The U.S. Senate race is too close to call, but Rep. Martha McSally currently holds more than a 14,000 vote lead over Rep. Kyrsten Sinema. Green Party candidate Angela Green, who withdrew days before the election, received more votes than the margin between McSally and Sinema (who was a Green before she was a Democrat). Sort of ironic.
There are reportedly over 500,000 ballots yet to be be verified and counted. It’s going to be awhile (and it could be close enough for a recount).
The House races have all been called. Democrats picked up the open CD 2 seat with Ann Kirkpatrick’s win in Southern Arizona, and Greg Stanton held the open seat in CD 9 for Democrats in Maricopa County. All the incumbents were reelected along party lines.
Current estimated voter turnout is 46.67%. When more than half of registered voters cannot take the time to fill out a ballot — not including the large number of eligible voting age persons not registered to vote — the health of our democracy is in serious jeopardy. You have to do better Arizona!
(These are the overnight numbers.)
U.S. Senate (open)
Martha McSally (R) 847,021
Kysten Sinema (D) 832,441
Angela Green (GRN) 38,476
–Too close to call
Congressional District 1
Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D) 53.3% ✔︎
Wendy Rogers (R) 46.7%
Congressional District 2
Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 53.3% ✔︎
Lea Marquez Peterson (R) 46.7%
Congressional District 3
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D) 61.4% ✔︎
Nicolas Pierson (R) 38.6%
Congressional District 4
Rep. Paul Goar (R) 69.1% ✔︎
David Brill (D) 29.7%
Congressional District 5
Andy Biggs (R) 60.0% ✔︎
Joane Greene (D) 40.0%
Congressional District 6
David Schweikert (R) 56.4% ✔︎
Anita Malik (D) 43.6%
Congressional District 7
Ruben Gallego (D) 84.3% ✔︎
Gary Swing (GRN) 15.7%
Congressional District 8
Debbie Lesko (R) 56.7% ✔︎
Hiral Tipirneni (D) 43.3%
Congressional District 9
Greg Stanton (D) 59.5% ✔︎
Stephen Ferrara (R) 40.5%