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The 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Arizona, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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. Ducey won the election with 53% of the vote. This election marked the first time since 1998 that no female gubernatorial candidate was on the ballot and the first time since 1994 that a man was elected as governor of the state of Arizona.
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
Janice Kay Brewer is an American politician and author who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona, from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Brewer is the fourth woman, and was the third consecutive woman, to serve as Governor of Arizona. Brewer became governor of Arizona as part of the line of succession, as determined by the Arizona Constitution, when Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become secretary of Homeland Security. Brewer had served as secretary of state of Arizona from January 2003 to January 2009.
The state treasurer is the state of Arizona’s chief banker and investment officer. The Treasurer’s Office manages Arizona’s annual state revenues; directs the state’s banking services; and manages Arizona’s investment portfolio. The state treasurer also serves on the management boards of a number of public entities. The state treasurer is one of six statewide elected officials, and serves a term of four years. A person may only serve as state treasurer for two terms.
Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano resigned on January 21, 2009, to be sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Since Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, Secretary of State Jan Brewer was first in the state's gubernatorial line of succession and was sworn in as governor on the same day. She was elected to a full term in 2010, defeating Democrat Terry Goddard, the Arizona Attorney General, by 54% to 42%.
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. The Democrats' dominant worldview was once social conservatism and economic liberalism while populism was its leading characteristic in the rural South. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive Party, beginning a switch of political platforms between the Democratic and Republican Party over the coming decades, and leading to Woodrow Wilson being elected as the first fiscally progressive Democrat. Since Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal coalition in the 1930s, the Democratic Party has also promoted a social liberal platform, supporting social justice.
Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013, under President Barack Obama. She has been president of the University of California system since September 2013, shortly after she resigned as Secretary of Homeland Security.
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the U.S. and the safety of U.S. citizens. The secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11, 2001. The new department consisted primarily of components transferred from other cabinet departments because of their role in homeland security, such as the Coast Guard, the Federal Protective Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Secret Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It did not, however, include the FBI or the CIA.
Brewer was term-limited in 2014, despite only serving one full term. This is because Arizona state law limits office holders to two consecutive terms regardless of whether they serve full or partial terms. In November 2012, Brewer declared she was looking into what she called "ambiguity" in Arizona's term-limit law to seek a third term. [1] In February 2014, Brewer reiterated that she was considering running for re-election, [2] but on March 12, 2014, she announced that she would not attempt to seek another term in office, which would have required what The Arizona Republic called a "long-shot court challenge". [3]
The Arizona Republic is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain.
The Republican primary campaign was widely characterised as being "bitter" and "nasty" [4] [5] [6] [7] and the $16.2 million spent by the six Republican candidates means that the 2014 election has already broken the record for most expensive gubernatorial race in state history, exceeding the 2002 election in which $9.2 million was spent during the primary and general election campaigns combined. [8]
Ken Bennett is an American Republican politician and businessman who served as president of the Arizona Senate, and served as the 19th Secretary of State of Arizona, from 2009 to 2015. He was a candidate for Governor of Arizona in the 2018 election.
The Secretary of State of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, the Secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship. The Secretary also serves as acting governor whenever the governor is incapacitated or out of state. The Secretary is the keeper of the Seal of Arizona and administers oaths of office. The current secretary is Katie Hobbs.
Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and politician who is the 23rd governor of Arizona. A Republican, he was sworn in as governor on January 5, 2015. He was the state's treasurer from 2011 to 2015.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ken Bennett | Doug Ducey | Christine Jones | Al Melvin | John Molina | Frank Riggs | Scott Smith | Andrew Thomas | Undecided |
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Magellan Strategies | August 17–21, 2014 | 1,281 | ± 2.74% | 12% | 32% | 18% | — | — | 2% | 21% | 8% | 7% |
Harper Polling | August 19–20, 2014 | 812 | ± 3.44% | 14% | 32% | 16% | — | — | 2% | 19% | 7% | 10% |
Remington | August 17–19, 2014 | 502 | ± 4.37% | 10% | 33% | 18% | — | — | 1% | 22% | 11% | 5% |
Magellan Strategies | August 15–18, 2014 | 1,322 | ± ? | 12% | 31% | 17% | — | — | 3% | 22% | 8% | 7% |
Magellan Strategies | August 12–15, 2014 | 1,300 | ± ? | 10% | 31% | 16% | — | — | 3% | 23% | 7% | 10% |
Magellan Strategies | August 5–7, 2014 | 1,289 | ± 2.73% | 11% | 29% | 13% | — | — | 4% | 22% | 9% | 12% |
Magellan Strategies | July 28–31, 2014 | 1,644 | ± ? | 12% | 23% | 13% | — | — | 5% | 21% | 10% | 16% |
Undisclosed | Late July 2014 | ? | ± ? | 10% | 23% | 20% | — | — | 2% | 15% | 9% | 21% |
Harper Polling | July 16–17, 2014 | 885 | ± 3.29% | 12% | 23% | 21% | — | — | 1% | 13% | 7% | 22% |
Behavior Research Center | July 10–17, 2014 | 459 | ± 4.7% | 10% | 13% | 17% | — | — | 2% | 8% | 0% | 50% |
Gravis Marketing | July 14, 2014 | 691 | ± 4% | 7% | 28% | 19% | — | — | 1% | 14% | 8% | 24% |
Highground | July 10–12, 2014 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 3.5% | 17.3% | 15.3% | — | — | 1.5% | 9.8% | 3% | 49.8% |
Magellan Strategies | July 9–10, 2014 | 593 | ± 4.02% | 11% | 26% | 22% | — | — | 2% | 14% | 6% | 19% |
Harper Polling | June 25–26, 2014 | 791 | ± 3.48% | 12% | 33% | 15% | — | — | 2% | 14% | 3% | 22% |
McLaughlin & Associates | June 10, 2014 | 400 | ± 3.48% | 8% | 22.8% | 6.2% | — | — | — | 6.5% | — | 56.5% |
Magellan Strategies | June 3–4, 2014 | 630 | ± 3.9% | 12% | 28% | 12% | 2% | — | 2% | 16% | 5% | 23% |
Magellan Strategies | May 13–14, 2014 | 760 | ± 3.6% | 12.7% | 27.3% | 11.9% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 11.5% | 5.6% | 28.8% |
Undisclosed | April 29, 2014 | 1,367 | ± 3.5% | 7% | 4% | 10% | — | — | — | 9% | 5% | 65% |
Magellan Strategies | April 8–9, 2014 | ? | ± ? | 15% | 9% | 14% | — | — | 1% | 6% | 6% | 45% |
Public Policy Polling | Feb. 28–Mar. 2, 2014 | 403 | ± 4.9% | 20% | 6% | 16% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 9% | 34% |
Behavior Research Center | January 16–26, 2014 | 701 | ± 3.8% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 1% | — | — | 7% | 7% | 69% |
Susquehanna | Nov. 27–Dec. 4 2013 | 245 | ± ? | 20% | 8% | 4% | 2% | — | — | 6% | 4% | 56% |
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Republican | Doug Ducey | 200,607 | 37.05 | |
Republican | Scott Smith | 119,107 | 22.00 | |
Republican | Christine Jones | 89,922 | 16.61 | |
Republican | Ken Bennett | 62,010 | 11.45 | |
Republican | Andrew Thomas | 43,822 | 8.09 | |
Republican | Frank Riggs | 24,168 | 4.45 | |
Republican | Write-in | 1,804 | 0.33 | |
Total votes | 541,440 | 100 |
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Democratic | Fred DuVal | 271,276 | 96.93 | |
Democratic | Write-in | 8,578 | 3.07 | |
Total votes | 279,854 | 100 |
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Libertarian | Barry Hess | 3,979 | 74.74 | |
Libertarian | Write-in | 1,345 | 25.26 | |
Total votes | 5,324 | 100 |
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Americans Elect | John Lewis Mealer | 722 | 95.00 | |
Americans Elect | Write-in | 38 | 5.00 | |
Total votes | 760 | 100 |
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The Cook Political Report [68] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [69] | Likely R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report [70] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics [71] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Doug Ducey (R) | Fred DuVal (D) | Other | Undecided |
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CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 2,621 | ± 4% | 50% | 40% | 1% | 9% |
The Polling Company | October 20–22, 2014 | 601 | ± 4% | 42% | 35% | 7% [other 1] | 15% |
Rasmussen Reports | October 14–16, 2014 | 1,056 | ± 3% | 47% | 42% | 3% | 7% |
Tarrance Group | October 13–16, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 43% | 36% | 5% [other 1] | 16% |
McLaughlin & Associates | October 12–14, 2014 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 37% | 35.8% | 5.4% [other 2] | 21.8% |
Adrian Gray Consulting | October 8–9, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 43% | 35% | 8% [other 3] | 14% |
Moore Information | October 7–8, 2014 | 400 | ± ~4.9% | 36% | 39% | 4% [other 4] | 21% |
The Polling Company | October 6–8, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 46% | 37% | 5% [other 1] | 11% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20–October 1, 2014 | 2,808 | ± 3% | 50% | 39% | 2% | 9% |
Keating Research | September 17–19, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 41% | 39% | 7% [other 1] | 13% |
Tarrance Group | September 15–17, 2014 | 505 | ± 4.5% | 44% | 38% | 7% [other 5] | 11% |
CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18–September 2, 2014 | 3,289 | ± 3% | 39% | 38% | 15% | 9% |
Rasmussen Reports | August 27–28, 2014 | 850 | ± 3% | 40% | 40% | — | 20% |
Public Policy Polling | August 24–25, 2014 | 588 | ± 4% | 35% | 35% | 12% [other 1] | 18% |
Public Policy Polling | February 28–March 2, 2014 | 870 | ± 3.3% | 35% | 36% | — | 29% |
Undisclosed | February 2014 | 500 | ± ? | 32% | 32% | 6% [other 1] | 30% |
Behavior Research Center | January 16–26, 2014 | 701 | ± 3.8% | 21% | 23% | — | 56% |
Susquehanna | November 27–December 4, 2013 | 600 | ± 4% | 36% | 33% | — | 31% |
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Republican | Doug Ducey | 805,062 | 53.35 | |
Democratic | Fred DuVal | 626,921 | 41.55 | |
Libertarian | Barry Hess | 57,337 | 3.8 | |
Americans Elect | John Lewis Mealer | 15,432 | 1.02 | |
Write-ins | Other | 4,167 | 0.28 | |
Total votes | 1,508,919 | 100 |
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