Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives will take place in 2024. The general election is on November 5, 2024. The primary was July 30, 2024. The filing deadline was April 1, 2024. The Arizona House of Representatives is one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
All 60 seats in the state House are up for election. Republicans currently have a 31-29 majority. Democrats need to win two seats to win a majority. The last time Democrats controlled the chamber was in 1966. Republicans could increase their majority by winning one or more seats, but they cannot lose any seats and still maintain their majority.
Arizona is one of 10 states that has a divided government, since Democrats control the governorship and Republicans control both chambers of the Legislature. The outcome of the House elections alone cannot change Arizona’s trifecta status because Republicans also control the Senate. Arizona had a Republican trifecta from 2009 to 2023. The last time the state had a Democratic trifecta was in 1966.
According to the Arizona Mirror’s Jim Small, “Democrats are portraying their Republican opponents as ‘extreme’ and aligned with MAGA politics, while Republicans are casting their challengers as socialists who are too radical for Arizona.”
The general elections are taking place against the backdrop of the Arizona Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling regarding abortion. At the time of the ruling, Arizona had two conflicting abortion laws—an 1864 territorial law banning abortion and a 2022 law with a 15-week ban. The court ruled that the 1864 law took precedent. NPR’s Ryland Barton wrote, “Democrats are taking aim at GOP lawmakers who voted against repealing the ban.” The House voted to repeal the law 32-28.
According to NPR’s Ben Giles, Republicans “view immigration as a key issue here in Arizona, where voters do feel like there is a problem at the border with the number of border crossings that are happening day to day here in Arizona.” NBC News’ Adam Edelman wrote that the Republican State Leadership Committee has released “ads on behalf of Republicans in three competitive districts that attacked Democrats on those issues.”
Arizona is one of 10 states in which at least one chamber uses multi-member districts. In the case of Arizona, the top two vote-getting candidates in each House race will represent one district.
Ballotpedia identified nine battleground districts. As of Oct. 31, CNalysis’ identified the seats in these districts as ranging from Solid Republican or Solid Democratic to Toss-Up. Both incumbents are running in four districts, while at least one incumbent is not running in five districts. Click here to read more about the battleground elections.
One incumbent lost in the primaries. Click here to learn more