Christy takes lead in race for Pima County Board of Supervisors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/11064_pima_supes_election/christy-takes-lead-race-pima-county-board-supervisors/
Democrats will continue their control of the Pima County Board of Supervisors for the next four years, but it remains to be seen if there will still be a single Republican supervisor.
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160K ballots yet to count in Pima County, some races too close to call https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_ballots_remaining/160k-ballots-yet-count-pima-county-some-races-too-close-call/
Updated: A day after Election Day, Pima County has more than 160,000 ballots left to tally, but the exact number that will be added to the county is still unknown.
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Ciscomani takes 417-vote lead over Engel in Arizona's CD6 race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_ciscomani_engel/ciscomani-takes-417-vote-lead-over-engel-arizonas-cd6-race/
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani took a narrow lead Wednesday in his race for reelection against former state lawmaker Kirsten Engel.
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100K ballots yet to count in Pima County, some races too close to call https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_ballots_remaining/100k-ballots-yet-count-pima-county-some-races-too-close-call/
Updated: A day after Election Day, Pima County has more than 100,000 ballots left to tally, but the exact number is still unknown.
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With control of White House & Senate, Republicans poised to upend U.S. climate policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110624_gop_climate_policy/with-control-white-house-senate-republicans-poised-upend-us-climate-policy/
The results of the election promise to upend U.S. climate policy: In addition to returning a climate denier to the White House, voters also gave Republicans control of the Senate, laying the groundwork for attacks on everything from electric vehicles to clean energy funding.
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280 chickens impounded by PACC in suspected cockfighting case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_pacc_chickens/280-chickens-impounded-by-pacc-suspected-cockfighting-case/
The Pima County Sheriff's Department seized 280 chickens and four dogs as part of a suspected cockfighting case this week. The animals are in good health and are being held at Pima Animal Care Center for the duration of the investigation, officials said.
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Voters in at least 7 states - including Arizona - restore reproductive rights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110624_abortion_rights/voters-least-7-states-including-arizona-restore-reproductive-rights/
Former President Donald Trump, who touted during the campaign he “was able to kill Roe v. Wade,” won a second term in the White House. Simultaneously, seven out of 10 states voted to restore or expand abortion rights, according to early election results.
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Arizona election results delayed after long ballot & court order slow counting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_maricopa_ballots/arizona-election-results-delayed-after-long-ballot-court-order-slow-counting/
Arizona is still waiting on election results it expected to have by Wednesday morning, with some ballots cast at polling places on Election Day yet uncounted, along with hundreds of thousands of early ballots from Maricopa County.
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Ignorance is Strength: Pima County looks to buck the Trumpsanity coming right at us https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110624_trump_elex_op/ignorance-strength-pima-county-looks-buck-trumpsanity-coming-right-us/
Americans are about to find out what happens when they cast an informed vote for an uninformed president. Pima County voters seem likely to remain a noble bastion as the storms gather.
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Arizona ballot proposition roundup: What passed, what failed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_prop_roundup/arizona-ballot-proposition-roundup-what-passed-what-failed/
While the citizen-led abortion rights initiative captured most of the attention in the lead up to the election, there were a dozen other ballot measures for Arizona voters to consider. Here’s a roundup of the ballot measures that mostly flew under the radar.
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150K ballots yet to count in Pima County, some races too close to call https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_ballots_remaining/150k-ballots-yet-count-pima-county-some-races-too-close-call/
On the morning after Election Day, Pima County has more than 150,000 ballots left to tally, but the exact number is still unknown.
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Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110624_trump_comeback_op/trumps-comeback-victory-after-reshaping-his-party-looks-lot-like-andrew-jacksons-1828/
As the nation prepares for a second Donald Trump presidency, some history-minded people may seek understanding in the idea that it wasn’t until Richard Nixon’s second presidential term that the serious consequences arrived - but the correct parallel might be Andrew Jackson.
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Az voters swat away GOP bid to give judges lifetime posts, but retain controversial justices https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_judge_appointments/az-voters-swat-away-gop-bid-give-judges-lifetime-posts-but-retain-controversial-justices/
Arizonans overwhelmingly rejected giving state judges lifetime appointments, defeating a ballot initiative that would have protected judges from going before voters - as they voted to keep two justices who voted to revive a near-total abortion ban from 1864.
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Hellertoon: Trump dumps election 'rigging' conspiracies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110624_hellertoon_trump/hellertoon-trump-dumps-election-rigging-conspiracies/
Just days ago, Donald Trump was complaining about "cheating" in Pennsylvania's election, but accusations about election improprieties stopped immediately when that state put him over the top in the presidential race. Funny how that works.
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Nanos leading Republican challenger in Pima sheriff race; Dems lead other county races https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_pima_elections/nanos-leading-republican-challenger-pima-sheriff-race-dems-lead-other-county-races/
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.
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Control of Arizona Legislature hangs in balance as vote counting continues https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_legislature_control/control-arizona-legislature-hangs-balance-as-vote-counting-continues/
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.
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Democrats leading in Tucson's GOP-leaning Legislative District 17 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_legislative_election/democrats-leading-tucsons-gop-leaning-legislative-district-17/
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.
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Engel leads Ciscomani in hotly contested Az CD6 congressional race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_cd6_election/engel-leads-ciscomani-hotly-contested-az-cd6-congressional-race/
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.
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Eli Crane has large lead over Jonathan Nez in battle for Az's rural CD 2 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110624_crane_nez/eli-crane-has-large-lead-over-jonathan-nez-battle-azs-rural-cd-2/
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.
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Trump stuns Harris to become 47th president of the United States https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110624_trump_presidency/trump-stuns-harris-become-47th-president-united-states/
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.
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