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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.

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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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Ducey 805,062 53.35
Democratic Fred DuVal 626,92141.55
Libertarian Barry Hess 57,3373.80
Americans Elect John Lewis Mealer15,4321.02
Write-in 4,1670.38
Total votes1,508,919 100.00
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michele Reagan 779,226 52.19
Democratic Terry Goddard 712,91847.75
Write-in 9900.07
Total votes1,493,134 100.00
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]

Results

Arizona Attorney General election, 2014 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Brnovich 782,361 52.88
Democratic Felecia Rotellini696,05447.04
Write-in 1,2120.08
Total votes1,479,627 100.00
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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jeff
DeWit		Hugh
Hallman		Randy
Pullen		Undecided
Magellan Strategies [4] August 17–21, 20141,281± 2.74%25%23%20%32%
Harper Polling [5] August 19–20, 2014812± 3.44%23%19%21%37%
Magellan Strategies [6] August 15–18, 20141,322± ?23%21%21%35%
Magellan Strategies [7] August 12–15, 20141,300± ?18%21%18%43%
Magellan Strategies [8] August 5–7, 20141,289± 2.73%19%19%15%47%
Magellan Strategies [9] July 28–31, 20141,644± ?16%20%14%50%
Harper Polling [10] July 16–17, 2014885± 3.29%12%10%18%59%
Gravis Marketing [11] July 14, 2014691± 4%20%9%10%61%
Magellan Strategies [12] July 9–10, 2014593± 4.02%11%11%8%70%
Harper Polling [13] June 25–26, 2014791± 3.48%11%9%16%63%
Magellan Strategies [14] June 3–4, 2014630± 3.9%13%14%8%65%
Magellan Strategies [15] May 13–14, 2014760± 3.6%10%12%10%68%

Debate

2014 Arizona State Treasurer election republican primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Jeff DeWit Hugh Hallman Randy Pullen
1Jul. 7, 2014 Arizona PBS Ted Simons PBS PPP

Results

Republican primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff DeWit 215,892 44.90
Republican Hugh Hallman 155,77532.40
Republican Randy Pullen 108,10622.49
Write-in 1,0110.21
Total votes480,784 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 31,315100.00
Total votes31,315 100.00

General election

Results

Arizona State Treasurer election, 2014 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff DeWit 1,063,472 99.12
Write-in 9,4610.88
Total votes1,072,933 100.00
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. [19]

Debate

2014 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Diane Douglas David Garcia
1Sep. 24, 2014 Arizona PBS Ted Simons PBS PP

Results

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2014 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Diane Douglas 740,273 50.52
Democratic David Garcia 724,23949.42
Write-in 8440.06
Total votes1,465,356 100.00
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 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Hart (incumbent) 433,404 99.48
Write-in 2,2530.52
Total votes435,657 100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 21,998100.00
Total votes21,998 100.00

General election

Arizona Mine Inspector election, 2014 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Hart (incumbent) 1,050,509 99.25
Write-in 7,9380.75
Total votes1,058,447 100.00
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. [20]

Republican primary

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Tom
Forese		Doug
Little		Lucy
Mason		Vernon
Parker		Undecided
Harper Polling [5] [21] August 19–20, 2014812± 3.44%12%29%17%17%26%
23%14%17%14%31%
Harper Polling [13] [21] June 25–26, 2014791± 3.48%5%5%10%23%57%
8%7%9%6%69%

Debate

2014 Arizona Corporation Commission election republican primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Thomas Forese Doug Little Lucy Mason Vernon Parker
1Jun. 24, 2014 Arizona PBS Ted Simons PBS PPPP

Results

Republican primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Little 250,193 28.85
Republican Thomas Forese 249,951 28.82
Republican Lucy Mason 199,82123.04
Republican Vernon Parker163,77318.88
Write-in 3,4940.4
Total votes867,232 100.0

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sandra Kennedy 243,189 56.1
Democratic Jim Holway 185,685 42.8
Write-in 4,6381.07
Total votes433,512 100.0

General election

Debate

2014 Arizona Corporation Commission election debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Thomas Forese Jim Holway Sandra Kennedy Doug Little
1Sep. 21, 2014 Arizona PBS Ted Simons PBS PPPP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Tom
Forese (R)		Doug
Little (R)		Jim
Holway (D)		Sandra
Kennedy (D)		Undecided
Moore Information [22] [ dead link ‍]October 7–8, 2014400± ≈4.9%31%33%32%38%29%

Results

General election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Little 766,864 28.78
Republican Thomas Forese 761,915 28.59
Democratic Sandra Kennedy 576,48221.63
Democratic Jim Holway557,96320.94
Write-in 1,4400.05
Total votes2,664,664 100.0
Republican hold

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References

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  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. ↑ Resnik, Brahm (August 22, 2014). "Ducey widens lead in latest tracking poll". The Arizona Republic.
  5. 1 2 Harper Polling
  6. ↑ Magellan Strategies
  7. ↑ Magellan Strategies
  8. ↑ Magellan Strategies
  9. ↑ Resnik, Brahm (August 6, 2014). "Ducey up, Smith climbing, Jones slipping in new poll". The Arizona Republic.
  10. ↑ Harper Polling
  11. ↑ Gravis Marketing
  12. ↑ Magellan Strategies
  13. 1 2 Harper Polling
  14. ↑ Magellan Strategies
  15. ↑ Magellan Strategies
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Unofficial Results Primary Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Often Overlooked, Race for State Treasurer Heats Up". Arizona Public Media. August 14, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ "List of write-in candidates now online". Mohave Valley Daily News. July 24, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Huppenthal says he won't resign over blog posts". AZ Central. June 25, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Burns won't seek 2nd term on Corporation Commission". AZ Central. April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  21. 1 2 As voters can vote for two candidates, the poll also asked: "who would be your second choice?"
  22. ↑ Moore Information
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