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Election 2012

Ron Barber Now Leads Martha McSally; Kyrsten Sinema Widens Gap Against Vernon Parker

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Nov. 12 2012 at 9:36 AM

Categories: Election 2012

Congressman Ron Barber

Update: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.

The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder's office earlier this morning -- Sinema's up nearly 5,800 votes -- but that appears to be a solid-enough lead. Read the full update on CD-9.

As more votes from CD-9 are counted, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema's lead over Republican Vernon Parker continues to increase, as Sinema is now up by nearly 5,800 votes.

There's still a healthy amount of votes left to be counted, but down in CD-2 -- where there are far fewer votes left to be counted -- Democratic Congressman Ron Barber has taken back the lead from Republican challenger Martha McSally.

See also:
-Kyrsten Sinema's Lead Growing Over Vernon Parker as More Ballots Are Counted
-Rich Carmona 4.06 Points Down, Kyrsten Sinema Gains, and 524,633 Votes Left
-Arizona's Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly
-Kyrsten Sinema, Vernon Parker and Why Top-Two Was and Is a Dumb Idea
-Can Kyrsten Sinema Win in Congressional District 9?

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ann kirkpatrick, arizona, election 2012, jonathan paton, kyrsten sinema, martha mcsally, ron barber, vernon parker

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Kyrsten Sinema's Lead Growing Over Vernon Parker as More Ballots Are Counted

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Nov. 9 2012 at 11:04 AM

Categories: Election 2012

Kyrsten Sinema

Before the results from the not-so-early and provisional ballots started rolling in from the Maricopa County Recorder, we said it wouldn't take a miracle for Republican congressional candidate Vernon Parker to take back the lead from Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in CD-9.

However, as more ballots are being counted, it's not looking any prettier for Parker.

See also:
-Vernon Parker Wouldn't Need a Miracle to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema
-Arizona's Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly
-Kyrsten Sinema, Vernon Parker and Why Top-Two Was and Is a Dumb Idea
-Can Kyrsten Sinema Win in Congressional District 9?

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arizona, cd-9, election 2012, kyrsten sinema, vernon parker

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Spy on the Maricopa County Elections Department if You Have Nothing Better to Do

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Nov. 8 2012 at 2:46 PM

Categories: Election 2012

BREAKING NEWS: Paper jam, or something.

If you're bored, and you want to be as bored as you were five seconds ago, we've got the perfect thing for you: watch Maricopa County Elections Department workers tabulate votes -- live.

Maybe you'll be the hero of the community for catching some voter fraud live on the air. Maybe you'll catch the guy in the AC/DC t-shirt picking his nose.

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arizona, election 2012, maricopa county elections department, video

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Vernon Parker Wouldn't Need a Miracle to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Nov. 8 2012 at 2:03 PM

Categories: Election 2012, Math Lessons

Republican congressional candidate Vernon Parker.

Despite the fact that some folks from out of town are calling the congressional race in CD-9 for Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, it's certainly not over, and Republican Vernon Parker wouldn't need a miracle to win.

While Sinema's up by several thousand votes at the moment, there are thousands more to count, between provisional ballots and early-voting ballots dropped off at polls.

See also:
-Ann Kirkpatrick Called Winner in CD-1; Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally Sit on Leads
-Arizona's Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly
-Kyrsten Sinema, Vernon Parker and Why Top-Two Was and Is a Dumb Idea
-Can Kyrsten Sinema Win in Congressional District 9?

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arizona, cd-9, election 2012, kyrsten sinema, vernon parker

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Should Paul Penzone and Richard Carmona Stay in Their Races?

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Nov. 8 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Election 2012

Photo by Matthew Hendley

Citizens for a Better Arizona activists asking the county to count votes, and candidates to stay in races.

Yesterday, activists made a call for Sheriff Joe Arpaio-challenger Paul Penzone and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona to stay in their respective races, which both men have already conceded to their opponents.

The number of votes remaining to be counted by the Maricopa County Elections Department was unknown early yesterday, but according to figured released later by Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell, there were more than 400,000 more votes to tabulate.

See also:
-Maricopa County's Number of Remaining Ballots Unknown; Activists Urge Penzone, Carmona, to Retract Concessions

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arizona, citizens for a better arizona, election 2012, helen purcell, jeff flake, joe arpaio, maricopa county elections department, paul penzone, randy parraz, richard carmona

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Ann Kirkpatrick Called Winner in CD-1; Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally Sit on Leads

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 4:40 PM

Categories: Election 2012

The Associated Press has called Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick the winner of the congressional race in CD-1, apparently defeating Republican opponent Jonathan Paton.

For those waiting on the other congressional races -- Kyrsten Sinema v. Vernon Parker in CD-9, and Martha McSally v. Ron Barber in CD-2 -- keep waiting; we may not find out the winner of those races for several days.

See also:
-Kyrsten Sinema, Martha McSally, and Jonathan Paton Cling to Small Leads
-Arizona's Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly

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ann kirkpatrick, arizona, election 2012, jonathan paton, kyrsten sinema, martha mcsally, ron barber, vernon parker

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Maricopa County's Number of Remaining Ballots Unknown; Activists Urge Penzone, Carmona, to Retract Concessions

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 1:50 PM

Categories: Election 2012

Photo by Matthew Hendley

The "500,000" is a guess, not a fact, as the true number of uncounted votes is unknown.

The Maricopa County Elections Department has given a straight answer about the number of ballots that still haven't been counted as of noon on the day after the election: they don't know.

Citizens for a Better Arizona activists went to the elections office today to get a clear number, as media reports have cited multiple estimates between 175,000 and 500,000 uncounted ballots, including both provisional ballots and early-voting ballots dropped off at polls on Election Day.

See also:
-Maricopa County Elections Department Starting Spanish Campaign
-Helen Purcell: Accusation About Spanish Errors a "Malicious Lie"
-Maricopa County Elections Department Prints Wrong Date in Spanish
-Richard Carmona Fares Better Than President Obama, but Jeff Flake Will Be Senator
-Joe Arpaio Defeats Paul Penzone With Ease, and the Sheriff's Reign Continues

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arizona, citizens for a better arizona, election 2012, helen purcell, jeff flake, joe arpaio, maricopa county elections department, paul penzone, randy parraz, richard carmona

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Four Maricopa Judges With Hispanic-Sounding Last Names in Bottom Six for Vote Getters -- Looks Like Evidence of Racism

By Ray Stern Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 1:25 PM

Categories: Election 2012

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jose Padilla drew the most "no" votes for judge retention in yesterday's election. Bigotry by voters likely boosted his negative numbers.

Out of 43 Maricopa County Superior Court judges, four have last names that sound Hispanic.

It doesn't seem like a coincidence that those four happen to have ended up among the six worst vote-getters in last night's election.

Scanning over the vote counts today, it looks like Maricopa County residents -- voting in secret in ballot booths or at home -- showed a discriminatory side they may or may not show in public.

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bigotry, hispanics, judges, racism, retention

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Richard Carmona Fares Better Than President Obama, but Jeff Flake Will Be Senator

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 10:14 AM

Categories: Election 2012

Congressman Jeff Flake (left) and Richard Carmona.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona pulled in more votes in Arizona than President Barack Obama, but that still left the former U.S. Surgeon General more than 80,000 votes behind Republican Congressman Jeff Flake.

Flake will be replacing fellow Republican Jon Kyl in the Senate, as Kyl's retiring at the end of his term.

See also:
-Richard Carmona Concedes U.S. Senate Race to Congressman Jeff Flake
-Richard Carmona Trailing Jeff Flake, According to Early Results
-Democrat Rich Carmona Races Toward the U.S. Senate
-Richard Carmona Promises AZ Dems a U.S. Senate Seat

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arizona, barack obama, election 2012, jeff flake, john mccain, jon kyl, marc victor, president obama, richard carmona, senate race

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Election 2012: Arizona's Full Election Breakdown (Update)

By Eric Tsetsi Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 8:00 AM

Categories: Election 2012

With all but three precincts reporting, Arizona election results are continuing to shake out with two main races still up in the air. But at least one of the closest fought races of Election Day is being called.

Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick has reportedly defeated Republican Jonathan Paton for CD 1 with about 49 percent of the vote to Paton's 45 percent, according to the Arizona Secretary of State's office. The battle between Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Vernon Parker for CD 9, however, is still not certain. But Sinema has widened her lead of about 1,500 votes to 2,000.

The race between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Martha McSally for Gabrielle Giffords' former seat in Congress is also still too close to call.

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