Arizona State Senate District 9
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Kiana Sears Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
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- Last election
- Eva Burch (Democratic) won by 3.5 points, 2024
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History (28 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 81,458
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEva BurchWon Democratic 42,07251.6% RepublicanRobert Scantlebury Republican 39,26148.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1250.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 62,523
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEva BurchWon Democratic 32,80852.5% RepublicanRobert Scantlebury Republican 29,71547.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 83,482
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticVictoria SteeleWon(incumbent) Democratic 83,482100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 93,329
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticVictoria SteeleWon Democratic 58,57162.8% RepublicanRandy Fleenor Republican 34,75837.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 68,453
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve FarleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 68,10999.5% OtherMark Spear Other 3440.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,890
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve FarleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 45,890100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 89,380
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve FarleyWon Democratic 49,81855.7% RepublicanTyler Mott Republican 39,56244.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,030
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick MurphyWon Republican 32,89558.7% DemocraticSheri Vanhorsen Democratic 20,21536.1% LibertarianMichael Patti Libertarian 2,9205.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 72,450
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert BurnsWon(incumbent) Republican 40,21455.5% DemocraticKaren Price Democratic 32,23644.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,053
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert BurnsWon(incumbent) Republican 29,43054.5% DemocraticSteve Poe Democratic 24,62345.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 68,418
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert BurnsWon(incumbent) Republican 40,81759.7% DemocraticSteve Poe Democratic 27,60140.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,911
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert BurnsWon Republican 30,17564.3% DemocraticLee Gagner Democratic 16,73635.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 62,633
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim BeeWon Republican 35,73057.0% DemocraticKathy Ramagewhite Democratic 25,44840.6% LibertarianJohn Jason Auvenshine Libertarian 1,4552.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,538
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith A. BeeWon(incumbent) Republican 33,538100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,265
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith A. BeeWon(incumbent) Republican 32,265100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,593
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith A. BeeWon(incumbent) Republican 28,64662.8% DemocraticJohn E. Dougherty Democratic 16,94737.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,773
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith A. BeeWon Republican 27,12853.4% DemocraticJohn E. Dougherty(incumbent) Democratic 23,64546.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,182
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn E. DoughertyWon Democratic 20,94954.9% RepublicanJeffrey J. Hill(incumbent) Republican 17,23345.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,510
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey J. HillWon(incumbent) Republican 21,97953.0% DemocraticMariel J. Delauer Democratic 19,53147.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,495
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey J. HillWon(incumbent) Republican 19,11660.7% DemocraticHarold W. Thomas Democratic 12,37939.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,238
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey J. HillWon(incumbent) Republican 19,50652.4% DemocraticJames Baker Democratic 17,73247.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,274
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey J. HillWon(incumbent) Republican 13,50851.4% DemocraticJames Baker Democratic 12,76648.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,401
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey J. HillWon(incumbent) Republican 17,27560.8% DemocraticJohn R. Humphreys Sr. Democratic 11,12639.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,276
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey J. HillWon Republican 9,36154.2% DemocraticJohn J. Hutton(incumbent) Democratic 7,91545.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,479
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn J. HuttonWon Democratic 8,76739.0% IndependentStephen A. Davis(incumbent) Independent 7,28832.4% RepublicanHercules V. Galie Republican 6,42428.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,438
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanStephen A. DavisWon Republican 7,79950.5% DemocraticJohn C. Ulm(incumbent) Democratic 7,63949.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,036
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. UlmWon Democratic 10,29360.4% RepublicanClint Mellor Republican 6,74339.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,629
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1970 to 1971)
Arizona Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames F. McNulty Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 8,629100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1970 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Arizona State Senate District 9, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/az/senate/9. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:az/sldu:9
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026