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2010Final results

2010 election for Arizona Legislative District 18

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Russell Pearce (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Andrew Sherwood (D) by 22.2 points.

Russell PearceRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.6%17,552
34.4%10,663
Andrea GarciaLibertarian
9.1%2,808
31,023 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenD+0.71992R+29.21996R+12.42008R+22.22010R+6.22012R+7.52014

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