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1992 United States Senate election in Arizona

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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

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.

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.