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2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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Nominee Kathy Hoffman Frank Riggs
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,185,457 1,113,781
Percentage 51.6% 48.4%

County results

Hoffman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Riggs:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Superintendent before election

Diane Douglas
Republican

Elected Superintendent

Kathy Hoffman
Democratic

The 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, 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.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Endorsements

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Tracy Livingston
Federal officials
State and local officials
Frank Riggs
Individuals
  • Ernest Garfield, former State Treasurer
  • Adam Kwasman, former state representative.
  • Jim Waring, Phoenix City Councilman and former state senator.
  • Jake Hoffman, Queen Creek Town Councilman.
  • Jared Taylor, Gilbert Town Councilman.
  • Jim Lane, Mayor of Scottsdale[10]
Jonathan Gelbart
Individuals[11]
  • James Kolbe, former Congressman
  • Rich Crandall, former State Senator
  • Kevin Thompson, Mesa City Councilmember
  • Chris Glover, Mesa City Councilmember

Results

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Results by county (all counties are won with 20–30% of the vote):
Riggs:       Branch:       Douglas:      
Republican primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Riggs 124,872 21.82%
Republican Bob Branch 124,623 21.78%
Republican Diane Douglas (incumbent) 121,452 21.22%
Republican Tracy Livingston 115,778 20.23%
Republican Jonathan Gelbart 85,511 14.94%
Total votes 572,236 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Results

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Results by county:
  Hoffman—50–60%
  Hoffman—60–70%
  Schapira—50–60%
Democratic primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Hoffman 254,566 52.27%
Democratic David Schapira 232,419 47.73%
Total votes 486,985 100.0%

General election

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Frank
Riggs (R)
Kathy
Hoffman (D)
Undecided
OH Predictive Insights September 5–6, 2018 597 (LV) ± 4.0% 41% 39% 20%

Results

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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2018[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kathy Hoffman 1,185,457 51.56% +2.11%
Republican Frank Riggs 1,113,781 48.44% −2.11%
Write-in 89 0.0% N/A
Total votes 2,299,327 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Republican, Democrat Join Race for Arizona Schools Chief | Arizona News | US News". Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Report, Yellow Sheet (February 3, 2017). "John Huppenthal feels your pain – Arizona Capitol Times". azcapitoltimes.com.
  3. ^ Stone, Sam. "Tracy Livingston Announces Candidacy for AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction".
  4. ^ "6-27-17 Briefs". archives.mcrcbriefs.org.
  5. ^ "Allhands: Arizona's big education race just got its dark horse".
  6. ^ a b "Race for Arizona schools chief grows as two more announce run". April 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "Endorsements – Tracy Livingston". www.tracylivingston.vote. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  8. ^ [1][dead link]
  9. ^ Duda, Jeremy (March 17, 2017). "House Ed Chair Paul Boyer, Rep. Drew John Endorse Tracy Livingston for Superintendent".
  10. ^ "Media release" (PDF). riggsforaz.com.
  11. ^ "Endorsements".[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ a b "2018 Primary Election - August 28, 2018 - Official Canvass of Results" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State.
  13. ^ "Roberts: David Schapira to take on Diane Douglas".
  14. ^ "2018 General Election" (PDF). results.arizona.vote. November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
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Official Superintendent of Public Instruction campaign websites