| Election Name: | 1996 Arizona Senate election |
| Country: | Arizona |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Arizona Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Arizona Senate election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats of the Arizona Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Leader1: | Brenda Burns |
| Party1: | Arizona Republican Party |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Jack A. Brown |
| Party2: | Arizona Democratic Party |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Senate President | |
| Before Election: | John Greene[1] |
| Before Party: | Arizona Republican Party |
| After Election: | Brenda Burns[2] |
| After Party: | Arizona Republican Party |
The 1996 Arizona Senate election was held on November 5, 1996. 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 10, 1996.[3]
Prior to the elections, the Republicans held a majority of 19 seats over the Democrats' 11 seats.
Following the election, Republicans maintained control of the chamber with 18 Republicans to 12 Democrats, a net gain of one seat for Democrats.[4]
The newly elected senators served in the 43rd Arizona State Legislature.
In January 1997, Senator Brenda Burns became the first woman elected President of the Arizona State Senate.[5]
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