1992 United States Senate election in Arizona

1992 United States Senate election in Arizona

November 3, 1992

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

Candidates

• Claire Sargent, community activist^[1]
• Truman Spangrud, Air Force Lieutenant General

General election

Candidates

• 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

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

• 1992 United States Senate elections

References

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.