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United States Senate election in Arizona, 2012

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Start date
  
November 6, 2012

Percentage
  
49.2%

Popular vote
  
1,104,457

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Turnout
  
52.9% (voting eligible)

Winner
  
Jeff Flake

The 2012 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, the Senate Minority Whip, decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term. Republican U.S. Representative Jeff Flake won the open seat.

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Republican primary

The filing deadline for Republican candidates was June 1, 2012, and the primary election took place on August 28, 2012.

Declared

  • Wil Cardon, CEO of a real estate investment firm
  • Jeff Flake, U.S. Representative from the 6th district
  • Bryan Hackbarth, former Mayor of Youngtown
  • Clair Van Steenwyk, conservative radio host

    • Withdrew

  • Doug McKee, businessman

    • Declined

  • Fife Symington III, former Arizona governor
  • Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County sheriff (running for re-election as Sheriff)
  • Jan Brewer, Arizona governor
  • Trent Franks, U.S. representative
  • J. D. Hayworth, former U.S. representative
  • Ben Quayle, U.S. representative
  • David Schweikert, U.S. representative
  • John Shadegg, former U.S. representative

    • Democratic primary

    Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona was the only candidate for the Democratic nomination, receiving all 289,881 votes cast in the primary election.

    Declared

  • Richard Carmona, former Surgeon General of the United States

    • Withdrew

  • Don Bivens, former Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party
  • David Ruben, physician

    • Declined

  • Dennis Burke, United States Attorney
  • Phil Gordon, Mayor of Phoenix
  • Ed Pastor, U.S. Representative
  • Warren Stewart, civil rights leader
  • Gabrielle Giffords, former U.S. Representative
  • Mark Kelly, astronaut and husband of Gabrielle Giffords
  • Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former Arizona governor
  • Jim Pederson, former Arizona Democratic Party chairman and 2006 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate

    • Candidates

  • Jeff Flake (Republican), U.S. Representative
  • Richard Carmona (Democratic), former U.S. Surgeon General
  • Michael F. Meyer (Independent)
  • Marc J. Victor (Libertarian), attorney

    • Debates

    There were three debates before the election. The first was in Phoenix on October 10, 2012, the second in Tucson on October 15 and the last was in Yuma on October 25.

    External links
  • Complete video and transcript on C-SPAN, first debate, October 10, 2012
  • Complete video and transcript on C-SPAN, second debate, October 15, 2012

    • Results

    Preliminary results showed Flake leading 49.7%-45.7%, but 439,961 early votes had yet to be counted. The official results, as tabulated by the Secretary of State, showed a slightly smaller win for Flake.

    References

    United States Senate election in Arizona, 2012 Wikipedia
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