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2002Final results

2002 election for Arizona Legislative District 28

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Gabrielle Giffords (D) won with 74.2% of the vote, defeating Kimberly Swanson (Lib) by 48.4 points.

Gabrielle GiffordsDemocrat · winner
74.2%31,301
Kimberly SwansonLibertarian
25.8%10,888
42,189 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+56.21980R+51.11982R+49.51990R+42.51994D+31.62004D+24.32010

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