At the close of counting ballots on Friday evening, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has expanded her lead in the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Kathy Hoffman has expanded her lead in the Superintendent of Public Instruction race, Democrat Sandra Kennedy has now opened a slight lead for the second seat in the Arizona Corporation Commission race, and Democrat Katie Hobbs has significantly closed the gap in the Secretary of State race. When all the votes are finally counted, we may actually have some Democratic winners after all. Count all the votes! And be prepared for a recount, or two.
According to the Data Guru, there are still 370,000 ballots left to be counted statewide, 266,000 of those in Maricopa County and 60,000 in Pima County.
U.S. Senate (open)
Kyrsten Sinema (R) 991,443
Martha McSally (D) 971,331
Angela Green (GRN) 46,820
Sinema leads by 20,112
Secretary of State
Steve Gaynor (R) 989,749
Katie Hobbs (D) 979,053
Gaynor leads by 10,696
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kathy Hoffman (D) 986,355
Frank Riggs (R) 954,546
Hoffman leads by 31,809
Corporation Commission (2 seats)
Justin Olson (R) 901,690
Sandra Kennedy (D) 899,847
Rodney Glassman (R) 898,245
Kiana Sears (D) 837,552
Kennedy leads by 1,602 for the second seat
Ballots will be counted until Wednesday, November 14. Stay tuned.
UPDATED: For Saturday numbers at 5:00 p.m, it does not appear all counties have posted yet. UPDATE: Later updates after posting from counties.
U.S. Senate (open)
Kyrsten Sinema (R) 1,048,655
Martha McSally (D) 1,018,823
Angela Green (GRN) 49,584
Sinema leads by 29,832
Secretary of State
Steve Gaynor (R) 1,037,122
Katie Hobbs (D) 1,035,114
Gaynor leads by 2,008
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kathy Hoffman (D) 1,043,023
Frank Riggs (R) 999,460
Hoffman leads by 43,563
Corporation Commission (2 seats)
Sandra Kennedy (D) 949,882
Justin Olson (R) 945,240
Rodney Glassman (R) 941,365
Kiana Sears (D) 885,950
Surprise! Kennedy has now surged into the lead for the first seat by 4,642 votes
Data above shows McSally leading by 20,112. Hope you have the names reversed.
Oops, AZ Blue Meanie had the names reversed, so I just corrected them. Thanks for the catch.
Latest updated figures:
Sinema 995,346
McSally 976,553
Green 47,120
https://results.arizona.vote/#/federal/4/0
Thanks Carolyn. I had a very early morning on little sleep and no coffee. Not a good combination.
FYI…there is a time limit here to make sure that your votes are counted! Please share.
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1061030428453285890
Something wrong with the numbers in the U.S. Senate race.
Thanks William, didn’t realize what you meant and corrected them for AZ Blue Meanie. Sinema is ahead by 18,793 now (updated by AZ SOS website).
PCC Governing Bd. race in District 5 too close to call as well, pending final tally:
Debi Chess Mabie 18,600
Luis Gonzales 18,757