Final General Election results 2016 – LD 10 House & TUSD Board

Since Election night Nov. 8, 2016 we have been awaiting the final tally of Pima County’s early & provisional ballots for these 2 close races:

LD 10 House (two seats, one open):

Todd Clodfelter (R)   45,627

Kirsten Engel (D)  45,530

Stefanie Mach (D), incumbent  44,770

Incumbent Rep. Mach has apparently lost, after serving 2 terms in the Arizona House.  This was Clodfelter’s 3rd try for this same seat in LD 10.

TUSD Governing Board  (3 seats, nonpartisan, unpaid):

Mark Stegeman, incumbent   57,466

Kristel Foster, incumbent  54,352

Rachael Sedgwick  50,205

Betts Putnam-Hidalgo  49,519

Brett Rustand  47,683

Cam Juarez, incumbent 47,444

Lori Riegel  41,734

Incumbent Juarez has also apparently lost his bid, served for 1 term (4 years). Political newcomer (former teacher/3rd year law student) Rachael Sedgwick will be joining Prof. Mark Stegeman, Kristel Foster and current President Adelita Grijalva and Michael Hicks on the board.

http://www.tusd.k12.az.us/contents/govboard/govboard.html

Other upsets in the 2016 General Election in Pima County:

Republican LD 2 House  Rep. Chris Ackerley (1 term) losing to Democrat Daniel Hernandez Jr. (former Sunnyside School Bd. member);

Democratic Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos (appointed July 2015) lost to Republican Mark Napier;

PCC Board member Martha Durkin (appointed Sept. 2015) lost to Luis Gonzales, a former State Senator, in District 5.

And if you’re curious about the processing of these provisional ballots (18,244), here’s the Pima County Elections website link, from Nov. 14 to 18:

http://webcms.pima.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6/File/Government/elections/Election%20Results%20and%20Information/Provisional_Ballots_Processed.pdf

This is a tedious process to verify signatures and process these ballots. Other states have clear cut off dates for early ballots and do not issue provisional ballots on election day.