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2022 United States Senate election in Arizona

2022 United States Senate election in Arizona

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The 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arizona.

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The seat was previously held by Republican John McCain, who won his final term in 2016 and died on August 25, 2018. Governor Doug Ducey appointed former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl to fill the seat. Kyl resigned at the end of that year and Ducey replaced him with Martha McSally, who then lost to Democrat Mark Kelly in 2020.

Primaries in Arizona took place on August 2, 2022. Kelly won renomination without opposition, while venture capitalist Blake Masters won the Republican nomination against a large field of candidates. Although Arizona typically leans Republican, Kelly led Masters by low single digits in aggregate polling. Kelly held a significant fundraising advantage until many Republican-aligned groups began spending to assist Masters in the final weeks of the campaign.[1] On November 1, Libertarian nominee Marc Victor dropped out of the race and endorsed Masters.[2][3][4]

Kelly won re-election, defeating Masters by a comfortable margin of about 5 points.[5] This was the first time Democrats won a full term to this seat since 1962. The 2022 race was competitive and seen as crucial to determining party control of the U.S. Senate; with Kelly's victory in Arizona and a Democratic victory in Nevada, in addition to a Democratic gain in Pennsylvania, it was projected on November 12 that the Democratic caucus would retain control of the Senate in the 118th United States Congress.[6][7] Masters conceded the race to Kelly on November 15, 2022.[8]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Results

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Did not file

  • Craig Brittain[31]
  • Robert Paveza, software engineer[32]

Declined

Endorsements

Mark Brnovich
Individuals
Newspapers
Jim Lamon
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Statewide officials
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Former
Blake Masters
Justin Olson
Organizations
  • Stand for Health Freedom[65]

Polling

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Results

Republican primary results by county
  Masters
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Lamon
  •   30-40%
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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Marc Victor, attorney and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012[66] (withdrew from general election, endorsed Blake Masters)[2]

Results

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General election

Initially expected to be one of the most widely contested elections in the nation, Kelly amassed a massive fundraising advantage over Masters, raising a record $75 million compared to Masters's $12 million.[68] Due to the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which reversed Roe v. Wade, Kelly spent the campaign heavily attacking Masters over his anti-abortion stance, which was seen as hurting Masters especially among women voters. He also attacked Masters's support for privatizing Social Security, as Arizona has many retired seniors that use the program. Masters's claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen also hurt him among voters.[69]

With the limited amount of money he had, Masters attempted to portray Kelly as weak on illegal immigration, supportive of spending programs that caused inflation, and too supportive of President Joe Biden. In the final weeks of the campaign, Republican groups began to increase the amount of money they were spending on the race, and many news outlets moved the race from lean Democrat to tossup. However, in the end, Kelly relatively easily defeated Masters, which helped Democrats in retaining the Senate.[70] According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023, Kelly won independent voters by double-digit margins, which contributed to Masters's defeat.[71]

Predictions

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Debates

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Endorsements

Mark Kelly (D)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
U.S. Attorneys
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Blake Masters (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Local officials
Party officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Rejected by candidate

Polling

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Mark Kelly vs. Mark Brnovich
Mark Kelly vs. Jim Lamon
Mark Kelly vs. Michael McGuire
Mark Kelly vs. Andy Biggs
Mark Kelly vs. Doug Ducey
Mark Kelly vs. Kelli Ward
Mark Kelly vs. Kari Lake
Mark Kelly vs. Jack McCain
Mark Kelly vs. Kimberly Yee
Mark Kelly vs. generic Republican
Mark Kelly vs. generic opponent
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Results

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By county

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By congressional district

Kelly won 5 out of 9 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.[128]

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See also

Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. Paveza with <1%
  4. Response without candidates' job titles, besides 'Major General' for McGuire
  5. Response with candidates' job titles
  6. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  7. "Refused" with 1%
  8. "Some other candidate" with 2%
  9. "Another party's candidate" with 1%
  10. "Another party's candidate" with 1%
  11. "Someone else" with 2%
  12. "Someone else" with 1%
  13. "Someone else" with 1%
  14. "Other" with 3%; "Wouldn't vote" with 1%
  15. "Someone else" with 3%
  16. "Someone else" with 5%
  17. "Other" with <1%; "Refused" with <1%
  18. "Someone else" with 2%
  19. "Some other candidate" with 3%
  20. "Another candidate" with 5%
  21. "Neither" with 5%; "Other" with 2%
  22. "Neither" with 3%; "Other" with 1%
  23. "Other" with 3%; "Wouldn't vote" with 3%
  24. "Someone else" with 3%
Partisan clients
  1. This poll was sponsored by Saving Arizona, which supports Blake Masters
  2. This poll was sponsored by Kari Lake's campaign for governor
  3. This poll was sponsored by Lamon's campaign
  4. This poll was sponsored by Advancing Arizona Forward, which supports Mark Brnovich
  5. This poll was sponsored by Club for Growth Action
  6. This poll was sponsored by Andy Biggs's campaign committee
  7. Poll conducted for Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization.
  8. Poll conducted for Univision.
  9. Poll conducted for The Federalist, a conservative online magazine.
  10. This poll was sponsored by The Daily Wire
  11. This poll was sponsored by Arizona's Family
  12. This poll was sponsored by Center Street PAC, which opposes Masters
  13. This poll was sponsored by the Sentinel Action Fund, which supports Masters
  14. This poll was sponsored by America Next
  15. This poll was sponsored by the Environmental Voter Project
  16. This poll was sponsored by Future Majority and America’s Future Majority Fund

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