2024 Maricopa County elections

The 2024 Maricopa County elections will be held on November 5, 2024, in Maricopa County, Arizona, with partisan primary elections for county offices being held on July 30, 2024. All five seats of the Board of Supervisors are up for election, as well as all county-wide elected officials (except the Clerk of the Superior Court).

Democrat Joe Biden won the county with 50.13% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election. The Republican Party holds five of the six offices. The one Democrat is Sheriff Russ Skinner, who changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic in January 2024 prior to being appointed to the position.

Board of Supervisors
All five seats on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are up for reelection. The Republican Party currently holds four seats on the board, while the Democratic Party holds one.

Assessor
Republican Eddie Cook was appointed in 2020, following the resignation of Paul Petersen, and was reelected in 2020 with 52.4% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

 * Eddie Cook, incumbent

Democratic primary candidates

 * Gregory Freeman, commercial property manager.

County Attorney
Republican Rachel Mitchell was first appointed in 2022, following the resignation of Allister Adel, and reelected in the 2022 special election with 52.8% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

 * Rachel Mitchell, incumbent
 * Gina Godbehere, former prosecutor and candidate in 2022.

Democratic primary candidates

 * Tamika Wooten, pro tem judge, former Glendale chief prosecutor, and former defense attorney.

County Recorder
Republican Stephen Richer was first elected in 2020, defeating Democrat incumbent Adrian Fontes, with 50.1% of the vote. Fontas had defeated long-time Recorder Helen Purcell in 2016 with 50.53% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

 * Stephen Richer, incumbent
 * Steven Hines, businessman
 * Justin Heap, state representative.
 * Clair Van Steenwyk, candidate in 2020. Perennial candidate.
 * Don Hiatt, software architect and information technology professional.

Democratic primary candidates

 * Timothy Stringham, attorney and former United States Navy Judge Advocate.

County School Superintendent
Republican Steve Watson was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020 with 50.3% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

 * Steve Watson, incumbent
 * Nickie Kelly, math teacher at Tolleson Union High School.
 * Shelli Lynn Boggs, former head of the governing board of the East Valley Institute of Technology.

Democratic primary candidates

 * Laura Metcalfe, teacher and former County Superintendent employee.

Sheriff
Democrat Paul Penzone was first elected in 2016, defeating Republican Joe Arpaio, and reelected in 2020 with 55.7% of the vote. Penzone resigned in January 2024. Deputy Sheriff Russ Skinner, changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic and was appointed as Penzone's replacement.

Republican primary candidates

 * Jerry Sheridan, former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy and nominee in 2020.
 * Frank "Mike" Crawford, retired Glendale police officer and candidate in 2020.
 * Joel Paul Franklin Ellis, Navy veteran and businessman with "a private security background"
 * Joe Melone, anti-government activist
 * Frank Milstead, former director of the Arizona Department of Safety

Democratic primary candidates

 * Russ Skinner, incumbent (former Republican)
 * Jeffrey Kirkham, former police chief of Apache Junction (former Republican)
 * Tyler Kamp, former Phoenix police lieutenant (former Republican). Supported by the Maricopa County Democratic Party.

Treasurer
Republican John Allen was first elected in 2020 with 52.3% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

 * John Allen, incumbent
 * William Jay Lichtsinn, accountant. Former naval officer.

Democratic primary candidates
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