ARIZONA
      Nov. 4, 2014 Governor

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+Doug Ducey (R) 
805,062 53.44%
Fred DuVal (D) 626,921 41.62%
Barry J. Hess (L) 57,337
 		3.81%
John Lewis Mealer (AEL) 15,432
 		1.02%
write-ins (6) 1,664
 		0.11%

1,506,416
Registration: 3,235,963.  Ballots cast:1,537,671.
Plurality: 178,141 votes (11.83 percentage points)
 AZ Secretary of State



Notes: On Mar. 12, 2014 Gov. Janet Brewer (R) announced she would not run for re-election.  She had had ascended to the office when Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) resigned in Jan. 2009 to serve as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.  There was some question about whether Brewer was eligible to run for another term, and a crowded field of Republicans was already in the race.

Six Republicans were on the ballot in the Aug. 26 primary.  State Treasurer Doug Ducey finished first with 37.05% followed by Mesa Mayor Scott Smith (22.00%), former GoDaddy executive Christine Jones (16.61%), Secretary of State Ken Bennett (11.45%), Andrew Thomas (11.45%) and Frank Riggs (4.45%).  Ducey, 50, served as CEO of Cold Stone Creamery for 12 years, and was elected State Treasurer of Arizona in 2010. 

The Democratic nominee, Fred DuVal, 60, was unopposed in the Aug. 26 primary.  DuVal brought extensive experience in Arizona and national politics to the race.  He managed Bruce Babbitt's 1978 campaign for governor, served as a special assistant to Gov. Babbitt for five years, and managed Babbitt's 1988 presidential campaign.  During the Clinton administration he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State/Deputy Chief of Protocol of the United States, a deputy campaign manager on the Clinton re-election campaign, and director of intergovernmental affairs.  Returning to Arizona, he served on the Arizona Commerce & Economic Development Commission and as regent and chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents.  Before the campaign he was working as a consultant to the Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

Also on the ballot were Barry J. Hess (L), a frequent candidate who had also run for governor in 2002, 2006 and 2010, and John Lewis Mealer (AEL).
  • At the Chandler Center for the Arts in Phoenix, televised by KPNX-TV on Sept. 10 (>). 
  • [Ducey, DuVal and Hess] At the Tucson Jewish Community Center in Tucson on Sept. 19 (>).
  • Six education organizations hosted an education debate at Camelback High School on Sept. 28 (>).
  • [Ducey, DuVal, Hess and Mealer] Arizona Horizon (PBS) debate in Phoenix sponsored by Arizona Clean Elections Commission on Sept. 29 (1, 2).
  • Arizona Women's Forum at Camelback Inn Resort & Spa in Paradise Valley on Oct. 13.
Campaign Managers:
Doug Ducey  J.P. Twist
(June 2014)  Chief of staff to Scottsdale Mayor W.J. "Jim" Lane, Feb. 2011-June 2014.  Campaign manager on Paul Gosar for Congress, Oct. 2009-Dec. 2010.

Fred DuVal  Bill Scheel
Partner at Javelina, a marketing and advertising firm in Phoenix.  Chief of staff to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Apr. 2001-Dec. 2011.  Principal at New School for the Arts, a charter high school in Tempe, July 1998-Apr. 2001.  Title I director for the Arizona Department of Education, 1988-1998.  M.A. in educational leadership from University of Phoenix, 2000; bachelor's degree in political science from Morningside College, 1979

See also:
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Rob O'Dell.  "Governor's primary shatters spending records."  AZCentral.com, Aug. 31, 2014.

Leah Lemoine.  "Citizen Fred."  Phoenix Magazine, May 1, 2014.

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services.  "Brewer announces she won't run for re-election."   EastValley.com, Mar. 12, 2014.





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