1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for Arizona Legislative District 8
Arizona State Senate · Arizona
Carol Lee Macdonald (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Steve Vukcevich (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Carol Lee MacdonaldRepublican · winner
50.6%11,691
Steve VukcevichDemocrat
49.4%11,416
23,107 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET