The 2018 Arizona Secretary of State election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the

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, concurrently with the

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of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various state and local elections. Incumbent Michele Reagan was first elected in 2014 and ran for re-election. She was defeated in the Republican primary by Steve Gaynor.

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Katie Hobbs defeated Gaynor in the general election by a small margin, becoming the first Democratic Secretary of State since

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was elected in 1990. The race was rated "Likely Republican" by Governing.com, but this did not come to fruition as Katie Hobbs pulled off an upset win which, alongside Democrats' victory in the concurrent Senate election, established Arizona's role as a key battleground state.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Steve Gaynor, businessman

Eliminated in primary

* Michele Reagan, incumbent secretary of state

Declined

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, former state senator and candidate for in

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*Kevin Gibbons, home loan officer

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Katie Hobbs, minority leader of the

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Not on the ballot

*Leslie Pico, businesswoman

Withdrew

*Mark Robert Gordon, attorney

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

By county

References

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