| Election Name: | 2014 Arizona elections |
| Country: | Arizona |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Arizona elections |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Arizona elections |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2014 |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona 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. Primary elections were held on August 26, 2014.
See main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona. All of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.
See main article: 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election.
Incumbent Republican governor Jan 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; Democrat Fred DuVal, the former chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents, won his party's nomination unopposed.
See main article: 2014 Arizona Secretary of State election.
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 Michele Reagan won the Republican primary, while former attorney general Terry Goddard won the Democratic nomination unopposed.
See main article: 2014 Arizona Attorney General Election. Incumbent Republican attorney general Tom Horne 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.[1] Various Arizona Republicans called for him to resign or endorsed his opponent.[2]
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Doug Ducey 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.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | Jeff DeWit | Hugh Hallman | Randy Pullen | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magellan Strategies[3] | August 17–21, 2014 | 1,281 | ± 2.74% | align=center | 25% | 23% | 20% | align=center | 32% | |
| Harper Polling[4] | August 19–20, 2014 | 812 | ± 3.44% | align=center | 23% | 19% | 21% | align=center | 37% | |
| Magellan Strategies[5] | August 15–18, 2014 | 1,322 | ± ? | align=center | 23% | 21% | 21% | align=center | 35% | |
| Magellan Strategies[6] | August 12–15, 2014 | 1,300 | ± ? | 18% | align=center | 21% | 18% | align=center | 43% | |
| Magellan Strategies[7] | August 5–7, 2014 | 1,289 | ± 2.73% | 19% | 19% | 15% | align=center | 47% | ||
| Magellan Strategies[8] | July 28–31, 2014 | 1,644 | ± ? | 16% | align=center | 20% | 14% | align=center | 50% | |
| Harper Polling[9] | July 16–17, 2014 | 885 | ± 3.29% | 12% | 10% | align=center | 18% | align=center | 59% | |
| Gravis Marketing[10] | July 14, 2014 | 691 | ± 4% | align=center | 20% | 9% | 10% | align=center | 61% | |
| Magellan Strategies[11] | July 9–10, 2014 | 593 | ± 4.02% | align=center | 11% | align=center | 11% | 8% | align=center | 70% |
| Harper Polling[12] | June 25–26, 2014 | 791 | ± 3.48% | 11% | 9% | align=center | 16% | align=center | 63% | |
| Magellan Strategies[13] | June 3–4, 2014 | 630 | ± 3.9% | 13% | align=center | 14% | 8% | align=center | 65% | |
| Magellan Strategies[14] | May 13–14, 2014 | 760 | ± 3.6% | 10% | align=center | 12% | 10% | align=center | 68% |
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.[17]
Incumbent Republican Mine Inspector Joe Hart 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.
Two of the seats on the Arizona Corporation 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 was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a third term in office.[18]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | Tom Forese | Doug Little | Lucy Mason | Vernon Parker | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Polling[19] | align=center rowspan=2 | August 19–20, 2014 | align=center rowspan=2 | 812 | align=center rowspan=2 | ± 3.44% | 12% | align=center | 29% | 17% | 17% | 26% | |
| align=center | 23% | 14% | 17% | 14% | align=center | 31% | |||||||
| Harper Polling | align=center rowspan=2 | June 25–26, 2014 | align=center rowspan=2 | 791 | align=center rowspan=2 | ± 3.48% | 5% | 5% | 10% | align=center | 23% | align=center | 57% |
| 8% | 7% | align=center | 9% | 6% | align=center | 69% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | class=small | Margin of error | Tom Forese (R) | Doug Little (R) | Jim Holway (D) | Sandra Kennedy (D) | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Information[20] | October 7–8, 2014 | 400 | ± ≈4.9% | 31% | align=center | 33% | 32% | align=center | 38% | 29% |