Votes are still being counted, but the primary election is mostly over. Some races are still as yet too close to call.
According to the Secretary of State, voter turnout was a shamefully pathetic 25.82%. You are an embarrassment to democracy, Arizona. You have to start doing better.
U.S. Senate (open)
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D)
Rep. Martha E. McSally (R)
Congressional District 1
Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D)
Wendy Rogers (R) Leads
Steve Smith (R)
CD 1 Tom O’Halleran, incumbent 52,986
CD 2 (open seat)
Dr. Matt Heinz 20,704
Ann Kirkpatrick 28,046
Billy Kovacs 4118
Mary Matiella 6163
Barbara Sherry 1,766
Bruce Wheeler 5,900
Yahya Yuksel 1062
CD 3 Raul Grijalva, incumbent 16,018
LD 2 Senate Andrea Dalessandro (incumbent) 14,179
LD 2 House (2 seats) AZ SOS site has different figure than Pima County/Santa Cruz County for Gabaldon
Rosanna Gabaldon (incumbent, House) 10,924
Daniel Hernandez Jr. (incumbent, House) 10,505
LD 3 Senate (open seat)
Sally Gonzales 8691
Betty Villegas 6994
LD 3 House (2 open seats) — too close to call
Olivia Cajero Bedford 7884
Andres Cano 8456
Alma Hernandez 8160
LD 9 Senate (open seat)
Jim Love 4265
Victoria Steele 19,474
LD 9 House (2 seats)
Dr. Randy Friese (incumbent) 16,780
Pam Powers Hannley (incumbent) 15,782
JP Martin 4286
The Arizona Republic has the details for the memorial service for Senator John McCain, additional details from johnmccain.com and axios.com:
Wednesday viewing at Arizona Capitol
Where will McCain’s casket be displayed?
McCain’s body will rest under the copper-domed rotunda at the old state Capitol building, located at 1700 W. Washington St. It’s not yet known which entrance the public will use to enter the building.
How will the memorials begin?
A private ceremony is planned in the Capitol rotunda at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Speakers will include Gov. Doug Ducey and former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl. U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake will offer a benediction, and former U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe will present a wreath.
Can the public attend Wednesday’s events?
Yes. Members of the public are invited to pay their respects during a public viewing starting at 2 p.m. The Capitol will stay open until everyone in line has had a chance to participate.
The tribute will be livestreamed at johnmccain.com.
How long will the lines be?
Thousands of Arizonans are expected to attend. Be prepared to wait in line for an extended period of time. The line is likely to stretch outside, where there isn’t shade.
Donald Trump needed another distraction yesterday, so he announced that he had reached a trade deal with Mexico to replace NAFTA.
Yeah, not even close.
As Steve Benen notes, Trump doesn’t seem to realize his new trade deal isn’t a trade deal:
Let’s back up to provide some context. For about a year, the Trump administration has engaged Canadian and Mexican officials in renegotiating the terms of the existing NAFTA agreement, which the president claims to hate, despite never fully explaining why. The months-long process has been a struggle, and by all accounts, the countries are not yet close to a trilateral deal.
Recently, however, Trump’s team has been working directly with Mexico on a provision related to auto manufacturing, and yesterday, the White House announced that those talks resulted in an agreement. That’s not nothing, and it may move the administration closer to its goal.
But it’s only a step. The Atlantic’s David Frum joked yesterday, “Congratulations to the Trump administration on reaching a preliminary agreement in principle to begin negotiations with half of America’s NAFTA counterparties with a view to revising one section of the trade agreement!”
By Michael Bryan
First, the last message to the American people from an icon:
“My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for sixty years, and especially my fellow Arizonans,
Thank you for the privilege of serving you and for the rewarding life that service in uniform and in public office has allowed me to lead. I have tried to serve our country honorably. I have made mistakes, but I hope my love for America will be weighed favorably against them.
I have often observed that I am the luckiest person on earth. I feel that way even now as I prepare for the end of my life. I have loved my life, all of it. I have had experiences, adventures and friendships enough for ten satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life, in good or bad times, for the best day of anyone else’s.
I owe that satisfaction to the love of my family. No man ever had a more loving wife or children he was prouder of than I am of mine. And I owe it to America. To be connected to America’s causes – liberty, equal justice, respect for the dignity of all people – brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures. Our identities and sense of worth are not circumscribed but enlarged by serving good causes bigger than ourselves.
‘Fellow Americans’ – that association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud American. We are citizens of the world’s greatest republic, a nation of ideals, not blood and soil. We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world. We have helped liberate more people from tyranny and poverty than ever before in history. We have acquired great wealth and power in the process.
We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.
We are three-hundred-and-twenty-five million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do.
Ten years ago, I had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. I want to end my farewell to you with the heartfelt faith in Americans that I felt so powerfully that evening.
I feel it powerfully still.
Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.
Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America.”
A video of a farewell from a friend: Sen. Jeff Flake eulogizes Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor…
And one final book:
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations
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