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2012Final results

2012 election for Arizona Legislative District 1

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Steve Pierce (R) won with 71.2% of the vote, defeating Tom Rawles (Ind) by 42.5 points.

Steve PierceRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.2%65,988
Tom RawlesIndependent
28.8%26,656
92,644 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+19.32004R+26.32006R+22.02008R+29.72010R+39.22018R+45.02020

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