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Republican Justin Olson will be taking the second open spot on the Arizona Corporation Commission, and Democrat Katie Hobbs is making headway in her bid to be the next secretary of state.

The latest batch of votes counted Monday put the U.S. Senate out of the reach of Republican Martha McSally and into the hands of an Arizona Democrat for the first time since 1994.

New election returns Sunday put Democrat Katie Hobbs in striking distance in the race for secretary of state.

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.

The latest returns from the state's two largest counties has given Kyrsten Sinema the lead in her bid for U.S. Senate -- barely.

Democrats abandoned their single-shot strategy in the Legislative District 28 House race this year, and it paid off.

In perhaps the last legislative race worth watching in Arizona, Sen. Kate Brophy McGee still holds a narrow lead over a former Arizona teacher of the year challenging her re-election bid.

Political newcomer Aaron Lieberman, a Democrat running for the House in Legislative District 28, far out raised the competition in just 30 days.

Politics is thicker than blood for at least one member of the Brophy family.

Mark Syms, an independent candidate running for the Senate in Legislative District 28, spent more than $15,000 on paid signature gatherers who delivered signatures a judge later ruled were fraudulent.