2018 Arizona gubernatorial election

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

The primary was held on August 28. Despite considerably closer contests in other Arizona state elections, which included Democratic gains for U.S. Senate, Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Governor Doug Ducey 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 1990 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent U.S. president.

Nominee

 * Doug Ducey, incumbent governor

Eliminated in primary

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

Results
[[File:2018 AZ GOV GOP primary.svg|thumb|200px|Results by county: {{legend|#e27f7f|Ducey}}

{{legend|#e27f7f|50–60%}}

{{legend|#d75d5d|60–70%}}

{{legend|#d72f30|70–80%}} ]]

Nominee

 * David Garcia, Arizona State University professor and nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2014

Eliminated in primary

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

Declined

 * Terry Goddard, former Arizona Attorney General and nominee for governor in 2010 and 1990
 * Kyrsten Sinema, U.S. Representative (running for U.S. Senate)
 * Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix (running for AZ-09)

Results
[[File:2018 AZ GOV Dem primary.svg|thumb|200px|Results by county: {{legend|#7996e2|Garcia}}

{{legend|#BDD3FF|30–40%}}

{{legend|#a5b0ff|40–50%}}

{{legend|#7996e2|50–60%}}

{{legend|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend|#51c2c2|Farley}}

{{legend|#7ddddd|40–50%}} ]]

Disqualified

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

Nominee

 * Angel Torres (write-in)

Eliminated in primary

 * Noah Dyer (write-in)

Results
[[File:2018 AZ gubernatorial Green primary.svg|thumb|200px|Results by county: {{legend|#73bc84|Torres}}

{{legend|#005113ff|90-100%}}

{{legend|#006e1aff|80–90%}}

{{legend|#008c21ff|70–80%}}

{{legend|#3fa457ff|60–70%}} {{legend|#AE8BB1|Torres/Dyer tie}}

{{legend|#AE8BB1|50-60%}} No votes

{{legend|#999999}} ]]

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

Predictions

 * Notes

Polling

 * with Steve Farley


 * with generic Democrat


 * with Kyrsten Sinema

Results
[[File:2018 Arizona Governor swing by county margins.svg|300px|thumb|Swing by county Legend

{{legend|#AAEEFF|Democratic—+5-10%}}

{{legend|#D5F6FF|Democratic—+<5%}}

{{legend|#FFD5D5|Republican—+<5%}}

{{legend|#FFAAAA|Republican—+5-10%}}

{{legend|#FF8080|Republican—+10-15%}}

{{legend|#FF5555|Republican—+15-20%}}

{{legend|#FF2A2A|Republican—+20-25%}}]]

Results by congressional district
Ducey won 6 of the 9 congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.