Arizona Senate election dates and Voting Live 2020 
Arizona Senate election Dates 2020
Arizona Senate election​ Date: August 4, 2020​ 

Republican senator John McCain was elected to a sixth term in 2016 but died in office in August 2018. Republican governor Doug Ducey appointed former senator Jon Kyl to fill McCain's seat for the remainder of the 115th United States Congress.

After the end of the 115th Congress, Governor Ducey appointed outgoing congresswoman and 2018 Republican Senate nominee Martha McSally as Kyl's successor for the 116th Congress. McSally is running in the 2020 special election to fill the remainder of the term, which expires in 2022.

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly is running for the Democratic nomination. Other potential Democratic candidates include Congressman Greg Stanton, the former mayor of Phoenix.

The term electoral system can refer to the method by which elections are conducted (e.g., whether officials are elected in single-winner versus multi-winner systems) or the method by which votes are tallied to determine the outcome of an election (e.g., plurality systems, majority systems, ranked-choice voting systems, etc.). In the United States, most federal and state-level officials are elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests, although some jurisdictions (e.g., cities, school boards, etc.) employ alternative electoral systems.

HIGHLIGHTS

·  In Arizona, state senators are elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests. State representatives are elected via plurality vote in multi-winner contests (i.e., two representatives are elected from each district).

·  State executives (e.g., governor, secretary of state, etc.) are elected via plurality vote in single-winner contests. The same is true for United States Senators and the United States Representatives.

See the sections below for additional information on the following topics:

1. Background: This section defines and describes methods for conducting elections, including single-winner systems and multi-winner systems. This section also defines and describes various vote-tallying methods, including plurality voting, majority voting, ranked-choice voting, block voting, single voting, and cumulative voting.
2. Electoral systems used in Arizona: This section outlines the electoral systems used in federal elections (i.e., elections for president and United States senators and representatives) and state-level contests (i.e., elections for state legislators, governors, and other state executives).
3. State legislation and ballot measures: This section lists state legislation and state and local ballot measures relevant to electoral systems policy.

• Mohammad Arif (Democratic)
• Edward Davida (Republican)
• Ann Griffin (Republican)
• Mark Kelly (Democratic)
• Daniel McCarthy (Republican)
• Martha McSally (Republican)

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