1992 United States Senate election in Arizona

The 1992 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 3. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John McCain won re-election to a second term.

1992 United States Senate election in Arizona

← 1986 November 3, 1992 1998 →
 
Nominee John McCain Claire Sargent Evan Mecham
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 771,395 436,321 145,361
Percentage 55.82% 31.57% 10.52%

County results

McCain:      40–50%      50–60%

Sargent:      40–50%

U.S. senator before election

John McCain
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John McCain
Republican

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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General election

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Candidates

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  • Kiana Delamare (Libertarian)
  • Ed Finkelstein (New Alliance)
  • John McCain, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)
  • Evan Mecham, former Governor and candidate for this seat in 1962 (Independent)
  • Claire Sargent, community activist[2] (Democratic)
  • Robert B. Winn (Independent)

Results

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General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John McCain (incumbent) 771,395 55.82% −4.66%
Democratic Claire Sargent 436,321 31.57% −7.94%
Independent Evan Mecham 145,361 10.52%
Libertarian Kiana Delamare 22,613 1.64%
New Alliance Ed Finkelstein 6,335 0.46%
Write-ins 26 0.00%
Majority 335,074 24.24% +3.28%
Turnout 1,382,051
Republican hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Prescott Courier" – via Google News Archive Search.
  2. ^ "The Prescott Courier" – via Google News Archive Search.
  3. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.