1970Final results
1970 election for Arizona Legislative District 1
Arizona State Senate · Arizona
Boyd Tenney (R) won with 62.8% of the vote, defeating Howard D. Jorgensen (D) by 25.7 points.
Boyd TenneyRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.8%11,089
Howard D. JorgensenDemocrat
37.2%6,561
17,650 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET