AZ Senate GOP chooses new leaders
After successfully defending seats in crucial races, Republicans today met behind closed doors to pick next year’s Senate leaders.
Prop. 122 solidifies lead, appears headed toward approval
Proposition 122, which advocates tout as a measure that will help Arizonans resist unconstitutional or otherwise overreaching actions by the federal government, has a healthy lead and appears poised to pass.
Meyer, McGee to return as incumbents carry the day in LD 28
Democratic Rep. Eric Meyer will return to the Capitol after maintaining his solid lead over Republican challenger Shawnna Bolick in Phoenix’s Legislative District 28, where he has won three straight elections despite a 12 percentage point Republican voter registration advantage.
Republicans wrap up wins in Legislative District 18
Republicans’ leads have widened in Legislative District 18, where they are poised to keep control of the Senate seat and the two House seats.
No safe district: 2 Republicans poised for upsets in Dem-heavy districts
A pair of upsets are catching the political establishment by surprise: Two southern Arizona Democrats in heavily Democratic legislative districts are trailing Republicans in state House races.
Tobin concedes CD1 race to Kirkpatrick
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick is widening her lead over Republican Speaker of the Arizona House Andy Tobin in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, up to more than 5,000 votes, or nearly 5 percentage points, from 2,000 votes earlier in the night.
Allen returning to the Senate after besting O’Halleran in LD6
Sylvia Allen will return to the Senate seat she left just two years ago after pulling ahead of independent Tom O’Halleran during overnight ballot counting in Legislative District 6.
Reagan tops Goddard in secretary of state’s race
In a race that many expected to come down to the wire, Republican Sen. Michele Reagan defeated Terry Goddard by a healthy margin in the race for secretary of state, dashing one of the Democrats’ best hopes of winning a statewide office for the first time since 2006.
In rare outcome, Maricopa County voters fire judge
Voters in Maricopa County are on their way to firing the first judge in decades and only the third one since the inception of the merit and retention system.
Brnovich builds on primary upset, tops Rotellini in AG’s race
Mark Brnovich’s supporters in the Republican primary cast him as the best hope of keeping the Attorney General’s Office in GOP hands following years of scandal from incumbent Tom Horne. The former prosecutor delivered on that optimism as he defeated Democrat Felecia Rotellini in one of Arizona’s most hard-fought statewide contests.
Early ballot counting errors delay results in Cochise County
Early ballots in Cochise County are being shipped to Graham County after elections officials discovered a discrepancy on election night.
DuVal concedes as Ducey is elected Arizona’s 23rd governor
Doug Ducey won Arizona’s first wide-open gubernatorial race in 12 years, cruising to election as the state’s 23rd governor.