Governor Doug Ducey was re-elected to a second term in 2018 with 56% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the Arizona Constitution in 2022, and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term.
The first Republican candidate to declare was State Treasurer of Arizona Kimberly Yee, who announced her intention to seek the Republican nomination for governor on May 17, 2021.[79] However, on January 15, 2022, Yee announced that she would be withdrawing from the race to instead run for reelection.[80] Former Fox 10 television anchor Kari Lake announced on June 1 that she is running for governor.[81] Former 5th district Congressman and 2002 Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Salmon announced his bid for governor on June 16.[82] On June 25, Karrin Taylor Robson, member of the Arizona Board of Regents, entered the race[83] and Steve Gaynor, 2018 Republican Secretary of State nominee, also declared his candidacy.[84]
U.S. Representative David Schweikert was considered a possible candidate, however, Schweikert declined to run and endorsed Salmon.[85][86]
Former Nogales mayor Marco A. López Jr. was the first Democrat to announce running for governor.[87] On June 2, Democratic Secretary of State of Arizona Katie Hobbs announced that she will run for governor.[88] On June 29, Arizona State Representative for the 28th district Aaron Lieberman announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination.[89]
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