2024 Maricopa County elections

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2024 Maricopa County County elections
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The 2024 Maricopa County elections will be held on November 5, 2024, in Maricopa County, Arizona, with partisan primary elections for county offices being held on July 30, 2024. All five seats of the Board of Supervisors are up for election, as well as all county-wide elected officials (except the Clerk of the Superior Court). [1]

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Democrat Joe Biden won the county with 50.13% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election. The Republican Party holds five of the six offices. The one Democrat is Sheriff Russ Skinner, who changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic in January 2024 prior to being appointed to the position.

Board of Supervisors

All five seats on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are up for reelection.

The Republican Party currently holds four seats on the board, while the Democratic Party holds one.

Assessor

Republican Eddie Cook was appointed in 2020, following the resignation of Paul Petersen, and was reelected in 2020 with 52.4% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

Democratic primary candidates

County Attorney

Republican Rachel Mitchell was first appointed in 2022, following the resignation of Allister Adel, and reelected in the 2022 special election with 52.8% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

Democratic primary candidates

County Recorder

Republican Stephen Richer was first elected in 2020, defeating Democrat incumbent Adrian Fontes, with 50.1% of the vote. Fontas had defeated long-time Recorder Helen Purcell in 2016 with 50.53% of the vote. [1]

Republican primary candidates

Democratic primary candidates

County School Superintendent

Republican Steve Watson was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020 with 50.3% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

Democratic primary candidates

Sheriff

Democrat Paul Penzone was first elected in 2016, defeating Republican Joe Arpaio, and reelected in 2020 with 55.7% of the vote. Penzone resigned in January 2024. Deputy Sheriff Russ Skinner, changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic and was appointed as Penzone's replacement. [5]

Republican primary candidates

Democratic primary candidates

On July 30, 2024, Republican Candidate Jerry Sheridan and Democratic Candidate Tyler Kamp won the primary election. [9] Kamp won the Democratic nomination in spite of being exposed prior to the primary by ABC15 for sexually harrassing a subordinate during his final year at the Phoenix Police Department and for illegally accessing a confidential law enforcement database. [10]

Treasurer

Republican John Allen was first elected in 2020 with 52.3% of the vote. No Democrat filed for the position.

Republican primary candidates

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  2. ↑ Duda, Jeremy (March 7, 2024). "Challengers turn Maricopa County attorney matchup into hotly contested race". Axios . Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ↑ Poling, Hannah (July 11, 2023). "Republican Businessman Steven Hines First to Announce Candidacy for Maricopa County Recorder". The Tennessee Star. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  4. ↑ Gordon, David (September 19, 2023). "Dr. Laura Metcalfe to Bring Accountability and Innovation to Maricopa Superintendent of Schools Office". blogforarizona.net. Blog for Arizona. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Resnik, Brahm (March 3, 2024). "Sheriff Russ Skinner says he is running for a full-term as a Democrat". 12new.com. 12 News. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Maricopa County Sheriff Candidate Crawford's Troubles with the Law Resurface". July 14, 2023.
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