Arizona Primary Results

Official Results of February 22, 2000
Arizona Presidential Preference Election*
Republican: Eligible Registration 909,063 Total Ballots Cast: 323,242 Voter Turnout 35.56%
Libertarian: Eligible Registration 14,707 Total Ballots Cast 728 Voter Turnout 4.95%

	Total Vote	Percent
Gary Bauer¹	177	0.05%
George W. Bush	115,115	35.68%
Steve Forbes¹	1,211	0.38%
Orrin G. Hatch¹	637	0.20%
Alan Keyes	11,500	3.56%
John McCain	193,708	60.03%
John R. McGrath	239	0.07%
Chuck See	28	-
James T. Zanon	54	-
Total	322,669

1. Candidate withdrew before primary but was on ballot.

*The Arizona Democratic Party held its own primary on March 11, 2000.
Democratic: Eligible Registration 823,962

Republican Results in Detail

Sen. McCain won in all six congressional districts in his home state by comfortable margins. Turnout among Republican voters varied from a low of 28.10% in the 2nd district (the only Arizona district represented by a Democrat) to a high of 42.49% in the 5th district (represented by Jim Kolbe).

Arizona Presidential Preference Election
Republican Results by Congressional District
	CD-1	CD-2	CD-3	CD-4	CD-5	CD-6
Gary Bauer¹	22	20	55	16	37	27
George W. Bush	15,701	5,770	31,890	17,844	20,956	22,954
Steve Forbes¹	226	70	344	214	138	219
Orrin G. Hatch¹	133	24	104	45	97	234
Alan Keyes	1,971	568	2,658	1,822	2,101	2,380
John McCain	28,280	9,031	45,692	28,529	46,869	35,307
John R. McGrath	26	11	74	33	34	61
Chuck See	3	1	4	9	3	8
James T. Zanon	11	5	15	2	8	13
Total Ballots Cast (REP)	46,401	15,696	80,914	48,547	70,326	61,358
Eligible Reg. (REP)	148,943	55,853	205,403	154,551	165,506	178,807
Turnout % (REP)	31.15%	28.10%	39.39%	31.41%	42.49%	34.32%

1. Candidate withdrew before primary but was on ballot.

Sen. McCain won in all 15 counties. Turnout among Republicans varied from a low of 23.67% in Apache County (NE, bordering New Mexico) to highs of 43.35% in Yavapai, 42.01% in Gila and 41.62% in Pima.

Arizona Presidential Preference Election
Republican Results by County
COUNTY	Bauer¹	Bush	Forbes¹	Hatch¹	Keyes	McCain	McGrath	See	Zanon	Total	Total Ballots (R)
Apache	1	561	4	21	80	1,030	10	3	4	1,714	1,734
Cochise	3	2,596	19	24	291	4,795	5	0	1	7,734	7,792
Coconino	9	1,980	20	23	212	3,940	11	0	3	6,198	6,222
Gila	6	1,327	29	8	211	2,351	7	1	2	3,942	4,024
Graham	2	743	9	18	145	851	0	0	0	1,768	1,769
Greenlee	0	120	1	2	19	153	3	0	0	298	300
La Paz	3	451	4	4	28	592	1	0	0	1,083	1,088
Maricopa	72	70,792	776	362	6,880	107,828	124	19	19	186,872	187,009
Mohave	7	3,885	49	13	340	7,153	13	0	4	11,464	11,464
Navajo	7	1,620	19	54	266	2,752	7	2	1	4,728	4,728
Pima	38	17,772	113	54	1,733	42,200	28	3	10	61,951	61,976
Pinal	2	2,813	19	23	247	4,610	10	0	3	7,727	7,727
Santa Cruz	2	286	4	0	49	693	0	0	0	1,034	1,043
Yavapai	15	7,272	123	19	781	11,425	16	0	6	19,657	19,685
Yuma	10	2,897	22	12	218	3,335	4	0	1	6,499	6,681
TOTALS	177	115,115	1,211	637	11,500	193,708	239	28	54	322,669	323,242

1. Candidate withdrew before primary but was on ballot.

Turnout among Republicans in the 2000 primary was somewhat lower than in the hotly contested 1996 Arizona primary which featured a tight three-way race between Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan.

**February 27, 1996 Primary Election**
	Total Vote	Percent
Steve Forbes	115,962	33.37%
Bob Dole	102,980	29.64%
Patrick J. "Pat" Buchanan	95,742	27.55%
Lamar Alexander	24,765	7.13%
Alan L. Keyes	2,790	0.80%
Richard G. Lugar	2,064	0.59%
Others (14)	3,179	0.89%
Total	347,482

* The Arizona Democratic Party held its own primary on March 9, 1996.

Clinton	12,303	95.49%
No Preference	581	4.51%
Total	12,884

Last Updated on 3/12/2000
By win95inst