1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Arizona Legislative District 12
Arizona State Senate · Arizona
Sue Dye (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Douglas S. Holsclaw (R) by 1.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Sue DyeDemocrat · winner
50.9%11,173
Douglas S. HolsclawRepublican · incumbent
49.1%10,760
21,933 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)