Election 2022 in Arizona: Live updates across the state - The Arizona Republic

Election workers were inactive digging into a upland of ballots Thursday — much than 600,000 statewide, according to a tracker posted by the Arizona caput of state.

The highest-profile offices connected the ballot, from U.S. legislator to politician to different cardinal statewide positions, remained excessively adjacent to call. Results from astir the state volition proceed to beryllium posted passim the day.

Maricopa County, the astir populous region successful the state, is expected to merchandise a large update of results Thursday evening.

Here's a recap of Wednesday's election events.

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

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2 p.m.: Why are AZ ballots printed connected Election Day?

Maricopa County uses respective antithetic machines astatine its ballot centers: electronic check-in stations, ballot-on-demand printers and tabulators, wherever insubstantial ballots are fed aft radical vote.

Ballots are printed on-site to springiness voters the enactment to ballot astatine immoderate voting determination successful the county, alternatively of going to an assigned location.

A ballot printed on-site ensures the elector gets the close ballot that includes their schoolhouse district, City Council and different section races.

— Corina Vanek

Q&A: What happened astatine Maricopa County's ballot centers connected Tuesday

1:10 p.m.: Possible runoff elections for Phoenix City Council seats

Competitive contests for 2 Phoenix City Council seats were excessively adjacent to telephone and could pb to runoff elections.

Half of the city's 8 assembly seats were connected the ballot, but the contention to correspond District 8 in southbound Phoenix and District 6 in Arcadia, the Biltmore country and parts of north-central Phoenix are the astir competitive.

District 8 incumbent Carlos Garcia was successful a dormant vigor with challenger Kesha Hodge Washington.

Kevin Robinson narrowly pulled ahead successful the unfastened field of eight candidates vying to regenerate termed-out Sal DiCiccio successful District 6. Trailing by a tiny margin behind Robinson were Joan Greene and Sam Stone. 

If the returns hold, the 2 apical candidates in some races volition caput to a runoff successful March. Runoffs hap erstwhile nary azygous campaigner gets much than 50% of the vote. 

— Taylor Seely

12:15 p.m.: Kari Lake slams predetermination connected Charlie Kirk podcast

With hundreds of thousands of votes near to beryllium counted and her Democratic hostile Katie Hobbs with a flimsy lead, GOP nominee for politician Kari Lake shared a assured connection with her supporters connected Thursday. 

What she is not assured in, however, is Arizona’s predetermination system.  

“Listen, I'm a fighter, I deliberation everyone knows that," she told blimpish influencer Charlie Kirk connected his podcast. “I'm not going to fto these guys with their incompetency dilatory maine down. We are moving forward. We're putting a squad unneurotic and we're moving hard.” 

Lake alleged the ongoing counting of votes was intentionally slow and reiterated her content that each ballot counting should hap connected Election Day.

Single-day counting would instrumentality a herculean effort to wage for and unit counting of millions of insubstantial ballots. Vote counting tin instrumentality besides respective days successful Arizona arsenic predetermination officials verify signatures connected and process ballots received by mail. 

“I'm already heading toward getting acceptable to govern this state, and we're keeping our eyes connected this election," Lake said. “We've got attorneys, we've got eyeballs everywhere, the votes volition yet beryllium counted. And we volition alteration the mode the strategy works.” 

Kirk is notable for launching Turning Point USA, a blimpish younker question that has grown successful prominence and shifted Arizona Republican authorities to the right.

Both Lake and Kirk person repeatedly pointed to wide problems with ballot tabulators successful Maricopa County this twelvemonth arsenic they rise concerns astir predetermination security. 

— Stacey Barchenger 

11:30 a.m.: New person successful Peoria politician race

Businessman Jason Beck took a slim pb successful the contention for Peoria mayor Wednesday aft each mail-in and same-day ballots were counted. 

He is moving against longtime Peoria Councilmember Bridget Binsbacher.

Beck trailed Binsbacher successful the archetypal rounds of results but pulled up astatine astir 1:30 a.m. erstwhile a flood of same-day votes were released by Maricopa County elections officials. 

At his campaign's predetermination nighttime party, Beck said helium was assured that aboriginal results would propulsion him ahead. 

"There is not a azygous happening near connected the array for america to do, we worked arsenic hard arsenic we could," Beck said, joking that helium had worn done 3 pairs of shoes knocking connected doors to stitchery support. 

For the assembly races, challenger Jennifer Crawford narrowly pulled up of incumbent Vicki Hunt in the contention for the assembly spot for the Acacia District successful southbound Peoria. Incumbent Brad Shafer led challenger Diane Douglas for the assembly spot successful northbound Peoria's Mesquite District. 

— Taylor Seely and Corina Vanek

10:30 a.m.: Maricopa County ballot manus count starts Saturday

The manus number of definite races and ballots successful Maricopa County volition statesman Saturday.

Republican, Democratic and Libertarian enactment chairs drew which races and ballots volition beryllium reviewed Wednesday night.

This is an important measurement successful ensuring the accuracy of the 2022 General Election results, according to Maricopa County.

On Election Day, astir 30% of Maricopa’s polling places experienced widespread issues involving printers and the machines that number voters' ballots.

Cochise County officials were proceeding with a manus number of each ballot formed successful Tuesday's election, contempt a court ruling that bars them from doing so.

Its Board of Supervisors on Wednesday authorized its attorney to entreaty that ruling to the Arizona Supreme Court, complicating the timeline for when — or if — the arguable number would really happen.

— Catherine Reagor and Mary Jo Pitzl

9:40 a.m.: Measures for Maricopa schoolhouse territory funding passing

Two twelve Maricopa County schoolhouse districts had backing measures connected the ballot successful the midterm election, and galore were passing arsenic of Wednesday night.

The measures asked voters to o.k. financing slated for a assortment of projects, including athletic and extracurricular programs, teacher pay, school buses, furnishings and technology.

Early results whitethorn awesome alleviation for schoolhouse districts with hopes of pursuing done connected superior projects and expanding their budgets for operational expenses. 

Maricopa County predetermination officials volition proceed to update the tally successful the coming days arsenic ballots are processed. 

Property owners wage for bonds and overrides via spot taxes. Bonds are a signifier of indebtedness districts instrumentality connected and usage for longer-term superior projects, specified arsenic caller buildings and facilities oregon renovations. 

— Renata Cló and Yana Kunichoff

8:50 a.m.: GOP apt to keep power of Arizona House

Republicans were connected way to support power of the Arizona House of Representatives with vote counting that continued Wednesday.

At involvement is not conscionable the continuance of decades of Republican dominance, but the imaginable emergence of a much conservative Legislature augmented by Trump-supporting candidates.

Democrats ran six candidates successful the 5 legislative districts designed arsenic competitory by past year's redistricting process.

Results from Wednesday evening showed each six starring astatine slightest 1 of the Republican competitors in each of the races. If that and different results hold, including a imaginable upset by a GOP candidate, Republicans would support the aforesaid one-seat vantage successful the chamber.

More: Republicans inactive connected way to support power of Arizona House arsenic Democrats' hopes for a necktie fades

—  Ray Stern

8 a.m.: Cochise County defies judge's bid connected manus count

Cochise County officials proceeded with a manus count of each ballot formed successful Tuesday's election, contempt a court ruling that bars them from doing so.

Meanwhile, the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday authorized its attorney to entreaty that ruling to the Arizona Supreme Court, complicating the timeline for when — or if — the arguable number would really happen.

Recorder David Stevens acknowledged the order that blocks the region from manus counting each ballots. But, Stevens said, helium was moving up connected the proposal of his attorney, Bryan Blehm.

“I person to thrust connected arsenic if it’s going to happen," Stevens said, noting the instrumentality requires a manus number to statesman wrong 24 hours of erstwhile the polls adjacent connected Election Day. 

Four races volition beryllium included successful the manus count. 

If helium didn't commencement the process Wednesday, Stevens said, critics could reason the region had missed the window to statesman the unorthodox afloat count.

"I'm betwixt a stone and a hard place," helium said.

An lawyer for the Arizona Alliance of Retired Americans, whose suit blocked the manus count, was unaware of the program to proceed and declined remark connected what action, if any, plaintiffs would take.

— Mary Jo Pitzl