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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
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. Incumbent Republican Governor Jan Brewer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a second consecutive full term in office. After a bitter six-candidate primary, Republicans nominated Arizona State Treasurer Doug Ducey;
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, the former chairman of the
Arizona Board of Regents The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) is the governing body of Arizona's public university system. It provides policy guidance to Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, and their branch campuses. History ...
, won his party's nomination unopposed. Ducey won the election with 53% of the vote. This election marked the first time since 1994 that no female gubernatorial candidate was on the ballot and that a man was elected governor of Arizona. This was the first open seat gubernatorial election in the state since
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Background

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
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, 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%. 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. In February 2014, Brewer reiterated that she was considering running for re-election, 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".


Republican primary

The Republican primary campaign was widely characterised as being "bitter" and "nasty" 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.


Candidates


Declared

*
Ken Bennett Kenneth Roy Bennett (born August 1, 1959) is an American businessman and politician 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 ...
, Secretary of State of Arizona * Doug Ducey, State Treasurer of Arizona * Christine Jones, former executive vice president, General Counsel and corporate secretary for Go Daddy * Frank Riggs, former U.S. Representative from California and candidate for the U.S. Senate from California in 1998 * Scott Smith, Mayor of Mesa * Andrew Thomas, former County attorney of Maricopa County, disbarred lawyer, and candidate for Arizona Attorney General in
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Withdrew

* Hugh Hallman, former mayor of Tempe ( ran for state treasurer and lost) * Al Melvin, state senator * John Molina, OB/GYN and former CEO of Phoenix Indian Medical Center


Declined

* Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County * Jan Brewer, incumbent Governor * Brenda Burns, Corporation Commissioner * Wil Cardon, businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 ( ran for Secretary of State and lost) *
Tom Horne Thomas Charles Horne (born March 28, 1945) is an American attorney, politician, and Republican activist who served as the 25th Attorney General of Arizona from 2011 to 2015. Horne lost to Mark Brnovich in the Republican primary for Attorney Gene ...
,
Attorney General of Arizona The Arizona Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Arizona, in the United States. This state officer is the head of the Arizona Department of Law, more commonly known as the Arizona Attorney General's Office. The state attorne ...
( ran for re-election and lost) * Martha McSally, retired United States Air Force colonel and nominee for
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in
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( ran for AZ-02 and won) *
Steve Pierce Steve Pierce (born 1950) is an American politician from Arizona. Pierce was a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives for District 1, serving until 2021. He was a member of the Arizona Senate from the 1st district. He was ...
, state senator * Steven Seagal, actor and reserve deputy sheriff


Endorsements


Polling


Results


Democratic primary


Candidates


Declared

*
Fred DuVal Fred Price DuVal (born May 24, 1954) is an American businessman, civic leader, education leader and author. He is president of DuVal and Associates, a senior advisor to Dentons Law, an advisor to Macquarie Infrastructure, Chairman of Excelsior M ...
, former chairman of the
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Withdrew

* Ronald Cavanaugh, Libertarian candidate for governor in 2010


Declined

* Chad Campbell, Minority Leader of the
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*
Richard Carmona Richard Henry Carmona (born November 22, 1949) is an American physician, nurse, police officer, public health administrator, and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surg ...
, former Surgeon General and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012 * Neil Giuliano, former mayor of Tempe * Terry Goddard, former Arizona Attorney General, candidate for governor in
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and nominee for governor in
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and
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( ran for Secretary of State and lost) *
Marco A. López Jr. Marco Antonio López Jr. (born April 7, 1978) is an American politician. He has served in both elected and non-elected public offices, including as mayor of Nogales, Arizona, executive director of the Arizona-Mexico Commission, policy advisor t ...
, former chief of staff for the
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and former mayor of Nogales * Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona * Felecia Rotellini, attorney and nominee for Arizona Attorney General in
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( ran for Attorney General and lost) * Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix


Endorsements


Polling


Results


Third parties


Candidates


Declared

* Brian Bailey ( independent write-in candidate),
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sman * Cary Dolego (independent), write-in candidate for governor in 2010 * Barry Hess ( Libertarian Party), perennial candidate * Joseph James "J." Johnson ( unaffiliated write-in candidate), food account manager and brother of Eddie Johnson * John Lewis Mealer (
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), candidate for the Americans Elect nomination for president in 2012 * Alice Novoa (Republican write-in candidate) * Diana-Elizabeth Ramseys Rasmussen Kennedy (Independent write-in candidate) * Curtis Woolsey (unaffiliated write-in candidate)


Results


General election


Debates


Complete video of debate
September 10, 2014 –
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Complete video of debate
September 29, 2014 –
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Predictions


Polling

;With Bennett ;With Jones ;With Melvin ;With Molina ;With Riggs ;With Smith ;With Thomas


Results


References


External links


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