2018 Arizona Attorney General election

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2018 Arizona Attorney General election
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  2014 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2022  
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Nominee Mark Brnovich January Contreras
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,201,3981,120,726
Percentage51.73%48.26%

2018 Arizona Attorney General election results map by county.svg
2018 Arizona Attorney General election by precinct.svg
Brnovich:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Contreras:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No data

Attorney General before election

Mark Brnovich
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Mark Brnovich
Republican

The 2018 Arizona Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Arizona. Incumbent Republican Mark Brnovich won re-election to a second term, defeating former Arizona Department of Health Services Director January Contreras [1] [2] Primaries took place on August 28, 2018. [3]

Contents

Republican primary

Brnovich won the Republican primary unopposed. [4]

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Brnovich (incumbent) 561,370 100.0
Total votes561,370 100.0

Democratic primary

January Contreras, former director of Arizona Department of Health Services and senior advisor to former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, won the Democratic primary unopposed. [5] [6]

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic January Contreras 464,510 100.0
Total votes464,510 100.0

Libertarian primary

Michael Kielsky, former Chair of the Arizona Libertarian Party, won the Libertarian nomination as a write-in candidate. [7] [8]

Libertarian primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Michael Kielsky (write-in) 2,156 100.0
Total votes2,144 100.0

General election

Debate

One debate was hosted by Arizona PBS on October 10. [9]

DatesBrnovichContrerasLink
October 10, 2018ParticipantParticipant Full debateAZCentral

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mark
Brnovich (R)
January
Contreras (D)
Undecided
OH Predictive Insights September 5–6, 2018597± 4.0%48%36%16%
Data Orbital October 1–3, 2018550± 4.2%46%33%19%

Results

Brnovich won the general election by a 3.47% margin of victory. [10]

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Brnovich (incumbent) 1,201,398 51.73%
Democratic January Contreras1,120,72648.26%
Write-in 3460.01%
Total votes2,322,470 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Contreras won 5 of 9 congressional districts. [11]

DistrictBrnovichContrerasRepresentative
1st 49.892%49.894% Tom O'Halleran
2nd 46%54% Ann Kirkpatrick
3rd 35%65% Raúl Grijalva
4th 69%31% Paul Gosar
5th 61%39% Andy Biggs
6th 56%44% David Schweikert
7th 26%74% Ruben Gallego
8th 60%40% Debbie Lesko
9th 42%58% Greg Stanton

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