1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Arizona Legislative District 20
Arizona State Senate · Arizona
Lela Alston (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Howard Adams (R) by 5.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lela AlstonDemocrat · winner
52.9%10,045
Howard AdamsRepublican
47.1%8,954
18,999 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET