- Lead
- 1,476
- Total
- 83,501
- vs nation
- D+3.2
Arizona 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,054
- Total
- 82,083
- vs nation
- D+9.0
- Lead
- 11,110
- Total
- 60,661
- vs nation
- D+16.2
- Lead
- 5,023
- Total
- 50,678
- vs nation
- D+6.1
- Lead
- 5,048
- Total
- 51,703
- vs nation
- D+2.5
- Lead
- 3,363
- Total
- 45,614
- vs nation
- D+9.8
- Lead
- 3,537
- Total
- 34,592
- vs nation
- D+9.7
- Lead
- 5,704
- Total
- 32,610
- vs nation
- D+9.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+1.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 232,2452024 5-year
- Population density
- 21 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11,310 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,6492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 62.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+15.3 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 24, AZ · twin score 95.3
presidential history
Party record book
Arizona 23rd State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
83.3%
3,272 votes · D+70.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 81.8%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
57.2%
13,201 votes · R+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 51.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
45,883votes
55.9% of the vote · D+13.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 41,923 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
40,447votes
48.4% of the vote · D+1.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 34,829 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson1916
+51.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.2 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +49.1 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+4.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+14.0 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −2.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Arizona 23rd State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 15.3 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.8 points.
A population of 232,245, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,649 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 24 and State Senate District 21.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Arizona 23rd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/04023/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.