Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Statement from the Arizona Democratic Party on the election results: Advertisement Statement on tonight's election results Andrei Cherny, Arizona Democratic Party chairman, issued the following statement tonight: "Tonight, mainstream Arizona dealt a bitter blow to extremism. In choosing Greg Stanton as Phoenix's mayor, in electing Jonathan Rothschild as Tucson's mayor, and in … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The headlines from this morning: East Valley Tribune Unofficial results show Pearce ousted in historic recall election: West Mesa voters have ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce in a historic recall election. On Tuesday night, with early ballots and all precincts counted, unofficial results showed challenger Jerry Lewis with 53 percent of … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings For the first time in Arizona history, a sitting state legislator, the President of the Senate no less, has been removed from office mid-term by the voters. Congratulations to Randy Parraz and all of the volunteers at Citizens for a Better Arizona for making this possible, and to … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mississippi Initiative 26, the so-called "personhood amendment," would define life beginning at fertilization. Personhood USA is a Colorado-based group that has been running a nationwide campaign to get states to define a fertilized human egg as a person. A similar effort was defeated in Colorado in 2010. Personhood Mississippi founder Les Riley … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's looking hopeful, but there are still lots of votes to be counted. The Arizona Republic reports Russell Pearce trailing Jerry Lewis in recall election: Early results indicate political newcomer Jerry Lewis has taken the lead for the Legislative District 18 recall election against Senate President Russell Pearce. As of 8 p.m., the results … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic reports Phoenix mayor election: Stanton ahead of Gullett: Greg Stanton appeared on his way to becoming the 52nd mayor of Phoenix Tuesday night, early unofficial election results showed. The 41-year-old attorney and father of two was leading Wes Gullett, a 50-year-old partner if a public affairs and lobbying firm, … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tucson's first all-mail balloting election for city council results in a change in release of numbers on election night. This post 8:00 p.m. release of ballots verified and counted as of today is the only update tonight (as I understand it). Ballots received today will be verified and counted over the next few … Read more