According to his House of Representatives website, he was first elected to Congress in 2002, for what was then the state's 7th Congressional District. The AP concluded that, even though Republican Kari Lake had been posting increasingly larger margins in vote updates from Maricopa County, she was not gaining a big enough share to overtake Hobbs, and was running out of remaining votes. Election information in Arizona: Nov. 8, 2022, election. Addressing tabulation issues in Maricopa County, Recorder Stephen Richer released a statement in full and provided some alternatives: "I am very sorry for any voter who has been frustrated or inconvenienced today in Maricopa County. [30], Republicans nominated Tom Horne, former superintendent and former Arizona Attorney General,[31] who defeated real estate manager Shiry Sapir,[32] and state representative Michelle Udall. $(".toggle-button").removeClass('selected-button'); text-align: center; Upwards of 300,000 voters are expected throughout the day. Moving forward, Gates says the ballots being counted will mostly be day-of votes. Stanton has been using Cooper's own words against him, including his calls to defund the FBI after they raided former President Donald Trumps Florida estate in August and recovered a trove of classified documents. Donald Trumps personal midterm scorecard. In the Attorney General's race, Democrat Kris Mayes' lead over Republican Abe Hamadeh is now at 16,414. 16672", "Judge orders trial this week in Kari Lake's challenge to Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs' victory", "CV 2022-095403: Lake v. Hobbs, et al. }. display: block; Hobbs urged patience as the count continued. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly led Republican Blake Masters by 5.6 percentage points late Thursday, while Democrat Katie Hobbs was 1.4 points ahead of Republican Kari Lake in the governor's race. Read more: Why is it taking so long for Arizona to count ballots? About a fifth of the total ballots are left to be counted. 2022 Elections: GOP's Blake Masters concedes race days after he was projected to lose 12:47 p.m. #contentwrapper { }); } else { var index = $(this).index() Were watching whos getting a boost. chevron = $(this).find('i.fa-pull-right'); color: white; Lesko, who was first elected to Congress in 2018 via a special election, is endorsed by former President Donald Trump. } Privacy Policy | Below are the congressional maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The Associated Press contributed to this report. If you missed the press conference, you can watch here. County technicians have changed the printer settings, which seems to have resolved this issue. Polls closed two days ago in Arizona, but counting for the 2022 midterm elections continued Thursday, as officials continued to tally votes cast in outstanding races for Senate and governor. } else { Associated Press, Federal Election Commission, House of Representatives clerks office, MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Census Bureau, Editing: Andrew Briz, Andrew McGill, Lily Mihalik Bhandari, Allan James Vestal, Design & engineering: Aaron Albright, Kai Elwood-Dieu, Paula Friedrich, Beatrice Jin, Rashida Kamal, Andrew Milligan, Scott Bland, Annette Choi, Rishika Dugyala, Marissa Martinez, Zach Montellaro, Steve Shepard, Jessica Piper, Mackenzie Wilkes, Terms of Service | Results are still coming in for Arizona's most closely-watched races. (File photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty. FOX 10's Lauren Clark updates us on the latest happenings at the Maricopa County Elections Department as votes are still being tabulated three days after Election Day. Among them former television news anchor Kari Lake was about half a point behind Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the race for governor, a contest that centered heavily on Lakes baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Congressman Greg Stanton is projected to defeat Republican challenger Kelly Cooper, according to AP. This year, they've increased the number of voting centers to 223. if ($(this).next('div.vis_widget_table').is(":hidden")) { Arizonans are heading to the polls to vote in the state's midterm primary election. Election officials in populous Maricopa County expected to begin reporting results Friday from nearly 300,000 mail ballots that were returned on Election Day. We have his full statement here. 2022 Election Information | Arizona Secretary of State Elections Services About the Office Voters Candidates Lobbying Campaign Finance Ballot Measures About [18], Fontes defeated Finchem in the general election with 52.4% of votes.[19]. He was re-elected in 2018 with 56.0% of the vote. The 2022 general election in Arizona was botched and broken beyond repair. Results from several counties, including Maricopa County, have released thousands more election results. Republican Juan Ciscomani is projected by the AP to defeat Democrat Kirsten Engel in the U.S. House District 6 race. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates talked about the work election workers have been doing. As the county election officials finalize tabulating the results, I want to again thank every staffer, every volunteer, and every supporter on this campaign. Maricopa County elections officials say 49/60 vote centers have been fixed of a temporary error with printers. "I do not espouse violence toward anyone. Voting centers are expected to be busy across Arizona as polls open for Election Day. "Many people know the U.S. really well. The Associated Press has projected that Democrats will keep control of the Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was projected to win in Nevada. August 2, 2022: Primary The wait isn't new, although in cycles past, the intervening pause has become a contentious time during which doubts about an election's integrity has drawn questions. } In 2020, Grijalva was elected to the state's 3rd Congressional District. As for the hand count audit, he says the audit is required by law to make sure the machines were working correctly. .sample-ballot-mobile-promo, .mobile-app-cta { letter-spacing: 1.24px; Maricopa County released more election results. @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { The paper was the same thickness. Other ballots in todays included count some of the Election Day "door 3" ballots and any cured early ballot envelope signature," the elections department said in an email. On Thursday morning, Democrats led in the races of Senate, governor and secretary of state, while the race for attorney general was essentially tied. Hobbs gained prominence defending the states elections work after Joe Bidens contentious win there over Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential race. Were They Told to Stand Down? Let's get to work.". The rules are complex, but we have covered them in our article on the various ballot measures. More election results are expected to drop from Maricopa County around 6 p.m. VoterInfobyState_Timeout_jquery = setTimeout(widget_load_check_jquery, 500); The answer will determine who wins extremely tight races for U.S. Senate and House as well as governor, secretary of state and attorney general. This secure ballot box is retrieved by bipartisan workers at the end of the evening and brought to our central tabulators. The board of supervisors in a southern Arizona county will meet next week to consider counting nearly all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day, a week after a judge ruled that state law bars expanding the normal small hand-count audit of early ballots and requires any expansion of in-person ballots to be chosen at random. [23] The results of the recount were announced on December 29, with Mayes having 280 more votes than Hamadeh.[24]. November 8, 2022: General election, Legend: election(s) / no electionsSubject to Ballotpedia's scope. In a handful of GOP states, election-denying secretaries of state won their races in 2022. [94], Republican candidate for Attorney General, Abe Hamadeh, filed a lawsuit on November 22 in an attempt to be declared the winner, despite his opponent Kris Mayes having more votes at the time; Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice on November 29, ruling that it was premature because Arizona had yet to certify the election and declare election results. if (typeof VoterInfobyState_Toggle === 'undefined') { Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Gates says there will be a big ballot drop later Friday night around 8 p.m. that includes ballots dropped off on Election day. Repeals proposition 300 that bans in-state tuition for undocumented high school students in Arizona. Arizona Midterm Election 2022 Early Voting Inflation How Arizona voted Senate 99% expected votes in d Incumbent Mark Kelly 51.4% R Blake Masters 46.5% Maricopa County officials say about 1.2 million votes have been reported. Sean Lokey was again appointed (DEO) over Arizona 2022 elections. They filed an appeal to the state Supreme Court after a lower count judge blocked the county from a full hand count. The races remain too early to call two days after the midterm election, with about a quarter of the ballots still left to count. The new Biden appointed U.S Attorney for Phoenix, Gary Restaino, made the announcement in a Republican state senator Mark Finchem defeated fellow state legislators Shawnna Bolick, Michelle Ugenti-Rita and advertising executive Beau Lane for the nomination. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors chairman Bill Gates provides an update on tabulation numbers and detailed the upcoming hand audit of some ballots. Contact our team at interactives@politico.com. Blake Masters announces that he conceded and called Mark Kelly Tuesday morning to congratulate him. if ($('#vis_xs_indicator').is(':hidden')){ You can't just run them through a machine. As a county board, we are grateful for the 3,000 election workers who helped legal voters cast a ballot. On a typical day during the 2022 elections in Arizona, threatening emails and social media posts flowed into Maricopa countys inboxes. Incumbents Sandra Kennedy, a Democrat, and Justin Olson, a Republican, are eligible for re-election. Emailers, social media posters Watch a live feed here: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/elections/electionlivevideo/. Read More: Taking a closer look at Arizona's ballot proposition measures. The GOP nominated a slate of candidates who earned Trumps endorsement after falsely claiming his loss to President Joe Biden was tainted. Arizona officials release their vote totals in batches. if (chevron.hasClass('fa-chevron-up')) { Would require identification when voting by mail. Republican Party candidate Eli Crane is projected by the Associated Press to defeat incumbent Democratic Congressman Tom O'Halleran in the state's 2nd Congressional District. Representatives from political parties will be present. 2023 FOX Television Stations, from MON 11:00 AM MST until MON 7:00 PM MST, Western Pima-South Central Pinal-Tohono Oodham Nation, Eastern Pima-Southeastern Pinal-Santa Cruz-Western Cochise, from MON 11:00 AM MST until MON 8:00 PM MST, Central Deserts, until SUN 5:00 PM MST, Maricopa County, Yuma County, Yuma County, from FRI 11:40 PM MST until TUE 11:30 PM MST, Maricopa County, from MON 9:00 AM MST until MON 11:00 PM MST, Northwest Plateau, Northwest Deserts, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, from SUN 11:59 AM MDT until TUE 12:00 AM MDT, Apache County, To voters: "All legal votes will be counted. WINNER Mike Garcia, Republican, wins re-election About 250,000 voters checked in to vote in-person on Election Day, and most of those have been reported. Incumbent Republican Treasurer Kimberly Yee initially ran for governor, but suspended her campaign on January 15, 2022, and ran for re-election as the Republican nominee. But as Arizona has morphed from a GOP stronghold to a competitive battleground, the delays have increasingly become a source of national anxiety for partisans on both sides. Yavapai County released ballot information Friday night, almost completing the county's count for this election. } We're watching every cable network to mark when they call a race for a Senate candidate. Crane, an Oro Valley resident, runs a small business turning spent machine gun ammunition into bottle openers and has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. if ($('#vis_xs_indicator').is(':hidden') || typeof VoterInfobyState_Resized!='undefined') { The Associated Press hasn't called winners for all of Arizona's top-of-the-ticket races. The race has not yet been called. State statute has long governed the division of labor in Arizona election administration. [99][100][101], Hamadeh filed another lawsuit regarding the election result on January 4, 2023, after Mayes had already been sworn in as attorney general; the new lawsuit cited that the "recount results identified significant, material discrepancies" which were not known to the court during the previous lawsuit. I never have. Every legal vote will be tabulated. The Associated Press is projecting that Arizona voters have voted to reject Proposition 309. The races remained too early to call two days after the election, with some 600,000 ballots left to count, about a quarter of the total cast. Meanwhile, a district that had strongly favored Republicans for the past decade got only slightly less GOP-friendly. Republican Rachel Mitchell has declared victory over her Democratic challenger, Julie Gunnigle, in the race for Maricopa County Attorney. The DOJ's Arizona Election Fraud Investigators Go AWOL Following 2020 and 2022 Elections - Where Are They Today? FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas and Irene Snyder report, in team coverage. How races for each state's highest office are shaking out. Approximately 270,000 ballots remain uncounted statewide, and Hobbs leads by about 35,000 votes. WebThe 2022 Arizona State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the State Treasurer of Arizona, concurrently with other federal and state elections. This solution has worked at 17 locations, and technicians deployed throughout the county are working to resolve this issue at the remaining locations.". ", Find voting locations, wait times here: https://elections.maricopa.gov/voting/where-to-vote.html. - Under Advisement Ruling", "Arizona judge rejects Kari Lake's election challenge and confirms Hobbs' victory", "Kari Lake's Claims of Election Misconduct Rejected by Arizona Judge", "Kari Lake appeals her loss in election lawsuit, judge's order to pay rival $33K in fees", "2022 Election: Kari Lake files appeals in election lawsuit after Hobbs was sworn in as Arizona Governor", "Arizona appeals court rejects Kari Lake's challenge of election loss to Gov. Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on November 09, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. [21][22], The original round of vote counting ended on November 21, with Mayes having 511 more votes than Hamadeh in unofficial results, within the 0.5% margin for an automatic recount. "We've had a few tabulator issues at a couple locations where the tabulator isn't immediately taking the ballot," Richer said after being asked about two locations with reported issues - Burton Barr Library and Christ Lutheran Church. $(".toggle-button").click(function(e){ Hart resigned on October 31, 2021, and was replaced by Paul Marsh, who was immediately eligible to run for a full term. FOX 10's Anita Roman speaks with Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates to learn how elections officials are dealing with voting machine issues, and how voters can get around these issues to turn in their ballot. In the Democratic primary, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs defeated former CBP official Marco A. Lpez Jr.[14], Hobbs narrowly defeated Lake with 50.3% of the vote.[15][16]. [87], Judge Julian in March 2023 sanctioned Finchem and his lawyer to pay the legal fees of Fontes' campaign and office because Finchem's lawsuit was "groundless and not brought in good faith. display: none; Fontes oversaw parts of Maricopa County elections in 2020, but not the actual vote counting or polling sites. } Polls are now open across Arizona, and voters can visit their local polling location until 7 p.m. tonight: FOX 10 Voter Guide: https://bit.ly/3DJkqr8, Live coverage on AZAM and FOX 10 News: https://bit.ly/39rUpdE. Maricopa County will release updated numbers once per evening until all votes are counted. News anchor Kari Lake defeated Arizona Board of Regents member Karrin Taylor Robson in the Republican primary. if ($(this).next('.vis_widget_table').is(":hidden")) { Broadly speaking, the County Recorder is responsible for voter registration and early voting. .mobile-app-cta:hover { And we are confident in the work still to be done to count every vote securely and accurately. The AP has called the race for Corporation Commissioner. You can watch the rally here. Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on November 09, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Democrats 36 seats not up for election. VoterInfobyState_Toggle = true; [10], Incumbent Senator Mark Kelly won reelection with 51.4% of the vote. Senator Mark Kelly is taking the stage in Tucson ahead of his race against GOP hopeful Blake Masters. After months of campaign, it is not up to the voters to make their voices heard, but Election Day didn't go out without a hitch in parts of Arizona. The 2022 Arizona elections were held in the state of Arizona on November 8, 2022, coinciding with the nationwide general election. This page provides information on the 2022 elections in Arizona, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions. A news conference was held at the Maricopa County Elections Department with Sheriff Paul Penzone and Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates. | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft 30 Apr 2023 15:05:25 Supreme Court justices Ann Timmer, James Beene, and Bill Montgomery stood for retention. Republicans Kevin Thompson and Nick Myers won, taking 52% of the vote. Statewide election dates August 2, 2022: Primary November 8, We are now waiting for the first batch of results which are expected around 8 p.m. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan denied a request from Republicans to keep the polls open, saying that he didnt see evidence that people were not allowed to vote. The party will retain control of the chamber, no matter how next month's Georgia runoff plays out, by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote. Hobbs led Lake by 1.6 percentage points after the release of roughly 85,000 votes from Maricopa County. Currently, Republican Tom Horne leads by more than 8,000 votes with 99% of the votes counted. There are still a handful of races that have yet to be decided with 88% of the votes counted. Democrat Kirsten Engel has conceded in the U.S. House District 6 race after the Associated Press projected Republican Juan Ciscomani as the winner. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates and Vice Chairman Clint Hickman issued a statement in regards to the voting problems that were reported during the early hours of Election Day. 49 -1. Just like farts! Arizona Election Results Last updated: Dec. 29, 2022 9:21 a.m. PST We're tracking election results in Arizona follow returns for the House, the Senate, the WebOffice of the Secretary of State. The printer settings for the Ballot-On-Demand printers at Vote Centers were the same ones we used in the August Primary. Be an informed voter.View the elections you will be voting in with this sample ballot lookup tool.