The 2018 Arizona Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the
attorney general
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of
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
. Incumbent
Republican Mark Brnovich
Mark Brnovich (born 1966) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 26th Attorney General of Arizona from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was an unsuccessful candidate for its nomination in the 2022 U.S. Senate ...
won re-election to a second term, defeating former
Arizona Department of Health Services
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Director January Contreras Primaries took place on August 28, 2018.
Republican primary
Brnovich won the
Republican primary unopposed.
Democratic primary
January Contreras, former director of
Arizona Department of Health Services
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and senior advisor to former
U.S. Homeland Security
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Secretary
Janet Napolitano
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, won the
Democratic
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primary unopposed.
Libertarian primary
Michael Kielsky, former Chair of the
Arizona Libertarian Party
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, won the
Libertarian
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nomination as a
write-in
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candidate.
General election
Debate
One debate was hosted by
Arizona PBS on October 10.
Polling
Results
Brnovich won the general election by a 3.47%