2024 Maricopa County elections


The 2024 Maricopa County elections were held on November 5, 2024, in Maricopa County, Arizona, with partisan primary elections for county offices being held on July 30, 2024. All five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election, as well as all county-wide elected officials.
Democrat Joe Biden won the county with 50.13% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election. The Republican Party held five of the six offices. The one Democrat was Sheriff Russ Skinner, who changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic in January 2024 prior to being appointed to the position.
All the county-wide elections were won by Republicans, including successfully flipping the Sheriff race. Three incumbents, Republicans County Recorder Stephen Richer and School Superintendent Steve Watson, and Democrat appointed Sheriff Russ Skinner, were defeated in their respective party primaries.

Board of Supervisors

All five seats on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors were up for reelection.
The Republican Party held four seats on the board, while the Democratic Party held one. No seats were flipped in the election.

Assessor

Republican Eddie Cook was appointed in 2020, following the resignation of Paul Petersen, and was reelected in 2020 with 52.4% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

  • Eddie Cook, incumbent

Democratic primary candidates

General election

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Attorney

Republican Rachel Mitchell was first appointed in 2022, following the resignation of Allister Adel, and reelected in the [2022 Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County Attorney special election|2022 special election] with 52.8% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

  • Rachel Mitchell, incumbent
  • Gina Godbehere, former prosecutor and candidate in 2022

Democratic primary candidates

General election

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Recorder

Republican Stephen Richer was first elected in 2020, defeating Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes, with 50.1% of the vote. Fontes had defeated long-time Recorder Helen Purcell in 2016 with 50.53% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

  • Stephen Richer, incumbent
  • Steven Hines, businessman
  • Justin Heap, state representative
  • Don Hiatt, software architect and information technology professional.
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Democratic primary candidates

General election

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School Superintendent

Republican Steve Watson was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020 with 50.3% of the vote.

Republican primary candidates

Democratic primary candidates

  • Laura Metcalfe, teacher and former County Superintendent employee.

General election

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Sheriff

Democrat Paul Penzone was first elected in 2016, defeating Republican Joe Arpaio, and reelected in 2020 with 55.7% of the vote. Penzone resigned in January 2024. Deputy Sheriff Russ Skinner, changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic and was appointed as Penzone's replacement.

Republican primary candidates

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Democratic primary candidates

  • Russ Skinner, incumbent
  • Jeffrey Kirkham, former police chief of Apache Junction
  • Tyler Kamp, former Phoenix police lieutenant
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On July 30, 2024, Republican Candidate Jerry Sheridan and Democratic Candidate Tyler Kamp won the primary election. Kamp won the Democratic nomination in spite of being exposed prior to the primary by ABC15 for sexually harassing a subordinate during his final year at the Phoenix Police Department and for illegally accessing a confidential law enforcement database.

Treasurer

Republican John Allen was first elected in 2020 with 52.3% of the vote. No Democrat filed for the position.

Republican primary candidates

  • John Allen, incumbent
  • William Jay Lichtsinn, accountant and former naval officer

General election

;Results