(The Center Square) – It’s been 60 years since Democrats held a trifecta in Arizona, in which one party controls both chambers of the Legislature and the governor’s mansion.

On Wednesday morning, Democrats in Arizona were cautiously optimistic that such an outcome could happen.

The Associated Press called 15 races for the party in the 30-seat Senate and 23 races for Democrats in the 60-seat House in Tuesday's general election.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Democratic candidates led in 20 of the 30 state Senate races and in 37 of the 60 state House races.

The last time the Democrats held either chamber was in 1992, when they were the majority party in the Senate, with the GOP holding onto the trifecta from then until Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ win over Republican Kari Lake two years ago.

On Wednesday afternoon, Democratic candidates led in 20 of the 30 state Senate races, while the party has the edge in 37 of the 60 House races.

Current Arizona Senate Minority Leader Priya Sundareshan, D-Tucson, told The Center Square on Wednesday morning that Democrats are confident they’ll win at least 17 seats in the Senate, taking back the chamber for the first time in 34 years.

“We are confident that we have the trifecta come January, and so we are going to be moving forward with enacting the affordability agenda that our caucuses set out at the beginning of this year,” Sundareshan told The Center Square.

Sundareshan said she will run for majority leader if Democrats get control of the Senate. She would need to win a vote by the members of the Democratic caucus.

Requests for comment from current state Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, were not returned. Petersen lost the attorney general race Tuesday to Democratic incumbent Kris Mayes.

What can Arizonans expect in 2027 and beyond?

Sundareshan said the new Senate majority, should the Democrats capture one, will focus on lowering costs for Arizonans of all ages. She said that includes bring down prices for healthcare, utilities and groceries.

She added she wants the body to focus on investing more into K-12 and college education in Arizona, as well as reining in abuse of the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account voucher program, in which tax dollars spent on students follow them to a private school.

“Arizona voters are looking to have legislative leaders that are willing to address the issues that they have been demanding action on,” Sundareshan said.

For now, Sundareshan said she plans on running to be the next Senate president in the new legislative cycle, which begins on Jan. 11, with an eye toward delivering the results that voters wanted by flipping the makeup of one and possibly both state chambers this fall.

“It’s going to mean delivering the results for Arizonans that we laid out at the very beginning of this year with our legislative bills again in our affordability agenda,” Sundareshan said. “It is also exactly what we talked all year long, and especially on the campaign trail with voters, with our candidates, hammering and really making sure that voters know we are committed to lowering costs and holding corporations accountable for a lot of the excessive rising costs, and protecting education and protecting water.”

House Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos, a Democrat, told The Center Square on Wednesday that he's confident the party will take back the House for the first time since 1966, which would secure the trifecta if Sundareshan's projections prove correct.

De Los Santos said the House Democratic caucus is ready to get to work, tackling the issues that the Grand Canyon State faces right now.

"Under Republican leadership, giant corporations from outside the country were stealing our water from beneath our feet. We can end that with a new Groundwater Management Act," De Los Santos told The Center Square.

"Our Democratic candidates and all the thousands of Arizonans who volunteered and donated helped make history on Tuesday," he said. "Now we have to deliver for the working people and the middle class, and we will."