2014 Arizona elections
November 4, 2014

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.

U.S. House of Representatives

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

Governor

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

Secretary of State

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

Attorney General

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]

Results

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

Treasurer

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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

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

Results

Republican primary results[4]
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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 31,315 100.00
Total votes 31,315 100.00

General election

Results

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

Superintendent of Public Instruction

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.[7]

Results

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

Mine Inspector

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

Republican primary results[4]
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

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 21,998 100.00
Total votes 21,998 100.00

General election

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

Corporation Commission

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.[8]

Republican primary

Polling

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

Results

Republican primary results[4]
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

Democratic primary results[4]
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

General election

Polling

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 October 7–8, 2014 400 ± ~4.9% 31% 33% 32% 38% 29%

Results

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Unofficial Results General Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Horne will be focus of inquiry by Clean Elections". AZ Central. June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Governor endorses Horne's opponent in GOP primary". AZ Central. July 10, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Unofficial Results Primary Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Often Overlooked, Race for State Treasurer Heats Up". Arizona Public Media. August 14, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of write-in candidates now online". Mohave Valley Daily News. July 24, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Huppenthal says he won't resign over blog posts". AZ Central. June 25, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Burns won't seek 2nd term on Corporation Commission". AZ Central. April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  9. 1 2 As voters can vote for two candidates, the poll also asked: "who would be your second choice?"
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