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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Arizona governor election

Evan Mecham (Republican) beat Carolyn Warner (Democrat) in Arizona in 1986, 39.7% to 34.5%, a margin of 5.2 points and 44,927 votes.

Arizona changed party: in 1982 it went Democratic, for Bruce Babbitt.

Democrats led in 9 of the 15 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 6. The largest, Maricopa, cast 494,820 votes and went to the Republican by 14.2 points. The closest was Cochise, where 116 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Evan Mecham won Republican 343,913 39.7%
Carolyn Warner Democratic 298,986 34.5%
Bill Schulz Independent 224,085 25.8%
Total866,984

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Maricopa 142,540 28.8% 213,049 43.1% 139,231 494,820 R+14.2
Pima 72,366 42.2% 56,598 33.0% 42,700 171,664 D+9.2
Yavapai 10,288 32.2% 15,000 46.9% 6,688 31,976 R+14.7
Pinal 11,127 45.0% 8,244 33.4% 5,347 24,718 D+11.7
Coconino 11,492 48.5% 6,647 28.0% 5,565 23,704 D+20.4
Cochise 8,368 38.0% 8,484 38.5% 5,174 22,026 R+0.5
Mohave 7,969 36.9% 9,333 43.2% 4,300 21,602 R+6.3
Navajo 7,527 45.5% 6,250 37.8% 2,769 16,546 D+7.7
Yuma 7,449 45.9% 5,474 33.8% 3,290 16,213 D+12.2
Gila 5,775 41.6% 4,779 34.4% 3,319 13,873 D+7.2
Apache 6,936 62.0% 2,965 26.5% 1,279 11,180 D+35.5
Graham 2,381 34.5% 3,257 47.1% 1,272 6,910 R+12.7
Santa Cruz 2,349 44.3% 1,490 28.1% 1,464 5,303 D+16.2
La Paz 1,201 34.6% 1,352 39.0% 915 3,468 R+4.4
Greenlee 1,218 40.9% 991 33.2% 772 2,981 D+7.6

Counties as they stood in 1986; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arizona governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Katie Hobbs (D) D+0.7
2018 Doug Ducey (R) R+14.1
2014 Doug Ducey (R) R+11.8
2010 Jan Brewer (R) R+11.9
2006 Janet Napolitano (D) D+27.1
2002 Janet Napolitano (D) D+1.0
1998 Jane Dee Hull (R) R+25.4
1994 Fife Symington (R) R+8.2
1990 Fife Symington (R) R+4.7
1986 Evan Mecham (R) R+5.2
1982 Bruce Babbitt (D) D+30.0
1978 Bruce Babbitt (D) D+7.7
1974 Raul H. Castro (D) D+0.9
1970 Jack R. Williams (R) R+1.9
1968 Jack R. Williams (R) R+15.7
1966 Jack R. Williams (R) R+7.5
1964 Sam Goddard (D) D+6.5
1962 Paul Fannin (R) R+9.7
1960 Paul Fannin (R) R+18.6
1958 Paul Fannin (R) R+10.3
1956 Ernest W. McFarland (D) D+19.1
1954 Ernest W. McFarland (D) D+5.0
1952 Howard Pyle (R) R+20.3
1950 Howard Pyle (R) R+1.5
1948 Dan E. Garvey (D) D+19.1
1946 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+20.2
1944 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+56.7
1942 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+45.6
1940 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+31.7
1938 Robert T. Jones (D) D+41.2
1936 Rawghile C. Stanford (D) D+41.6
1934 Benjamin B. Moeur (D) D+21.5
1932 Benjamin B. Moeur (D) D+27.8
1930 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+2.8
1928 John C. Phillips (R) R+3.5
1926 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+0.5
1924 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+1.1
1922 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+9.9
1920 Thomas E. Campbell (R) R+8.3
1918 Thomas E. Campbell (R) R+0.7
1916 Thomas E. Campbell (R) R+0.1
1914 George W. P. Hunt (D) D+14.9
1911 George W. P. Hunt (D) D+9.0