State Senator - District No. 1
State Senate District 1; Arizona
My vote power
Above average
Election date
July 21, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 65 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 246,671 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,378,838 ÷ 246,671) ÷ ln(50,000) = 65.7, measured against a statewide vote in AZ (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Christine Ellen Dargon
AdvancedDemocratic · advanced
Christine Dargon was hired as the public face of PrioritiesNH, a nonpartisan civic engagement organization, during the 2007-2008 presidential campaign. She has served as a Precinct Committeeperson and co-founded Indivisible Rimrock.
Mark Finchem
AdvancedRepublican · Incumbent · advanced
Mark Finchem served 21 years with the Kalamazoo, Michigan Department of Public Safety, first as a firefighter and paramedic and then over 18 years as a law enforcement officer and criminal investigator. An Arizona resident since 1999, he was elected to the 2015 Legislature.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, 15 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 14 for, 2 against, Election Integrity 9 for, 2 against,
Results
Advanced · Certified
Winners: Christine Ellen Dargon (Democratic), Mark Finchem (Republican)
Source: cdn1.arizona.vote · researched September 12, 2026