1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Arizona Legislative District 5
Arizona State Senate · Arizona
Herb Guenther (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Larry K. Nelson (R) by 8.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Herb GuentherDemocrat · winner
54.3%12,500
Larry K. NelsonRepublican
45.7%10,503
23,003 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET