Patrick Finerd

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Patrick Finerd

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November 8, 2022

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Patrick Finerd (Republican Party) ran for election for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Finerd also ran for election for Governor of Arizona. He lost as a write-in in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.

Finerd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election

See also: Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

Thomas C. Horne defeated incumbent Kathy Hoffman and Patrick Finerd in the general election for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas C. Horne (R)	50.2	1,255,977
		Kathy Hoffman (D)	49.8	1,247,010
		Patrick Finerd (R) (Write-in)	0.0	213

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,503,200
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sheila Reid-Shaver (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Kathy Hoffman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Hoffman	100.0	564,099

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 564,099
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

Thomas C. Horne defeated Shiry Sapir, Michelle Udall, Kara Woods, and Tiffany Asch in the Republican primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas C. Horne	41.9	321,208
		Shiry Sapir	33.5	256,286
		Michelle Udall	24.6	188,401
	Submit photo	Kara Woods (Write-in)	0.0	201
	Submit photo	Tiffany Asch (Write-in)	0.0	57

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 766,153
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Trevillion (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

Sheila Reid-Shaver advanced from the Libertarian primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Reid-Shaver (Write-in)	100.0	557

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 557
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Gubernatorial election

See also: Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Arizona

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Arizona on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Hobbs (D)	50.3	1,287,891
		Kari Lake (R)	49.6	1,270,774
		Liana West (G) (Write-in)	0.0	254
	Submit photo	Mikaela Lutes-Burton (L) (Write-in)	0.0	213
		William Pounds (Independent-Green Party) (Write-in)	0.0	139
	Submit photo	Steph Denny (R) (Write-in)	0.0	74
	Submit photo	Alice Novoa (R) (Write-in)	0.0	55
	Submit photo	Rayshawn Merrill (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	44
	Submit photo	Anthony Camboni (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	41

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,559,485
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Barry J. Hess (L)
• Alex Sadowski (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona

Katie Hobbs defeated Marco Lopez and Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Hobbs	72.3	431,059
		Marco Lopez	22.8	136,090
		Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew)	4.8	28,878

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 596,027
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Arizona

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kari Lake	48.0	398,860
		Karrin Taylor Robson	43.1	358,682
		Matt Salmon (Unofficially withdrew)	3.7	30,704
		Scott Neely	3.1	25,876
		Paola Tulliani-Zen	2.1	17,281
	Submit photo	Carlos Roldan (Write-in)	0.0	42
	Submit photo	Alex Schatz (Write-in)	0.0	39
		Patrick Finerd (Write-in)	0.0	24

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 831,508
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Gaynor (R)
• Kimberly Yee (R)
• Frank Konarski (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona

Barry J. Hess advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barry J. Hess (Write-in)	100.0	550

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 550
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Remus (L)

2020

See also: Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Arizona Corporation Commission on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Tovar (D)	17.5	1,450,194
✔		Lea Marquez Peterson (R)	17.5	1,449,963
✔		James O'Connor (R)	17.3	1,434,236
	Submit photo	Eric Sloan (R)	16.7	1,379,804
		William Mundell (D)	15.7	1,295,836
		Shea Stanfield (D)	15.3	1,264,909
	Submit photo	Christina Gibson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	411
		Patrick Finerd (R) (Write-in)	0.0	232

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,275,585
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Anna Tovar, William Mundell, and Shea Stanfield advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Tovar	39.3	531,400
✔		William Mundell	30.7	416,099
✔		Shea Stanfield	30.0	406,044

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,353,543
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bridget Bellavigna (D)
• Paul Newman (D)
• John Dougherty III (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Eric Sloan, incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson, and James O'Connor advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Eric Sloan	50.7	516,786
✔		Lea Marquez Peterson	44.8	456,065
✔		James O'Connor (Write-in)	4.5	45,544

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 1,018,395
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Farnsworth (R)
• Kim Owens (R)
• Neil DeSanti (R)
• Nick Myers (R)
• Avery Block (R)
• Patrick Tucker (R)
• Boyd Dunn (R)
• Roger Pencek (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Patrick Finerd did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Patrick Finerd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Finerd's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am ready to fight and protect her all the Arizonans and protect and fight for our Constitution and Bill of Rights. I will protect our borders

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Election integrity
• Border security
• Second amendment And constitution also Bill of Rights protected

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

All areas and also I will fight for the constitution and bill rights it will be protected in the state of Arizona

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

2020

Patrick Finerd did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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