Here’s the current picture in city, county, state and federal races in Tuesday’s general election.
The Pinal County Elections Department said Wednesday morning that 41,000 early ballots and 1,800 provisional ballots still have to be counted. An update is not expected until Thursday, and it is unknown how many of those ballots are from Maricopa.
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All vote tallies are unofficial.
CITY
Amber Liermann has won the runoff election for a seat on Maricopa City Council, defeating Andre LaFond.
Amber Liermann 55.24%
Andre LaFond 43.79%
In the contest for three seats on the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board, all three incumbents – Torri Anderson, AnnaMarie Knorr and Jim Jordan – were returned by the voters. Tracie Armstead-Payton finished just two votes behind Jordan, which is likely to trigger an automatic recount under state law.
Torri Anderson 27.49%
AnnaMarie Knorr 26.43%
Jim Jordan 22.74%
Tracie Armstead-Payton 22.73%
Proposition 452, which asked Maricopans if they wanted to give Southwest Gas Corp. a 25-year franchise, passed easily.
Yes 72.50%
No 27.50%
COUNTY
In the contest for Pinal County supervisor in District 4, Republican Jeff McClure defeated Independent Marlene Pearce, a Maricopa resident.
Jeff McClure 56.27%
Marlene Pearce 43.34%
STATE
In the race for state Senate in District 11, Republican incumbent Vince Leach has taken a lead over Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza.
Vince Leach 53.05%
JoAnna Mendoza 46.95%
In the race for two seats in state House District 11, Republican incumbents Bret Roberts and Mark Finchem lead Democratic challenger Felipe Perez.
Bret Roberts 34.23%
Mark Finchem 33.83%
Felipe Perez 31.94%
For the three open seats on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission, Democrat Anna Tovar, Republican incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson and Republican James O’Connor were leading Democrats William Mundell, Republican Eric Sloan and Democrat Shea Stanfield.
Anna Tovar 17.96%
Lea Marquez Peterson 16.98%
James O’Connor 16.82%
William Mundell 16.23%
Eric Sloan 16.19%
Shea Stanfield 15.82%
Proposition 207, a statewide citizens initiative that would amend Arizona Revised Statutes to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana, had good support in Pinal County.
Yes 59.85%
No 40.15%
Proposition 208 (the Invest in Education Act), which would create the “Student Support and Safety Fund” by imposing a 3.5% income tax surcharge on high-income residents, was leading slightly in Pinal County.
Yes 52.56%
No 47.44%
FEDERAL
In the race for U.S. Senate, Democratic challenger Mark Kelly was slightly leading incumbent Republican Martha McSally.
Mark Kelly 52.63%
Martha McSally 47.37%
In the contest for the U.S. House seat in District 1, Democratic incumbent Rep. Tom O’Halleran was leading Republican challenger Tiffany Shedd.
Tom O’Halleran 52.28%
Tiffany Shedd 47.72%
In the race for U.S. president, Democratic challenger Joe Biden was leading Republican incumbent Donald Trump.
Joe Biden 51.01%
Donald Trump 47.63%
Jo Jorgenson (L) 1.35%
