Arizona Primary 2016 was held today. Polls closed at 7 p.m.
I’m only reporting on some of the contested primary election races for the Arizona primary in Southern Arizona . More info on other races statewide at www.azsos.gov and locally at www.pima.gov/elections.
Congressional District 2 House (Democrats)
Dr. Matt Heinz 31,369
Victoria Steele 28,013
Legislative District 2 House (Democrats, 2 seats)
Aaron Baumann 5420
Rosanna Gabaldon, incumbent 6955
Daniel Hernandez Jr. 6344
Legislative District 9 House (Democrats, 2 seats)
Dr. Randy Friese, incumbent 14,782
Pam Powers Hannley 11,426
Matt Kopec, incumbent 8841
Legislative District 10 House (Democrats, 2 seats)
Kirsten Engel 11,468
Courtney Frogge 10,735
Stefanie Mach, incumbent 12,459
Legislative District 14 House (Republicans, 2 seats)
Dennis Barger 5706
Drew John 12,458
Becky Nutt 13,565
Anthony Sizer 9134
Pima County offices:
Don’t coopt the voting rights movement to whine, “independent” voters.
Wherein I express my annoyance with a certain type of holier-than-thou “independent” voter”
The New York primary took place Tuesday and a big story about it, at least on cable news and social media, was how massive numbers of “independent” voters suffered “voter suppression” due to not being able to cast a vote in the partisan primary. The deadline to change one’s party affiliation in New York (as opposed to a new voter registrant, which was last month) was all the way back in October.
I will say, from a purely partisan standpoint, that such an early deadline is a terrible rule as it impedes party building. Most people are paying little attention to the Presidential race a full year out from it, so New York political parties who agreed to the onerous deadline out of concern for voters from one party tampering with another party’s primary elections were missing the forest for the trees. Those kind of shenanigans rarely change outcomes anyway so it’s not a good idea for parties to foreclose their ability to use the Presidential primary as a way to recruit new registrants via conversion. Continue reading →
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