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1986Final results

1986 election for Arizona Legislative District 20

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Lela Alston (D) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Wayne C. Chruch (R) by 19.3 points.

Lela AlstonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.7%13,927
Wayne C. ChruchRepublican
40.3%9,418
23,345 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+6.81980D+19.81982D+9.51984D+19.31986D+18.31988D+8.81990

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