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2018 Arizona gubernatorial election
The
2018 Arizona
gubernatorial election
took place on
November 6
, 2018, to elect the
Governor of Arizona
, 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
.
The primary was held on
August 28
. Despite considerably closer contests in other Arizona state elections, which included Democratic gains for U.S. Senate,
Secretary of State
, and
Superintendent of Public Instruction
, incumbent
Republican
Governor
Doug Ducey
won a second term, with a slightly increased majority from his 2014 win and the largest
margin of victory
of any statewide candidate on the ballot. This is the first time since
1990
in which someone who was of the same party of the incumbent president won an Arizona gubernatorial election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Doug Ducey, incumbent governor
Eliminated in primary
Ken Bennett
, former secretary of
state of Arizona
Robert Weber
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
David Garcia
,
Arizona State University
professor and nominee for Superintendent of
Public Instruction
in 2014
Eliminated in primary
Steve Farley,
state senator
Kelly Fryer, nonprofit executive and activist
Mirza Fareed "Fareed" Baig
Declined
Terry Goddard
, former
Arizona Attorney General
and nominee for governor in
2010
and 1990
Kyrsten Sinema
, U.S. Representative
Greg Stanton
,
Mayor of Phoenix
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Disqualified
Jeff Funicello, activist
Barry Hess
Kevin McCormick
, candidate for president in
2016
Endorsements
Green primary
Candidates
Nominee
Angel Torres
Eliminated in primary
Noah Dyer
Results
Independents
Candidates
Disqualified
Noah Dyer, author, businessman and educator
Christian R. Komor, author, psychologist,
climate scientist
Declined
Tim Jeffries, former director of the
Arizona Department of Economic Security
General election
Debates
Predictions
;Notes
Polling
;Hypothetical polling
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;with
Steve Farley
Results
Voter Demographics