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1876–2024
State Senate District 1·Arizona

Arizona 1st State Senate District has voted Republican in nineteen straight presidential cycles.

Maricopa's most reliably Democratic state senate seat

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AZ
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
245,259
2024 ACS

Arizona 1st State Senate District, Arizona: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1980.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+34MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
245,2592024 5-year
Median household income
$69,6132024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
80.6%2024 5-year
Black
0.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
15.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+45 in 1980MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−33.9%
48,67399,256149,293
R
−29.2%
49,55791,445143,511
R
−31.2%
35,55871,266114,347
R
−30.3%
33,88764,410100,576
R
−24.4%
36,85661,13799,558
R
−23.2%
33,09753,42087,504
R
−23.6%
24,04140,10868,167
R
−13.6%
21,78129,89459,441
R
−8.7%
18,25223,39859,361
R
−30.8%
14,50127,81743,167
R
−43.4%
9,60024,78034,956
R
−45.4%
6,65819,80528,968
R
−24.6%
7,67812,98621,581
R
−44.5%
3,97312,26618,650
R
−30.3%
3,9858,28914,183
R
−14.8%
5,7427,74213,544
R
−22.3%
4,3216,80711,137
R
−31.3%
3,3126,3339,645
R
−28.8%
3,6256,56110,186
D
+1.7%
4,4354,2838,914
D
+10.9%
4,3913,5267,953
D
+21.7%
6,2113,98310,273
D
+38.6%
6,6222,7919,917
D
+40.5%
6,3202,6249,133
R
−15.7%
3,2824,5037,787
R
−15.2%
1,7982,8246,757
R
−23.4%
2,2493,6225,871
D
+23.6%
2,8901,7144,979
D
+23.5%
1,0004452,360
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.9%
English
17.0%
Irish
14.4%
Italian
4.8%
American
4.7%
French
3.2%
Scottish
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 55.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.3%
85+
1.6%
5.5%
75–84
5.6%
9.5%
65–74
10.7%
7.4%
55–64
8.6%
4.8%
45–54
5.0%
4.7%
35–44
4.5%
4.7%
25–34
4.4%
3.5%
18–24
2.9%
6.0%
5–17
5.7%
1.9%
<5
1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,613
State Senate District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 1$69,613
Arizona$79,964
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.5%
speak English only
Spanish7.8%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
18.2%
Other Christian
13.7%
Non-Christian
3.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Baptist
1.4%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Arizona SD-1 covers a densely populated urban corridor in Maricopa County where Democratic presidential candidates have carried the district by double digits in recent cycles, making it one of the state's most lopsided legislative seats.

The Republican margin in Arizona 1st State Senate District reached its widest at forty-five points in 1980. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,613, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 245,259 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 1, Arizona vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 1, Arizona voted Republican by 33.9 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 149,293 votes cast, 48,673 went Democratic and 99,256 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 1, Arizona's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 1, Arizona as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 1, Arizona last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 1, Arizona voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in State Senate District 1, Arizona?
State Senate District 1, Arizona has a population of 245,259 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 1, Arizona?
Median household income in State Senate District 1, Arizona is $69,613 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of State Senate District 1, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 1, Arizona from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.