1996 Elections in Arizona

The Libertarian Party of Arizona ran the following candidates in the November 1996 elections:

US Representative District 2: Alice Bangle (withdrew from race after ballots were printed): 5,089 votes (4.1%)
US Representative District 5: John C. Zajac: 6,991 votes (2.7%)
US Representative District 6: Robert Anderson: 14,529 votes (5.8%)
Corporation Commissioner: Ray Price: 52,603 votes (4.2%)
State Senate District 18: Donna Hancock: 2,705 votes (6.1%)
State Senate District 20: Richard Duncan: 1,299 votes (5.2%)
State Senate District 24: Gary Fallon: 3,741 votes (7.6%)
State Senate District 25: John Williams: 1,523 votes (4.3%)
State Representative District 2: Sunny Reid: 7,927 votes (9.7%)
State Representative District 4: Michael T. Haggard: 2,866 votes (3.3%)
State Representative District 18: Ernest Hancock: 3,372 votes (4.7%)
State Representative District 19: Joe Susnjara: 7,700 votes (10.1%)
State Representative District 20: John P. Wilde: 1,387 votes (3.2%)
State Representative District 21: Scott Grainger: 6,323 votes (8.3%)
State Representative District 24: Jim Hamilton: 3,627 votes (4.2%)
State Representative District 25: Kent Van Cleave: 1,984 votes (3.2%)
Pima County Board of Supervisors District 4: Ted Louis Glenn

Anderson's 6% showing was the balance of power in a very close race, with the Republican and Democrat each getting 47% (the Republican won by fewer than a thousand votes).

Arizona had the highest percentage of votes going to Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne, with a total of 13,742 votes (1.0%).

Along with California voters, Arizona voters approved a ballot initiative legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes.