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1980Final results

1980 election for Arizona Legislative District 20

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Lela Alston (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Steve Hargan (R) by 6.8 points.

Lela AlstonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.4%9,511
Steve HarganRepublican
46.6%8,305
17,816 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+5.71976D+19.01978D+6.81980D+19.81982D+9.51984D+19.31986

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