2014 Arizona elections

2014 Arizona elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 4, 2014. All of Arizona's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 26, 2014.

All of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

Incumbent Republican governor Jan Brewer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a second full term in office. After a bitter six-candidate primary, Republicans nominated Arizona State Treasurer Doug Ducey; Democrat Fred DuVal, the former chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents, won his party's nomination unopposed.

Arizona gubernatorial election, 2014^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ducey	805,062	53.35
	Democratic	Fred DuVal	626,921	41.55
	Libertarian	Barry Hess	57,337	3.80
	Americans Elect	John Lewis Mealer	15,432	1.02
	Write-in		4,167	0.38
Total votes			1,508,919	100.00
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Ken Bennett was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor. state senator Michele Reagan won the Republican primary, while former attorney general Terry Goddard won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Arizona Secretary of State election, 2014^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michele Reagan	779,226	52.19
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	712,918	47.75
	Write-in		990	0.07
Total votes			1,493,134	100.00
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican attorney general Tom Horne ran for re-election to a second term in office. Horne, who was under investigation for multiple violations of election laws, was considered vulnerable in both the primary and general elections.^[2] Various Arizona Republicans called for him to resign or endorsed his opponent.^[3]

Arizona Attorney General election, 2014^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	782,361	52.88
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	696,054	47.04
	Write-in		1,212	0.08
Total votes			1,479,627	100.00
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Doug Ducey did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He successfully sought the Republican nomination for governor and went on to win the general election.

• Jeff DeWit, businessman.
• Hugh Hallman, former mayor of Tempe
• Randy Pullen, former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff DeWit	Hugh Hallman	Randy Pullen	Undecided
Magellan Strategies[4]	August 17–21, 2014	1,281	± 2.74%	25%	23%	20%	32%
Harper Polling[5]	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	23%	19%	21%	37%
Magellan Strategies[6]	August 15–18, 2014	1,322	± ?	23%	21%	21%	35%
Magellan Strategies[7]	August 12–15, 2014	1,300	± ?	18%	21%	18%	43%
Magellan Strategies[8]	August 5–7, 2014	1,289	± 2.73%	19%	19%	15%	47%
Magellan Strategies[9]	July 28–31, 2014	1,644	± ?	16%	20%	14%	50%
Harper Polling[10]	July 16–17, 2014	885	± 3.29%	12%	10%	18%	59%
Gravis Marketing[11]	July 14, 2014	691	± 4%	20%	9%	10%	61%
Magellan Strategies[12]	July 9–10, 2014	593	± 4.02%	11%	11%	8%	70%
Harper Polling[13]	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	11%	9%	16%	63%
Magellan Strategies[14]	June 3–4, 2014	630	± 3.9%	13%	14%	8%	65%
Magellan Strategies[15]	May 13–14, 2014	760	± 3.6%	10%	12%	10%	68%

Republican primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff DeWit	215,892	44.90
	Republican	Hugh Hallman	155,775	32.40
	Republican	Randy Pullen	108,106	22.49
	Write-in		1,011	0.21
Total votes			480,784	100.00

• Gerard Davis (write-in)^[17][18]

Democratic primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in		31,315	100.00
Total votes			31,315	100.00

Arizona State Treasurer election, 2014^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff DeWit	1,063,472	99.12
	Write-in		9,461	0.88
Total votes			1,072,933	100.00
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal ran for re-election to a second term in office. Huppenthal faced down calls for him to resign or withdraw from the race after it was revealed that he made pseudonymous blog posts that attacked welfare recipients, Planned Parenthood and Spanish-language media.^[19]

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2014^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Douglas	740,273	50.52
	Democratic	David Garcia	724,239	49.42
	Write-in		844	0.06
Total votes			1,465,356	100.00
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Mine Inspector Joe Hart is running for re-election to a third term in office. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and will be unopposed in the general election.

Republican primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Hart (incumbent)	433,404	99.48
	Write-in		2,253	0.52
Total votes			435,657	100.00

Democratic primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in		21,998	100.00
Total votes			21,998	100.00

Arizona Mine Inspector election, 2014^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Hart (incumbent)	1,050,509	99.25
	Write-in		7,938	0.75
Total votes			1,058,447	100.00
	Republican hold

Two of the seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission are up for election. Republican Brenda Burns chose not to run for re-election to a second term in office and Republican Gary Pierce was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office.^[20]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Forese	Doug Little	Lucy Mason	Vernon Parker	Undecided
Harper Polling[5][21]	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	12%	29%	17%	17%	26%
				23%	14%	17%	14%	31%
Harper Polling[13][21]	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	5%	5%	10%	23%	57%
				8%	7%	9%	6%	69%

Republican primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Little	250,193	28.85
	Republican	Thomas Forese	249,951	28.82
	Republican	Lucy Mason	199,821	23.04
	Republican	Vernon Parker	163,773	18.88
	Write-in		3,494	0.4
Total votes			867,232	100.0

Democratic primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Kennedy	243,189	56.1
	Democratic	Jim Holway	185,685	42.8
	Write-in		4,638	1.07
Total votes			433,512	100.0

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Forese (R)	Doug Little (R)	Jim Holway (D)	Sandra Kennedy (D)	Undecided
Moore Information[22]	October 7–8, 2014	400	± ≈4.9%	31%	33%	32%	38%	29%

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Little	766,864	28.78
	Republican	Thomas Forese	761,915	28.59
	Democratic	Sandra Kennedy	576,482	21.63
	Democratic	Jim Holway	557,963	20.94
	Write-in		1,440	0.05
Total votes			2,664,664	100.0
	Republican hold