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2012Final results

2012 election for Arizona Legislative District 16

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Rich Crandall (R) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Scott Prior (D) by 28.2 points.

Rich CrandallRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.1%45,586
Scott PriorDemocrat
35.9%25,553
71,139 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+7.52000D+45.72006D+46.62008R+28.22012R+31.82014R+30.02016

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