1990 Arizona gubernatorial election

1990 Arizona gubernatorial election
	County results; Symington: 50–60%; Goddard: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
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. This is the only election where Arizona used a runoff election.

Evan Mecham, a former governor who was removed from office in 1988 upon being convicted in his impeachment trial, unsuccessfully ran for another term. His replacement and incumbent Governor, Rose Mofford, declined to run for a full term.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Terry Goddard, mayor of Phoenix
Dave Moss, perennial candidate

Declined[]

Rose Mofford, incumbent Governor

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	212,579	84.0
	Democratic	Dave Moss	40,478	16.0
Total votes			253,057	100.0

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Fife Symington, Real estate developer
Evan Mecham, former Governor
Fred Koory, Jr, former State Senator
Sam Steiger, former U.S. Representative for Arizona
Bob Barnes, former Governor's aide

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fife Symington	163,010	43.8
	Republican	Evan Mecham	91,136	24.5
	Republican	Fred Koory, Jr	61,487	16.5
	Republican	Sam Steiger	49,019	13.2
	Republican	Bob Barnes	7,672	2.1
Total votes			372,324	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1990^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Fife Symington III	523,984	49.7%	+10.0%
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	519,691	49.2%	+14.8%
	Stop Abortion	Max Hawkins (write-in)	10,983	1.0%	+1.0%
	Libertarian	Ed Yetman (write-in)	316	0.0%
	Write-ins		432	0.0%
Majority			4,293	0.4%	-4.5%
Turnout			1,055,406

Runoff election[]

Prior to 1992, the Arizona State Constitution required a runoff election for the office of Governor if no candidate received a majority of the votes. As a result, a runoff election was held on February 28, 1991.

Results[]

Arizona Gubernatorial Runoff Election, 1991 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fife Symington III	492,569	52.4
	Democratic	Terry Goddard	448,168	47.6
Majority			44,401	4.7
Turnout			940,736
	Republican gain from Democratic

References[]

^ Our Campaigns – AZ Governor – D Primary Race – Sep 11, 1990
^ Our Campaigns – AZ Governor – R Primary Race – Sep 11, 1990
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ [1] Our Campaigns – AZ Governor Runoff – Feb 28, 1991

[1] Our Campaigns – AZ Governor – D Primary Race – Sep 11, 1990

[2] Our Campaigns – AZ Governor – R Primary Race – Sep 11, 1990

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] [1] Our Campaigns – AZ Governor Runoff – Feb 28, 1991

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