2018 Arizona Secretary of State election

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

2018 Arizona Secretary of State election
November 6, 2018
 
Nominee Katie Hobbs Steve Gaynor
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,176,384 1,156,132
Percentage 50.4% 49.6%
Secretary of State before election

Michele Reagan
Republican

 Elected Secretary of State

Katie Hobbs
Democratic

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Republican primary

Nominee
  • Steve Gaynor, businessman[1][2]

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Gaynor 414,332 66.7%
Republican Michele Reagan (incumbent) 206,988 33.3%
Total votes 621,320 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates
Not On The Ballot
Removed

Withdrew

Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katie Hobbs 465,668 100.0%
Total votes 465,668 100.0%

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
Governing magazine[14] Likely R June 4, 2018

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Steve
Gaynor (R)		 Katie
Hobbs (D)		 Undecided
Data Orbital October 1–3, 2018 550 ± 4.18% 41% 31% 24%
Gravis Marketing September 5–7, 2018 882 ± 3.3% 45% 40% 15%
OH Predictive Insights September 5–6, 2018 597 ± 4.01% 42% 39% 19%

Results
Arizona Secretary of State election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katie Hobbs 1,176,384 50.4%
Republican Steve Gaynor 1,156,132 49.6%
Republican Alice Novoa (write-in) 169 0.0%
Total votes 2,332,685 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

References
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  2. "Could dark-horse candidate be Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan's biggest threat? - Rose Law Group Reporter". 25 December 2017.
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  6. "Crowded race to replace Rep. Trent Franks reshapes state's political landscape".
  7. "Democratic state Sen. Katie Hobbs will seek to unseat Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan".
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2017-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Leslie Pico for AZ Secretary of State 2018 - Take Action". electleslie.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  10. "Primary candidates drop off ballot following petition challenges". Glendale Star. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  11. "Mark Robert Gordon for Secretary of State". www.facebook.com.
  12. "Arizona native, lawyer Mark Robert Gordon to run for secretary of state". 29 September 2017.
  13. "Unity, For The Greater Good". 19 June 2018.
  14. Jacobson, Louis (4 June 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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