Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1990–91 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Incumbent Democratic Governor, Rose Mofford, declined to run for a full term. Republican Fife Symington defeated the Democratic nominee and Mayor of Phoenix Terry Goddard. Because no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held later on February 26, 1991, which Symington also won. This is the only election where Arizona used a runoff election.
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
Symington: 50–60% Goddard: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||
|
Evan Mecham, a former governor who was removed from office in 1988 upon being convicted in his impeachment trial, unsuccessfully ran for another term. This would be the last gubernatorial election until 2018 when the victorious gubernatorial candidate in the state would be of the same party as the incumbent president.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Terry Goddard | 212,579 | 84.00% | |
Democratic | Dave Moss | 40,478 | 16.00% | |
Total votes | 253,057 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Fife Symington | 163,010 | 43.78% | |
Republican | Evan Mecham | 91,136 | 24.48% | |
Republican | Fred Koory, Jr | 61,487 | 16.51% | |
Republican | Sam Steiger | 49,019 | 13.17% | |
Republican | Bob Barnes | 7,672 | 2.06% | |
Total votes | 372,324 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Fife Symington | 523,984 | 49.65% | +9.98% | |
Democratic | Terry Goddard | 519,691 | 49.24% | +14.76% | |
Stop Abortion | Max Hawkins (write-in) | 10,983 | 1.04% | +1.04% | |
Libertarian | Ed Yetman (write-in) | 316 | 0.03% | +0.03% | |
Independent | Rick Lee Campbell (write-in) | 163 | 0.02% | ||
Independent | Allen Weinstein (write-in) | 76 | 0.01% | ||
Republican | Patrick P. Castronovo (write-in) | 75 | 0.01% | ||
Independent | Robert P. Winn (write-in) | 64 | 0.01% | ||
Independent | Peter J. Cojanis (write-in) | 54 | 0.01% | ||
Majority | 4,293 | 0.41% | |||
Total votes | 1,055,406 | 100.00% |
County | Fife Symington Republican |
Terry Goddard Democratic |
Max Hawkins Stop Abortion |
Ed Yetman Libertarian |
All Others Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Apache | 3,638 | 27.49% | 9,485 | 71.67% | 91 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.05% | 14 | 0.11% | -5,847 | -44.18% | 13,234 |
Cochise | 11,472 | 47.17% | 12,685 | 52.16% | 136 | 0.56% | 13 | 0.05% | 14 | 0.06% | -1,213 | -4.99% | 24,320 |
Coconino | 11,330 | 39.72% | 17,050 | 59.78% | 123 | 0.43% | 11 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.03% | -5,720 | -20.05% | 28,522 |
Gila | 6,283 | 43.88% | 7,893 | 55.13% | 128 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.06% | -1,610 | -11.25% | 14,317 |
Graham | 3,614 | 48.47% | 3,699 | 49.61% | 141 | 1.89% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -85 | -1.14% | 7,456 |
Greenlee | 1,071 | 36.70% | 1,836 | 62.92% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -765 | -26.22% | 2,918 |
La Paz | 1,829 | 52.45% | 1,622 | 46.52% | 33 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 207 | 5.94% | 3,487 |
Maricopa | 330,261 | 53.17% | 282,409 | 45.46% | 8,156 | 1.31% | 139 | 0.02% | 234 | 0.04% | 47,852 | 7.70% | 621,199 |
Mohave | 14,068 | 51.33% | 13,131 | 47.91% | 154 | 0.56% | 11 | 0.04% | 41 | 0.15% | 937 | 3.42% | 27,405 |
Navajo | 7,708 | 43.31% | 9,867 | 55.44% | 204 | 1.15% | 9 | 0.05% | 11 | 0.06% | -2,159 | -12.13% | 17,799 |
Pima | 87,701 | 43.53% | 112,572 | 55.87% | 1,028 | 0.51% | 94 | 0.05% | 83 | 0.04% | -24,871 | -12.34% | 201,478 |
Pinal | 11,762 | 41.13% | 16,562 | 57.92% | 257 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.02% | -4,800 | -16.78% | 28,597 |
Santa Cruz | 2,140 | 35.93% | 3,801 | 63.82% | 10 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,661 | -27.89% | 5,956 |
Yavapai | 22,682 | 55.69% | 17,567 | 43.13% | 467 | 1.15% | 11 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.01% | 5,115 | 12.56% | 40,731 |
Yuma | 8,425 | 46.84% | 9,512 | 52.88% | 44 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.02% | -1,087 | -6.04% | 17,987 |
Totals | 523,984 | 49.65% | 519,691 | 49.24% | 10,983 | 1.04% | 316 | 0.03% | 432 | 0.04% | 4,293 | 0.41% | 1,055,406 |
Prior to 1992, the Arizona State Constitution required a runoff election for the office of Governor if no candidate received a majority of the votes. As a result, a runoff election was held on February 26, 1991.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Fife Symington | 492,569 | 52.36% | +2.71% | |
Democratic | Terry Goddard | 448,168 | 47.64% | −1.60% | |
Majority | 44,401 | 4.72% | |||
Total votes | 940,737 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | +4.31% |
County | Fife Symington Republican |
Terry Goddard Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Apache | 2,982 | 26.45% | 8,294 | 73.55% | -5,312 | -47.11% | 11,276 |
Cochise | 9,862 | 48.08% | 10,651 | 51.92% | -789 | -3.85% | 20,513 |
Coconino | 9,444 | 41.88% | 13,107 | 58.12% | -3,663 | -16.24% | 22,551 |
Gila | 5,670 | 46.09% | 6,632 | 53.91% | -962 | -7.82% | 12,302 |
Graham | 3,512 | 56.07% | 2,752 | 43.93% | 760 | 12.13% | 6,264 |
Greenlee | 1,003 | 41.19% | 1,432 | 58.81% | -429 | -17.62% | 2,435 |
La Paz | 1,558 | 56.45% | 1,202 | 43.55% | 356 | 12.90% | 2,760 |
Maricopa | 315,811 | 55.95% | 248,691 | 44.05% | 67,120 | 11.89% | 564,502 |
Mohave | 13,106 | 55.00% | 10,722 | 45.00% | 2,384 | 10,01% | 23,828 |
Navajo | 7,081 | 44.81% | 8,721 | 55.19% | -1,640 | -10.38% | 15,802 |
Pima | 82,594 | 45.79% | 97,773 | 54.21% | -15,179 | -8.42% | 180,367 |
Pinal | 10,562 | 44.01% | 13,435 | 55.99% | -2,873 | -11.97% | 23,997 |
Santa Cruz | 1,741 | 44.79% | 2,146 | 55.21% | -405 | -10.42% | 3,887 |
Yavapai | 21,515 | 58.68% | 15,148 | 41.32% | 6,367 | 17.37% | 36,663 |
Yuma | 6,128 | 45.09% | 7,462 | 54.91% | -1,334 | -9.82% | 13,590 |
Totals | 492,569 | 52.36% | 448,168 | 47.64% | 44,4013 | 4.72% | 940,737 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.