General election recap

Mesa voters approve $201.7 million in bond packages

Mesa voters overwhelmingly approved four bond packages totalling $201.7 million that will fund replacement of aging pipes and the city's electrical system.

• Posted: November 02
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• Bonds, Mesa

Mesa, Chandler voters approve home rule overrides

Mesa and Chandler voters easily approved home rule overrides in their cities that will prevent the communities from making deep service cuts.

• Posted: November 02
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• Home Rule, Mesa Arizona, Chandler Arizona

Jubilant GOP wins the House, falls short of Senate

• Posted: November 02
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• Politics, Congress, Senate

Prop. 302: Voters reject measure to end childhood programs

Arizona voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to terminate the state's early childhood development and health programs that are funded by tobacco tax revenue.

• Posted: November 02
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• Prop 302, Education, First Things First

Professor who helped write SB 1070 wins Kansas state race

TOPEKA, Kan. — A professor who helped write Arizona's new immigration law has been elected Kansas secretary of state.

• Posted: November 02
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• Sb 1070, Immigration

Brewer rides immigration wave to defeat Goddard

Republican Jan Brewer easily defeated Democrat Terry Goddard to win a full term as Arizona's governor Tuesday by avoiding potential fallout from the state's deep budget troubles and riding a wave of support for the state's controversial law on illegal immigration.

• Posted: November 02
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• Brewer

AZ Congressional roundup: Schweikert, Quayle big winners

Voters changed the balance of Arizona's congressional delegation from heavily Democratic to majority Republican on Tuesday.

• Posted: November 02
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• Congress, Senate

Proposition roundup: Marijuana initiative too close to call

Proponents of medical marijuana use in Arizona will have to wait a little longer to see if voters rejected their proposed law allowing its use.

• Posted: November 02
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• Propositions, Marijuana, Health Care

State races: It's a Republican sweep

Republicans look like they made it a clean sweep in the state's top offices, winning the races for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and superintendent of public instruction.

• Posted: November 02
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• Bennett, Deschene, Horne

Quayle wins Congressional seat from District 3

The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle won a tough battle against a Democratic challenger on Tuesday to represent Arizona's 3rd Congressional District.

• Posted: November 02
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• Congress, Hulburd, Quayle

Kyrene JP wins re-election, but constable gets ousted

• Posted: November 02
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• Jp, Constable, Kyrene

Unofficial results show E.V. school boards will be mix of incumbents, newcomers

School board members in Chandler Unified School District retained their seats while newcomers are joining incumbents in Tempe Union and Mesa Unified, according to unofficial election results late Tuesday.

• Posted: November 02
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• School, Education, Mesa

Montgomery cruises to victory in county attorney race

In a year of transition for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Republican Bill Montgomery will be the one to transform it into what he says will be "his office" and not a clone of former county attorney Andrew Thomas.

• Posted: November 02
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• Attorney, Montgomery

Hartke beats Wallace in race for Chandler City Council

Kevin Hartke has defeated Donna Wallace in a runoff election for an open Chandler City Council seat.

• Posted: November 03
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• Chandler, Hartke, Wallace

Mixed results: Voters say no to school budget overrides, yes to bonds

East Valley schools heard a mixed message from voters Tuesday as overrides appeared to be losing in two districts but bond measures passing elsewhere.

• Posted: November 02
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• Bonds, School, Education

Republicans win most E.V. legislative races

Results in the District 20 House race were slow to come in on Tuesday night, but the numbers suggested that Jeff Dial's third election could be the charm.

• Posted: November 02
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• Legislature, Arizona, Pearce

Saar defeats incumbent Walker for community colleges board

Dana Saar will replace controversial member Jerry Walker on the Maricopa Community Colleges governing board, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night.

• Posted: November 02
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• Maricopa, College, Saar

Mesa voters approve measure for new Cubs spring training complex

Holy cow, the Cubs actually won in Mesa.

• Posted: November 02
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• Cubs, Mesa, Baseball

East Valley Tribune's online Election Night coverage

After casting your vote on Election Day, come to EastValleyTribune.com where you’ll find:

• Posted: November 02
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• Politics, Live, Election

Pearce plans to run chamber as tea party Senate

Veteran Mesa lawmaker Russell Pearce will take the helm of the Senate in January after being elected by his Republican colleagues on his promise to run the chamber with a Tea Party philosophy.

• Posted: November 03
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• Pearce, Legislature, Tea Party

Brewer, lawmakers starting to grapple with $450 million budget deficit

Tuesday's defeat of Propositions 301 and 302 knocked a $450 million hole in the state budget and has the outgoing Senate president calling for a special session, and soon, to plug it.

• Posted: November 03
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• Russell Pearce, Jan Brewer, Healthcare Reform In The United States

Medical marijuana measure picks up more votes

Vote counts released Thursday show the gap narrowing for a measure that would legalize medical marijuana.

• Posted: November 04
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Democrat Raul Grijalva wins re-election

Rep. Raul Grijalva won re-election to a fifth term in southern Arizona's 7th Congressional District, vote tallies released Thursday show.

• Posted: November 04
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Huppenthal's agenda: Learn from Arizona's best schools - district and charter

Two days after voters approved him as the next state superintendent of public instruction, John Huppenthal acknowledged the challenge ahead of him is "a little like moving Mt. Everest."

• Posted: November 04
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• John Huppenthal, School Choice, Education

Kyrene, A.J. voters turn down school districts' override requests

Voters in the Kyrene Elementary School District turned down Tuesday a measure to renew the district's capital outlay override, but the district hopes to seek another vote next fall, leaders said Wednesday.

• Posted: November 04
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• Kyrene School District, Education, Kyrene Elementary School District