Most of you know by now that thousands of early and provisional ballots weren’t counted on Election night November 6, and are in the process of being counted by each county elections division in Arizona. I will daily report updates & any changes of status on this post, so check back here. Counting must be done by next Friday Nov. 16 per state law, but apparently extensions are allowed.

Updated: 11/19/12 5:30 p.m. (see below)

Prop. 118 Permanent State Land Fund was losing on Election Night but has flipped to the winning side & the gap is widening:

YES 946,568
NO 926,414

Prop. 409 Bonds for City Street Improvements (switched to winning side on Nov. 12, first time since Election Night. No votes to be counted 11/17/12 but counting of provisional ballots resumed on 11/18/12.) Final tally done 11/19/12 and Prop. 409 won by 953 votes.

YES 72,483
NO 71,530

The Congressional race in CD 2 has been very close and the lead has been switching back & forth, but Barber started leading on Nov. 10 and has declared victory, with McSally conceding on 11/17/12). Final tally done 11/19/12, Barber won by 2454 votes.

Ron Barber (D), incumbent CD 8, 147,338
Martha McSally (R) 144,884

I will continue to monitor the AZ Sec. of State website (click here) and the Pima County Elections Division website (click here) for updates on Prop. 118, Prop. 409 and CD 2.

Apparently in CD 1 Democratic former Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick has declared victory over Republican Jonathan Paton, who has conceded. Paton has now ran for Congress twice (in CD 8 and CD 2) and lost both races.

No change so far in who’s leading in other close races (and I will only update if there is any change of status):

LD 9 House (Republican Ethan Orr and Democrat Victoria Steele leading for 2 seats)

LD 10 House (Democrats Stefanie Mach & incumbent Bruce Wheeler leading for 2 seats)

PCC Governing Board District 5 (incumbent Marty Cortez leading for one seat)

TUSD Governing Board (Kristel Foster, incumbent Mark Stegeman, & Camy Juarez leading for 3 seats)

The other races appear to be decided, but stay tuned till the final & official count.

For my Election night posts, click here for the candidate tally, and here for the propositions tally, updated to 11/9/12 but for only the close races.

The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission held a candidates debate on June 25 between 3 Democrats seeking 2 House seats in LD 9. This debate was held at PCC Downtown and was moderated by CJ Karamargin, PCC Vice Chancellor of Public Information & Governmental Relations. Click here for the online video of the debate.

Candidates in this race:

–Dustin Cox, President of CM Concordia Consulting LLC, former Executive Director of Anytown Arizona, “Top 40 under 40″ award recipient in 2009, unsuccessful candidate for LD 27 House in 2010, www.dustincoxforhouse.com.

–Mohur Sarah Sidhwa, former businesswoman (personal and career coach), Democratic Party officer & activist, unsuccessful candidate for LD 28 House in 2010, www.sidhwa2012.com.

–Victoria Steele, former newscaster & reporter, businesswoman, counselor, college instructor at University of Phoenix, political newcomer, www.steeleforhouse.com.

Mohur Sarah Sidhwa

Dustin Cox

Victoria Steele

Only Ms. Sidhwa of these 3 candidates is participating in the Clean Elections program.

Vote wisely on or before August 28 in this Democratic primary race. The 2 Democratic winners will face Republican Ethan Orr in the General Election, for 2 House seats.