Latest results are here. It looks very much like Steven Stoltz was indeed a spoiler for Kelly. Without him on the ballot, most likely Kelly would have prevailed, if one makes the reasonable assumption that Sloltz's votes would have gone to Kelly.  

By Michael Bryan I admit it. I was wrong. It happens. More often than I'd like to acknowledge. My wife calls it my magical thinking mode. Ironic that I accused GOP commenters of it. I tend to give the voters credit for rational thought and knowing their self-interest. I've got to stop doing that. Last night … Read more

by David Safier Let's see if they like what they get (and to be honest, I have no idea whether they'll like it or not).

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The 49th Arizona Legislature is the most recklessly incompetent and fiscally irresponsible Republican-dominated legislature in the history of Arizona, without equal. Led by our Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, it is the only Arizona Legislature to fail to balance the state budget by July 1 in each of the last two years, as … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Projected make-up of the 50th Arizona Legislature based upon preliminary results (many ballots are still to be counted). Graphic provided to us by Rep. Steve Farley (D – LD 28).  

By Michael Bryan To keep this live blog thread updated, click the title, bookmark the page and reload periodically. I'll be updating this post all evening. 5:44pm Checking in: Polls aren't closing for over an hour here locally and I'll be heading to Gentle Ben's for the Drinking Liberally poll watch, and popping in at … Read more

By Jenn … will actually be at Reappropriate. It's hard to run two simultaneous live-blogs, and a couple of my fellow bloggers here at BfAZ are going to live-blog over here as well. So, I've opted to have my live-blog going at Reappropriate, and to re-post it in full here at the end of the … Read more