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2018 Arizona Elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 6, 2018. All of Arizona's executive offices were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican Party (United States), Republican Party won the majority of statewide offices, albeit by much narrower margins than in previous elections (except for the governorship, which they won easily), while the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party picked up three statewide offices. U.S. Senate Incumbent Republican Jeff Flake was eligible to run for re-election to a second term. As a strong critic of President Donald Trump and remaining unpopular in the state, Flake announced in October 2017 that he would not seek reelection. President Trump and Republicans backed Martha McSally to succeed Flake. Kelli Ward, former state senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in United States Senate election in Arizona, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 northwest and California to the west, and shares Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its Capital city, capital and List of largest cities, largest city is Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and list of United States cities by population, fifth most populous city in the United States. Arizona is divided into 15 List of counties in Arizona, counties. Arizona is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th-largest state by area and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14th-most-populous of the 50 states. It is the 48th state and last of the contiguous United States, contiguous states to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Grijalva
Raúl Manuel Grijalva ( ; February 19, 1948 – March 13, 2025) was an American politician and activist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 2003 until his death in 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Grijalva represented from 2003 to 2013, from 2013 to 2023, and the 7th district again from 2023 to 2025. The two districts included the western third of Tucson, part of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix. In October 2024, Grijalva announced that he would not run for re-election in 2026, amid treatments for lung cancer, but he died before he could complete his final term. Early life, education and career Grijalva was born on February 19, 1948, in Canoa Ranch, 30 miles south of Tucson, the son of Rafaela and Raúl Grijalva. His father was a migrant worker from Mexico who entered the United States in 1945 through the Bracero Program and labored on southern Arizona ranches. He graduated from Sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Attorney General
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 attorney general is a constitutionally-established officer, elected by the people of the state to a four-year term. The state attorney general is second (behind the Secretary of State) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Arizona. Headed by the attorney general of Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General's Office is the largest law office in the state, with approximately 400 attorneys and 1,000 employees. , the Attorney General's Office is divided into the following divisions: * Executive Office * Solicitor General * Operations * Child and Family Protection * State Government Division * Civil Litigation Division * Criminal Qualifications The Arizona Constitution requires all of the officers in the state's executive department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Hobbs
Kathleen Marie Hobbs (born December 28, 1969) is an American politician serving since 2023 as the 24th governor of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, she was secretary of state of Arizona from 2019 to 2023 and a member of the Arizona Legislature from 2011 to 2019. Born and raised in Arizona, Hobbs holds degrees in social work from Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University. Hobbs was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010 and to the Arizona Senate in 2012. She served as Senate minority leader from 2015 to 2019 and was elected secretary of state of Arizona in 2018. Hobbs won the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Kari Lake. Early life, education, and career Hobbs was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She has a twin sister, Becky. A first-generation Arizonan, Hobbs was raised in Tempe in a middle-class family that sometimes relied on food stamps. She went to Catholic schools throughout her childhood and gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 life A native of Rockford, Illinois, Reagan first moved to Arizona in 1991 with her family and opened a Fastsigns. Reagan graduated from Illinois State University and was named by the Aspen Institute to its Rodel Fellowship. Career Reagan was first elected to the Arizona State House in 2002. She was first elected to the Arizona State Senate in 2010. Michele Reagan was elected to serve as Arizona's 20th Secretary of State in 2014. Reagan voted in support of a bill that was referred as the "birther bill" in 2011, which required candidates to prove their citizenship to the secretary of state of Arizona, and bill 1062, a controversial religious freedom bill that was vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer. In March 2017, State Senator Steve Monte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of State Of Arizona
The secretary of state of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, the secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship. The secretary also serves as acting governor whenever the governor is incapacitated or out of state. The secretary is the keeper of the Seal of Arizona and administers oaths of office. The current office holder is Democrat Adrian Fontes. Duties The secretary is in charge of a wide variety of other duties as well. The secretary is in charge of four divisions: * The secretary is in charge of the ''Arizona Advance Directive Registry'', which is the official state repository of advance directives such as living wills, Medical Powers of Attorney, and Mental Health Powers of Attorney. * The ''Business Services Division'' is responsible for registering trademarks, trade names, and liens under the Uniform Commercial Code. This division also issues apostilles, files intergov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Garcia (politician)
David Garcia is an American politician and education professor who was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election. Garcia is an associate professor at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. He was the 2014 Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but was defeated by the Republican Party's nominee, Diane Douglas. Garcia challenged Republican governor Doug Ducey in the November 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election, losing by 14%. Early life and education Garcia, a fourth generation Mexican-American, was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona. He served as an infantryman in the United States Army. Garcia graduated from Arizona State University with a B.A. in communication in 1993. He also graduated from the University of Chicago with a M.A. in education research in 1997 and a Ph.D. in education research in 2002. Career An education researcher, Garcia previously worked in the Arizona Department of Educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Treasurer of Arizona, Arizona State Treasurer from 2011 to 2015. He was CEO of the ice cream parlor chain Cold Stone Creamery from 1995 to 2007. Originally from Ohio, Ducey moved to Arizona to attend Arizona State University (ASU), where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance. He began a career in sales and marketing and became chief executive officer of Cold Stone Creamery in 1995. He sold the company in 2007 and was elected State Treasurer of Arizona, Arizona state treasurer in 2010. Ducey won the 2014 Arizona Republican primary for Governor of Arizona and defeated Democratic businessman Fred DuVal in the 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election, general election; he took office on January 5, 2015. He was reelected by a wide margin in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stanton
Gregory John Stanton (born March 8, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from , serving since 2019. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he was previously Mayor of Phoenix, mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix from 2012 to 2018, and was on the Phoenix City Council from 2000 until 2009. Stanton was elected mayor in 2011 Phoenix mayoral election, 2011 and reelected in 2015 Phoenix mayoral election, 2015. After then-incumbent U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema chose to run for the U.S. Senate, Stanton was elected to the open House seat. In 2020, he was reelected with 61% of the vote. In 2022, he was reelected with 56% of the vote. Early life, education, and career Stanton was born on Long Island, New York. His family moved to Arizona and he graduated from Cortez High School in west Phoenix in 1988. He then attended Marquette University and graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a B.A. in history and political science in 1992 and was a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Lesko
Debra Kay Lesko ( ; née Lorenz; born November 14, 1958) is an American politician from the state of Arizona. Lesko, a member of the Arizona Republican Party, Republican Party, serves on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors representing the 4th district. She previously represented in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 2018 to 2025. The district is in the West Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), West Valley portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area and includes Glendale, Arizona, Glendale, Surprise, Arizona, Surprise, Sun City, Arizona, Sun City, Peoria, Arizona, Peoria, and part of western Phoenix. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Lesko previously served in the Arizona State Legislature from 2009 to 2018. Lesko served in the Arizona Senate from 2015 to 2018. She was president pro tempore of the Arizona Senate from 2017 to 2018. Lesko also served as a member of Arizona House of Representatives from 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiral Tipirneni
Hiral Vyas Tipirneni ( ; born September 28, 1967) is an Indian-American politician and physician. She worked for a decade in Phoenix, Arizona, area emergency departments, is a cancer research advocate, and serves on the board of directors of the Maricopa Health Foundation. In 2018, she was the Democratic nominee for special election for Arizona's 8th congressional district, which was called to fill the congressional seat after former GOP Representative Trent Franks resigned following a sexual misconduct scandal. Tipirneni won a special primary election on February 27, 2018, and was defeated by Republican nominee Debbie Lesko in the general election on April 24, 2018. However, she managed to lower the Republican margin of victory by over 16 percentage points. Tipirneni was defeated again in the regular election in November 2018 by an eleven-point margin. Tipirneni ran again in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona as the Democratic nominee for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Gallego
Rubén Marinelarena Gallego ( ; born November 20, 1979) is an American politician and USMC, Marine Corps veteran serving since 2025 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senator, United States senator from Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Gallego served from 2015 to 2025 as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 7th congressional district from 2015 to 2023 and was then redistricted to Arizona's 3rd congressional district, serving as its representative from 2023 to 2025. Gallego was also a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, where he was assistant minority leader from 2012 until he resigned to run for Congress. Gallego was first elected to Congress in 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 7, 2014. His district included most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and part of Glendale, Arizona, Glend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
