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2018 Election News

Nov 26, 2018

Navajo Nation drops voter discrimination lawsuit

The Navajo Nation has dropped a legal claim that could have delayed formal certification of the general election results.

Secretary of State-elect Katie Hobbs (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Nov 15, 2018

Hobbs is poised to become secretary of state

Katie Hobbs is going to be Arizona’s next secretary of state – and a heartbeat away from governor – absent a sudden and unlikely last-minute burst of votes from Maricopa County favoring Steve Gaynor, her Republican opponent.

Nov 10, 2018

New tally expands Sinema’s lead over McSally in U.S. Senate race

New figures Saturday evening show Democrat U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has amassed 1,048,655 votes. That gives her a lead over Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally that now approaches 30,000.

Nov 7, 2018

Uncounted ballots leave races undecided

Some 600,000 ballots that remain uncounted Wednesday are leaving the race for U.S. Senate and the state schools chief up in the air -- along with possibly some legislative races -- perhaps for days.

Nov 7, 2018

Arizona Senate race goes to overtime with glacial vote count

Arizona's knock-down, all-out Senate race is heading into overtime, as a neck-and-neck contest between two congresswomen collides with Arizona's sometimes glacial vote-counting procedures.

Nov 6, 2018

Proposition 127 soundly rejected

A $31 million campaign by the state's electric utilities proved enough to keep voters from adopting a constitutional mandate that they generate at least half of their power from renewable sources by 2030.

Katie Hobbs and Steve Gaynor
Nov 6, 2018

AP: Steve Gaynor Arizona’s next Secretary of State

Political newcomer Steve Gaynor rose to the top, and fast.

Nov 6, 2018

Arizona House Speaker Mesnard poised for move to Senate

Arizona House Speaker J.D. Mesnard is likely going to be a senator, and perhaps the next Senate president.

Nov 6, 2018

Pratt handily winning in Legislative District 8

Early voting poll results show Frank Pratt handily defending his seat in the Arizona Senate against a Democratic challenger.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, speaks to supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at an election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz. Incumbent Ducey defeated democratic challenger David Garcia for his second term. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Nov 6, 2018

Doug Ducey soundly wins re-election

Gov. Doug Ducey, the Arizona Republican with perhaps the biggest target on his back this year, has taken a substantial lead over Democrat David Garcia Tuesday in the early voting count.

Nov 5, 2018

Are you the ultimate railbird?

The elections are upon us, and now is your opportunity to prove to the entire Capitol community that you’re the smartest railbird around.

lawsuit, Pima County, apartment, fatal shooting
Oct 24, 2018

Brnovich sues Prop 127 campaign over political ads

Claiming he's been defamed, Attorney General Mark Brnovich is suing the backers of the Proposition 127 campaign for telling what he said are lies about him.

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