United States Senate election in Arizona, 1994

November 7, 1994



Nominee	Jon Kyl	Sam Coppersmith	Scott Grainger
Party	Republican	Democratic	Libertarian
Popular vote	600,999	442,510	75,493
Percentage	53.7%	39.5%	6.8%

U.S. Senator before election

Dennis DeConcini
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jon Kyl
Republican

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The 1994 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 7, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican nominee Jon Kyl won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Sam Coppersmith, U.S. Representative
Richard Mahoney, Secretary of State of Arizona
Cindy Resnick, State Senator
Dave Moss, perennial candidate

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Coppersmith	81,995	32.15
	Democratic	Richard Mahoney	81,863	32.10
	Democratic	Cindy Resnick	75,563	29.63
	Democratic	David Moss	15,612	6.12
Total votes			200,120	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Jon Kyl, U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Kyl	231,275	99.04
	Republican	Write-ins	2,248	0.96
Total votes			231,733	100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Scott Grainger, engineer

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Scott Grainger	5,424	100.00
Total votes			5,424	100.00

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Kyl (R)	Coppersmith (D)
Arizona State University	Nov. 2, 1994	47%	28%
United for Arizona	Oct. 30, 1994	43%	38%
The Rocky Mountain News	Oct. 16, 1994	43%	30%
Arizona State University	Oct. 7, 1994	39%	31%

Results

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jon Kyl	600,999	53.71%	+12.65%
	Democratic	Sam Coppersmith	442,510	39.54%	-17.17%
	Libertarian	Scott Grainger	75,493	6.75%	+4.96%
	Write-ins		58	0.01%
Majority			158,489	14.16%	-1.50%
Turnout			1,119,060
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

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↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm#3

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