2018 Arizona Secretary of State election
The 2018 Arizona Secretary of State election took place in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Arizona, 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.
Incumbent Michele Reagan was first elected in 2014 and ran for re-election. She was defeated in the Republican primary by Steve Gaynor. State senator Katie Hobbs defeated Gaynor in the general election by a small margin, becoming the first Democratic Secretary of State since Richard Mahoney was elected in 1990.
The race was rated "Likely Republican" by Governing.com, but this did not come to fruition as Katie Hobbs pulled off an upset win which, alongside Democrats' victory in the concurrent Senate election, established Arizona's role as a key battleground state.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Steve Gaynor, businessman
Eliminated in primary
- Michele Reagan, incumbent secretary of state
Declined
- Steve Montenegro, former state senator and candidate for in 2018
- Kevin Gibbons, home loan officer
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Katie Hobbs, minority leader of the Arizona Senate
Not on the ballot
- Leslie Pico, businesswoman
Withdrew
- Mark Robert Gordon, attorney
Results