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Nanos leading Republican challenger in Pima sheriff race; Dems lead other county races tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Sheriff Chris Nanos was holding off Republican challenger Heather Lappin, a 19-year veteran of the Sheriff Department, in early vote returns. Democrats were leading nearly all Pima County races Tuesday night, including against GOP incumbents.

Control of Arizona Legislature hangs in balance as vote counting continues tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrats spent more money than ever in their bid to flip control of Arizona’s legislature away from Republicans, but preliminary — and partial — election results show those efforts came up short of convincing voters in swing districts to award them the levers of power at the Capitol.

Democrats leading in Tucson's GOP-leaning Legislative District 17 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While many votes remain to be counted, Democrats were ahead of GOP candidates in Legislative District 17, a Tucson-area district with a significant Republican voter registration advantage.

Engel leads Ciscomani in hotly contested Az CD6 congressional race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While many votes remain to be counted, Democratic challenger Kristen Engel was leading U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani by 7 percentage points in Arizona's Congressional District 6. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva was coasting to a win in CD 7.

Eli Crane has large lead over Jonathan Nez in battle for Az's rural CD 2 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican Eli Crane has built a solid lead in his quest to win a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, as preliminary election results show him leading Democratic challenger Jonathan Nez by 12 percentage points in the Second Congressional District.

Trump stuns Harris to become 47th president of the United States tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump will return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States, and for the first time in his three presidential campaigns, he is slated to win the popular vote.

Nanos leading Republican challenger in Pima sheriff race; Dems lead other county races tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Sheriff Chris Nanos was holding off Republican challenger Heather Lappin, a 19-year veteran of the Sheriff Department, in early vote returns. Democrats were leading nearly all Pima County races Tuesday night, including against GOP incumbents.

Arizona ‘Secure Border Act’ heading toward easy passage tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona may once again be at odds with the federal government over immigration enforcement, as voters appear to support a GOP bid to give the state the power to jail and deport migrants.

Under pressure, Arizona sees bomb threats and lines, but delivers straightforward Election Day tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters were anxious heading into Tuesday’s election, thinking about voting problems the state has experienced in the past and primed to worry about election security, but for the most part, election officials declared the day a success.

Arizonans poised to reject measures that change primary elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Preliminary election night results show that both Proposition 133, which would keep Arizona’s status quo with closed, partisan primaries, and Proposition 140, which would open up the state’s primaries, are headed to defeat.

Election Day in America: Trump leads Harris as battleground states swing red tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Polls across the nation have closed, and while election workers continue to count ballots, the results of the 2024 presidential election have not been encouraging for Vice President Kamala Harris thus far, and attention now lies with the three “Blue Wall” states.

Republicans win control of the Senate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Headed into Election Day, Democrats controlled the Senate by a single seat, but are projected to lose control of the chamber to Republicans.

Arizonans poised to reject measures that would close & open primary elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Preliminary election night results show that both Proposition 133, which would keep Arizona’s status quo with closed, partisan primaries, and Proposition 140, which would open up the state’s primaries, are headed to defeat.

Child sex traffickers will face life sentences after Az voters approve Prop. 313 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters approved a measure that GOP lawmakers sent to the ballot that requires life sentences for anyone convicted of child sex trafficking.

Arizona voters overwhelmingly reject restaurant-backed measure to cut wages for tipped workers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters resoundingly rejected a ballot proposition that would have amended the Arizona Constitution to give businesses the right to pay tipped workers 25% less than the minimum wage.

Az abortion rights measure poised to pass with broad support tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters are poised to make abortion a constitutionally protected right, in a move that sends a strong rebuke to the state’s GOP legislative majority, most of which backed a near-total ban earlier this year.

Bomb threat closes Cochise County election center; Pima continues despite Russian 'hoax' threat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Cochise County elections office in Bisbee, Ariz., was evacuated Tuesday night after a bomb threat was reported, officials said. The threat came as counties around the state received emailed threats of bombings — including Pima County, which did not halt operations.

Nanos leading Republican challenger in Pima sheriff race; Dems lead other county races tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sheriff Chris Nanos was holding off Republican challenger Heather Lappin, a 19-year veteran of the Sheriff Department, in early vote returns. Democrats were leading nearly all Pima County races Tuesday night, including against GOP incumbents.

Gallego pulls ahead of Lake after a rancorous race for U.S. Senate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego has an early lead over Republican opponent Kari Lake in the race for one of Arizona’s U.S. Senate seats, according to early unofficial results released by the Secretary of State’s Office on election night.

Bomb threat closes Cochise County election center; Pima continues despite Russian 'hoax' threat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Cochise County elections office in Bisbee, Ariz., was evacuated Tuesday night after a bomb threat was reported, officials said. The threat came as counties around the state received emailed threats of bombings — including Pima County, which did not halt operations.

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