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2016Final results

2016 election for Arizona Legislative District 16

Arizona State Senate · Arizona

Dave Farnsworth (R) won with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Scott Prior (D) by 30.0 points.

Dave FarnsworthRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.0%56,096
Scott PriorDemocrat
35.0%30,180
86,276 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 2016

Races before and after

EvenD+46.62008R+28.22012R+31.82014R+30.02016R+22.92018R+11.42022

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