United States Senate election in Arizona, 2012

The 2012 United States Senate election in Arizona will be held on November 6, 2012 alongside a presidential election

Presidential election

A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is president.- United States :The United States has elections on the state and local levels...

, other elections to the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl

Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...

, the Senate Minority Whip, decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term.

Republican primary

The filling deadline for Republican candidates is June 1, 2012 and the primary election will take place on September 11, 2012.

Declared

Wil R. Cardon, CEO of real estate investment firm
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Flake is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was featured in the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories....

, U.S. representative
Bryan Hackbarth, former Mayor of Youngtown
Youngtown, Arizona
Youngtown is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2008 Census Bureau and Arizona Department of Commerce estimates, the population of the town is 6,522.Youngtown is the nation's oldest retirement community...
Doug McKee, businessman
Clair Van Steenwyk, conservative radio host

Potential

Joe Arpaio
Joe Arpaio
Joseph M. "Joe" Arpaio is the elected Sheriff of Maricopa County in the U.S. state of Arizona. First voted into office in 1992, Arpaio is responsible for law enforcement in Maricopa County. This includes management of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, county jail, courtroom security,...

, Maricopa County sheriff
Paul Babeu, Pinal County sheriff
Gary Pierce
Gary Pierce
Gary Pierce is a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission and a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mr. Pierce was elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2006....

, Arizona Corporation commissioner
Arizona Corporation Commission
The Arizona Corporation Commission is the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Arizona, established by Article 15 of the Arizona Constitution. There are currently five members of the commission . Arizona is one of only a handful of states with elected commissioners...

and former Arizona House Majority Whip
Marilyn Quayle
Marilyn Quayle
Marilyn Tucker Quayle is an American lawyer, novelist, and political figure who is the wife of former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and held the unofficial title of Second Lady of the United States from 1989 until 1993....

, former Second Lady of the United States
Second Lady of the United States
Second lady of the United States is an informal title for the wife of the vice president of the United States, coined in contrast to the first lady ....
Fife Symington, former Arizona governor
Grant Woods
Grant Woods
Grant Woods served as attorney general of Arizona from 1991 until 1999. A Republican, he was first elected in 1990 and was reelected in 1994. He was selected by his fellow Attorneys General as the nation’s top Attorney General in 1995. He chaired the Civil Rights and Supreme Court committees for...

, former Arizona attorney general

Declined

Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office...

, Arizona governor
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
Trent Franks is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district takes in the entire northwestern corner of the state, including Kingman and Lake Havasu City, but most of its vote is cast in the western Phoenix suburbs.-Early life, education and...

, U.S. representative
Luis Gonzalez, retired Major League Baseball outfielder
J. D. Hayworth
J. D. Hayworth
John David Hayworth, Jr. , usually known as J. D. Hayworth, is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007 from Arizona's 5th congressional district...

, former U.S. representative
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...

, incumbent U.S. senator
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...

, former Governor of Alaska
Russell Pearce
Russell Pearce
Russell Pearce was a Republican Arizona State Senator representing Legislative District 18, which covers most of western and central Mesa and small portions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona, USA until ousted in a November 2011 recall election by Senator-elect Jerry Lewis...

, former Arizona State Senate president
Ben Quayle
Ben Quayle
Benjamin Eugene "Ben" Quayle is an American politician and U.S. Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ben Quayle is son of former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and former U. S...

, U.S. representative
Matt Salmon
Matt Salmon
Matthew James "Matt" Salmon is a former Republican Congressional Representative from Arizona. In 2002, he lost to Janet Napolitano in a highly competitive Arizona governor's race.-Early life, education, and business career:...

, former U.S. representative and 2002 Republican gubernatorial nominee
Arizona gubernatorial election, 2002
The 2002 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on 5 November 2002 for the post of Governor of Arizona. Democratic Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano defeated Republican former Congressman Matt Salmon.-Candidates:*Matt Salmon, former U.S...

(running for Congress)
David Schweikert
David Schweikert
David Schweikert is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served two terms in the Arizona State House of Representatives , was chairman of the state Board of Equalization , and was the elected Maricopa County Treasurer . He ran for the U.S...

, U.S. representative
John Shadegg
John Shadegg
John Barden Shadegg is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district, numbered as the 4th District before the 2000 Census, includes much of northern Phoenix....

, former U.S. representative

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Wil Cardon	Jeff Flake	Bryan Hackbarth	Doug McKee	Clair Van Steenwyk	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 17-20, 2011	400	± 4.9%	7%	53%	5%	1%	2%	—	33%
Magellan Strategies	November 14-15, 2011	722	± 3.6%	4%	52%	1%	1%	2%	8%	32%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake	J.D. Hayworth	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	April 28-May 1, 2011	400	± 4.9%	54%	27%	—	19%

Endorsements for Jeff Flake

Democratic primary

The filling deadline for Democratic candidates is June 1, 2012 and the primary election will take place on September 11, 2012.

Declared

Don Bivens
Don Bivens
Donald W. "Don" Bivens is an American attorney, former member of the ABA Board of Governors, and former Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party. Bivens is running for the United States Senate seat currently held by Jon Kyl- Personal life :Bivens was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Dr....

, former Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party
Arizona Democratic Party
The Arizona Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Arizona. Its headquarters is in Phoenix.-Party organization:The Arizona Democratic Party is organized into three parts, the state committee, the executive committee, and the executive board.-State Committee:The state committee...
Richard Carmona
Richard Carmona
Richard Henry Carmona is an American physician, public health administrator, and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surgeon General of the United States. Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002, Carmona left office...

, former Surgeon General of the United States
Surgeon General of the United States
The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government...

Potential

Dennis Burke
Dennis K. Burke
Dennis K. Burke is the former United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.-Early life and education:Burke was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1962. Burke received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1985 and earned his Juris Doctor from University of Arizona College of Law in 1988...

, United States Attorney
United States Attorney
United States Attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands...
Andrei Cherny
Andrei Cherny
Andrei Cherny is a former Arizona Assistant Attorney General, White House aide, business consultant, and the founder and President of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas...

, Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party
David Crowe
David Crowe (Arizona)
David K. Crowe is an American businessman and software engineer. He is the President of Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc.-Personal life:...

, President of Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc.
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords is an American politician. A Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, she has represented since 2007. She is the third woman in Arizona's history to be elected to the U.S. Congress...

, U.S. representative
Rodney Glassman, former Vice Mayor of Tucson and 2010 Democratic Nominee for United States Senate
Terry Goddard
Terry Goddard
Samuel Pearson "Terry" Goddard III was the Attorney General of Arizona, from 2003 to 2011, who also served as Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1984 to 1990....

, former state attorney general
Attorney General of Arizona
The Arizona Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the state of Arizona, in the United States. It is an independent, constitutionally mandated office, elected by the people of the state to a four-year term....

and 2010 Democratic nominee for Governor of Arizona
Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon (politician)
Phil Gordon is an American Democratic party politician, and the 58th and current mayor of Phoenix, Arizona. He was sworn in as mayor on January 2, 2004.-Early life, education, and early career:...

, mayor of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
Jon Hulburd
Jon Hulburd
Jon Russell Hulburd is a Phoenix lawyer and small businessman. He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 3rd congressional district.-Early life, education and career:...

, attorney
Ed Pastor
Ed Pastor
Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale....

, U.S. representative
Felicia Rotellini, 2010 Democratic nominee for Attorney General
Warren Stewart, civil rights leader

Declined

Fred DuVal
Fred DuVal
Fred DuVal is a businessman, civic leader and author from Phoenix, Arizona. For over 25 years, Fred DuVal has been involved in state, federal, and foreign policy matters with a particular focus on health care, education, economic development, and natural resources...

, Board of Regents member
Raúl Grijalva
Raul Grijalva
Raúl M. Grijalva is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes half of metro Tucson, all of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix.-Early life, education and career:...

, U.S. representative
Mark Kelly, astronaut and husband of Gabrielle Giffords
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She earlier served in the Arizona House of Representatives. She was defeated by Republican Paul Gosar in the 2010 election...

, former U.S. representative (running for Congress)
Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell
Harry E. Mitchell is a former U.S. Representative who represented from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career :...

, former U.S. representative
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano is the third and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She is the fourth person to hold the position, which was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 21st...

, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former Arizona governor
Jim Pederson
Jim Pederson
James "Jim" Pederson , is an American businessman, co-founder of the commercial development firm The Pederson Group, and was the Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party from 2001 to 2005...

, former Arizona Democratic Party
Arizona Democratic Party
The Arizona Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Arizona. Its headquarters is in Phoenix.-Party organization:The Arizona Democratic Party is organized into three parts, the state committee, the executive committee, and the executive board.-State Committee:The state committee...

chairman and 2006 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema is a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate, where she represents the 15th district. She previously served three terms in the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2005 to January 2011.-Early life and career:...

, state senator

With Giffords

Poll source	Date(s) administered			Dennis Burke	Gabrielle Giffords	Rodney Glassman	Terry Goddard	Phil Gordan	Harry Mitchell	Ed Pastor	Felecia Rotellini	Other/ Unde- cided
Public Policy Polling (report)	April 28-May 1, 2011	300	± 5.7%	2%	46%	4%	28%	2%	5%	4%	2%	6%

Without Giffords

Poll source	Date(s) administered			Dennis Burke	Rodney Glassman	Terry Goddard	Phil Gordan	Harry Mitchell	Ed Pastor	Felecia Rotellini	Other/ Unde- cided
Public Policy Polling (report)	April 28-May 1, 2011	300	± 5.7%	2%	5%	50%	8%	11%	5%	6%	14%

Polling

With Wil Cardon

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Wil Cardon (R)	Don Bivens (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 17-20, 2011	500	± 4.4%	35%	27%	37%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Wil Cardon (R)	Richard Carmona (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 17-20, 2011	500	± 4.4%	35%	33%	32%

With Jeff Flake

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake (R)	Don Bivens (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 17-20, 2011	500	± 4.4%	42%	32%	26%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake (R)	Richard Carmona (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 17-20, 2011	500	± 4.4%	40%	36%	24%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake (R)	Gabrielle Giffords (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	April 28-May 1, 2011	623	± 3.9%	41%	48%	11%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake (R)	Terry Goddard (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	April 28-May 1, 2011	623	± 3.9%	45%	45%	10%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake (R)	Phil Gordon (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	April 28-May 1, 2011	623	± 3.9%	47%	33%	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Flake (R)	Ed Pastor (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	April 28-May 1, 2011	623	± 3.9%	46%	34%	20%

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Republican Primary
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Symington
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| Public Policy Polling
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| align=center| 400
| align=center| ± 4.9%
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| align=center| 11%
| align=center| 35%
| align=center| 3%
| align=center| 2%
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| align=center| 13%
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with J.D. Hayworth
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 31%
| align=center| 57%
| align=center| 12%
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 33%
| align=center| 51%
| align=center| 16%
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! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 36%
| align=center| 44%
| align=center| 20%
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! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 37%
| align=center| 42%
| align=center| 21%
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with Jon Kyl
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| January 28–30, 2011
| align=center| 599
| align=center| ± 4.0%
| align=center| 50%
| align=center| 40%
| align=center| —
| align=center| 9%
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! Other
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| January 28–30, 2011
| align=center| 599
| align=center| ± 4.0%
| align=center| 54%
| align=center| 33%
| align=center| —
| align=center| 13%
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Kirkpatrick (D)
! Other
! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| January 28–30, 2011
| align=center| 599
| align=center| ± 4.0%
| align=center| 51%
| align=center| 35%
| align=center| —
| align=center| 14%
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Other
! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| January 28–30, 2011
| align=center| 599
| align=center| ± 4.0%
| align=center| 53%
| align=center| 41%
| align=center| —
| align=center| 6%
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with Sarah Palin
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Giffords (D)
! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 36%
| align=center| 54%
| align=center| 10%
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! style="width:100px;"| Terry
Goddard (D)
! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 40%
| align=center| 49%
| align=center| 11%
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{| class="wikitable"
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administered
! Sample
size
! Margin of
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! style="width:100px;"| Sarah
Palin (R)
! style="width:100px;"| Phil
Gordon (D)
! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 41%
| align=center| 45%
| align=center| 13%
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! Margin of
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! style="width:100px;"| Sarah
Palin (R)
! style="width:100px;"| Ed
Pastor (D)
! Undecided
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| Public Policy Polling
| align=center| April 28-May 1, 2011
| align=center| 623
| align=center| ± 3.9%
| align=center| 43%
| align=center| 45%
| align=center| 12%
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External links

Arizona Secretary of State - Elections
U.S. Congress candidates for Arizona at Project Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart
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Official campaign websites

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Republican primary

Declared

Potential

Declined

Polling

Democratic primary

Declared

Potential

Declined

With Giffords

Without Giffords

Polling

See also

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