | Trudy Camping (R) | 9.6 | |
| LD-26 | David B. Kret (R) | 4.7 | |
| LD-27 | Robert Stump (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-28 | Cloves C. Campbell (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-29 | James A. Mack (R) | 12.3 | |
| LD-30 | D. Delos Ellsworth (R) | Unopposed |
Arizona State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner