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1974 election for Arizona Legislative District 16

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Marcia Weeks (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Bob Strother (R) by 7.3 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Marcia WeeksDemocrat · winner
53.7%12,203
Bob StrotherRepublican · incumbent
46.3%10,535
22,738 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

EvenR+22.21972D+7.31974D+8.11976R+5.51978

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