2014 Arizona Attorney General election

The 2014 Arizona Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the attorney general of Arizona. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Tom Horne ran for re-election to a second term in office. Horne, who was under investigation for multiple violations of election laws, was considered vulnerable in both the primary and general elections.^[1] Various Arizona Republicans called for him to resign or endorsed his opponent.^[2] Horne lost the Republican primary to Mark Brnovich. Brnovich won the election by a 5.84% margin, defeating Democratic opponent Felecia Rotellini.

2014 Arizona Attorney General election

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Nominee Mark Brnovich Felecia Rotellini Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 782,361 696,054 Percentage 52.91% 47.07%

County results Congressional district results Brnovich:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Rotellini:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Attorney General before election Tom Horne Republican Elected Attorney General Mark Brnovich Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

• Tom Horne, incumbent attorney general^[3][4]
• Mark Brnovich, director of the Arizona Department of Gaming

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Horne	Mark Brnovich	Undecided
Magellan Strategies[5]	August 17–21, 2014	1,281	± 2.74%	40%	47%	13%
Harper Polling[6]	August 19–20, 2014	812	± 3.44%	37%	40%	24%
Magellan Strategies[7]	August 15–18, 2014	1,322	± ?	38%	48%	14%
Magellan Strategies[8]	August 12–15, 2014	1,300	± ?	34%	47%	19%
Magellan Strategies[9]	August 5–7, 2014	1,289	± 2.73%	37%	43%	20%
Magellan Strategies[10]	July 28–31, 2014	1,644	± ?	35%	42%	23%
Harper Polling[11]	July 16–17, 2014	885	± 3.29%	26%	37%	37%
Gravis Marketing[12]	July 14, 2014	691	± 4%	29%	44%	27%
Magellan Strategies[13]	July 9–10, 2014	593	± 4.02%	25%	39%	36%
Harper Polling[14]	June 25–26, 2014	791	± 3.48%	28%	33%	39%
Magellan Strategies[15]	June 3–4, 2014	630	± 3.9%	26%	43%	31%
Magellan Strategies[16]	May 13–14, 2014	760	± 3.6%	32%	33%	35%

Debate

2014 Arizona Attorney General election republican primary debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Mark Brnovich	Tom Horne
1	Jul. 27, 2014	Arizona PBS	Ted Simons	PBS	P	P

Results

Republican primary results^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	279,855	53.50%
	Republican	Tom Horne (incumbent)	240,858	46.05%
	Write-in		2,331	0.45%
Total votes			523,044	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Felecia Rotellini, attorney and nominee for attorney general in 2010^[18]

Results

Republican primary results by county

  Brnovich

•   50–60%

  Horne

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Democratic primary results^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	277,689	98.76%
	Write-in		3,492	1.24%
Total votes			281,181	100.0%

General election

Debate

2014 Arizona Attorney General election debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Mark Brnovich	Felecia Rotellini
1	Sep. 29, 2014	Arizona PBS	Ted Simons	PBS	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Brnovich (R)	Felicia Rotellini (D)	Undecided
The Polling Company[19]	October 20–22, 2014	601	± 4%	41%	38%	21%
Tarrance Group[20]	October 13–16, 2014	500	± 4.5%	48%	39%	13%
McLaughlin & Associates[21]	October 12–14, 2014	500	± 4.5%	39%	33%	28%
Moore Information[22]	October 7–8, 2014	400	± ≈4.9%	39%	42%	19%
The Polling Company[23]	October 6–8, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	43%	16%
Tarrance Group[24]	September 15–17, 2014	505	± 4.5%	43%	40%	16%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Horne (R)	Felicia Rotellini (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling[25]	February 28–March 2, 2014	870	± 3.3%	36%	42%	22%

Results

2014 Arizona Attorney General Election^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	782,361	52.91%	+0.90%
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	696,054	47.07%	−0.70%
	Write-in		265	0.02%	-0.21%
Total votes			1,478,680	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Despite losing the election, Rotellini won five of nine congressional districts, including one held by a Republican.^[27]

District	Brnovich	Rotellini	Representative
1st	48.4%	51.6%	Ann Kirkpatrick
2nd	47.3%	52.8%	Martha McSally
3rd	38.3%	61.7%	Raúl Grijalva
4th	67.0%	33.0%	Paul Gosar
5th	62.8%	37.2%	Matt Salmon
6th	57.3%	42.7%	David Schweikert
7th	29.5%	70.5%	Ruben Gallego
8th	60.6%	39.4%	Trent Franks
9th	45.7%	54.3%	Kyrsten Sinema