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1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Arizona Legislative District 1

Arizona House of Representatives · Arizona

John Hays (R) and Jim Thomas (D) won the district's 2 seats.

2 seats
John HaysRepublican · winner
29.5%13,069
Jim ThomasDemocrat · winner
25.5%11,302
Ray EverettRepublican · incumbent
24.8%11,017
20.2%8,961
44,349 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+1.31974R+7.91976R+17.81978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)