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City elections in Phoenix, Arizona (2020)
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| 2020 Phoenix elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: July 6, 2020 |
| General election: November 3, 2020 Runoff election: March 9, 2021 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor, city council districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 |
| Total seats up: 5 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2020 |
The city of Phoenix, Arizona, held general elections for mayor and city council districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 on November 3, 2020. A runoff election was scheduled for March 9, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was July 6, 2020.
Phoenix is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona. For information on 2020 elections in Maricopa County, click here.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Arizona modified its voter registration procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Voter registration: Voters had until 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2020, to register to vote.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Elections
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Candidates and results
District 1
General election
General election for Phoenix City Council District 1
Ann O'Brien defeated Dave Siebert in the general election for Phoenix City Council District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann O'Brien (Nonpartisan)  | 52.6 | 35,286 |
| Dave Siebert (Nonpartisan) | 46.7 | 31,329 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 451 | ||
| Total votes: 67,066 | |||
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District 3
General runoff election
General runoff election for Phoenix City Council District 3
Incumbent Debra Stark defeated Nicole Garcia in the general runoff election for Phoenix City Council District 3 on March 9, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Debra Stark (Nonpartisan) | 68.1 | 21,753 |
 | Nicole Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 31.9 | 10,213 | |
| Total votes: 31,966 | |||
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General election
General election for Phoenix City Council District 3
Incumbent Debra Stark and Nicole Garcia advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kristen Pierce in the general election for Phoenix City Council District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debra Stark (Nonpartisan) | 46.7 | 31,600 |
| ✔ | | Nicole Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 35.4 | 23,958 |
| Kristen Pierce (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 11,872 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 247 | ||
| Total votes: 67,677 | |||
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District 5
General election
General election for Phoenix City Council District 5
Incumbent Betty Guardado defeated Andre Williams and Nathan Schick in the general election for Phoenix City Council District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Betty Guardado (Nonpartisan) | 67.4 | 31,093 |
 | Andre Williams (Nonpartisan) | 18.5 | 8,555 | |
 | Nathan Schick (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 6,297 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 216 | ||
| Total votes: 46,161 | |||
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District 7
General runoff election
General runoff election for Phoenix City Council District 7
Yassamin Ansari defeated Cinthia Estela in the general runoff election for Phoenix City Council District 7 on March 9, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Yassamin Ansari (Nonpartisan) | 58.3 | 7,850 |
 | Cinthia Estela (Nonpartisan) | 41.7 | 5,609 | |
| Total votes: 13,459 | |||
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General election
General election for Phoenix City Council District 7
Cinthia Estela and Yassamin Ansari advanced to a runoff. They defeated Francisca Montoya, G. Grayson Flunoy, and Susan Mercado-Gudino in the general election for Phoenix City Council District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cinthia Estela (Nonpartisan) | 32.3 | 15,929 |
| ✔ | | Yassamin Ansari (Nonpartisan) | 32.1 | 15,813 |
 | Francisca Montoya (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 8,897 | |
| G. Grayson Flunoy (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 4,301 | ||
| Susan Mercado-Gudino (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 4,050 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 282 | ||
| Total votes: 49,272 | |||
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About the city
- See also: Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the seat of Maricopa County. It is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (also know as the Valley of the Sun). As of 2020, its population was 1,608,139.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Phoenix uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Phoenix, Arizona | ||
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| Phoenix | Arizona | |
| Population | 1,608,139 | 7,151,502 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 518 | 113,654 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 68.2% | 73.8% |
| Black/African American | 7.1% | 4.5% |
| Asian | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Native American | 2% | 4.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 6.9% |
| Multiple | 8.3% | 7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 42.6% | 31.5% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 82.9% | 87.9% |
| College graduation rate | 29.4% | 30.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $60,914 | $61,529 |
| Persons below poverty level | 16.2% | 14.1% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Arizona are Pivot Counties.
Donald Trump (R) defeated Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 presidential election. Trump won 48.7 percent of the vote, while Clinton won 45.1 percent. Arizona was one of 12 key battleground states in 2016. Of the 30 states won by Trump in 2016, Arizona had the fifth closest margin. From when it became a state in 1912 to 2016, Arizona voted Republican in 66.7 percent of presidential elections. It voted Republican in all presidential elections from 2000 to 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Arizona. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 12 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 25 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 14 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 27.5 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 18 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 22.9 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 16 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 21.5 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
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| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 30.1% | 68.2% | R+38.2 | 28.6% | 66.9% | R+38.3 | R |
| 2 | 57.2% | 41.6% | D+15.7 | 59.4% | 36.1% | D+23.2 | D |
| 3 | 70.0% | 28.1% | D+41.9 | 70.2% | 24.4% | D+45.8 | D |
| 4 | 54.3% | 44.2% | D+10.2 | 56.8% | 38.2% | D+18.7 | D |
| 5 | 28.1% | 70.0% | R+41.9 | 22.2% | 73.5% | R+51.3 | R |
| 6 | 42.2% | 55.6% | R+13.4 | 41.7% | 52.1% | R+10.4 | R |
| 7 | 63.2% | 35.4% | D+27.8 | 59.8% | 34.1% | D+25.7 | D |
| 8 | 44.7% | 53.5% | R+8.8 | 40.2% | 54.6% | R+14.4 | R |
| 9 | 53.4% | 44.9% | D+8.4 | 56.8% | 37.9% | D+18.9 | D |
| 10 | 51.8% | 46.5% | D+5.4 | 52.9% | 41.6% | D+11.4 | D |
| 11 | 39.7% | 59.0% | R+19.3 | 40.6% | 54.5% | R+13.9 | R |
| 12 | 32.5% | 65.9% | R+33.4 | 34.8% | 59.3% | R+24.5 | R |
| 13 | 33.5% | 65.1% | R+31.6 | 34.1% | 61.1% | R+27 | R |
| 14 | 35.7% | 62.5% | R+26.8 | 33.6% | 59.9% | R+26.2 | R |
| 15 | 36.4% | 61.9% | R+25.4 | 39.1% | 55.7% | R+16.6 | R |
| 16 | 35.0% | 63.1% | R+28.1 | 32.9% | 61.3% | R+28.4 | R |
| 17 | 42.1% | 56.2% | R+14.2 | 45.1% | 49.2% | R+4.1 | R |
| 18 | 48.1% | 50.0% | R+1.9 | 51.9% | 41.5% | D+10.4 | R |
| 19 | 66.4% | 32.1% | D+34.3 | 67.4% | 27.2% | D+40.3 | D |
| 20 | 42.4% | 55.3% | R+12.9 | 42.7% | 50.7% | R+8 | R |
| 21 | 40.6% | 58.0% | R+17.4 | 39.8% | 55.0% | R+15.2 | R |
| 22 | 33.4% | 65.4% | R+31.9 | 33.7% | 62.1% | R+28.4 | R |
| 23 | 35.9% | 62.9% | R+26.9 | 41.2% | 54.6% | R+13.3 | R |
| 24 | 63.2% | 34.4% | D+28.8 | 65.9% | 27.7% | D+38.3 | D |
| 25 | 33.1% | 65.1% | R+31.9 | 35.1% | 58.7% | R+23.6 | R |
| 26 | 58.3% | 38.5% | D+19.8 | 59.4% | 31.9% | D+27.5 | D |
| 27 | 75.2% | 23.2% | D+52 | 74.1% | 20.6% | D+53.5 | D |
| 28 | 44.6% | 53.6% | R+9 | 49.9% | 44.6% | D+5.3 | R |
| 29 | 64.7% | 33.6% | D+31.1 | 65.0% | 29.3% | D+35.7 | D |
| 30 | 61.3% | 36.7% | D+24.7 | 62.2% | 31.7% | D+30.5 | D |
| Total | 44.6% | 53.7% | R+9.1 | 45.5% | 49.0% | R+3.6 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
| Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Phoenix City Charter, Ch. 3 Sec. 1-2, accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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