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Elections in Arizona are authorized under the Arizona State Constitution, which establishes elections for the state level officers, cabinet, and legislature. In a 2020 study, Arizona was ranked as the 21st hardest state for citizens to vote in.


Presidential elections


United States Senate elections

Before the ratification of the
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and2 of the Constitution, under whi ...
in 1913, United States senators were elected by state legislatures. Arizona's first two Senate elections, which took place in 1912, still featured popular elections, following which the state legislature unanimously elected their respective victories.


Class I (1916 - Present)


Class I (1912)


Class III (1914 - Present)


Class III (1912)


United States House of Representatives elections


Gubernatorial elections

Governors of Arizona are elected to a term of four years. Prior to a 1968 amendment to the state constitution, governors of Arizona served two-year terms.


1970 - Present


1911 - 1968


See also

* 2020 Arizona elections * Women's suffrage in Arizona


References


External links

* * * (State affiliate of the U.S.
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