The 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the

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, concurrently with the

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of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various state and local elections. The primary was held on August 28. Despite considerably closer contests in other Arizona state elections, which included Democratic gains for

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, Secretary of State, and

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, incumbent Republican Governor

Doug Ducey Douglas Anthony Ducey (, né Roscoe Jr.; born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 23rd governor of Arizona since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Ducey was previously the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, a ...

won a second term, with a slightly increased majority from his 2014 win and the largest margin of victory of any statewide candidate on the ballot. This was the first Arizona gubernatorial election since

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in which the winner was of the same party as the

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent governor

Eliminated in primary

Ken Bennett Kenneth Roy Bennett (born August 1, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who served as president of the Arizona Senate and served as the 19th Secretary of State of Arizona, from 2009 to 2015. He was a candidate for Governor of Arizona ...

, former secretary of state of Arizona * Robert Weber (write-in)

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* David Garcia,

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professor and nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction in

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Eliminated in primary

Steve Farley Steve Farley (born December 24, 1962) is an American politician, artist, and graphic designer who previously served as a State Senator from Arizona, including serving in the capacity of assistant minority leader. He also served previously in the ...

, state senator * Kelly Fryer, nonprofit executive and activist * Mirza Fareed "Fareed" Baig (write-in)

Declined

Terry Goddard Samuel Pearson Goddard III (born January 29, 1947) is an American attorney and politician. He served as the Mayor of Phoenix from 1984 to 1990, on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District from 2001 to 2003 and as the 24th Attorney General ...

, former

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and nominee for governor in

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and

Kyrsten Sinema Kyrsten Lea Sinema (; born July 12, 1976) is an American politician and former social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona since January 2019. A former member of the Democratic Party, Sinema became an independent in ...

, U.S. Representative ( running for U.S. Senate) *

Greg Stanton Gregory John Stanton (born March 8, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from . A Democrat, he was mayor of Phoenix, Arizona. Stanton was on the Phoenix City Council from 2000 until 2009. Stanton was elected ...

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of Phoenix ( running for AZ-09)

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Disqualified

* Jeff Funicello, activist * Barry Hess (write-in) * Kevin McCormick, candidate for president in 2016

Endorsements

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Angel Torres (write-in)

Eliminated in primary

* Noah Dyer (write-in)

Results

Independents

Candidates

Disqualified

* Noah Dyer, author, businessman and educator * Christian R. Komor, author, psychologist, climate scientist

Declined

* Tim Jeffries, former director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

;with Steve Farley ;with generic Democrat ;with Kyrsten Sinema

Results

Results by County

Results by Congressional District

Voter Demographics

References

External links

Candidates
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;Official campaign websites
Doug Ducey (R) for Governor

David Garcia (D) for Governor

Angel Torres (G) for Governor

Christian Komor (No Party; write-in) for Governor

Patrick Masoya (No Party; write-in) for Governor
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