Arizona elections, 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.

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.

In the November 4, 2014 general election, Ducey won with 53% of the vote.

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.

Republican primary

Wil Cardon was initially considered the front-runner, but support for him collapsed in the wake of revelations that six of his siblings were suing him for more than $6 million of family money that they allege he used in his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2012, despite it not being his to use.^[1]

Candidates

Declared

• Wil Cardon, businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012^[2]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Wil Cardon	Justin Pierce	Michele Reagan	Undecided
Magellan Strategies	August 17–21, 2014	1,281	± 2.74%	18%	27%	33%	22%
Harper Polling	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	15%	30%	32%	23%
Magellan Strategies	August 15–18, 2014	1,322	± ?	18%	26%	33%	23%
Magellan Strategies	August 12–15, 2014	1,300	± ?	17%	23%	33%	27%
Magellan Strategies	August 5–7, 2014	1,289	± 2.73%	16%	27%	27%	30%
Magellan Strategies	July 28–31, 2014	1,644	± ?	19%	18%	31%	32%
Harper Polling	July 16–17, 2014	885	± 3.29%	19%	19%	21%	40%
Gravis Marketing	July 14, 2014	691	± 4%	13%	17%	13%	57%
Magellan Strategies	July 9–10, 2014	593	± 4.02%	17%	9%	21%	53%
Harper Polling	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	20%	13%	22%	44%
Magellan Strategies	June 3–4, 2014	630	± 3.9%	18%	15%	20%	47%
Magellan Strategies	May 13–14, 2014	760	± 3.6%	20.4%	11.7%	16.8%	51.2%

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michele Reagan	217,741	43.03
	Republican	Justin Pierce	174,422	34.47
	Republican	Wil Cardon	111,444	22.03
	Republican	Write-in	2,359	0.47
Total votes			505,966	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Terry Goddard, former Attorney General of Arizona, candidate for Governor in 1994 and nominee for Governor in 1990 and 2010^[4][5]

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	289,796	98.79
	Democratic	Write-in	3,556	1.21
Total votes			293,352	100

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Michele Reagan (R)	Terry Goddard (D)	Undecided
The Polling Company	October 20–22, 2014	601	± 4%	42%	42%	15%
Moore Information	October 7–8, 2014	400	± ~4.9%	44%	46%	10%
The Polling Company	October 6–8, 2014	600	± 4%	45%	47%	8%

Results

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michele Reagan	779,226	52.19
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	712,918	47.75
	Write-ins	Other	990	0.07
Total votes			1,493,134	100

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.^[7] Various Arizona Republicans called for him to resign or endorsed his opponent.^[8]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tom Horne, incumbent Attorney General^[9][10]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Horne	Mark Brnovich	Undecided
Magellan Strategies	August 17–21, 2014	1,281	± 2.74%	40%	47%	13%
Harper Polling	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	37%	40%	24%
Magellan Strategies	August 15–18, 2014	1,322	± ?	38%	48%	14%
Magellan Strategies	August 12–15, 2014	1,300	± ?	34%	47%	19%
Magellan Strategies	August 5–7, 2014	1,289	± 2.73%	37%	43%	20%
Magellan Strategies	July 28–31, 2014	1,644	± ?	35%	42%	23%
Harper Polling	July 16–17, 2014	885	± 3.29%	26%	37%	37%
Gravis Marketing	July 14, 2014	691	± 4%	29%	44%	27%
Magellan Strategies	July 9–10, 2014	593	± 4.02%	25%	39%	36%
Harper Polling	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	28%	33%	39%
Magellan Strategies	June 3–4, 2014	630	± 3.9%	26%	43%	31%
Magellan Strategies	May 13–14, 2014	760	± 3.6%	32.4%	33.1%	34.5%

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	279,855	53.51
	Republican	Tom Horne	240,858	46.05
	Republican	Write-in	2,331	0.45
Total votes			523,044	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Felecia Rotellini, attorney and nominee for Attorney General in 2010^[11]

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	277,689	98.76
	Democratic	Write-in	3,492	1.24
Total votes			281,181	100

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Brnovich (R)	Felicia Rotellini (D)	Undecided
The Polling Company	October 20–22, 2014	601	± 4%	41%	38%	21%
Tarrance Group	October 13–16, 2014	500	± 4.5%	48%	39%	13%
McLaughlin & Associates	October 12–14, 2014	500	± 4.5%	38.6%	31.6%	36.8%
Moore Information	October 7–8, 2014	400	± ~4.9%	39%	42%	19%
The Polling Company	October 6–8, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	43%	16%
Tarrance Group	September 15–17, 2014	505	± 4.5%	43%	40%	16%

Results

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	782,361	52.88
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	696,054	47.04
	Write-ins	Other	1,212	0.08
Total votes			1,479,627	100

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Doug Ducey is not running for re-election to a second term in office. He is instead the Republican nominee for Governor.

Republican primary

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%	10.1%	12.3%	9.7%	68%

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff DeWit	215,892	44.9
	Republican	Hugh Hallman	155,775	32.4
	Republican	Randy Pullen	108,106	22.49
	Republican	Write-in	1,011	0.21
Total votes			480,784	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Gerard Davis ran as a write-in candidate.^[12][13]

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Write-in	31,315	100

General election

Results

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff DeWit	1,063,472	99.12
	Write-ins	Other	9,461	0.88
Total votes			1,072,933	100

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.^[14]

Republican primary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Huppenthal	Diane Douglas	Undecided
Harper Polling	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	34%	39%	28%
Harper Polling	July 16–17, 2014	885	± 3.29%	27%	33%	40%
Gravis Marketing	July 14, 2014	691	± 4%	25%	35%	40%
Magellan Strategies	July 9–10, 2014	593	± 4.02%	25%	32%	43%
Harper Polling	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	27%	31%	42%

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Douglas	290,719	58.01
	Republican	John Huppenthal	206,744	41.25
	Republican	Write-in	3,728	0.74
Total votes			501,191	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Garcia	157,233	53.51
	Democratic	Sharon Thomas	134,310	45.71
	Democratic	Write-in	2,278	0.78
Total votes			293,821	100

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Diane Douglas (R)	David Garcia (D)	Undecided
Moore Information	October 7–8, 2014	400	± ~4.9%	39%	43%	18%

Results

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Douglas	740,273	50.52
	Democratic	David Garcia	724,239	49.42
	Write-ins	Other	844	0.06
Total votes			1,465,356	100

Mine Inspector

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

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Hart	433,404	99.48
	Republican	Write-in	2,253	0.52
Total votes			435,657	100

Democratic primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Write-in	21,998	100

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Hart	1,050,509	99.25
	Write-ins	Other	7,938	0.75
Total votes			1,058,447	100

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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declined

• Brenda Burns, incumbent Commissioner^[15]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Forese	Doug Little	Lucy Mason	Vernon Parker	Undecided
Harper Polling[16]	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	12%	29%	17%	17%	26%
				23%	14%	17%	14%	31%
Harper Polling[16]	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	5%	5%	10%	23%	57%
				8%	7%	9%	6%	69%

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Little	250,193	28.85
	Republican	Tom Forese	249,951	28.82
	Republican	Lucy Mason	199,821	23.04
	Republican	Vernon Parker	163,773	18.88
	Republican	Write-in	3,494	0.4
Total votes			867,232	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Kennedy	243,189	56.1
	Democratic	Jim Holway	185,685	42.83
	Democratic	Write-in	4,638	1.07
Total votes			433,512	100

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[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Little	766,864	28.78
	Republican	Tom Forese	761,915	28.59
	Democratic	Sandra Kennedy	576,482	21.63
	Democratic	Jim Holway	557,963	20.94
	Write-ins	Other	1,440	0.05
Total votes			2,664,664	100

House of Representatives

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

References

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2. Duda, Jeremy (August 6, 2013). "Cardon running for secretary of state". Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
3. "Unofficial Results Primary Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
4. Lemons, Stephen (December 19, 2012). "Terry Goddard Wants to Be AG Again? Puh-lease". Blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
5. Pitzl, Mary Jo (October 29, 2013). "Sen. Reagan enters race for secretary of state post". Arizona Central. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
6. "Unofficial Results General Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
7. "Horne will be focus of inquiry by Clean Elections". AZ Central. June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
8. "Governor endorses Horne's opponent in GOP primary". AZ Central. July 10, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
9. Stephen Lemons (December 6, 2012). "Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid - - News - Phoenix". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
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11. Hendley, Matthew (February 26, 2013). "Felecia Rotellini Making Another Run at Attorney General". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
12. "Often Overlooked, Race for State Treasurer Heats Up". Arizona Public Media. August 14, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
13. "List of write-in candidates now online". Mohave Valley Daily News. July 24, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
14. "Huppenthal says he won't resign over blog posts". AZ Central. June 25, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
15. "Burns won't seek 2nd term on Corporation Commission". AZ Central. April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
16. As voters can vote for two candidates, the poll also asked: "who would be your second choice?"

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