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2018 Arizona Attorney General election

The 2018 Arizona Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Arizona. Incumbent Republican Mark Brnovich won re-election to a second term, defeating former Arizona Department of Health Services Director January Contreras. Primaries took place on August 28, 2018.

Brnovich won the Republican primary unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	561,370	100.0
561,370	100.0

January Contreras, former director of Arizona Department of Health Services and senior advisor to former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, won the Democratic primary unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	464,510	100.0
464,510	100.0

Michael Kielsky, former Chair of the Arizona Libertarian Party, won the Libertarian nomination as a write-in candidate.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	2,156	100.0
2,144	100.0

One debate was hosted by Arizona PBS on October 10.

Dates	Brnovich	Contreras	Link
October 10, 2018	Participant	Participant	Full debate – AZCentral

Poll source	Date(s)administered	Samplesize	Marginof error	MarkBrnovich (R)	JanuaryContreras (D)	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights	September 5–6, 2018	597	± 4.0%	48%	36%	16%
Data Orbital	October 1–3, 2018	550	± 4.2%	46%	33%	19%

Brnovich won the general election by a 3.47% margin of victory.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	1,201,398	51.73%
	Democratic	1,120,726	48.26%
	Write-in	346	0.01%
2,322,470	100.00%

Despite losing the state, Contreras won five of nine congressional districts.

District	Brnovich	Contreras	Representative
49.892%	49.894%	Tom O'Halleran
46%	54%	Ann Kirkpatrick
35%	65%	Raúl Grijalva
69%	31%	Paul Gosar
5th	61%	39%	Andy Biggs
56%	44%	David Schweikert
26%	74%	Ruben Gallego
60%	40%	Debbie Lesko
42%	58%	Greg Stanton

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