Press release from City of Tucson:

REDISTRICTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT TO REDISTRICT
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES

Every four years the boundaries of the six wards of the City are reviewed to determine whether adjustments are necessary to equalize the population in each ward. The Mayor and Council have established a citizens committee to assist with this effort.

The Redistricting Advisory Committee encourages public participation in
the redistricting process and wants to hear from you. A public hearing
will be held to gather information from the public regarding ward
redistricting. The preliminary redistricting plans will be on display
at the public hearing and are available for public inspection during
normal business hours at the City of Tucson, City Clerk’s Office, City
Hall, 255 West Alameda, 9th floor. Additionally, the plans are
available on the City Clerk Elections web page:
http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/gov/elections

Redistricting Advisory Committee Public Hearing
Wednesday, August 22, 5:30 p.m.
Mayor and Council Chambers, City Hall
255 West Alameda, Tucson, Arizona

Comments and suggestions may be submitted to the Redistricting Advisory
Committee c/o City Clerk, P.O. Box 27210, Tucson, AZ 85726-7210,
emailed to cityclerk@tucsonaz.gov or delivered to the City Clerk’s
Office, City Hall, 255 West Alameda, 9th floor, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.

Three preliminary option maps are shown on the City’s Elections page for changes in location of several precincts which affect Wards 1 to 6. So if this concerns you, please attend the meeting as you could find yourself voting in a different City Ward, and being represented by a different Councilmember.

Today’s General Election results are just in, and here’s who is leading in the Mayoral and three City Council seats up for election:

Mayor:
Mary DeCamp (G) 3,617 (4.77%)
Rick Grinnell (R) 30,435 (40.13%)
Jonathan Rothschild (D) 41,638 (54.9%)

Council ward 1:
Beryl Baker (G) 22,301 (34.04%)
Regina Romero (D, incumbent) 42,411 (64.74%)

Council ward 2:
Paul Cunningham (D, incumbent) 42,406 (54.80%)
Jennifer Rawson (R) 31,951 (43.00%)

Councl ward 4:
Shirley Scott (D, incumbent) 37,572 (51.06%)
Tyler Vogt (R) 35,818 (48.68%)

Stay tuned for the final ballot tally after countng of the provisional ballots cast today at the 7 poll locations. This was the City’s first vote-by-mail general electon and 27.71 % of the registered voters cast ballots (as of today’s tally). 211,265 total ballots were mailed out on/about October 19, out of a total of 274,706 registered voters.

But meanwhile, congratulatons to all the winners, Mayor-elect Rothschild, Councilmembers Romero and Cunningham. Councilmember Scott’s race (1754 vote difference) may be too close to call with 7,500 ballots still to be counted.

11/9/11 update: Star reporting that 8,400 ballots left to be counted, hopefully by tomorrow afternoon: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/scott-narrowly-leads-vogt-final-result-expected-thurs/article_66ce6ed7-028a-5870-8416-d7bc2a67917b.html

11/10/11 Update: Councilmember Scott wins by 1862 votes (click here).

The City of Tucson’s General Election for a new Mayor and three City Councilmembers is taking place right now, with the City’s first vote-by-mail general election. Wards 1, 2 and 4 are up for election, and the Mayor’s race has no incumbent running, with Republican Mayoral Bob Walkup stepping down after 3 terms (12 years) in office.

For those of you still trying to decide whom to vote for Mayor, you can view these online debates:

KUAT Channel 6 of all three Mayoral candidates on October 13 (click here).

KVOI 1030 AM Buckmaster radio Show of all three Mayoral candidates on October 21 (click here).

Brief synopsis of who’s running for Mayor:

–Mary Decamp (Green), community activist, Connector for PRO Neighborhoods, former college instructor, currently camping out at Occupy Tucson at Armory Park downtown. She ran for the Ward 3 Council seat unsuccessfully in 2009, defeated fellow activist/former 2007 Mayoral candidate Dave Croteau in their Green Party Primary in August, 2011.

–Rick Grinnell (Republican), lobbyist (one client of his company Strategic United Business Strategies is Rosemont Copper), Board Member on new reconstituted Rio Nuevo Multi Purpose Facilities District, received 7,770 write-in votes in the August Republican primary, ran twice before unsuccessfully for Ward 2 Council seat (1995 and 1999).

–Jonathan Rothschild (Democrat), attorney/former managing partner of his law firm of Mesch, Clark & Rothschld originally founded by his father Lowell, former Treasurer of Pima County Democratic Party, political newcomer, faced no opposition in the August Democratic primary. Rothschild was endorsed by the Arizona Daily Star on October 16.

Campaign websites below (or click here for previous blog for all Mayoral/Council candidates websites).

Mary DeCamp (G), www.decampformayor.org
Rick Grinnell (R), www.grinnell4mayor.com
Jonathan Rothschild (D), www.jonathanformayor.com

Ballots were mailed out on October 19. Your vote-by-mail ballot must be received by City Elections by 7 p.m. on Tuesday November 8. Mail early.

Mary DeCamp, Green candidate

Rick Grinnell, Republican

Jonathan Rothschild, Democrat