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   Hobbs: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Lake: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No data | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Arizona, concurrently with other federal and state elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Doug Ducey was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs narrowly defeated Republican former television journalist Kari Lake.[2]
Primaries were held on August 2 for both parties, with Lake winning the Republican nomination and Hobbs winning the Democratic nomination, making this the first gubernatorial election in Arizona history in which both major party candidates for governor were women. Hobbs became the fifth female governor of Arizona, with Arizona setting a record for the most female governors in American history.[3][4] With the concurrent passage of Proposition 131, this was the last gubernatorial election in Arizona without a lieutenant governor on the ticket.[5]
Going into the election, most polling had Lake leading and analysts generally considered the race to either be a tossup or leaning towards the Republican. Nonetheless, Hobbs won with 50.32% of the vote, becoming the first Democrat elected governor of Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006. This was the first gubernatorial election in the state since 2002 in which the margin of victory was less than 10 percent. Lake refused to concede and filed a post-election lawsuit in an attempt to overturn the results. Most of her lawsuit was rejected by all three levels of Arizona's state courts, with the remaining part dismissed at trial in May 2023.[10] The race was riddled with voting machine issues, but did not prove to show any evidence of election fraud. [11]
This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential election. With a margin of 0.67%, it was the closest election in the state since the 1990–91 gubernatorial election and of the 2022 gubernatorial election cycle. According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023, Hobbs won independent voters by 7 percentage points, which contributed to Lake's defeat.[12][13]
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics | Arizona Secretary of State". Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Democrat Katie Hobbs defeats MAGA favorite Kari Lake in high-stakes race for governor in Arizona". NBC News. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Barchenger, Stacey. "Katie Hobbs elected Arizona's 5th female governor, defeating election denier Kari Lake". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Arizona's unique history of governors includes record number of women". www.kgun9.com. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Arizona voters pass Prop 131 to create lieutenant governor position, per projections". KTAR.com. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/problems-with-voting-machines-arizonas-maricopa-county-trigger-unfounded-fraud-claims/
- ^ Brownstein, Ronald (October 10, 2023). "McCarthy's fall and Trump's rise reflect the same bet among Republicans". CNN. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ "Exit Poll for Arizona Results". CBS News. November 8, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2024.