New batch of votes don’t change results

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Pinal County counted 17,734 more ballots, and results for the Maricopa elections in question didn’t change.

Henry Wade and Vincent Manfredi swapped spots, but both are likely winners as the top two vote-getters earn City Council seats.

Nancy Smith maintained her comfortable lead for the two-year seat, as did Patti Coutre and Gary Miller in the school board election.

Here are the current results with about 10,000 votes left to count countywide:

Maricopa City Council (Elect 2)
1. Henry Wade – 2,567 votes
2. Vincent Manfredi – 2,510
3. Rachel Leffall – 2,439
4. Marty Hermanson – 2,055

Maricopa City Council (Elect 1)
1. Nancy Smith – 2,924 votes
2. Rich Vitiello – 2,516

Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board (Elect 2)
1. Patti Coutre – 2,311 votes
2. Gary Miller – 2,221
3. Rhonda Melvin – 2,043
4. Adam Schrader – 2,028
5. Jaysie Sheppard – 1,119 

Final results are expected Thursday.

Scott Bartle
InMaricopa’s publisher began his career in sports marketing, producing and marketing Association of Tennis Professionals Tour events in Indianapolis and Scottsdale. He served as marketing coordinator for the Super Bowl XXX Host Committee prior to joining the Maricopa County Sports Commission where he spent four years as its assistant executive director. Since 2000 Scott has served as president of Outside the Box Marketing, Inc. Scott is former president of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board and IU Alumni Club of Phoenix and a member of the Knights of Columbus and Sigma Chi Fraternity. Scott is a graduate of Indiana University, Valley Leadership, Project CENTRL and the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy. A native Hoosier, Scott has lived in the Phoenix area since 1977 and in Maricopa since 2004.