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Arizona Secretary of State election, 2014
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The Arizona Secretary of State election took place on November 4, 2014, following a primary on August 26. Term-limited Republican Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett was ineligible to seek re-election in 2014. The race to replace him featured Republican candidate Michele Reagan and Democratic candidate and former Attorney General Terry Goddard.
Michele Reagan won election to a four-year term. This seat was targeted during the general election by SOS for Democracy and SOS for SOS, outside groups who were lobbying for liberal and conservative secretary of state candidates, respectively.[1][2]
Bennett succeeded Jan Brewer (R) as secretary of state in January 2009 when Brewer replaced then-Gov. Janet Napolitano (D). Brewer appointed Bennett after Napolitano left office to become the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He served out the remainder of Brewer's unexpired term and then won a full four-year term as secretary of state in the general election on November 2, 2010.[3][4] Bennett was prevented from seeking re-election in 2014 by a state law that bars state executives from occupying the same office for more than two consecutive terms. Brewer was also term-limited in 2014 and Bennett sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination for the open seat in the primary election on August 26, 2014, but ultimately lost.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Arizona utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may choose which party's primary they will vote in, but voters registered with a party can only vote in that party's primary.[5][6][7]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election
Michele Reagan - State Sen.
Terry Goddard - Former state attorney general[9][10]
Lost in the primary
Wil Cardon - Investment Fund Manager, 2012 U.S. Senate candidate[11]
Justin Pierce - State Rep.[12]
Term-limited
Ken Bennett - Incumbent
Results
General election
| Secretary of State of Arizona, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Michele Reagan |
52.2% | 779,226 | |
| Democratic | Terry Goddard | 47.8% | 712,918 | |
| Total Votes | 1,492,144 | |||
| Election results via Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
Republican primary
| Arizona Secretary of State, Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Michele Reagan |
43.2% | 217,741 | ||
| Justin Pierce | 34.6% | 174,422 | ||
| Wil Cardon | 22.1% | 111,444 | ||
| Total Votes | 503,607 | |||
| Election results via Arizona Secretary of State. | ||||
Democratic primary
- Uncontested
Polls
General election
| Arizona Secretary of State, General election | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Michele Reagan (R) | Terry Goddard (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Moore Information October 7-8, 2014 | 38% | 48% | 14% | +/-4.9 | 400 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary election
| Arizona Secretary of State, Republican Primary | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Wil Cardon | Justin Pierce | Michele Reagan | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Harper Polling August 19-20, 2014 | 15% | 30% | 32% | 23% | +/-3.44 | 812 | |||||||||||||
| Gravis Marketing July 14, 2014 | 13% | 17% | 13% | 57% | +/-4.0 | 691 | |||||||||||||
| Magellan Strategies July 9-10, 2014 | 17% | 9% | 21% | 53% | +/-4.02 | 593 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 15% | 18.67% | 22% | 44.33% | +/-3.82 | 698.67 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Past elections
| Arizona Secretary of State, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ken Bennett Incumbent |
60.1% | 966,934 | |
| Democratic | Chris Deschene | 39.9% | 641,131 | |
| Total Votes | 1,608,065 | |||
| Election results via Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $2,114,984 during the election. This information was last updated on May 9, 2015.[13]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Michele Reagan |
Arizona Secretary of State | $888,372 | ||
| Terry Goddard |
Arizona Secretary of State | $538,792 | ||
| Wil Cardon |
Arizona Secretary of State | $470,268 | ||
| Justin Pierce |
Arizona Secretary of State | $217,552 | ||
| Grand Total Raised | $2,114,984 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
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| May 28, 2014 | Filing deadline for major party candidates |
| July 17, 2014 | Filing deadline for write-in candidates (Primary) |
| August 26, 2014 | Primary election |
| September 25, 2014 | Filing deadline for write-in candidates (General) |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| December 1, 2014 | Official Canvass of general election results |
| January 5, 2015 | Inauguration day for state executive officials in general election |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Arizona + Secretary + of + State + Election + Goddard"
See also
- Arizona Secretary of State
- Arizona state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ SOS for Democracy, "Races to Watch," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ SOS for SOS, "Home," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ AZ Central, "Brewer picks Ken Bennett for sec. of state" 9 Jan. 2009
- ↑ East Valley Tribune, "State races: It's a Republican sweep" 2 Nov. 2010
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 19, 2024
- ↑ Citizens Clean Elections Commission, "Primary Election," accessed July 19, 2024
- ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "Arizona Revised Statutes 16-467," accessed July 19 2024
- ↑ Michele Reagan for Secretary of State 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 19, 2013
- ↑ Arizona Capitol-Times, "Goddard will run for secretary of state," December 30, 2014
- ↑ Verde News, "Former AG Goddard to run for Arizona Secretary of State," January 2, 2014
- ↑ Wil Cardon for Secretary of State 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 19, 2013
- ↑ MyFoxPhoenix.com, "Rep. Justin Pierce to run for Secretary of State," October 21, 2013
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Arizona 2014 elections," accessed May 9, 2015
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