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Steven Robinson
Steven Robinson (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 22. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Robinson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Robinson was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona. All 58 delegates from Arizona were bound by state law to support the winner of the statewide primary, Donald Trump, for one ballot at the convention.[1][2] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Elections
2022
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 22
The following candidates ran in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 22 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eva Diaz (D) (Write-in) | 59.0 | 6,629 |
 | Steven Robinson (R) (Write-in)  | 33.1 | 3,722 | |
 | Steven Chapman (D) (Write-in) | 4.8 | 545 | |
 | Stephen Diehl (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.9 | 100 | |
| Ryan Benson (R) (Write-in) | 0.8 | 94 | ||
| Jeffrey Norwood (R) (Write-in) | 0.7 | 76 | ||
| Kenya Raymond (D) (Write-in) | 0.5 | 59 | ||
| Paul Valach (D) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 7 | ||
| Richard Weed (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Justin Crawford (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 11,241 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Deniece Platt (R)
- Diego Espinoza (D)
- Bryan Kilgore (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 22
Diego Espinoza defeated Richard Andrade in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 22 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Diego Espinoza | 52.6 | 6,224 | |
 | Richard Andrade | 47.4 | 5,600 | |
| Total votes: 11,824 | |||
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2020
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 19
Incumbent Lupe Contreras won election in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lupe Contreras (D) | 100.0 | 53,794 |
| Total votes: 53,794 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 19
Incumbent Lupe Contreras advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 19 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lupe Contreras | 100.0 | 13,147 |
| Total votes: 13,147 | |||
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Republican primary election
No Republicans filed for this race. Steven Robinson ran as a write-in and received 157 votes. Write-in candidates were required to receive at least 263 votes to make the general election ballot.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steven Robinson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Robinson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have watched as businesses are closing in our communities, crime is rising, we have a homeless epidemic and Fentanyl is killing our young people.
I am running for Senate to put the Arizona families first. We need safer communities, better education and lower taxes.
A vote for me, is a vote for our community.- When elected to Arizona Senate LD22, I want to strengthen our families by working to increase job opportunities, improve the failing school system and reduce taxes.
- Rising inflation = Rising Crime LD-22 has seen rising crime rates and homelessness. Businesses are closing in our communities and forcing families to travel further from the district for work. Stopping the influx of dangerous illegal drugs into our streets from our southern border. 10 People a day overdose on Fentanyl most of which are kids and young adults from our neighborhoods.
- Arizona families are paying enough! We must cut through the bureaucrat red tape and lower the cost of government services. When times are tough in our households, WE CUT OUR SPENDING. Our government MUST do the same.
Better Schools
Reduced Taxes
Pro Individual Liberties
Pro 2nd Amendment
Pro-Life
Pro Election Integrity
Pro Medical and Religious Freedom
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2020
Steven Robinson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016 Republican National Convention
Delegate rules
In Arizona, district-level and at-large delegates were selected at the Arizona Republican State Convention. Under state law, these delegates were required to vote on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention for the winner of the statewide primary.
Arizona primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2016
| Arizona Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 4,393 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.4% | 14,940 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 988 | 0 | |
| Tim Cook | 0% | 243 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 27.6% | 172,294 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,270 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 498 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 1,300 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.6% | 65,965 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 309 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 2,269 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 11.6% | 72,304 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 523 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
45.9% | 286,743 | 58 | |
| Totals | 624,039 | 58 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Arizona had 58 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts). Arizona's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's district delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 31 delegates, 28 served at large. At-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[3][4]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Republican Party, "Arizona’s Elected Delegates to Republican National Convention," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "Arizona delegates could decide for themselves at GOP convention," March 7, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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