1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1994 election for Arizona Legislative District 16
Arizona State Senate · Arizona
John Kaites (R) won with 78.2% of the vote, defeating Dean C. Pleasant (Lib) by 56.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John KaitesRepublican · winner
78.2%25,713
Dean C. PleasantLibertarian
21.8%7,175
32,888 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET