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Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Arizona
For related races, see 1982 United States gubernatorial elections.
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The 1982 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Democratic incumbent Bruce Babbitt defeated Republican nominee Leo Corbet and Libertarian candidate and former U.S. Representative Sam Steiger. Evan Mecham unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination. This was the last time until 2002 that a Democrat was elected governor of Arizona, and as of 2023 the most recent time a male Democrat was elected governor.
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bruce Babbitt (incumbent) | 453,795 | 62.5% | +10.0% | |
Republican | Leo Corbet | 235,877 | 32.5% | -12.3% | |
Libertarian | Sam Steiger | 36,649 | 5.1% | +3.1% | |
Write-in | 43 | 0.0% | |||
Majority | 217,918 | 30.0% | +22.3% | ||
Turnout | 726,364 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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