Over half of all Pinal County voters make their ballots count

Pinal County voters turned out in force to cast their ballots for the candidates of their choice in state, district and local elections. Of the 102,799 registered voters in the county, 54,609 voted at one of 74 precincts on Tuesday. The 53.1 percent turnout underscored the importance of these mid-term elections.

As of 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, the local results, as posted by the Pinal County Elections Department and the Secretary of State’s Web site, were:

Maricopa Unified School District Bond Election:
Yes: 2,407
No: 668

Local residents went to the polls and took this advice–they voted a resounding “yes” on the school district’s bond election.

Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board (2):
Johns, Shannon – 1,309
White, Tim – 1,223
Saunders, Lezah – 1,053
Muriett, Mike – 1,011
(In addition, Shannon Amos will serve a two-year, uncontested term on the school board.)

Seeking uncontested seats on the Maricopa Fire District’s Governing Board, Carl Diedrich, Amy Haberbosch and Rebecca Molus will all serve as directors until July 1, 2007.

Sheriff:
Vasquez, Chris – 28,218
Ingulli, Bob – 23,929

State Senator – District 23:
Rios, Rebecca – 22,237
Chase, Cheryl – 19,383

State Representative – District 23 (2):
Rios, Pete – 19,816
McGuire, Barbara – 16,670
Pratt, Frank – 16,491
Fillmore, John – 15,503

Judge of the Superior Court Division 8 (a very close race, perhaps too close to call):
Oldham, Brenda – 19,856
Elliott, April – 19,358