City of Tucson Elections Dept. has posted the Primary election results on their website:
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/clerks/elections
Mayor of Tucson (open seat)
Democratic primary:
Randi Dorman 5,606
Steve Farley 16,949
Regina Romero 22,255
No Republican candidate for Mayor
Ward 1 Council (open seat)
Dem primary:
Rob Elias 1645
Sami Hamed 1160
Miguel Ortega 1527
Lane Santa Cruz 3290
Republican write-in candidate Sam Nagy needed 84 votes to advance to the General Election. He received 206 votes.
Ward 2 Council
Paul Cunningham, incumbent (Dem primary) 7820
Ewart Williams, (Republican Primary) 4841
Ward 4 Council (open set)
Nikki Lee (Dem Primary) 4933
Michael Hicks (Republican Primary) 4012
The Democratic Mayoral candidate will face off with Independent Ed Ackerley in the General on Nov. 5, 2019. There will be contested races in Ward 1, 2 and 4.
Carolyn’s note: I tried to published these results at the PDCP Primary night party at Reilly’s Pizza but was unable to log on. Stay tuned for any additional vote updates for provisional ballots.
8/29/19: Updated vote tally (from counting of provisional ballots) below in comments section. No changes in overall winners/losers.
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Updated vote tally from counting of provisional ballots from Elections Dept:
Mayor of Tucson – Ds
Dorman 6099
Farley 18,157
Romero 24,549
Ward 1 Democrats -Ds
Elias 1760
Hamed 1290
Ortega 1739
Santa Cruz 3735
Nagy (R write in) 234
Ward 2
Cunningham (D) 8243
Williams (R) 5001
Ward 4
Hicks (R) 4120
Lee (D) 5238