Now a week after Election Day, counties across Arizona are still counting votes, and the winner of one congressional race is still undecided.Democratic Congressman Ron Barber currently leads Republican challenger Martha McSally by 654 votes, as of the time of this post.See also:-Ron Barber Now Leads Martha McSally-Ken Bennett Says…
Attention elections officials across the state: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is asking that you all count the votes “promptly, accurately and equally.”We weren’t aware that everyone was just lollygagging and kind of just eyeballing the amount of votes for any given candidate, but now that the top Democrat in…
It appears that Governor Jan Brewer may be serious about seeking a third term, after reading that she said this for (at least) a third time, even though the Arizona Constitution says you only get two terms.The Arizona Republic published its way-too-early list of gubernatorial candidates for the 2014 election,…
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder’s office earlier this morning — Sinema’s up nearly 5,800 votes — but that appears to be a solid-enough lead.See also:-Ron Barber Now Leads…
UPDATE: Daniel Solomon has a fractured pelvis, torn artery, and may be permanently disfigured. Read the update here.Mesa resident Holly Solomon thinks it’s her husband’s fault that President Obama was re-elected last week, because he didn’t vote.Not only does Solomon, 28, have a thorough misunderstanding of our nation’s electoral system,…
Update: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder’s office earlier this morning — Sinema’s up nearly 5,800 votes — but that appears to be a solid-enough lead. Read the full…
To: Lovers of America From: The Republican National Committee RE: Emergency platform changes Dear Patriots: It seems that 47 percent was somewhat larger than we anticipated in last week’s election. Henceforth, we urge all Republicans to adopt these immediate policy changes…
Yesterday, we reprinted the entire statement prepared by Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which he read at the sentencing of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner.It was a damn good statement that included a pointed remark about Governor Jan Brewer’s comments after the shooting. To that, the governor responded…
Before the results from the not-so-early and provisional ballots started rolling in from the Maricopa County Recorder, we said it wouldn’t take a miracle for Republican congressional candidate Vernon Parker to take back the lead from Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in CD-9.However, as more ballots are being counted, it’s not looking…
If you’re bored, and you want to be as bored as you were five seconds ago, we’ve got the perfect thing for you: watch Maricopa County Elections Department workers tabulate votes — live.Maybe you’ll be the hero of the community for catching some voter fraud live on the air. Maybe…
Despite the fact that some folks from out of town are calling the congressional race in CD-9 for Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, it’s certainly not over, and Republican Vernon Parker wouldn’t need a miracle to win.While Sinema’s up by several thousand votes at the moment, there are thousands more to count, between…
Yesterday, activists made a call for Sheriff Joe Arpaio-challenger Paul Penzone and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona to stay in their respective races, which both men have already conceded to their opponents.The number of votes remaining to be counted by the Maricopa County Elections Department was unknown early yesterday,…
The Associated Press has called Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick the winner of the congressional race in CD-1, apparently defeating Republican opponent Jonathan Paton.For those waiting on the other congressional races — Kyrsten Sinema v. Vernon Parker in CD-9, and Martha McSally v. Ron Barber in CD-2 — keep waiting; we may…
At the Arizona Republican Party’s election-viewing party at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix last night, the moment came that precisely none of the scheduled speakers was prepared for — on a large screen to the right of the stage, Fox News declared that President Obama had won re-election…
The Maricopa County Elections Department has given a straight answer about the number of ballots that still haven’t been counted as of noon on the day after the election: they don’t know.Citizens for a Better Arizona activists went to the elections office today to get a clear number, as media…
Out of 43 Maricopa County Superior Court judges, four have last names that sound Hispanic. It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that those four happen to have ended up among the six worst vote-getters in last night’s election. Scanning over the vote counts today, it looks like Maricopa County residents…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona pulled in more votes in Arizona than President Barack Obama, but that still left the former U.S. Surgeon General more than 80,000 votes behind Republican Congressman Jeff Flake.Flake will be replacing fellow Republican Jon Kyl in the Senate, as Kyl’s retiring at the end…
With all but three precincts reporting, Arizona election results are continuing to shake out with two main races still up in the air. But at least one of the closest fought races of Election Day is being called. Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick has reportedly defeated Republican Jonathan Paton for CD 1…
Last night at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix, 80-year-old Sheriff Joe Arpaio recycled the same ol’ Joe speech he gives all the time — a speech that apparently resonates with the voters who opted for Arpaio over his opponent, Paul Penzone, by a healthy margin.All we could really do was…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio wasn’t the only candidate who sailed to easy victory in Maricopa County on Tuesday. Up-and-coming right-wing icon Bill Montgomery creamed his Libertarian opponent, Michael Kielsky, by a 74-26 margin. No one really expected otherwise. The Democratic Party decided to save money this year by failing to put…
Voters turned out the lights on the self-described “solar team” of three Democrats who hoped to control the Arizona Corporation Commission. The commission, which regulates public utilities, corporations, securities, railways and pipelines, will be dominated by an all-Republican membership for at least two years. With 90 percent of polls reporting,…
Arizona voters have rejected soundly the retention of a one-cent sales tax passed in 2010 that would have provided education funding and scholarships. The state already spends less on a per-student basis than most other states, but voters either don’t care or didn’t think throwing money at the problem works…
