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2012 Arizona General Election results – candidates (updated)

by on Nov. 07, 2012, under Life, Politics

Tucsoncitizen.com administrator Mark Evans reports that a large # of early ballots may not be counted in time for complete results last night:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/archives/761/. It is also unclear how many provisional ballots were cast yesterday as well.

Latest unofficial election returns from Secretary of State’s website, click here for updates.

UPDATE: Will try to update each evening as ballots are counted by Pima County and updated by AZ Sec. of State–but only for CD 1, CD 2, LD 9 House, LD 10 House, PCC District 5 Board, TUSD School Board which are close races.

For updates after Nov. 10, go to new summary post: http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2012/11/10/2012-arizona-general-election-updates/

U.S. Senate (open seat)
Richard Carmona (D) 754,416
Jeff Flake (R) 834,206
Marc Victor (L) 72,227

CD 1 (open seat) Kirkpatrick is still leading as of 11/9/12
Kim Allen (L) 13,061
Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 107,750
Jonathan Paton (R) 101,486

CD 2 – may be too close to call – McSally is leading on 11/9/12
Ron Barber (D), incumbent CD 8, 125,187
Martha McSally (R) 125,223

CD 3
Raul Grijalva (D), incumbent CD 7, 67,595
Blanca Guerra (L) 5168
Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (R) 46,419

LD 2
State Senate
Linda Lopez (D), incumbent LD 29, 31,118

State House – 2 seats
Chris John Ackerley (R) 19,698
Andrea Dalessandro (D) 22,483
Rosanna Gabaldon (D) 21,371

LD 3
State Senate (unopposed)
Olivia Cajero Bedford, incumbent LD 27, 31,124

State House – 2 seats (unopposed)
Sally Ann Gonzales (D), incumbent LD 27, 25,986
Macario Saldate (D), incumbent LD 27, 22,482

LD 9
State Senate
Steve Farley (D), 38,191
Tyler Mott (R), 31,361

State House – 2 seats: Orr and Steele still leading as of 11/9/12
Ethan Orr (R), 37,622
Mohur Sarah Sidhwa (D), 35,237
Victoria Steele (D), 39,053

LD 10
State Senate
Frank Antenori (R), incumbent LD 30, 31,919
David Bradley (D), 37,157

State House – 2 seats: Mach & Wheeler still leading as of 11/9/12
Todd Clodfelter (R, 31,712
Stefanie Mach (D), 35,535
Ted Vogt (R), incumbent LD 30, 33,389
Bruce Wheeler (D), incumbent LD 28, 37,609

LD 11
State Senate
Jo Holt (D), 29,185
Al Melvin (R), incumbent LD 26, 38,590

State House – 2 seats
Dave Joseph (D), 27,843
Adam Kwasman (R), 33,517
Steve Smith (R), 35,860

LD 14
State Senate
Pat Fleming (D), 20,958
Gail Griffin (R), incumbent LD 25, 36,049

State House – 2 seats
David Gowan ( R), incumbent LD 30, 31,924
Robert Leach (D), 18,863
David Stevens (R), incumbent LD 25, 31,711
Mark Stonebracker (D), 18,863

Corporation Commission (3 seats)
Robert Burns (R), 696,394
Marcia Busching (D) 552,608
Christopher Gohl (L), 76,729
Sandra Kennedy (D), incumbent, 613,556
Thomas Meadows (G), 46,634
Paul Newman (D), incumbent, 618,251
Daniel Pout (G),39,133
Susan Bitter Smith (R), 690,049
Bob Stump (R), incumbent, 722,434

Returns from Pima County elections of some races, http://www.pima.gov/elections/results1.htm. Go online for the other races — Constables, Justices of the Peace, other school boards.

Pima County Assessor (unopposed)
Bill Staples (D), incumbent, 196,926

Pima County Attorney
Claudia Ellquist (G) – withdrawn
Barbara LaWall (D), incumbent, 195,334

Pima County Recorder
Bill Beard (R), 103,631
F. Ann Rodriguez (D), incumbent, 172,719

Pima County Sheriff
Dave Croteau (G), 9584
Clarence Dupnik (D), incumbent, 154,842
Mark Napier (R), 143,895

Pima County Superintendent of Schools (unopposed)
Linda Arzoumanian (R), incumbent, 187,671

Board of Supervisors
District 1 (open seat)
Ally Miller (R) 42,841
Nancy Young Wright (D) 36,119

District 2
Jim Kelley (R), 13,902
Ramon Valadez (D), incumbent, 21,787

District 3
Tanner Bell (R), 22,131
Sharon Bronson (D), incumbent, 25,771

District 4 (unopposed)
Ray Carroll (R),incumbent, 56,461

District 5
Richard Elias (D), incumbent, 28,431
Fernando Gonzales (R) 10,691

Pima County Treasurer
Beth Ford (R), incumbent, 152,020
Elaine Richardson, 124,456

Pima Community College governing board (non partisan,2 seats):

District 3:
Sylvia Lee, 19,997
“Vicki” Marshall, incumbent, 12,525

District 5: Cortez still leading as of 11/9/12
Marty Cortez, incumbent, 14,186
Richard Fridena, 12,773
Francis Saitta, 6042

TUSD Governing Board (nonpartisan race, 3 seats): no change in status since election night, with Foster, Stegeman & Juarez leading

Menelik Bakari, 5990
Debe Campos-Fleenor, 24,799
Don Cotton 21,647
Miguel Cuevas,incumbent, 25,776
Ralph Ellinwood 19,597
Kristel Foster 36,158
John Hunnicutt 25,071
Camy Juarez 28,666
Robert Medler 13,083
Betts Putnam-Hidalgo 22,181
Mark Stegeman, incumbent 35,268
Alex Sugiyama, incumbent 18,107

For information/updates on which propositions won statewide & for City of Tucson, click here.

Stay tuned for updates, as I will post new figures as they become available — but only if the results are changed from this initial report, as ballots will be counted slowly day by day. This is the update of the latest returns, but not all precincts have reported statewide. Congratulations to the winners.



  • Carolyn_Classen

    AZ Daily Star reporting that 80,000 provisional & early ballots yet to be counted in Pima County alone: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/pima-county-ballots-need-to-be-checked/article_f551254a-28fb-11e2-846b-001a4bcf887a.html

  • Fraser007

    Thanks for posting the data! Your blog made looking up all of the numbers so, so easy!

    • Carolyn_Classen

      Stay tuned, as I’ve just mentioned in my other comment — lots of ballots still not counted, so some of these close races could change. Not sure how many uncounted ballots in the other counties that affect CD 1 and 2.

  • BajaDemocrats

    Well, first of all, I posted updates on the CD races in your article about the propositions in error. And I didn’t realize you were updating the numbers within the article, I was looking for updates in the comments. Just a suggestion: you might consider “bumping” the article with a new comment that numbers have been updated. Thanks for staying on top of the races for all of us.

    • Carolyn_Classen

      Thanks David, not sure how to inform our readers about updates, so in the past I usually just updated the original article instead of daily posting updates in a new post, which I could do I suppose. Sometimes readers don’t catch/read the comments, but go back to the original article, which is why I’ve been updating daily now, in the evenings when all results are in. But it’s too tedious to update ALL the races, so I apologize to our readers for that, but they can go to the 2 website hyperlinks for any particular race they are concerned about.

  • Carolyn_Classen

    Barber has taken the lead again in CD 2, but the vote tallies are going back & forth between the 2 candidates, so I will try to update every evening or sooner if I can. Stay tuned, as the counting of provisional ballots will go into next week (Nov. 16 or later). Other close races have remained the same status-wise, just additional votes. Prop. 118 has flipped & is now winning, gap in Prop. 409 is closing (still losing right now). 2nd update: later tonight, the lead switched back to McSally, now ahead by only 36 votes. Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly says it’s like a football game.

  • Carolyn_Classen

    Will be updating only at new post for CD 2, Prop. 118 and Prop. 409, unless any of the other races change in status: http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2012/11/10/2012-arizona-general-election-updates/. Barber has taken back the lead by 289 votes tonight.