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Updated (and final) 2011 primary election results for Mayoral/Council races

Carolyn Classen — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:24:15 +0000

On Primary Election day (August 30) about 4,700 provisional ballots were left to be counted as of today by City of Tucson Elections. The final vote tally is below, with 16.65% of the registered voters casting ballots in 247 precincts:

Mayor of Tucson:
Democrat Jonathan Rothschild 26,918
Democrat write-in David Karr 41
Democrat write-in Joseph Maher Jr. 64
Green Dave Croteau 127
Green Mary DeCamp 369
Republican write-in Rick Grinnell 7770
Republican write-in Daryl Peterson 12

Rothschild, DeCamp, and Grinnell will advance to the General Election.

Ward 1 Council
Democrat Joe Flores 1420
Democrat Regina Romero (incumbent) 4695
Green write-in Beryl Baker 10

Romero and Baker will face off in the General (a repeat of 2007).

Ward 2 Council
Democrat Paul Cunningham (incumbent) 5547
Republican Jennifer Rawson 5079

Cunningham and Rawson will face off in the General.

Ward 4 Council
Democrat Shirley Scott (incumbent) 4133
Republican Tyler Vogt 3874

Scott and Vogt will face off in the General.

These figures do not change any of the outcomes from Tuesday’s night Primary Election.
See City of Tucson Elections website: http://www.tucsonaz.gov/elections/

For my Primary Election night blog with the early returns, click here.

The General election will also be vote-by-mail on/before November 8, 2011.

City of Tucson Mayoral/Council primary election results

Carolyn Classen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:08:17 +0000

City of Tucson Elections has posted the latest election returns from today’s Primary for Mayor of Tucson and City Council Wards 1, 2 and 4.

MAYOR OF TUCSON:
Democrat: Jonathan Rothschild 24,134
Democrat write-in: David Karr 24
Democrat write-in: Joseph Maher Jr. 45
Green: Dave Croteau 109
Green: Mary DeCamp 312
Republican write-in: Rick Grinnell 5773
Republican write-in: Daryl Peterson 48

Looks like Rothschild (D), DeCamp(G), and Grinnell (R) will advance to the General Election. Grinnell only needed 1060 votes as a write-in to qualify for the General.

Mary DeCamp (G)

Rick Grinnell (R)

Jonathan Rothschild (D)

WARD 1:
Democrat Joe Flores 1234
Democrat Regina Romero (incumbent) 3990
Green write-in Beryl Baker 10 (she only needs 3 to advance to the General)

Looks like Romero (D) and Baker (G) will face off again in the General (they did so in 2007 in the same ward). Romero then got 72.86% (42,556 votes) to Baker’s 26.62% (15,551 votes).

WARD 2:
Democrat Paul Cunningham (incumbent) 5079
Republican Jennifer Rawson 4403

Both will advance to the General.

WARD 4:
Democrat Shirley Scott (incumbent) 3751
Republican Tyler Vogt 3392

Both will advance to the General.

This was the City of Tucson’s first time vote-by-mail election and 14.66% of the registered voters cast ballots. The Arizona Daily Star reports that there may be still 4700 ballots to be counted, so stay tuned for any updates.

Final tally as of 9/2/11: click here for updated blog.

Absolute deadline for Primary mail-in ballots: 7 p.m. August 30

Carolyn Classen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:10:51 +0000

If you haven’t mailed in your City Primary ballot yet, it may be too late, depending if you trust the U.S. Postal Service. Since the absolute deadline for these first time vote-by-mail election ballots is August 30, 7 p.m. you might want to consider dropping off the ballot at any of these locations, open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow. You can drop off your marked ballot, take your unmarked ballot & cast it there, or get a replacement ballot (in case your ballot was lost, spoiled, destroyed, or not received.)

Randolph Golf Complex
600 S. Alvernon Way

Quincie Douglas Library
1585 E. 36th Street

Clements Center
8155 E. Poinciana Drive

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
1145 E. Ft. Lowell Road

Udall Park Recreation Center
7200 E. Tanque Verde Road

Valencia Branch Library
202 W. Valencia Road

Tucson City Clerk Elections Center (also open today 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
800 E. 12th Street

(Note: All vote-by-mail ballots must be received by the City Clerk’s Office either by mail or dropped off at any of these centers by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day in order for your ballot to be counted. –And I have heard that postmarks won’t count.)

And finally, a recap of who’s running for Mayor of Tucson, and City Council in Wards 1, 2 and 4:

Mayor:
Democrats: Jonathan Rothschild, two write-ins David Karr and Joseph Maher, Jr.
Greens: Dave Croteau and Mary DeCamp
Republicans: two write-ins Rick Grinnell and Daryl Peterson

Ward 1:
Democrats: Joe Flores and Regina Romero
Green: write-in Beryl Baker
Republican: none

Ward 2:
Democrat: Paul Cunningham
Republican: Jennifer Rawson

Ward 4:
Democrat: Shirley Scott
Republican: Tyler Vogt

Vote wisely!

And for those interested in knowing how many ballots were mailed (as of 8/22/11 per Tucson City Elections) in this first time vote-by-mail election:

Democrats: 99,662
Republicans: 57,357
Libertarians: 1,999
Greens: 1549

Total: 160,567
These figures include the Independents who had to request a specific party ballot.

KUAT Channel 6 interview of Republican Mayoral write-in candidate

Carolyn Classen — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:51:23 +0000

KUAT channel 6 reporters Christopher Conover and Andrea Kelly interviewed one write-in Republican who is vying in their primary on August 30 to be their party’s choice for Mayor of Tucson. Click here for the interview on August 19 of carpenter/construction worker Daryl Peterson. Lobbyist Rick Grinnell (the other write-in running for Mayor) was unable to attend the taping. Either needs 1060 write-in votes to qualify for the November general election ballot. Neither has run for Mayor before, but Grinnell has unsuccessfully run twice in the past for the Ward 2 Council seat.

Neither former Mayoral Republican candidates Ron Asta nor Shaun McClusky submitted enough valid signatures to qualify to be on the primary ballot, which is why there will be no Republican name printed on these ballots.

The two Democratic write-in candidates for Mayor, political newcomers David Karr and Joseph Maher Jr. were interviewed on KUAT two weeks before on August 5 (click here). They are facing Democratic candidate Jonathan Rothschild, who submitted 3283 signatures to qualify to have his name on the Democratic primary ballot. Rothschild is also a political newcomer and was interviewed on KUAT back in January (click here).

Also running for Mayor are two Green candidates Dave Croteau and Mary DeCamp who will face off in the Green Party primary on August 30. Croteau ran for Mayor before in 1999 (write-in) and 2007, and DeCamp ran for the Ward 3 Council seat two years ago. Their KUAT interview can be viewed here.

Ballots for the primary on August 30 were mailed out last week starting August 10. Absolute deadline for these ballots to be submitted to be counted is 7 p.m. on August 30.

KUAT Channel 6 interview of Democratic Mayoral write-in candidates

Carolyn Classen — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:21:20 +0000

On August 5, KUAT Channel 6′s reporters Andrea Kelly (formerly with the Arizona Daily Star) and Christopher Conover interviewed two Democratic write-in candidates for Mayor: David Karr and Joseph Maher Jr. Democrat Jonathan Rothschild’s name will appear on the primary ballot but he “did not attend; his staff said he had a scheduling conflict.” 3rd Democratic write-in candidate Rich Kessler has withdrawn from the race.

Rothschild was previously interviewed on KUAT in January (click here).

Karr is pictured below on the left, he is a retired Correctional sergeant and Maher (on the right) is an architect in Tucson.

All face off in the Democratic primary on August 30, so watch the interview (click here) and vote or write-in wisely.

Also running for Mayor are 2 Green candidates Dave Croteau & Mary DeCamp (who were previously interviewed on KUAT, click here), and two write-in Republican candidates Rick Grinnell and Daryl Peterson who are scheduled to be interviewed next Friday on KUAT at 6:30 p.m.

UPDATE: only Peterson was interviewed, to air on Friday August 19, as Grinnell was not able to attend the taping.

Vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed next week starting August 10. Absolute deadline to turn in these ballots is 7 p.m. on August 30, so mail them back early. There will be only 7 locations in the City to vote in person on August 30 (click here) from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

GOP After Hours event with Rick Grinnell (Mayoral write-in candidate)

Carolyn Classen — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:49:58 +0000

GOP MAYORAL WRITE-IN CANDIDATE RICK GRINNELL AT PIMA GOP AFTER HOURS

Wednesday, July 27th from 6 to 7:30 PM

From Pima County GOP newsletter:

The next Pima GOP After Hours on Wednesday, July 27th will feature Mayoral write-in candidate Rick Grinnell – “2 Ns, 2 Ls.” Rick will talk about his vision for Tucson and the specifics on writing him in on your primary ballot. For example: Be sure to fill in the bubble to the left of where you write in his name. If Rick Grinnell is written-in on the Republican primary ballot just 1060 times, he will be on the general ballot.

For more information on the write-in process and how you can help Rick’s campaign you’re going to want to be here.

Where’s here? The Pima GOP After Hours takes place at your Pima GOP Headquarters, 5447 E 5th Street, suite 100 (just west of Craycroft on the north side of 5th Street) in Tucson.

City Council candidates Jennifer Rawson (for Ward 2) and Tyler Vogt (for Ward 4) will be attending and speaking at this GOP event as well.

Last August 2010, in the LD 28 State Senate race Republican Greg Krino got 1519 write-in votes to qualify for the November election, to challenge State Senator Paula Aboud (according to Pima County elections results). Krino only needed 214 write-in votes, so getting 1060 write-in votes (City-wide) for Grinnell should not be a problem for the Pima GOP.

Daryl Peterson, a construction worker just entered the race last Thursday as a Republican Mayoral write-in candidate, just prior to the deadline for filing.

Assuming Grinnell or Peterson will get on the General election November ballot, either will face off with the winner of the Democratic primary (Jonathan Rothschild facing opposition from 3 write-in candidates– David Karr, Rich Kessler or Joseph Maher, Jr.), and either Green candidate Dave Croteau or Mary DeCamp.

Rick Grinnell for Mayor
Experience Matters

Campaign Manager: Barbara Bathen (520)370-0529

Press Contact: Kim Kimbriel (520)548-2000

www.grinnell4mayor.com

www.facebook.com/Grinnell4Mayor

www.Twitter.com/Grinnell4Mayor

To hear Grinnell’s recent July 20th radio interview on the Buckmaster Show –click here.

Meet & Greet with Green Mayoral candidates every Monday

Carolyn Classen — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:40:14 +0000

Meet and Greet the Green Party Primary Candidates for Mayor

Mary DeCamp and Dave Croteau

at La Indita Restaurant (Mexican/Latin American cuisine)
622 N. Fourth Ave in Tucson (north of E. 5th Street)

Every Monday at 6:30pm

If you’re a registered Green Party voter in the City of Tucson, or an Independent who registered by July 16 to vote in that primary on/before August 30, here’s your weekly chance to meet & talk with either or both Green candidates.

Previous blogs on Dave Croteau (click here) and Mary DeCamp (click here).

This is Croteau’s 3rd bid for Mayor having run before as a write-in candidate in 1999 and as the Green Party candidate in 2007, challenging Republican Mayor Bob Walkup when no Democrat ran.

DeCamp ran for the Ward 3 City Council seat two years ago in 2009 and lost to Democratic incumbent Councilwoman Karin Uhlich.

If you can’t drop by La Indita, then view these 2 Green Mayoral candidates on Friday’s KUAT Channel 6 interview: http://ondemand.azpm.org/videoshorts/watch/2011/7/22/1830-green-would-be-mayors-tout-first-primary/.

For more information on the Green Party of Pima County, go to their website, www.pimagreens.org. This is apparently the first Green Party primary for Mayor. Another Green candidate Beryl Baker just filed to run as a write-in candidate for the Ward 1 Council seat. She ran for the same seat in 2007 and lost to Regina Romero, the current Councilmember.

Also running for Mayor:
–Democrat Jonathan Rothschild and 3 Democratic write-in candidates, David Karr, Joseph Maher Jr. and Rich Kessler — all political newcomers
–Republican write-in candidate Rick Grinnell – who’s run unsuccessfully for the Ward 2 City Council seat before in 1995 and 1999. He also sought to be appointed to that vacant seat last Spring, 2010 when Councilman Rodney Glassman resigned to run for the U.S. Senate.
–Political newcomer Daryl Peterson, also a Republican write-in candidate

Campaign websites for Tucson Mayoral & City Council candidates

Carolyn Classen — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:38:25 +0000

As to July 1, 2011 here’s who running for Tucson Mayor & Council, with their campaign websites for voters to do more research on the candidates before the August 30 primary, and November 8, 2011 general elections.

Here’s a handy guide to their campaign websites all on one blog. Click on the blue hyperlinks to go to the specific candidate’s website:

–Mayor of Tucson (Democrat & Green Party primaries, no Republican running to date*)

Democrat: Jonathan Rothschild, www.jonathanformayor.com

Democrat (write-in): David M. Karr, http://karrfortucsonmayor.webs.com/

Democrat (write-in): Joseph Maher, Jr., http://josephmaherformayor.com/

Democrat (write-in): Rich Kessler (withdrew 8/5/11)

Green: Dave Croteau, http://futurefocustucson.blogspot.com/

Green: Mary DeCamp, www.decampformayor.org

* Update 7/12/11 – Republican (write-in): Rick Grinnell, www.grinnell4mayor.com

* Update 7/22/11 – Republican (write-in): Daryl Peterson

–Council Ward 1 (primary)

Democrat: Joe Flores, www.joefloresforcouncil.com

Democrat: Regina Romero (incumbent), www.votereginaromero.com

Update 7/22/11: Green (write-in): Beryl Baker

–Council Ward 2 (general)

Democrat: Paul Cunningham (incumbent), www.votepaulcunningham.com

Republican: Jennifer Rawson, www.rawsonforcouncil.com

–Council Ward 4 (general)

Democrat: Shirley Scott (incumbent), www.shirley2011.com

Republican: Tyler Vogt, www.vogt4tucson.com

Council seats in Wards 3, 5, and 6 are up in 2013.

Stay tuned for any more write-in candidates in all races, as the deadline to file is July 21, 2011, 5 p.m. And Independents need to contact the Tucson City Clerk at 520-791-4213 by July 16 if they want to vote in any specific primary election.

At last night’s Green Party of Pima County’s Mayoral Candidate Mixer, Green Dave Croteau, Green Mary DeCamp and Democratic write-in candidate David Karr participated, facilitated by former Mayoral candidate Jon McLane. All 3 candidates answered hosted questions by Green Party members:

“Why did you decide to run for Mayor, what issues are most pressing, how would you address the economic crisis (re: jobs, education, poverty), the 4 pillars of the Green Party: ecological wisdom, social justice, nonviolence & grassroots democracy”. Audience questions covered their positions on the proposed Rosemont mine, TUSD ethnic studies, the military institutions of Raytheon & DMAFB.

Results of the instant run-off vote were: Dave Croteau (47 points), Mary DeCamp (42 points), David Karr (29 points).

Co-Chair Beryl Baker, former Ward 1 Council candidate was present, along with 12 others for this monthly meeting of the Green Party of Pima County at the Trinity Presbyterian Church at 400 E. University Blvd.