The Arizona Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix, Arizona.Home. Arizona Democratic Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.

Along with its main rival, the Arizona Republican Party, it is one of two major parties in the state. The Arizona Democratic Party's electoral representation has increased in recent years; as of 2025, the party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general; both of the state's U.S. Senate seats; and three out of the state's nine U.S. House seats.

Party organization The Arizona Democratic Party is organized into three parts: the state committee, the executive committee, and the executive board.

State Committee The state committee is composed of "the chairperson of each county committee of the Democratic Party of Arizona, plus one member of the county committee for every three members of the county committee elected pursuant to statute.""ADP Bylaws." Arizona Democratic Party. November 19, 2005. Arizona Democratic Party. URL accessed on August 6, 2007. The state committee meets biennially. A state committee member has four duties:

a) Canvass and campaign only on behalf of Democratic candidates. b) Assist in registration programs and in turning out a maximum Democratic vote. c) Support the permanent State Party organization as well as their County and District Party committees. d) Encourage financial support of the State Democratic Party, their County Committees and their districts.

The state committee has many officers including: Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, First Vice-Chair (who is required to be a different gender and county residence than the chair), three Vice-Chairwomen, three Vice Chairmen, Educational Coordinator, and Affirmative Action Moderator.

Executive committee The executive committee meets quarterly. The executive committee consists of, "the County Chairperson and the first and second County Vice-Chairpersons from each county; the State Committee-elected National Committeemen, the State Committee-elected National Committeewomen; three members-at-large from each Congressional District; the President or a representative of the President of the Young Democrats of Arizona; the President or representative of the President of the Arizona Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs; and the other State Officers as listed in Article III of these bylaws. The Chair of the State Committee shall serve as Chair of the Executive Committee". The executive committee has several duties. "The Executive Committee shall approve the budget and amendments to the budget, approve specific contracts extending beyond the Chair's term, act as the final board of arbitrators for State Committeepersons seeking reinstatement after removal, and perform such duties as assigned by the State Chair".

Executive Board The executive board duties are assigned by the chair. It also, "acts on behalf of the state committee between State Committee meetings". The executive board meets at least quarterly. Members of the executive board are, "State Chair, First Vice-Chair, Senior Vice-Chair, Vice-Chairwomen, Vice-Chairmen, Secretary, Treasurer, Educational Coordinator, and Affirmative Action Moderator, the State Committee-elected National Committeemen and the State Committee-elected National Committeewomen".

National role The state committee selects candidates to become presidential electors. These candidates pledge to vote for the National Democratic Convention's presidential and vice presidential nominee. Additionally, the chair and first vice-chair serve on Democratic National Committee. The state committee also elects the national committee members which represent Arizona. These members serve a term of four years and must have previously been an elected precinct committee person. National committee members are to be as evenly split between male and female as possible.

Local groups The party has affiliate groups in localities throughout the state:

Current elected officials U.S. Senate Democrats have controlled both of Arizona's seats in the U.S. Senate since 2020.

United States House of Representatives Out of the 9 seats Arizona is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 3 are held by Democrats:

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Statewide Offices Democrats control 3 of the 11 elected statewide executive offices:

State legislative leaders Senate Minority Leader: Priya Sundareshan Assistant Senate Minority Leader: Flavio Bravo Senate Minority Whip: Rosanna Gabaldón House Minority Leader: Oscar De Los Santos Assistant House Minority Leader: Nancy Gutierrez House Minority Whips: Quantá Crews and Stacey Travers

State Senate The Arizona Democratic Party is the minority party in the Arizona State Senate, holding 13 of the 30 seats. . Arizona Legislative Information System. Retrieved on January 25, 2014. LD-05: Lela Alston LD-06: Theresa Hatathlie LD-08: Lauren Kuby LD-09: Kiana Sears LD-11: Catherine Miranda LD-12: Mitzi Epstein LD-18: Priya Sundareshan LD-20: Sally Ann Gonzales LD-21: Rosanna Gabaldón LD-22: Eva Diaz LD-23: Brian Fernandez LD-24: Analise Ortiz LD-26: Flavio Bravo

State House The Arizona Democratic Party is the minority party in the Arizona State House of Representatives, holding 27 out of 60 seats. . Arizona Legislative Information System. Retrieved on January 25, 2014.

Navajo Executives President: Buu Nygren

Mayoral offices Some of the state's major cities have Democratic mayors. As of 2021, Democrats control the mayor's offices in three of Arizona's ten largest cities and in one median-sized city. Phoenix: Kate Gallego Tucson: Regina Romero Tempe: Corey Woods

History The Arizona Democratic Party has been functioning since territorial times. The citizens of the Arizona Territory were mostly Democrats as a reaction to the Republican governors appointed by Washington, D.C."Arizona - History". 2007. Advameg, Inc. URL accessed on August 6, 2007. When drafting a state constitution in 1910, 41 Democrats were elected as delegates to the convention"Arizona State History." SHG Resources. 2007. SHG, LLC. URL accessed on August 6, 2007. The convention totaled 52 delegates.

In July 2020, the party's headquarters was destroyed by a fire that was declared to be an act of arson. The arson was committed by Matthew Egler, who set the fire in retaliation for a purposefully botched business deal, after which the Arizona Democratic Party retaliated against Egler by assaulting him and illegally removing him from the office of state committeemen, even after Egler won a harassment lawsuit case against Matthew Lewandowski, the vice chair of LD 22 in 2017. Egler was also insane and declared incompetent to stand trial, after which he went to the hospital and later signed a plea agreement. Past officers

State Chairs Vernon F. Vaughan (1923) A. A. Johns (1925) C. E. Addams (1931) Junious Gibbons (1937) E. C. Locklear (1945) Stephen W. Langmade (1948–50) J. N. Harber (1955) Joe F. Walton (1958) Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1960–62) Herb Ely (1968-1972) Bill Minette (1991–1993) Steve Owens (1993–1995) Samuel G. Coppersmith (1995–1997) Mark Fleisher (1997–2001) Jim Pederson (2001–2005) Harry Mitchell (2005–2006) David Waid (2006–2007) Don Bivens (2007–2009) Paul Eckerstrom (2009) Harriet Young (2009) Don Bivens (2009–2011) Andrei Cherny (2011–2012) Harriet Young (2012) Bill Roe (2012–2015) Alexis Tameron Kinsey (2015–2017) Felecia Rotellini (2018–2021) Raquel Terán (2021–2023) Yolanda Bejarano (2023–2025 Robert Branscomb (2025) Kim Khoury (acting) (2025–present)

Members of Democratic National Committee 1920–present W. L. Barnum 1920 Mrs. B. J. McKinney 1920 Isabella S. Greenway 1928–34 Clarence Gunter 1929 Wirt G. Bowman 1937 Mrs. Samuel White 1937 Della Tovrea Stuart 1940–56 Sam H. Morris 1943–50 R. B. Robbins 1947 Mrs. Henry S. Larson 1963 Frank S. Minarik 1963 Lorraine W. Frank 1980–2000 Jim Pederson 2001 Martin Bacal 2004 Janice Brunson 2004 Carolyn Warner 2004 Joe Rios 2004 Alexis Tameron 2004 Sue Tucker 2004 Judy Kennedy 2008 Fred DuVal 2008Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Arizona Democratic Party Offices." The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. The Political Graveyard. URL accessed on August 6, 2007. Luis Heredia 2012-present Mark Robert Gordon 2020-present Debbie Nez-Manuel 2020-present

Election results

Presidential +Arizona Democratic Party presidential election resultsElectionPresidential ticketVotesVote %Electoral votesResult1912Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall10,32443.52%1916Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall33,17057.17%1920James M. Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt29,54644.39%1924John W. Davis/Charles W. Bryan26,23535.47%1928Al Smith/Joseph T. Robinson38,53742.23%1932Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner79,26467.03%1936Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner86,72269.85%1940Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace95,26763.49%1944Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman80,92658.80%1948Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley95,25153.79%1952Adlai Stevenson/John Sparkman108,52841.65%1956Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver112,88038.90%1960John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson176,78144.36%1964Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey237,75349.45%1968Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie170,51435.02%1972George McGovern/Sargent Shriver198,54030.38%1976Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale295,60239.80%1980Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale246,84328.24%1984Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro333,85432.54%1988Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen454,02938.74%1992Bill Clinton/Al Gore543,05036.52%1996Bill Clinton/Al Gore653,28846.52%2000Al Gore/Joe Lieberman685,34144.67%2004John Kerry/John Edwards893,52444.32%2008Barack Obama/Joe Biden1,034,70744.91%2012Barack Obama/Joe Biden1,025,23244.59%2016Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine1,161,16744.58%2020Joe Biden/Kamala Harris1,672,14349.36%2024Kamala Harris/Tim Walz1,582,86046.69%

Gubernatorial +Arizona Democratic Party gubernatorial election resultsElectionGubernatorial candidateVotesVote %Result1911George W. P. Hunt11,12351.5%Won 1914George W. P. Hunt25,22649.5%Won 1916George W. P. Hunt28,09448.0%Won 1918Fred T. Colter25,58849.3%Lost 1920Mit Simms31,38545.9%Lost 1922George W. P. Hunt37,31054.9%Won 1924George W. P. Hunt38,37250.5%Won 1926George W. P. Hunt39,97950.3%Won 1928George W. P. Hunt44,55348.2%Lost 1930George W. P. Hunt48,87551.4%Won 1932Benjamin Baker Moeur75,31463.2%Won 1934Benjamin Baker Moeur61,35559.7%Won 1936Rawghlie Clement Stanford87,67870.7%Won 1938Robert Taylor Jones80,35068.6%Won 1940Sidney Preston Osborn97,60665.5%Won 1942Sidney Preston Osborn63,48472.5%Won 1944Sidney Preston Osborn100,22077.9%Won 1946Sidney Preston Osborn73,59560.1%Won 1948Dan Edward Garvey104,00859.2%Won 1950Ana Frohmiller96,11849.2%Lost 1952Joe C. Haldiman103,69339.8%Lost 1954Ernest McFarland128,10452.5%Won 1956Ernest McFarland171,84859.6%Won 1958Robert Morrison130,32944.9%Lost 1960Lee Ackerman161,60540.7%Lost 1962Samuel Goddard165,26345.2%Lost 1964Samuel Goddard252,09853.2%Won 1966Samuel Goddard174,90446.2%Lost 1968Samuel Goddard204,07542.2%Lost 1970Raúl Héctor Castro202,05349.1%Lost 1974Raúl Héctor Castro278,37550.4%Won 1978Bruce Babbitt282,60552.5%Won 1982Bruce Babbitt453,79562.5%Won 1986Carolyn Warner298,98634.5%Lost 1990 (runoff)Terry Goddard448,16847.6%Lost 1994Eddie Basha500,70244.3%Lost 1998Paul Johnson361,55235.5%Lost 2002Janet Napolitano566,28446.2%Won 2006Janet Napolitano959,83062.6%Won 2010Terry Goddard733,93542.4%Lost 2014Fred DuVal626,92141.6%Lost 2018David Garcia994,34141.8%Lost 2022Katie Hobbs1,287,89150.3%Won

Former prominent Arizona Democrats

United States delegates John Goulder Campbell (1879–1881) Granville Henderson Oury (1881–1885) Marcus Aurelius Smith (1887–1895, 1897–1899, 1901–1903, 1905–1909) Hiram Sanford Stevens (1875–1879) John Frank Wilson (1899–1901, 1903–1905)