- Source: 2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
The 2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona. Incumbent Democratic Superintendent Kathy Hoffman was defeated in her run for a second term by former Republican Attorney General Tom Horne. Significantly, Horne's win marked the first time in the state's history that a Republican won a statewide race without winning Maricopa County, home to 62% of the state's population and a former Republican stronghold; the only other statewide 2022 Republican candidate to win that year, Kimberly Yee, won her race by a wide margin partly by carrying Maricopa County.
Democratic primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Kathy Hoffman, incumbent superintendent
= Results
=Republican primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Tom Horne, former superintendent and former Arizona Attorney General
Eliminated in primary
Shiry Sapir, real estate manager
Michelle Udall, state representative from the 25th district
Did not file
Michael Trevillion, assistant principal
= Polling
== Results
=Libertarian primary
= Candidates
=Eliminated in primary
Sheila Reid-Shaver, Maricopa County precinct committeeman (write-in)
= Results
=General election
= Polling
== Certified results
== Recount
=On December 5, 2022, following election certification, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs petitioned the Maricopa County Superior Court to initiate a recount for the Superintendent of Public Instruction election. On the same day, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy J. Thomason ordered for the recount to begin. Although Hoffman had already conceded the election, the recount proceeded as the margin between the two candidates was 0.35%, which falls in the threshold to trigger an automatic recount.
On December 29, Thomason announced the results of the recount, confirming Horne as the winner with an increased margin of 9,188 votes.
Recount results
By congressional district
Despite losing the state, Hoffman won 5 out of 9 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.
See also
2022 Arizona elections
Notes
References
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- 2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction
- 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2022 Arizona elections
- John Huppenthal
- Kathy Hoffman
- 2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2022 Arizona House of Representatives election
- Tom Horne
- 1976 United States Senate election in Arizona
