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Write-in Candidates on the General Election Ballot

Since the passage of the "Top Two Primary", write-in candidates are not allowed to appear on the General Election ballot (because only the two top "vote-getters" appear on the November ballot. Instead, candidates are able to run as write-ins in the Primary, and will appear on the General Election ballot if they are in the top two. Contests in which only one candidate files (and NO write-in candidates file) result in uncontested candidates.

Election District Candidate Primary % General %
2026 AD17 One of three write-in candidates TBD TBD
AD54 Alexandra Briseno (R) TBD TBD
AD61 Brian Lockwood (R) TBD TBD
AD63 Kevin Akin (P&F) TBD TBD
2024 AD04 Darren T. Ellis (R) 0.7% 33.5%
AD20 Sangeetha Shanbhogue (R) 0.5% 27.1%
AD32 Ken Weir (R) 15.9% 40.9%
AD45 Scott P. Olson (R) 1.0% 36.2%
AD65 Lydia A. Gutierrez (R) 0.4% 29.1%
2022 SD24 Kristina Irwin (R) 3.6% 32.9%
SD26 Claudia Agraz (R) 0.4% 17.1%
AD08 Thomas Edward Nichols (L) 0.2% 25.8%
AD09 Mushtaq A Tahirkheli (D) 0.2% 30.8%
AD14 Richard Kinney (R) 0.0% 11.6%
AD18 Mindy Pechenuk (R) 0.0% 10.1%
AD41 Michael McMahon (R) 3.3% 40.0%
AD43 Siaka Massaquoi (R) 1.5% 25.4%
AD48 Ryan Maye (R) 2.9% 39.2%
AD54 Elaine Alaniz (R) 0.3% 21.4%
AD59 Leon Q. Sit (NPP) 0.7% 30.0%
2020 SD03 Carlos Santamaria (R) 1.0% 31.6%
SD09 Jamie Dluzak (L) 0.0% 11.6%
SD25 Kathleen Hazelton (R) 0.5% 36.0%
SD31 Rod D Taylor (R) 0.9% 41.0%
SD33 Elizabeth Castillo (D) 0.2% 38.2%
SD39 Linda Blankenship (R) 8.1% 33.8%
AD07 James O Just (L) 0.2% 26.1%
AD11 Debra Schwab (R) 1.2% 35.3%
AD17 Starchild (L) 0.0% 11.1%
AD21 Joel Gutierrez Campos (R) 0.5% 40.4%
AD45 Jeffi Girgenti (R) 1.2% 33.8%
2018 CA19 Justin James Aguilera (R) 0.8%  
CA32 Joshua M. Scott (R) 0.1%  
AD04 Brandon Z. Nelson (LIB) 0.2%  
AD07 Scott Schmidt (R) 0.4%  
AD20 Joseph Grcar (R) 0.1%  
AD21 Justin Ryan Quigley (LIB) 0.1%  
AD27 G. Burt Lancasterq (R) 0.5%  
AD51 Christopher Stare (L) 0.0%  
AD61 Mohammad-Ali Mazarei (R) 0.6%  
AD64 Theresa Sanford (R) 0.0%  
AD69 Autumn Brown (LIB) 0.3%  
2016 CA14 Angel Cardenas (R) 1.0%  
SD33 Honor Mimi Robson LIB 0.0%  
AD01 Donn Coenen (LIB) 0.4%  
AD02 Ken Anton (LIB) 0.1%  
AD07 Ryan K. Brown (R) 0.4%  
AD32 Manuel Ramirez (REP) 1.1%  
AD46 Angela Rupert (DEM) 0.3%  
AD49 Peter Amundson (R) 0.4%  
AD51 Mike Everling (LIB) 0.0%  
AD58 Ramiro Alvarado (R) 0.0%  
AD62 Tony Leal (R) and Baron Bruno (R)* 0.0%  
AD70 Martha E. Flores-Gibson (R) 0.5%  
AD73 Mesbah Islam (D) 0.4%  
AD76 Thomas E. Krouse (R) 0.5%  
2014 BOE03 G. Rick Marshall (R) 0.5%  
CA23 Raul Garcia (D) 0.5%  
CA44 Adam Shbeita (PF) 0.0%  
SD16 Ruth Musser-Lopez (D) 0.2%  
SD22 Marc Rodrigues (R) 0.4%  
SD36 Gary Kephart (D) 0.9%  
AD05 Patrick D. Hogan (LIB) 0.1%  
AD14 Joy D. Delepine (R) 0.8%  
AD21 Jack Mobley (R) 4.7%  
AD31 Walter O. Villarreal (NPP) 0.1%  
AD41 Nathaniel Tsai (Rep) 1.1%  
AD51 Stephen C. Smith (REP) 0.3%  
AD60 Ken Park (D) 0.7%  
AD67 Conrad Melton (D) 0.2%  
AD75 Nicholas Shestople (D) 0.9%  
AD76 Thomas Krouse (R) 0.1%  
AD79 George R. Williams (AI) 0.3%  
2012 CA37 Morgan Osborne (R) 0.1%  
SD03 Frank Miranda (R) 2.0%  
SD09 Mary Catherine McIlroy (PF) 0.6%  
SD33 Lee H. Chauser (PF) 0.0%  
AD15 Eugene Ruyle (PF) 0.2%  
AD31 JD Bennett (R) 1.3%  

1) The two candidates tied at 32 votes.