2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election

2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
	County results; Hoffman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Riggs: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Superintendent before election; Diane Douglas; Republican	Elected Superintendent ; Kathy Hoffman; Democratic

The 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, concurrently with the election of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

Frank Riggs, former California congressman, candidate for US Senate for California in 1998, candidate for Arizona Governor in 2006 and 2014.^[1]

Eliminated in primary[]

Tracy Livingston, teacher & Maricopa County Community College District board member^[2]^[3]
Robert Branch, Grand Canyon University professor^[4]
Jonathan Gelbart, charter school director.^[5]
Diane Douglas, incumbent^[6]

Endorsements[]

Tracy Livingston

Federal officials

Debbie Lesko, U.S. Representative^[7]

State and local officials

Lisa Graham Keegan, former Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jaime Molera, former Superintendent of Public Instruction
Steven Yarbrough, President of Arizona Senate
Sylvia Allen, state senator
Karen Fann, state senator
JD Mesnard, Arizona House Speaker
Kevin Payne, state representative.^[8]
Vince Leach, state representative.
Todd Clodfelter, state representative.
Paul Boyer, state representative^[9]
Drew John, state representative.
David Livingston, state representative
Sal Dicicio, Phoenix City Councilman

Frank Riggs

Individuals

Ernest Garfield, former State Treasurer
Adam Kwasman, former state representative.
Jim Waring, Phoenix City Councilman and former state senator.
Jake Hoffman, Queen Creek Town Councilman.
Jared Taylor, Gilbert Town Councilman.
Jim Lane, Mayor of Scottsdale^[10]

Jonathan Gelbart

Individuals^[11]

James Kolbe, former Congressman
Rich Crandall, former State Senator
Kevin Thompson, Mesa City Councilmember
Chris Glover, Mesa City Councilmember

Primary results[]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Riggs	124,872	21.82%
	Republican	Bob Branch	124,623	21.78%
	Republican	Diane Douglas (incumbent)	121,452	21.22%
	Republican	Tracy Livingston	115,778	20.23%
	Republican	Jonathan Gelbart	85,511	14.94%
Total votes			572,236	100.0%

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

Kathy Hoffman, Glendale teacher.^[6]

Eliminated in primary[]

David Schapira, former state senator.^[12]

Primary results[]

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Hoffman	254,566	52.3%
	Democratic	David Schapira	232,419	47.7%
Total votes			484,748	100.0%

General election[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Frank Riggs (R)	Kathy Hoffman (D)	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights	September 5–6, 2018	597	± 4.01%	41%	39%	20%

Results[]

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Hoffman	1,185,457	51.6%
	Republican	Frank Riggs	1,113,781	48.4%
	Democratic	Matthew Harris (write-in)	89	0.0%
Total votes			2,299,327	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Notes[]

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Report, Yellow Sheet. "John Huppenthal feels your pain – Arizona Capitol Times". azcapitoltimes.com.
^ Stone, Sam. "Tracy Livingston Announces Candidacy for AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction".
^ "6-27-17 Briefs". archives.mcrcbriefs.org.
^ "Allhands: Arizona's big education race just got its dark horse".
^ ^a ^b "Race for Arizona schools chief grows as two more announce run". 18 April 2017.
^ "Endorsements – Tracy Livingston". www.tracylivingston.vote. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ Duda, Jeremy (17 March 2017). "House Ed Chair Paul Boyer, Rep. Drew John Endorse Tracy Livingston for Superintendent".
^ "Media release" (PDF). riggsforaz.com.
^ "Endorsements".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Roberts: David Schapira to take on Diane Douglas".

External links[]

Official Superintendent of Public Instruction campaign websites

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Report, Yellow Sheet. "John Huppenthal feels your pain – Arizona Capitol Times". azcapitoltimes.com.

[3] Stone, Sam. "Tracy Livingston Announces Candidacy for AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction".

[4] "6-27-17 Briefs". archives.mcrcbriefs.org.

[5] "Allhands: Arizona's big education race just got its dark horse".

[ktar.com-6] "Race for Arizona schools chief grows as two more announce run". 18 April 2017.

[7] "Endorsements – Tracy Livingston". www.tracylivingston.vote. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

[8] [1]^{[dead link]}

[9] Duda, Jeremy (17 March 2017). "House Ed Chair Paul Boyer, Rep. Drew John Endorse Tracy Livingston for Superintendent".

[10] "Media release" (PDF). riggsforaz.com.

[11] "Endorsements".^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "Roberts: David Schapira to take on Diane Douglas".

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