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1980 election for Arizona Legislative District 16

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Marcia Weeks (D) won with 49.5% of the vote, defeating Wayne Stump (R) by 2.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Marcia WeeksDemocrat · winner
49.5%20,830
Wayne StumpRepublican · incumbent
47.2%19,849
Frank SchoenfeldLibertarian
3.4%1,411
42,090 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenD+7.31974D+8.11976R+5.51978D+2.31980R+0.61982R+28.21984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Marcia Weeks (D)Wayne Stump (R)

Also on the ballot: Frank Schoenfeld (Libertarian), 3.4%