# 1990–91 Arizona gubernatorial election

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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.
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.

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Terry Goddard, mayor of Phoenix
* Dave Moss, perennial candidate

#### Declined

* Rose Mofford, incumbent governor

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Terry Goddard | 212,579 | 84.00% |
| | Democratic | Dave Moss | 40,478 | 16.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 253,057 | 100.00% |

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Bob Barnes, former governor's aide
* Fred Koory, Jr, former State Senator
* Evan Mecham, former governor
* Sam Steiger, former U.S. Representative for Arizona
* Fife Symington, real estate developer

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 372,324 | 100.00% |

## General election
### Results

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1990 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,293 | 0.41% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,055,406 | 100.00% | |

### Results by county

| County | Fife Symington Republican | Fife Symington Republican | Terry Goddard Democratic | Terry Goddard Democratic | Max Hawkins Stop Abortion | Max Hawkins Stop Abortion | Ed Yetman Libertarian | Ed Yetman Libertarian | All others Write-in | All others Write-in | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| 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 |

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Cochise
* Graham

## Runoff election

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.

### Results

Arizona gubernatorial runoff election, 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Fife Symington | 492,569 | 52.36% | +2.71% |
| | Democratic | Terry Goddard | 448,168 | 47.64% | −1.60% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44,401 | 4.72% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 940,737 | 100.00% | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Swing | +4.31% | |

### Results by county

| County | Fife Symington Republican | Fife Symington Republican | Terry Goddard Democratic | Terry Goddard Democratic | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| 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 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Graham