2014 Arizona elections

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]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Tom Horne, incumbent attorney general^[4]^[5]
Mark Brnovich, director of the Arizona Department of Gaming

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%	33%	35%

Results[]

Republican primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	279,855	53.50
	Republican	Tom Horne (incumbent)	240,858	46.05
	Write-in		2,331	0.45
Total votes			523,044	100.00

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Felecia Rotellini, attorney and nominee for attorney general in 2010^[7]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	277,689	98.76
	Write-in		3,492	1.24
Total votes			281,181	100.00

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%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Horne (R)	Felicia Rotellini (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	February 28–March 2, 2014	870	± 3.3%	36%	42%	22%

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[]

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

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^[6]
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[]

Gerard Davis (write-in)^[8]^[9]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[6]
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.^[10]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

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^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Douglas	290,719	58.01
	Republican	John Huppenthal (incumbent)	206,744	41.25
	Write-in		3,728	0.74
Total votes			501,191	100.00

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Garcia	157,233	53.51
	Democratic	Sharon Thomas	134,310	45.71
	Write-in		2,278	0.78
Total votes			293,821	100.00

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[]

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^[6]
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^[6]
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.^[11]

Republican primary[]

Polling[]

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

Results[]

Republican primary results^[6]
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^[6]
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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Unofficial Results General Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
^ "Horne will be focus of inquiry by Clean Elections". AZ Central. June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ "Governor endorses Horne's opponent in GOP primary". AZ Central. July 10, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ Stephen Lemons (December 6, 2012). "Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid - - News - Phoenix". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
^ Fischer, Howard. "Richardson: AG Horne's checkered past might just be enough for reelection - East Valley Tribune: East Valley Voices". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Unofficial Results Primary Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
^ Hendley, Matthew (February 26, 2013). "Felecia Rotellini Making Another Run at Attorney General". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
^ "Often Overlooked, Race for State Treasurer Heats Up". Arizona Public Media. August 14, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ "List of write-in candidates now online". Mohave Valley Daily News. July 24, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ "Huppenthal says he won't resign over blog posts". AZ Central. June 25, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ "Burns won't seek 2nd term on Corporation Commission". AZ Central. April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
^ ^a ^b As voters can vote for two candidates, the poll also asked: "who would be your second choice?"

[generalresults-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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] Stephen Lemons (December 6, 2012). "Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid - - News - Phoenix". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved November 3, 2013.

[5] Fischer, Howard. "Richardson: AG Horne's checkered past might just be enough for reelection - East Valley Tribune: East Valley Voices". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2013.

[primaryresults-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Unofficial Results Primary Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

[7] Hendley, Matthew (February 26, 2013). "Felecia Rotellini Making Another Run at Attorney General". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 3, 2013.

[8] "Often Overlooked, Race for State Treasurer Heats Up". Arizona Public Media. August 14, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[9] "List of write-in candidates now online". Mohave Valley Daily News. July 24, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[10] "Huppenthal says he won't resign over blog posts". AZ Central. June 25, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[11] "Burns won't seek 2nd term on Corporation Commission". AZ Central. April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.

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