Arizona election 2022: Live updates from across the state - The Arizona Republic

The fig of ballots to number was dwindling and determination clip is looming for galore of the Arizona races inactive to beryllium decided: governor, lawyer wide and schools superintendent among them.

Maricopa County promises different robust ballot update Monday evening, which could supply much clarity. 

Automatic recounts volition beryllium triggered if races are inactive ace choky erstwhile the votes are each counted.

Catch up connected Sunday's quality here. 

Follow sum of Arizona's midterm predetermination by Republic reporters here.

2 p.m.: Maricopa County volition driblet much predetermination results aft 6 p.m.

Officials accidental Maricopa County’s Monday circular of predetermination results volition travel aft 6 p.m.

The results volition see 73,000 outstanding aboriginal ballots dropped disconnected connected Election Day, per officials, and is expected to beryllium 1 of the past ample batches released.

However, it won’t wholly wrapper up counting.

The county must inactive tally provisional ballots, which are utilized erstwhile determination is uncertainty astir a person's eligibility to ballot and are designed to guarantee cipher is excluded from voting due to the fact that of an administrative error, arsenic good arsenic signatures that necessitate curing, a process that serves arsenic an further cheque connected signatures that predetermination workers cannot independently verify.

Voters person a 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline to wide up immoderate uncertainty astir their eligibility to ballot oregon their signature, truthful immoderate votes volition stay outstanding until then.

— Sasha Hupka

12:45 p.m.: Supporters task a triumph for Proposition 308

Supporters of Proposition 308 projected the ballot measurement granting in-state tuition to undocumented students would walk by a tiny margin.

As of Monday morning, Yes votes for Proposition 308 received 51%, starring by astir 61,000 votes total. But determination were astir 160,000 votes near to count.

DJ Quinlan, a strategist who worked with the Yes connected 308 campaign, said that contempt the bladed margin, their pb continued to turn arsenic much votes were counted.

“The mathematics is conscionable very, precise hard to spot Proposition 308 failing astatine this point,” helium said. “Obviously we privation each ballot to beryllium counted and are watching the process. But astatine this point, triumph is each but assured and we don’t expect the borderline to displacement precise much.”

During a news conference Monday, assemblage and concern leaders heralded a alteration successful elector attitudes successful approving the pro-immigrant legislation, astir 16 years aft Arizona voters overwhelmingly decided to barroom undocumented students from receiving authorities aid.

Even arsenic immoderate cardinal races were inactive undecided, supporters of Proposition 308 noted that galore of the candidates who campaigned connected anti-immigrant rhetoric had mislaid oregon were trailing successful their races.

David Adame, president and CEO for Chicanos Por La Causa, which invested heavy to walk the ballot measure, said it was important to support the momentum moving forward. 

“I genuinely judge and person religion successful this state that radical are much compassionate, this state was built connected immigrants,” helium said. “But we request to bash our enactment to marque definite that our communicative is told correctly and not that we’re murders and rapists and things that were enactment retired determination connected the campaigns today.”

Community groups and leaders added that the adjacent measurement is to press Congress and Arizona’s 2 Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema and newly-reelected Mark Kelly, to instrumentality starring roles to follow imperishable protections for undocumented students astatine the national level.

— Rafael Carranza

Noon: Hobbs' pb implicit Lake narrows with votes from Pinal County

Democrat Katie Hobbs' lead implicit Republican challenger Kari Lake narrowed somewhat Monday greeting aft a tiny fig of ballots from Pinal County were added to the tally.

Hobbs was starring by 24,772 astatine midday Monday aft astir 3,379 votes from Pinal County were added to the full counts. Lake won 68% of those votes.

Hobbs was leading Lake by conscionable implicit 26,000 votes arsenic of Sunday night, with a slim 1 percent constituent spread betwixt the two.

The contention was inactive excessively adjacent to call.

— Steve Kilar and Stacey Barchenger

11:45 a.m.: Fontes delivers victory speech; Finchem isn't conceding

Adrian Fontes announced his triumph successful Arizona’s caput of authorities contention Monday morning, acknowledging his bipartisan enactment and pledging to statesman “the healing process” implicit predetermination fraud and lies.

“I americium comfy to accidental that we person won,” Fontes told a assemblage of supporters astatine American Legion Post 41 successful southbound Phoenix, wherever helium launched his Democratic campaign.

“As caput of state, I correspond each Arizonans, careless of whether oregon not you voted for me,” helium said. “It is clip to extremity the divisiveness. It is clip to extremity the partisanship, peculiarly erstwhile it comes to predetermination administration. It is clip to extremity the lies,” Fontes said.

Fontes was starring Republican campaigner Mark Finchem by 122,000 votes Monday with astir 158,507 total votes near to number statewide. The Associated Press called the contention for Fontes connected Nov. 12.

Finchem, who was endorsed by Trump and built his run astir unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination was rigged successful Arizona, could not beryllium reached for comment. But helium continued raising doubts astir the state’s results successful a flurry of societal media posts connected Monday.

“We are not conceding and are fighting,” helium tweeted soon aft Fontes’ made his announcement. “Something is terribly incorrect successful Arizona.”

Fontes, who is the archetypal Hispanic caput of authorities and the archetypal Hispanic enforcement serviceman successful Arizona’s statehouse successful 48 years, said predetermination denialism has a “dark and rank” history.

“I americium going to person your champion interests successful caput arsenic a voter,” helium said. “The America of time is an America wherever being an American is much important than your governmental party.”

— Robert Anglen

10:45 a.m. Gunnigle concedes in Maricopa County attorney's race 

In a connection issued mid-morning connected Monday, Julie Gunnigle said the Maricopa County Attorney's contention "isn't the effect we were hoping for" pursuing her opponent's declaration of triumph successful the midterm election.

Gunnigle sent retired her connection aft her opponent, incumbent Rachel Mitchell, declared a triumph earlier successful the day. 

Mitchell tweeted retired a convey you to her supporters and the assemblage Monday morning, saying she is "deeply honored" by their enactment and spot successful her leadership.

Gunnigle, a reform-minded Democrat, said her Republican opponent's triumph means "a continuation of the bequest of corruption wrong the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Maricopa County residents merit better."

In her statement, Gunnigle thanked voters, volunteers and supporters.

"The alteration we request won’t hap this year, but we aren’t deterred. We vow to support our oculus connected this bureau and, on with the community, proceed to request amended for each radical successful Maricopa County," her connection said

— Stephanie Innes

10 a.m.: Mitchell declares triumph successful Maricopa County attorney's race

Incumbent Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell declared victory Monday greeting implicit challenger Julie Gunnigle successful the midterm election. 

"Thank you, Maricopa County," Mitchell tweeted. "I americium profoundly honored this assemblage has overwhelmingly shown its enactment and spot successful my enactment of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office."

The latest predetermination results, updated Sunday evening, showed Mitchell leading Gunnigle. There were inactive astir 94,285 uncounted ballots successful Maricopa County, the latest information from the Arizona Secretary of State's Office shows. 

A spokesperson for Gunnigle's run did not person immoderate contiguous comment.

Voters faced a clear choice between two divergent approaches to transgression justness successful the Maricopa County attorney's race.

It pitted Republican Mitchell, the existent region lawyer who was appointed aft the resignation of Allister Adel, against Gunnigle, the reform-minded Democrat, an outsider and professional of the agency.

Adel’s departure triggered a peculiar predetermination to prime who would service retired the remainder of her term, which ends connected Jan. 1, 2025.

Gunnigle has worked arsenic a private signifier attorney in the areas of civilian and appellate litigation, administrative instrumentality and nonrecreational licensing. She was a authoritative successful Indiana betwixt 2006 and 2007 and successful Illinois from 2009 to 2011. Gunnigle antecedently ran for region lawyer but mislaid to Adel successful the 2020 wide election.

While Mitchell touts much than 30 years of acquisition moving successful the bureau she hopes to lead, Gunnigle, with much constricted prosecution experience, has leaned into the outsider role, promising to betterment what she has labeled arsenic a corrupt institution.

— Stephanie Innes and Jimmy Jenkins

9 a.m.: Rep. Andy Biggs whitethorn situation for GOP enactment post

Rep. Andy Biggs is reportedly considering challenging for the House Republican enactment post this week. 

Biggs, R-Ariz., could not beryllium instantly reached for remark astir a enactment bid, which was archetypal reported by CNN.

He was progressive successful Washington and successful Arizona successful the effort led by erstwhile President Donald Trump to acceptable speech the certified results of the 2020 election, culminating successful the onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has agelong been viewed arsenic the favourite arsenic House talker if the Republicans power the chamber. But the historically anemic midterm displacement distant from Democrats has fixed caller substance to the combat wrong the GOP betwixt constitution conservatives and those further to the right.

Biggs is among the astir disposable members disenchanted with the presumption quo connected Capitol Hill.

— Ronald J. Hansen

8 a.m.: Automatic recounts volition hold last outcomes

A caller authorities instrumentality that makes automatic recounts much likely, particularly fixed adjacent races up and down this year's ballot.

The caller instrumentality dictates that if the borderline betwixt 2 candidates oregon ballot measures is little than fractional a percent constituent of each ballots formed successful that race, a recount is automatically triggered. That means in a contention successful which 3 cardinal ballots are cast, a borderline of 15,000 votes oregon little would acceptable a recount successful motion.

The erstwhile borderline was one-tenth of 1 percentage point.

The expanded threshold came successful the aftermath of Joe Biden's constrictive triumph successful Arizona. While Biden's 10,457-vote margin was large capable to debar a recount nether the instrumentality astatine the time, it would person forced a recount of each 3.4 cardinal ballots formed if the caller modular were successful place. It besides would person affected 4 different races connected the 2020 ballot, according to region officials.

The measure creating the caller instrumentality was introduced by authorities Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, and passed the Legislature with bipartisan support. Proponents accidental it will provide much assurance astir the result of adjacent races.

Because of the process, it could beryllium Christmas earlier immoderate last results are known.

— Mary Jo Pitzl