Tucson Politics

  While the citizen-led abortion rights initiative captured most of the attention in the lead up to the election, there were a dozen other ballot measures for Arizona voters to consider. Here’s a roundup of the ballot measures that mostly flew under the radar.

  Arizonans overwhelmingly rejected giving state judges lifetime appointments, defeating a ballot initiative that would have protected judges from going before voters - as they voted to keep two justices who voted to revive a near-total abortion ban from 1864.

  On the morning after Election Day, Pima County has more than 150,000 ballots left to tally, but the exact number is still unknown.

  Democrats spent more money than ever in their bid to flip control of Arizona’s legislature away from Republicans, but preliminary — and partial — election results show those efforts came up short of convincing voters in swing districts to award them the levers of power at the Capitol.

  While many votes remain to be counted, Democratic challenger Kristen Engel was leading U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani by 7 percentage points in Arizona's Congressional District 6. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva was coasting to a win in CD 7.

  Republican Eli Crane has built a solid lead in his quest to win a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, as preliminary election results show him leading  Democratic challenger Jonathan Nez by 12 percentage points in the Second Congressional District.

  Arizona voters were anxious heading into Tuesday’s election, thinking about voting problems the state has experienced in the past and primed to worry about election security, but for the most part, election officials declared the day a success.

  Arizona may once again be at odds with the federal government over immigration enforcement, as voters appear to support a GOP bid to give the state the power to jail and deport migrants.

  Polls across the nation have closed, and while election workers continue to count ballots, the results of the 2024 presidential election have not been encouraging for Vice President Kamala Harris thus far, and attention now lies with the three “Blue Wall” states.

  Arizona voters approved a measure that GOP lawmakers sent to the ballot that requires life sentences for anyone convicted of child sex trafficking.

  Democratic U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego has an early lead over Republican opponent Kari Lake in the race for one of Arizona’s U.S. Senate seats, according to early unofficial results released by the Secretary of State’s Office on election night.

  Sheriff Chris Nanos was holding off Republican challenger Heather Lappin, a 19-year veteran of the Sheriff Department, in early vote returns. Democrats were leading nearly all Pima County races Tuesday night, including against GOP incumbents.

  The Cochise County elections office in Bisbee, Ariz., was evacuated Tuesday night after a bomb threat was reported, officials said. The threat came as counties around the state received emailed threats of bombings — including Pima County, which did not halt operations.

  Multiple polling places on the Navajo Nation faced technical issues on Tuesday morning that caused long lines, and the Navajo Nation has filed a lawsuit in Superior Court asking that the polling places located on the reservation in the county two hours past the scheduled closing time.

  Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the presidential election, and can drop off or fill out ballots at any of 126 sites across Pima County.

  Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the presidential election, and can drop off or fill out ballots at any of 126 sites across Pima County.

  Arizona is one of several states where polling places have received bomb threats - pertaining to four specific locations in Navajo County - that the FBI is saying originated from Russia.

  As Arizonans head to the polls across the state to cast their ballots, more than half of the votes that will determine the next president, who will control the state legislature and whether abortion will be a constitutional right in the Grand Canyon State have already been cast.

  A staggering amount of money has been spent on the fight over control of the Arizona Legislature, with outside groups pouring more than $17 million into a handful of battleground races.

  Many Native Americans have long felt like politicians overlook them, but both parties are seeking Native Americans’ votes more than ever before – and they could hold the key to the outcome of the presidential election.

  Aproximadamente una quinta parte de las mujeres embarazadas y las nuevas madres en Arizona reciben poca o ninguna atención prenatal, aunque los fondos del AHCCCS ayudarán a reclutar más proveedores e iniciar nuevos programas.

  Councilmembers Santa Cruz and Uhlich have asked for a review of Tucson's policy on handing out food in parks, plus: impact fees up for review, Nogales tsked-tsked for meeting law violation and more from government meetings around Tucson.

  The pernicious claim that delayed election results are a sign of fraud only dates back to 2020, but neither Arizona nor Maricopa County have ever reported final results on election night, and results this year are expected to be reported along the same timeline as usual in the state.

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake has claimed that all of the emails that might contain evidence pertinent to a defamation suit filed against her have been wiped, so she can’t share them to be used as evidence - but the facts do not match her claims.

  Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes lost his appeal to block a court order to release the names of thousands of voters who are improperly registered to vote, and his office has provided those names to a conservative advocacy group represented by a Trumpworld luminary.