2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
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 2014November 6, 2018 2022  
  Kathy Hoffman (45939345954) (cropped).jpg Frank Riggs by Gage Skidmore 4 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Kathy Hoffman Frank Riggs
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,185,4571,113,781
Percentage51.6%48.4%

2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election results map by county.svg
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.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Tracy Livingston
Federal officials
State and local officials
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

Results

Results by county (all counties are won with 20-30% of the vote):
Riggs:       Branch:       Douglas: 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Republican primary election results by county.svg
Results by county (all counties are won with 20–30% of the vote):
Riggs:     Branch:     Douglas:     
Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank Riggs 124,872 21.82%
Republican Bob Branch124,62321.78%
Republican Diane Douglas (incumbent)121,45221.22%
Republican Tracy Livingston115,77820.23%
Republican Jonathan Gelbart85,51114.94%
Total votes572,236 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Results by county:
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Hoffman--50-60%
Hoffman--60-70%
Schapira--50-60% 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Democratic primary election results by county.svg
Results by county:
  Hoffman—50–60%
  Hoffman—60–70%
  Schapira—50–60%
Democratic primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathy Hoffman 254,566 52.27%
Democratic David Schapira 232,41947.73%
Total votes486,985 100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Frank
Riggs (R)
Kathy
Hoffman (D)
Undecided
OH Predictive Insights September 5–6, 2018597 (LV)± 4.0%41%39%20%

Results

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2018 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kathy Hoffman 1,185,457 51.56% +2.11%
Republican Frank Riggs 1,113,78148.44%-2.11%
Write-in 890.0%N/A
Total votes2,299,327 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

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