1970 Arizona Senate election should not be confused with 1970 United States Senate election in Arizona.
| Election Name: | 1970 Arizona Senate election |
| Country: | Arizona |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1968 Arizona Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 1968 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1972 Arizona Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Party1: | Arizona Republican Party |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Arizona Democratic Party |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Senate President | |
| Before Election: | William S. (Bill) Porter[1] |
| Before Party: | Arizona Republican Party |
| After Election: | William C. Jacquin[2] |
| After Party: | Arizona Republican Party |
The 1970 Arizona Senate election was held on November 3, 1970. Voters elected all 30 members of the Arizona Senate to serve two-year terms. The 1970 election ushered in the restructuring of the Arizona Legislature to its current format. There are 30 electoral districts across the state, each district electing a single state senator and two state representatives.
Primary elections were held on September 8, 1970.[3]
Prior to the elections, the Republicans held a majority of 17 seats over the 13 seats held by Democrats.
Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber and expanded their majority to 18 Republicans to 12 Democrats, a net gain of one seat for Republicans.[4]
The newly elected senators served in the 30th Arizona State Legislature.
| Old District | Incumbent | Party | New District | Elected Senator | Outcome | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Boyd Tenney | 1st | Boyd Tenney | Rep Hold | ||||
| 2nd | James A. "Jim" Elliott | Dem | 2nd | Thomas M. "Tommy" Knoles Jr. | Dem Hold | |||
| James F. McNulty Jr. | Dem | |||||||
| 3rd | William "Bill" Huso | Dem | 3rd | Roy Palmer | rowspan="2" | Rep Gain | ||
| Frank L. Crosby | Dem | |||||||
| 4th | Thomas M. "Tommy" Knoles Jr. | Dem | 4th | John W. McLaughlin | Dem Hold | |||
| 5th | E. B. "Blodie" Thode | Dem | 5th | Harold C. Giss | Dem Hold | |||
| A. V. "Bill" Hardt | Dem | |||||||
| 6th | Harold C. Giss | Dem | 6th | E. B. "Blodie" Thode | Dem Hold | |||
| 7-A | Joe Castillo | Dem | 7th | A. V. "Bill" Hardt | Dem Hold | |||
| 7-B | F. T. "Limie" Gibbings | Dem | 8th | Charles Awalt | Dem Hold | |||
| 7-C | Sam Lena | Dem | 9th | James F. McNulty Jr. | Dem Hold | |||
| 7-D | Douglas S. Holsclaw | Rep | 10th | Joe Castillo | Dem Gain | |||
| 7-E | Kenneth C. Cardella | Rep | 11th | F. T. "Limie" Gibbings | Dem Gain | |||
| 7-F | William C. Jacquin | Rep | 12th | Sam Lena | Dem Gain | |||
| 8-A | James F. Holley | Rep | 13th | Douglas S. Holsclaw | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-B | William S. (Bill) Porter | Rep | 14th | Scott Alexander | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-C | John B. Conlan | Rep | 15th | William C. Jacquin | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-D | David B. Kret | Rep | 16th | Fred Koory Jr. | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-E | Sandra Day O'Connor | Rep | 17th | Ray A. Goetze | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-F | Mike Farren | Rep | 18th | Joe Shaughnessy Jr. | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-G | Cloves C. Campbell | Dem | 19th | Ray Rottas | Rep Gain | |||
| 8-H | Howard S. Baldwin | Rep | 20th | Sandra Day O'Connor | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-I | Somers White | Rep | 21st | John B. Conlan | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-J | Bob Wilcox | Rep | 22nd | Bess B. Stinson | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-K | Ray A. Goetze | Rep | 23rd | Leo Corbet | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-L | Christopher T. "Chris" Johnson | Rep | 24th | Howard S. Baldwin | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-M | Terry Jones | Rep | 25th | Trudy Camping | Rep Hold | |||
| 8-N | Bob Stump | Dem | 26th | David B. Kret | Rep Gain | |||
| 8-O | Dan Halacy | Rep | 27th | Bob Stump | Dem Gain | |||
| New Seat | 28th | Cloves C. Campbell | Dem Gain | |||||
| New Seat | 29th | James A. Mack | Rep Gain | |||||
| New Seat | 30th | D. Delos Ellsworth | Rep Gain | |||||
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