1972_Arizona_Senate_election References

1972 Arizona Senate election
All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate; 16 seats needed for a majority
Senate President before election; William C. Jacquin; Republican	Elected Senate President ; William C. Jacquin; Republican

The 1972 Arizona Senate election was held on November 7, 1972. Voters elected members of the Arizona Senate in all 30 of the state's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. Primary elections were held on September 12, 1972.^[3]

Prior to the elections, the Republicans held a majority of 18 seats over the Democrats' 12 seats.

Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber and their majority with 18 Republicans to 12 Democrats remained unchanged.^[4]

The newly elected senators served in the 31st Arizona State Legislature.

Retiring Incumbents

Democrats

District 2: Thomas M. "Tommy" Knoles Jr.
District 4: John W. McLaughlin
District 6: E. B. "Blodie" Thode
District 9: James F. McNulty Jr.
District 10: Joe Castillo

Republicans

District 3: Roy Palmer
District 17: Ray A. Goetze
District 21: John B. Conlan

Incumbents Defeated in Primary Elections

Democrats

District 11: F. T. "Limie" Gibbings
District 23: Cloves C. Campbell^[a]

Republican

District 21: Joe Shaughnessy Jr.^[b]

Summary of Results by Arizona State Legislative District

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Boyd Tenney	Rep	Boyd Tenney	Rep Hold
2nd	Thomas M. "Tommy" Knoles Jr.	Dem	Tony Gabaldon	Dem Hold
3rd	Roy Palmer	Rep	Arthur J. Hubbard, Sr.	Dem Gain
4th	John W. McLaughlin	Dem	A.V. "Bill" Hardt^[c]	Dem Hold
5th	Harold C. Giss	Dem	Harold C. Giss	Dem Hold
6th	E. B. "Blodie" Thode	Dem	Bob Stump^[d]	Dem Hold
7th	A. V. "Bill" Hardt^[c]	Dem	William L. Swink	Dem Hold
8th	Charles A. Awalt	Dem	Charles A. Awalt	Dem Hold
9th	James F. McNulty Jr.	Dem	John C. Scott Ulm	Dem Hold
10th	Joe Castillo	Dem	Sam Lena^[e]	Dem Hold
11th	F. T. "Limie" Gibbings	Dem	Frank J. Felix	Dem Hold
12th	Sam Lena^[e]	Dem	Douglas S. Holsclaw^[f]	Rep Gain
13th	Douglas S. Holsclaw^[f]	Rep	Scott Alexander^[g]	Rep Hold
14th	Scott Alexander^[g]	Rep	William C. Jacquin^[h]	Rep Hold
15th	William C. Jacquin^[h]	Rep	S.H. "Hal" Runyan	Rep Hold
16th	Fred Koory Jr.^[i]	Rep	Bob Strother	Rep Hold
17th	Ray A. Goetze	Rep	Fred Koory Jr.^[i]	Rep Hold
18th	Joe Shaughnessy Jr.^[b]	Rep	Leo Corbet^[j]	Rep Hold
19th	Ray Rottas	Rep	Ray Rottas	Rep Hold
20th	Sandra Day O'Connor^[k]	Rep	Bess Stinson^[l]	Rep Hold
21st	John B. Conlan	Rep	Howard S. Baldwin^[m]	Rep Hold
22nd	Bess Stinson^[l]	Rep	Manuel "Lito" Peña	Dem Gain
23rd	Leo Corbet^[j]	Rep	Alfredo Gutierrez	Dem Gain
24th	Howard S. Baldwin^[m]	Rep	Sandra Day O'Connor^[k]	Rep Hold
25th	Trudy Camping	Rep	Trudy Camping	Rep Hold
26th	David B. Kret^[n]	Rep	John Roeder	Rep Hold
27th	Bob Stump^[d]	Dem	James A. (Jim) Mack^[o]	Rep Gain
28th	Cloves C. Campbell^[a]	Dem	David B. Kret^[n]	Rep Gain
29th	James A. (Jim) Mack^[o]	Rep	D. Delos Ellsworth^[p]	Rep Hold
30th	D. Delos Ellsworth^[p]	Rep	Stan Turley	Rep Hold

Detailed Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30

District 1

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boyd Tenney ( incumbent)	6,386	100.00%
Total votes			6,386	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boyd Tenney ( incumbent)	19,408	100.00%
Total votes			19,408	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Gabaldon	6,386	100.00%
Total votes			6,386	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Loven	4,019	100.00%
Total votes			4,019	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Gabaldon	11,807	56.27%
	Republican	Larry Loven	9,176	43.73%
Total votes			20,983	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur J. Hubbard, Sr.	2,154	53.52%
	Democratic	Lloyd L. House	1,871	46.48%
Total votes			4,025	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Burke^[q]	131	100.00%
Total votes			131	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur J. Hubbard, Sr.	8,371	66.35%
	Republican	Fred Burke	4,245	33.65%
Total votes			12,616	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 4

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. V. "Bill" Hardt ( incumbent)^[c]	11,701	100.00%
Total votes			11,701	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Earl C. Cunningham^[r]	266	100.00%
Total votes			266	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. V. "Bill" Hardt ( incumbent)^[c]	12,741	67.07%
	Republican	Earl C. Cunningham	6,256	32.93%
Total votes			18,997	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold C. Giss ( incumbent)	5,912	100.00%
Total votes			5,912	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold C. Giss ( incumbent)	11,783	100.00%
Total votes			11,783	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Stump ( incumbent)^[d]	2,956	53.16%
	Democratic	Dorothy Leuser	2,605	46.84%
Total votes			5,561	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Stump ( incumbent)^[d]	9,742	100.00%
Total votes			9,742	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William L. Swink	6,301	100.00%
Total votes			6,301	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William L. Swink	11,992	100.00%
Total votes			11,992	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 8

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles A. Awalt ( incumbent)	7,812	62.37%
	Democratic	James A. "Jim" Elliott	4,714	37.63%
Total votes			12,526	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles A. Awalt ( incumbent)	16,714	100.00%
Total votes			16,714	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John (C.) Scott Ulm	4,244	100.00%
Total votes			4,244	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clint Mellor	3,002	100.00%
Total votes			3,002	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John (C.) Scott Ulm	10,293	60.42%
	Republican	Clint Mellor	6,743	39.58%
Total votes			17,036	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 10

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Lena ( incumbent)^[e]	5,112	100.00%
Total votes			5,112	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Lena ( incumbent)^[e]	12,163	100.00%
Total votes			12,163	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank J. Felix	4,501	68.28%
	Democratic	F. T. "Limie" Gibbings ( incumbent)	2,091	31.72%
Total votes			6,592	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank J. Felix	14,419	100.00%
Total votes			14,419	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Douglas S. Holsclaw ( incumbent)^[f]	4,850	100.00%
Total votes			4,850	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Douglas S. Holsclaw ( incumbent)^[f]	16,875	78.06%
	Good Neighbors Union (GNU)	Carolyn Meinel Henson^[5]	4,743	21.94%
Total votes			21,618	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 13

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dr. James J. DiPietro	5,522	100.00%
Total votes			5,522	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Alexander ( incumbent)^[g]	5,310	100.00%
Total votes			5,310	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Alexander ( incumbent)^[g]	15,450	62.12%
	Democratic	Dr. James J. DiPietro	9,421	37.88%
Total votes			24,871	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 14

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William C. Jacquin ( incumbent)^[h]	6,476	100.00%
Total votes			6,476	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William C. Jacquin ( incumbent)^[h]	21,227	100.00%
Total votes			21,227	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 15

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ewell M. Collins	3,260	100.00%
Total votes			3,260	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	S.H. "Hal" Runyan	6,142	100.00%
Total votes			6,142	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	S. H. "Hal" Runyan	13,031	68.23%
	Democratic	Ewell M. Collins	6,067	31.77%
Total votes			19,098	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 16

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William T. (Bill) Crowley	3,919	100.00%
Total votes			3,919	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Strother	2,946	45.05%
	Republican	Fred L. Schmitt	2,271	34.73%
	Republican	Dick Singer	1,322	20.22%
Total votes			6,539	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Strother	14,627	61.12%
	Democratic	William T. (Bill) Crowley	9,305	38.88%
Total votes			23,932	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 17

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Audrey E. Kaslo	2,997	100.00%
Total votes			2,997	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Koory Jr. ( incumbent)^[i]	5,894	100.00%
Total votes			5,894	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Koory Jr. ( incumbent)^[i]	15,300	70.32%
	Democratic	Audrey E. Kaslo	6,458	29.68%
Total votes			21,758	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zachary Winograd	3,721	100.00%
Total votes			3,721	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leo Corbet ( incumbent)^[j]	6,884	100.00%
Total votes			6,884	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leo Corbet ( incumbent)^[j]	15,639	68.36%
	Democratic	Zachary Winograd	7,238	31.64%
Total votes			22,877	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Madelene Van Arsdell	3,732	100.00%
Total votes			3,732	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Rottas ( incumbent)	6,708	100.00%
Total votes			6,708	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Rottas ( incumbent)	13,036	58.58%
	Democratic	Madelene Van Arsdell	9,219	41.42%
Total votes			22,255	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Vanlandingham	2,802	66.54%
	Democratic	Al Frantz	1,409	33.46%
Total votes			4,211	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bess B. Stinson ( incumbent)^[l]	3,174	67.33%
	Republican	Paul Cullor	1,540	32.67%
Total votes			4,714	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bess B. Stinson ( incumbent)^[l]	10,023	54.18%
	Democratic	John Vanlandingham	8,478	45.82%
Total votes			18,501	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Helmick	3,960	100.00%
Total votes			3,960	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard S. Baldwin ( incumbent)^[m]	3,271	54.68%
	Republican	Joe Shaughnessy Jr. ( incumbent)^[b]	2,711	45.32%
Total votes			5,982	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard S. Baldwin ( incumbent)^[m]	12,169	60.17%
	Democratic	John J. Helmick	8,055	39.83%
Total votes			20,224	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel "Lito" Peña	2,535	57.03%
	Democratic	Louis Monteilh	1,383	31.11%
	Democratic	Jaime Martinez	527	11.86%
Total votes			4,445	100.00%

American Independent Party Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	American Independent	Robert Vincent O'Connor^[s]	2	100.00%
Total votes			2	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel "Lito" Peña	9,371	100.00%
Total votes			9,371	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 23

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alfredo Gutierrez	2,624	51.36%
	Democratic	Cloves C. Campbell ( incumbent)^[a]	2,485	48.64%
Total votes			5,109	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alfredo Gutierrez	6,707	100.00%
Total votes			6,707	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rivko Knox	3,577	100.00%
Total votes			3,577	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandra Day O'Connor ( incumbent)^[k]	9,202	100.00%
Total votes			9,202	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandra Day O'Connor ( incumbent)^[k]	21,613	74.42%
	Democratic	Rivko Knox	7,427	25.58%
Total votes			29,040	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 25

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Morrison	2,682	54.77%
	Democratic	Archie C. Ryan	2,215	45.23%
Total votes			4,897	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trudy Camping ( incumbent)	4,503	100.00%
Total votes			4,503	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trudy Camping ( incumbent)	10,639	53.37%
	Democratic	Betty Morrison	9,294	46.63%
Total votes			19,933	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 26

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Art McBrayer	3,442	100.00%
Total votes			3,442	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Roeder	2,709	34.30%
	Republican	Kelsey Moline	1,601	20.27%
	Republican	Jay Ryan	1,293	16.37%
	Republican	John L. Holmes	1,264	16.00%
	Republican	J. Rex Hubbard	1,032	13.06%
Total votes			7,899	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Roeder	15,692	66.29%
	Democratic	Art McBrayer	7,979	33.71%
Total votes			23,671	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 27

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard S. (Dick) Berry	2,525	64.69%
	Democratic	Miss Janet Patten Heath	1,378	35.31%
Total votes			3,903	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. (Jim) Mack ( incumbent)^[o]	4,710	100.00%
Total votes			4,710	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. (Jim) Mack ( incumbent)^[o]	14,613	58.26%
	Democratic	Richard S. (Dick) Berry	10,469	41.74%
Total votes			25,082	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 28

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David B. Kret ( incumbent)^[n]	5,926	81.60%
	Republican	B. S. (Berf) Oakley Jr.	1,336	18.40%
Total votes			7,262	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David B. Kret ( incumbent)^[n]	19,891	100.00%
Total votes			19,891	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 29

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. Delos Ellsworth ( incumbent)^[p]	5,567	100.00%
Total votes			5,567	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. Delos Ellsworth ( incumbent)^[p]	15,253	100.00%
Total votes			15,253	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 30

Democratic Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clifford L. Searcy	2,807	100.00%
Total votes			2,807	100.00%

Republican Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stan Turley	3,996	70.89%
	Republican	Evelyn L. Parent	1,641	29.11%
Total votes			5,637	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stan Turley	13,266	69.94%
	Democratic	Clifford L. Searcy	5,701	30.06%
Total votes			18,967	100.00%
	Republican hold

^ ^a ^b ^c Redistricted from district 28 to 23.
^ ^a ^b ^c Redistricted from district 18 to 21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 7 to 4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 27 to 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 12 to 10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 13 to 12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 14 to 13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 15 to 14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 16 to 17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 23 to 18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 20 to 24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 22 to 20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 24 to 21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 26 to 28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 29 to 27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Redistricted from district 30 to 29.
^ Fred Burke was a write-in candidate in the primary.
^ Earl C. Cunningham was a write-in candidate in the primary.
^ Ran as a write-in candidate.

References

^ "30th Arizona State Senate in Phoenix". Arizona Secretary of State.
^ "Members of the 31st Arizona State Senate in Phoenix". Arizona Secretary of State.
^ "1972 State of Arizona official canvass, primary election". Arizona Secretary of State.
^ "1972 State of Arizona official canvass, general election". Arizona Secretary of State.
^ "'Good Neighbors' gain ballot spots" (PDF). Tucson Citizen. September 28, 1972. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

[Campbell-5] Redistricted from district 28 to 23.

[Shaughnessy-6] Redistricted from district 18 to 21.

[Hardt-7] Redistricted from district 7 to 4.

[Stump-8] Redistricted from district 27 to 6.

[Lena-9] Redistricted from district 12 to 10.

[Holsclaw-10] Redistricted from district 13 to 12.

[Alexander-11] Redistricted from district 14 to 13.

[Jacquin-12] Redistricted from district 15 to 14.

[Koory-13] Redistricted from district 16 to 17.

[Corbet-14] Redistricted from district 23 to 18.

[O'Connor-15] Redistricted from district 20 to 24.

[Stinson-16] Redistricted from district 22 to 20.

[Baldwin-17] Redistricted from district 24 to 21.

[Kret-18] Redistricted from district 26 to 28.

[Mack-19] Redistricted from district 29 to 27.

[Ellsworth-20] Redistricted from district 30 to 29.

[Burke-21] Fred Burke was a write-in candidate in the primary.

[Cunningham-22] Earl C. Cunningham was a write-in candidate in the primary.

[Vincent-24] Ran as a write-in candidate.

[1] "30th Arizona State Senate in Phoenix". Arizona Secretary of State.

[2] "Members of the 31st Arizona State Senate in Phoenix". Arizona Secretary of State.

[3] "1972 State of Arizona official canvass, primary election". Arizona Secretary of State.

[4] "1972 State of Arizona official canvass, general election". Arizona Secretary of State.

[23] "'Good Neighbors' gain ballot spots" (PDF). Tucson Citizen. September 28, 1972. Retrieved June 22, 2023.

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