Joe Arpaio Leads Both Primary and General Election Race for Maricopa County Sheriff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — August 4, 2016

Contact: Mackenzie Keller — [email protected]

PHOENIX (August 4, 2016) — Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio leads a 4-way Republican Primary by 54% the day early voting begins and leads a potential General Election race by 5%, according to recent polls conducted by leading behavior research polling company OH Predictive Insights.

In a survey of 484 likely Republican, Independent and Non-Declared voters across Maricopa County based on projected 2016 Primary Election turnout, Joe Arpaio leads Dan Saban 67% to 13%. K. Wayne Baker and Marcia Hill each registered 2%.

2016 Maricopa County Primary Election — August 2, 2016 Results

In a survey of 348 likely General Election voters in Maricopa County based on projected 2016 General Election turnout, Joe Arpaio leads Democrat Paul Penzone 46% to 41%.

2016 Maricopa County General Election — August 3, 2016 Results

"Joe Arpaio is crushing his primary opponents in the race for the Republican nomination for Maricopa County Sheriff. Republican Primary voters overwhelmingly support Sheriff Arpaio," said Mike Noble, managing partner of OH Predictive Insights and chief pollster. "In the General Election Sheriff Arpaio has a 5% lead over the candidate he defeated 4 years ago. The General looks to be a close race up until the final votes are counted."

Methodology: This automated survey was completed by OH Predictive Insights on August 2–3, 2016, from a 2016 likely GOP primary election sample and 2016 general election sample. General election poll was weighted to reflect likely general election turnout. Sample size: 484 completed surveys for the primary and 348 completed surveys for the general, MoE ±4.45% for Primary and ±5.25% for General.

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