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1996Final results

1996 election for Arizona Legislative District 20

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Mary Hartley (D) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Deanna Sparks (R) by 22.6 points.

Mary HartleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.7%15,301
Deanna SparksRepublican
36.1%9,401
5.2%1,352
26,054 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+8.81990D+22.81992D+10.81994D+22.61996D+23.92000R+6.02006

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