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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Frank Riggs, former U.S. representative for (1995–1999), candidate for US Senate for California in

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, and candidate for Arizona Governor in

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and

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Eliminated in primary

*Tracy Livingston, board member of the

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*Robert Branch, Grand Canyon University professor *Jonathan Gelbart, charter school director * Diane Douglas, incumbent superintendent

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Kathy Hoffman, speech-language pathologist at Peoria Unified School District

Eliminated in primary

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, former

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(2011–2013)

Results

General election

Polling

Results

Notes

References

External links

;Official Superintendent of Public Instruction campaign websites
Kathy Hoffman (D) for SuperintendentFrank Riggs (R) for Superintendent
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