Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Primary results are in

There were a few upsets, but not many; most of the "upsets" were in the gap between candidates, not in the final results.

Notes:

The results for federal and legislative races are from the Arizona Secretary of State.

The results for Maricopa County races (designated with an "MC") are from the Maricopa County Recorder's office.

All results are preliminary; vote totals may change, but in most races, I don't expect the final order to change.

Lastly, there were other primaries and/or other candidates not included here.


Candidate Office Party Percent

Kari Lake US Sen R 55.23

Mark Lamb US Sen R 39.41


Amish Shah CD1 D 23.93

Andrei Cherny CD1 D 21.41

Marlene Galan-Woods CD1 D 20.89

Conor O'Callaghan CD1 D 18.44

Andrew Horne CD1 D 12.27

Kurt Kroemer CD1 D 3.08


Yassamin Ansari CD3 D 46

Raquel Teran CD3 D 42.9


Juan Ciscomani CD6 R 59.4

Kathleen Winn CD6 R 40.6


Abe Hamadeh CD8 R 29.83

Blake Masters CD8 R 25.32

Ben Toma CD8 R 21.23

Trent Franks CD8 R 16.54

Anthony Kern CD8 R 4.74


Mark Finchem LD1 Sen R 47.1

Ken Bennett LD1 Sen R 34.3


Wendy Rogers LD7 Sen R 54.91

David Cook LD7 Sen R 45.09


Walt Blackman LD7 Rep R 27.44

David Marshall LD7 Rep R 24.53

Steven Slaton LD7 Rep R 14.1


Janeen Connolly LD8 Rep D 34

Brian Garcia LD8 Rep D 33.91

Juan Mendez LD8 Rep D 32.08


Vince Leach LD17 Sen R 51.63

Justine Wadsack LD17 Sen R 48.37


Eva Diaz LD22 Sen D 76.1

Leezah Sun LD22 Sen D 23.9


Analise Ortiz LD24 Sen D 86.3

Mario Garcia LD24 Sen D 13.7


Tyler Kamp MC Sheriff D 54.87

Russ Skinner MC Sheriff D 45.13


Jerry Sheridan MC Sheriff R 51.28

Frank Milstead MC Sheriff R 27.82

Mike Crawford MC Sheriff R 20.9


Mark Stewart MC SD1 R 65.24

Jack Sellers MC SD1 R 34.76


Thomas Galvin MC SD2 R 57.16

Michelle Ugenti-Rita MC SD2 R 42.84


Rachel Mitchell MC Attorney R 57.58

Gina Godbehere MC Attorney R 42.42


Justin Heap MC Recorder R 42.45

Stephen Richer MC Recorder R 35.76

Don Hiatt MC Recorder R 21.78


Not sure what it means, but the incumbent Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer, was unseated in the primary.

Former state legislator Michelle Ugenti-Rita got thumped in her quest for a seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

Incumbent MCBOS member Jack Sellers lost quest for re-election.  Not sure what happened here.

Republican Jerry Sheridan and Democrat Tyler Kamp will face off for Maricopa County Sheriff in November.

Democrat Analise Ortiz thoroughly trounced faux Democrat Mario Garcia in the race for LD24 Senator.

Democrat Eva Diaz easily beat disgraced former legislator Leezah Sun in the race for LD22 Senator

Republican Vince Leach defeated controversial incumbent Justine Wadsack in the primary for LD17 Senator.

In the one real upset, and the one race where late counted votes may change the outcome, termed out incumbent Senator Juan Mendez was foiled in his quest to switch chambers in the LD8 Democratic primary.  In those races, the top two vote-getters are considered to be the victors, but he's currently in third.

In the race for LD7 State Representative, Republican Steven Slaton, who faced accusations that he inflated his military service, finished a distant third.

In the race for LD7 State Senator, antisemite Republican Wendy Rogers looks to have turned back a challenge from David Cook.

In the race for LD1 State Senator, former legislator Mark Finchem has deposed incumbent Ken Bennett.  Both are well known election deniers, but Bennett may be the less insane of the two.

In CD8, Abe Hamadeh has won the R primary there.  Since that district is heavily Republican, we'll end up with another lousy human being in Arizona's delegation to Congress.  The best thing about the result is that Peter Theil (Blake Masters' sugar daddy) may stop trying to buy a federal office from AZ.

In CD1,  former legislator Amish Shah is ahead in the race the challenge incumbent David Schweikert (R-Ethically Challenged) in November.

And lastly, Kari Lake has emerged from the R primary for US Senator, earning the chance to face off against Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego in November.

His best chance is if Lake keeps being herself.


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