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The Final Numbers from Arizona (13 Days After Election Edition)
You guys: On Monday, November 21, all counties in the state of Arizona finally finished counting the Election Day votes. And it only took them 13 days. In fact, two of the contests were so close that automatic recounts were triggered. Those won’t begin until after December 5 … another 14 days away.
Want to restore trust in the process, Arizona? Reform the bad election laws. For the last time, let’s go to the big board…
Governor
Candidate | Percentage | Vote Total |
---|---|---|
Kari Lake (R) | 49.7% | 1,270,774 |
√ Katie Hobbs (D) | 50.3% | 1,287,890 |
U.S. Senator (race called for Sen. Kelly, Friday, Nov. 11)
Candidate | Percentage | Vote Total |
---|---|---|
Blake Masters (R) | 46.5% | 1,190,643 |
√ Mark Kelly (D) | 51.4% | 1,315,771 |
Secretary of State (race called for Adrian Fontes, Friday, Nov. 11)
Candidate | Percentage | Vote Total |
---|---|---|
Mark Finchem (R) | 47.6% | 1,200,411 |
√ Adrian Fontes (D) | 52.4% | 1,320,618 |
Attorney General
Candidate | Percentage | Vote Total |
---|---|---|
Abe Hamadeh (R) | 50.0% | 1,254,102 |
* Kris Mayes (D) | 50.0% | 1,254,612 |
Treasurer (race called for Kimberly Yee, Saturday, Nov. 12)
Candidate | Percentage | Vote Total |
---|---|---|
√ Kimberly Yee (R) | 55.7% | 1,390,135 |
Martin Quezada (D) | 44.3% | 1,107,036 |
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Candidate | Percentage | Vote Total |
---|---|---|
* Tom Horne (R) | 50.2% | 1,255,977 |
Kathy Hoffman (D) | 49.8% | 1,247,009 |
None of the percentages shifted over the past week. Of course, these numbers are unofficial until certified on December 5. But we’re not out of the weeds yet!
An automatic recount is triggered when opposing candidates finish within 0.5 percent of the total votes. This applies to two races: Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction. In the first, Kris Mayes (D) defeated Abe Hamadeh (R) by a mere 510 votes. In the second, Tom Horne (R) defeated incumbent Kathy Hoffman (D) by 8,968 votes.
Also, Arizona’s current Attorney General, Mark Brnovich (R), has demanded that Maricopa County officials provide a report on the tabulation machine problems on Election Day. By November 28, the county must detail the specific problems related to the printers at each polling location and how poll workers were trained.
Please note that your humble author sat next to Mark Brnovich in government class at Shadow Mountain High School. We would pass National Review issues back and forth, and drive our liberal teacher crazy with our anti-communist tirades. At the time, I worked as a highly acclaimed bag boy at Safeway. One afternoon, after we annoyed the teacher in class, he came into the store and bought a 12-pack of Meister Brau (a very, very cheap beer). After that, we called him “Meister Brau”; he didn’t like that either.
P.S. I worked with AG candidate Hamadeh at the Goldwater Institute, and AG candidate Mayes was my editor at Arizona State’s student newspaper. Knowing me is apparently a job requirement.
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Exactly. But they never seem to recognize themselves. Maybe because they don’t appear in a mirror?
I can’t help thinking that if he had the opportunity, Reagan would give Gary a serious B****-slap.
And I reject bill barr….
It was simultaneously sad and hilarious listening to Mark Levin roast Bill Barr last week.
Anyway, I never heard of this guy, but his comment rings true to me. The GOPe is happy to let MAGA people twist in the wind. Next, they’ll be supporting some slug like Hogan, or maybe Christie. ‘eff ’em.
Remember what biden said during the campaign? The Democrats have built the most extensive voter fraud…….
So you will in effect support the Democrats. There are many at Ricochet who will call you names.
The country and the party are free go in that direction and I am free to wave goodbye to them. There is no substantial difference between the GOPe and the Democrats on issues that matter to me.
Unlike you, however, I won’t vote for the enemy so maybe they’ll give me a pass.
And Gary doesn’t realize that you would vote for the people that “force” Gary to vote for Democrats.
You live in Arizona. With only a few exceptions, the rest of us don’t. Why don’t you focus your energy over the next 18 months on changing it. Fix what you perceive to be wrong with Prop 309 and work to get it passed.
You quoted my words that are commenting on State and Federal Senate level candidates and what *they* could have done with tactical Republican support. The former President was not mentioned.
I don’t see a path in which either of those candidates wins the GOP primary, but if one of them did – I will surely vote for them over their Democratic opponent. as Mark Levin has stated on a few ocasions (that I can recall from my past listening to him) I would vote for an Orange-Juice can over their nominee every day of the week and twice on Saturday.
Even if what I consider a GOPe person is in office it will be better for the broader movement than if the opposition is in that office. The Tea Party and then Maga grew over the past dozen or so years, all the while losing many elections, and while seeing a steady stream of GOPe hold leadership roles. It did not finish the movement, in fact it has grown in strength.
The Freedom Caucus is getting concessions from McCarthy (and will with whoever seeks to replace him should he fail to get the votes) in his quest for the Speaker’s Gavel. The number three role was almost won by a MAGA/Tea Party Rep. Jim Banks, narrowly losing the election to GOPe Rep. Tom Emmer.
This takes a looong time, and we are winning. Stay the course.
But if Trump is an existential danger to the Republic and the Republican Party, Trump is the enemy, and the Democrats are the lesser evil.
The question is this. Given that there is a 5% or more penalty for selecting Trump, or an election disputer in battleground states, why in the world would you choose Trump or an election disputer when you can have a Pro-Life, NRA “A” rated Republican instead?
You’re still trying to spread that BS and I’m not buying. Trump is not the enemy. You are. Don’t waste my time.
We have to stop with the “never Trumpers” meme. there are many who will not vote for Trump but who consider those who Trump likes or who speak kindly of Trump who they will vote for. In AZ there was a spectrum of Trump-like candidates from Kari Lake (who’s most common poster placed side by side with Trump) to Masters who kinda forgot Trump after the primary.
Moderator Note:
Please don't create insulting hypotheticals about other members. Even when you don't agree with them, try to be polite.[redacted]
And I will return to my original point. If you’re a Republican candidate in AZ you’ll need to figure out how to appeal to Independents (or at least how not to turn them off). I think Kirsten Sinema understands this. Mark Kelly understands that only insofar that he can package it into an ad. I think Masters understood that.
I’d like to return to an AZ Republican Party where Jon Kyl and John Shadegg were important figures.
I will vote for the Nominee of the GOP in 2024.
Never Trumpers will not.
I am more concerned with winning than they are. I am damn sure a better Republican.
As the Spartans say, “If.”
First, because politicians of the GOPe have been claiming to be conservative and yet Souter, O’Connor, Kennedy, and Roberts stabbed us in the back.
Second, the NRA has only one goal which is to raise money. They did NOTHING to advance second amendment rights and actually worked to spike the Heller case. I don’t give a fig for what the NRA says.
I am a member here just as you are. Ricochet has the right to kick me off their site, you don’t.
Doug Ducey is the most conservative Republican Governor in memory. He reduced taxes every year. He expanded the Arizona Supreme Court adding two conservative Justices. He was perfect, except he refused to throw the 2020 election for Trump. He would have beaten Mark Kelly like a mule. Hopefully, he will replace Krysten Sinema in 2024.
I will vote for any Republican other than Trump or DJTJ. There is a 5% penalty in the general election in battleground states for Election Disputers. Choose wisely.
I will vote for whomever wins the Nomination. That is my choice.
Rocks are hard, water is wet, it is hot in Phoenix in the summer, cold in Flagstaff in the winter and the sun rises in the east. Another truth proven by the last election is that there is a 5% penalty for choosing Trump or an election disputer in battleground states.
You don’t like that? Too bad. Try telling the sun to rise in the west.
I don’t mind being called a denier of any sort, to be honest, as long as it’s fairly accurate. So, in this case, I don’t think that the term is quite right because I don’t deny that there was fraud in the 2020 election. Actually, I think there’s probably fraud in most of our elections. But I don’t believe that there was enough fraud in the 2020 election to overturn the result, and I certainly don’t think Trump won in a landslide as he claims. So, how about calling me a “Trump Victory Denier”?
I will vote for whomever wins the GOP Nomination.
Just in case it is not clear:
I will vote for whomever wins the GOP Nomination.
Anyone who cannot say that, in my mind, is not really interested in the future of America.
Another one of your non sequiturs. I did not mention ricochet kicking you off the site, nor did I advocate that. If this is an example of your mental processes, I can see how you can swallow the idea that Trump is an existential threat.
One more reason to despise McConnell. He pulled money from other possibly winnable races to support Murkowski against Tshibaka. And she has been declared the winner.
Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola Win Reelection in Alaska (townhall.com)