2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election

The 2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona. Incumbent Democratic Superintendent Kathy Hoffman was defeated in her run for a second term by former Republican Attorney General Tom Horne. Significantly, Horne's win marked the first time in the state's history that a Republican won a statewide race without winning Maricopa County, home to 62% of the state's population and a former Republican stronghold; the only other statewide 2022 Republican candidate to win that year, Kimberly Yee, won her race by a wide margin partly by carrying Maricopa County.

Nominee

 * Kathy Hoffman, incumbent superintendent

Nominee

 * Tom Horne, former superintendent and former Arizona Attorney General

Eliminated in primary

 * Shiry Sapir, real estate manager
 * Michelle Udall, state representative from the 25th district

Did not file

 * Michael Trevillion, assistant principal

Eliminated in primary

 * Sheila Reid-Shaver, Maricopa County precinct committeeman (write-in)

Recount
On December 5, 2022, following election certification, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs petitioned the Maricopa County Superior Court to initiate a recount for the Superintendent of Public Instruction election. On the same day, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy J. Thomason ordered for the recount to begin. Although Hoffman had already conceded the election, the recount proceeded as the margin between the two candidates was 0.35%, which falls in the threshold to trigger an automatic recount.

On December 29, Thomason announced the results of the recount, confirming Horne as the winner with an increased margin of 9,188 votes.

By congressional district
Despite losing the state, Hoffman won 5 out of 9 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.