1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Arizona State Senate election results, district by district
Every Arizona State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 30 seats
After the electionD 14 · R 16
Races30
Changed party4
Unopposed43%13 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 14 · R 16
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Boyd Tenney (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-2 | Tony Gabaldon (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-3 | Arthur J. Hubbard (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-4 | A. V. Hardt (D) | 19.8 | |
| LD-5 | Jones Osborn (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-6 | Polly Getzwiller (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-7 | William L. Swink (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-8 | Ed Sawyer (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-9 | Jeffrey J. Hill (R) | 8.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-10 | Luis Armando Gonzales (D) | 41.5 | |
| LD-11 | Jaime P. Gutierrez (D) | 64.3 | |
| LD-12 | John T. Mawhinney (R) | 11.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-13 | Morris Farr (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-14 | James Kolbe (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-15 | S. H. Runyan (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-16 | Wayne Stump (R) | 5.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-17 | Anne Lindeman (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-18 | Leo Corbet (R) | 25.5 | |
| LD-19 | Ray Rottas (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-20 | Lela Alston (D) | 19.0 | |
| LD-21 | Richard Kimball (D) | 4.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-22 | Manuel Pena (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-23 | Alfredo Guteirrez (D) | 61.6 | |
| LD-24 | John C. Pritzlaff (R) | 36.2 | |
| LD-25 | Trudy Camping (R) | 11.7 | |
| LD-26 | Rod McMullin (R) | 63.6 | |
| LD-27 | James A. Mack (R) | 19.0 | |
| LD-28 | Robert B. Usdane (R) | 38.1 | |
| LD-29 | Jack J. Taylor (R) | 54.8 | |
| LD-30 | Stan Turley (R) | Unopposed |
Arizona State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner