Arizona state executive official elections, 2012

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Three state executive positions were up for election in 2012 in the state of Arizona.

The primary took place on August 28, 2012 with the general election on November 6, 2012.[1]

Election Results

General Election

Arizona Corporation Commission General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Paul Newman Incumbent 15.5% 868,726
     Democratic Sandra Kennedy Incumbent 15.4% 862,876
     Democratic Marcia Busching 13.8% 776,472
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBob Stump Incumbent 17.5% 979,034
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Burns 16.8% 943,157
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Bitter Smith 16.7% 935,575
     Libertarian Christopher Gohl 2% 112,490
     Green Daniel Pout 1% 58,607
     Green Thomas Meadows 1.2% 67,950
     Write-in Various 0.1% 3,784
Total Votes 5,608,671
Election results via Arizona Secretary of State


Primary Election

Arizona Corporation Commission-Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSandra Kennedy Incumbent 36.4% 194,670
Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Newman Incumbent 32.8% 175,580
Green check mark transparent.pngMarcia Busching 30.3% 162,292
Write-in 0.5% 2,838
Total Votes 535,380
Election results via The Arizona Secretary of State.


Arizona Corporation Commission-Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBob Stump Incumbent 34.9% 280,838
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert "Bob" Burns 31.7% 255,367
Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Bitter Smith 32.9% 264,545
Write-in 0.5% 3,887
Total Votes 804,637
Election results via The Arizona Secretary of State.

Primary

The primary took place on August 28. All three incumbents ran for re-election.

Democratic Party August 28 Democratic primary candidates:
Republican Party August 28 primary candidates:

General

The general election took place on November 6.

Democratic Party Democratic candidates:
Republican Party Republican candidates:
Libertarian Party Libertarian Party candidates
Green Party Green Party candidates

Key deadlines

Deadline Event
April 30 Signature filing begins
May 30 Signature filing deadline
July 19 Last day for write-in candidates to file for the primary
Aug 2 Early voting begins for the primary election
Aug 8 First day to file for Independents
Aug 28 Primary election
Sept 7 Last day to file for Independents
Sept 10 Official canvass of primary election results
Sept 27 Last day for write-in candidates to file for the general
Oct 11 Early voting begins for the general election
Nov 6 General election
Dec 3 Official canvass of general election results

Endorsements

Bob Stump

  • National Rifle Association[2]
  • Representative Trent Franks
  • Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas
  • State Mine Inspector Joe Hart
  • Speaker of the House Jim Weiers
  • Arizona House Majority Leader Tom Boone
  • State Senator John McComish
  • Corporation Commission Chairman Mike Gleason
  • Corporation Commissioner Kristin Mayes
  • Corporation Commissioner William Mundell
  • Corporation Commissioner Jeff Hatch-Miller
  • Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce
  • Arizona Chamber of Commerce
  • Tucson Chamber of Commerce
  • Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
  • Chandler Chamber of Commerce
  • Arizona Republic
  • Tucson Citizen
  • Csa Grande Tri-Valley Dispatch

Marcia Busching

Sandra Kennedy

Campaign media and sites

Campaign sites

Democratic candidates

Republican candidates

Articles

Recent news

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "Arizona + Corporation + Commission + Election"

All stories may not be relevant due to the nature of the search engine.

Arizona Corporation Commission Election News Feed

See also

Arizona

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Unofficial 2012 Primary Election Results," accessed August 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Stump for Arizona, "Leadership" accessed August 16, 2012
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arizona List, "Endorsed Candidates" accessed August 16, 2012
  4. ↑ Marcia for Arizona, "Endorsements," accessed August 16, 2012


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