Arizona gubernatorial election, 1990

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1990

November 6, 1990

Nominee Fife Symington Terry Goddard Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 523,984 519,691 Percentage 49.65% 49.24%

Governor before election Rose Mofford Democratic Elected Governor Fife Symington Republican

The 1990 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990 for the post of Governor of Arizona. Republican Fife Symington defeated the Democratic nominee and Mayor of Phoenix Terry Goddard. Because no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held later on February 26, 1991, which Symington also won.

General election

Results

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1990[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Fife Symington III	523,984	49.65%	+9.98%
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	519,691	49.24%	+14.75%
	Stop Abortion	Max Hawkins (write-in)	10,983	1.04%	+1.04%
	Libertarian	Ed Yetman (write-in)	316	0.03%	+0.03%
	Write-ins		432	0.04%
Majority			4,293	0.41%	-4.77%
Turnout			1,055,406
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

1. http://www.azsos.gov/election/1990/General/Canvass1990GE.pdf