2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona

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2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona
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Nominee Mark Kelly Martha McSally
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,716,467 1,637,661
Percentage 51.17% 48.82%
County results
Kelly:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
McSally:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
U.S. Senator before election

Martha McSally
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Kelly
Democratic

A special election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Arizona. It happened because the last senator, John McCain, died in 2018.[1][2] Primary elections happened on August 4, 2020 to choose who would run for the election from each party.[3] The Republican Party chose Martha McSally. She beat Daniel McCarthy to be the Republican candidate. Only one person, Mark Kelly, ran for the Democratic Party.[4]

Kelly won the election and got 51.2% of the votes, so he became the junior senator from Arizona.[5] This meant both Senators from Arizona were now from the Democratic Party. He officially became a senator on December 2, 2020 when he was sworn in.

Democratic Party primary[change | change source]

Democratic primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Kelly 665,620 99.93%
Democratic Bo Garcia (write-in) 451 0.07%
Total votes 666,071 100.0%

Republican Party primary[change | change source]

Results by county:
  McSally—80–90%
  McSally—70–80%
  McSally—60–70%
Republican primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha McSally (incumbent) 551,119 75.20%
Republican Daniel McCarthy 181,551 24.77%
Republican Sean Lyons (write-in) 210 0.03%
Total votes 732,880 100.0%

Libertarian Party primary[change | change source]

None of the Libertarian Party candidates got enough votes in the primary to be in the Senate election.

Libertarian primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Barry Hess (write-in) 329 76.51%
Libertarian Alan White (write-in) 101 23.49%
Total votes 430 100.0%


Result[change | change source]

Results[change | change source]

2020 United States Senate Special election in Arizona[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark Kelly 1,716,467 51.17% +10.42%
Republican Martha McSally (incumbent) 1,637,661 48.82% -4.89%
Write-in 1,189 0.03% -0.03%
Total votes 3,355,317 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "What happens next to John McCain's Senate seat". Politico. August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Who could be appointed to replace John McCain in the Senate, and the process behind it, explained". Vox. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ "United States Senate special election in Arizona, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Amber Phillips (September 16, 2020), "The Senate seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2020
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "State of Arizona - Official Canvass - 2020 General Election" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "State of Arizona Official Canvass - 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
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