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A general election was held in the
U.S. state
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of Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
on November 4, 2014. All of Arizona's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives
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. Primary election
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s were held on August 26, 2014.
U.S. House of Representatives
All of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.Governor
Incumbent Republican governorJan Brewer
Janice Kay Brewer (''née'' Drinkwine; born September 26, 1944) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015, as a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Prior to this, 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
Douglas Anthony Ducey ( ; ; born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the 23rd List of governors of Arizona, governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023 and as State Treas ...
; Democrat
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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, chairman of Gunnison Copper, a director of DriveTime Auto Grou ...
, 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, and the University of Arizona.
History
In 1885, the territori ...
, won his party's nomination unopposed.
Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican secretary of state Ken Bennett was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor.state senator
A state senator is a member of a State legislature (United States), state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
History
There are typically fewer state senators than there ...
Michele Reagan
Michele Reagan (born October 13, 1969) is an American Republican politician who served as the 20th Arizona Secretary of State, from 2015 to 2019. She is currently a Justice of the Peace for the Maricopa County McDowell Mountain Precinct.
Early ...
won the Republican primary, while former attorney general
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Terry Goddard
Samuel Pearson "Terry" Goddard III (born January 29, 1947) is an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1984 to 1990 and as the 24th attorney general of Arizona from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the ...
won the Democratic nomination unopposed.
Attorney General
Incumbent Republican attorney generalTom Horne
Thomas Charles Horne (born March 28, 1945) is an American politician, attorney, businessman, and activist who has served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023 and previously from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican P ...
ran for re-election to a second term in office. Horne, who was under investigation for multiple violations of election laws, was considered vulnerable in both the primary and general elections. Various Arizona Republicans called for him to resign or endorsed his opponent.
Results
Treasurer
Incumbent RepublicanState Treasurer
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Doug Ducey
Douglas Anthony Ducey ( ; ; born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the 23rd List of governors of Arizona, governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023 and as State Treas ...
did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He successfully sought the Republican nomination for governor and went on to win the general election.
Republican primary
Candidates
* Jeff DeWit, businessman. *Hugh Hallman
Hugh Hallman is an American politician who served as the mayor of Tempe, Arizona for two consecutive terms, from 2004 to 2012, and as councilman from 1998 to 2002. Hallman was a candidate for State Treasurer of Arizona in the Republican primary on ...
, former mayor of Tempe
* Randy Pullen
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, former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party
Polling
Debate
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Gerard Davis (write-in)Results
General election
Results
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal ran for re-election to a second term in office. Huppenthal faced down calls for him to resign or withdraw from the race after it was revealed that he made pseudonymous blog posts that attacked welfare recipients, Planned Parenthood and Spanish-language media.Debate
Results
Mine Inspector
Incumbent Republican Mine InspectorJoe Hart
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He began his career at his hometown club Shrewsbury Town in the Football Conference and League Two. In ...
is running for re-election to a third term in office. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and will be unopposed in the general election.
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
Corporation Commission
Two of the seats on theArizona Corporation Commission
The Arizona Corporation Commission is the Public Utilities Commission of the Arizona, State of Arizona, established by Article 15 of the Constitution of Arizona, Arizona Constitution. Arizona is one of only fourteen states with elected commission ...
are up for election. Republican Brenda Burns chose not to run for re-election to a second term in office and Republican Gary Pierce
Gary L. Pierce (born c. 1952) is a former Arizona Corporation Commissioner and a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives.
Political career
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Pierce served as the Majority Whip (2005–2006). He ...
was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office.
Republican primary
Polling
Debate
Results
Democratic primary
Results
General election
Debate
Polling
Results
References
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Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...