Arizona Primary 2022

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The eyes of the nation were on Arizona as the state hosted its primary election Tuesday, Aug. 2.

- Democratic -- Kathy Hoffman ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Martin Quezada ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Kris Mayes ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Raul Grijalva ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Republican -- Debbie Lesko ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Javier Ramos ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Republican -- Andy Biggs ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Greg Stanton ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Ruben Gallego ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Republican -- Jeff Zink ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Tom O’Halleran ran unopposed and advanced to the general election. - Democratic -- Mark Kelly ran unopposed and advanced to the general election.

Polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday as voters made choices in Republican and Democratic primaries to determine who squares off in the November general election. A ...

“The economy issue is also a big issue for me,” he said. The fact that Robson was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence in the run-up to primary day is even more of a turnoff, he said. "And if there's a Republican Congress, they're going to be able to be more conservative with the economy." Ahead of this primary, Brauneis canvassed new friends and neighbors, read stories in news outlets all over the state and had the ballot she dropped off Tuesday delivered to her early so she could take an in-depth look at individual races. When it comes to the primaries at the top of a ballot, Republicans have a lot to choose from Tuesday. Big names are running for big tickets. About 20 to 30 people dropped off their ballots in the first hour of open polls at Udall. “He asked me if I thought Trump won in 2016, and I said yes because I trust the election system. Biggs, who has been in Congress since 2017, has been criticized for his support of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and for continued false claims regarding election integrity. Two people who serve the Republican Party in Arizona’s 14th Legislative District witnessed the incident and reported it to the police. Bursazappellini said one of his key issues is housing in Tucson and the way politicians treat homeless populations. When it comes to the political climate in Arizona, Flipse said the state is obviously split. That was the case for several who showed up to Pendergast Elementary School in west Phoenix Tuesday afternoon.

Abortion is on the ballot in Kansas, while Trump's influence in swing state Arizona will be tested.

And in Washington, the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. Voters were deciding whether to allow the constitution to be amended in order to ban abortion rights. In the race to take on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, CBS News projects Tudor Dixon will win the Republican nomination. Voters were cast Tuesday in five states in some of the states that were battlegrounds in 2020 — and will be again in 2024. Meanwhile, three of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are facing Trump-backed primary challengers. Trump has also backed a challenger to state House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who testified in June at a House Jan. 6 committee public hearing.

Republican voters in Michigan and Arizona -- two states at the center of former President Donald Trump's 2020 election denial campaign -- are choosing their ...

He faced off with businessman Jim Lamon, who piled cash into a partisan "audit" of the 2020 results in Maricopa County and state Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who recently returned a report debunking a popular right-wing myth around "dead voters" but has mixed his defenses of the state's election integrity with indulgences of conspiracy-minded activists. In Arizona, Republicans are still waiting to see who will take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly. The crowded Republican field had been dominated by election deniers. Tuesday also provided voters with their first chance to directly respond to the US Supreme Court's striking down of federal abortion rights earlier this summer -- an issue that national Democrats hope will energize their base in the fall. In Missouri, state Attorney General Eric Schmitt will win the GOP Senate nomination, CNN projects. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) had backed Stevens and its new super PAC, United Democracy Project, spent more than $4 million to boost her bid. A conservative commentator who had coalesced support from prominent Republicans in the state, Dixon beat back criticism Meijer's primary in his western Michigan district had become a flashpoint in both parties' national infighting because Gibbs was the beneficiary of Democratic meddling. Trump's loss in those battleground states two years ago seeded right-wing anger and turned Republican primary campaigns up and down the ballot into referendums on his election lies. Dixon will be taking on Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is seeking a second term. The party's House campaign arm, believing that Gibbs would be a less viable general election candidate, ran more than $300,000 in ads ostensibly attacking his alliance with Trump with the goal of boosting him in the primary. Trump's pick will win the GOP gubernatorial nod in Michigan, CNN projects. Down the ballot in Arizona, the favorite for the GOP nomination for secretary of state -- and the chance to run the state's next round of elections -- was Trump-backed election-denying state Rep. Mark Finchem, who attended the January 6, 2021, rally in Washington. Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs will win the Democratic nod for governor, CNN projects.

The primary season continues Tuesday as voters in five states — Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Arizona and Washington — head to the polls.

More recently, though, she hedged when asked on Fox News whether Trump won the 2020 election in Michigan – a sign, perhaps, that Dixon has already begun a general election pivot. Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature in Michigan and Whitmer is main Democratic bulwark to GOP domination of the crucial presidential swing state. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats in the state by more than 350,000, according to the latest figures from the Kansas Secretary of State's office. From CNN staff Lawmakers had passed a restrictive abortion law in 2015 that would have banned the dilation and evacuation procedure, but it was permanently blocked by the courts. A "no" vote would leave the state constitution unchanged, and abortions up to 22 weeks would remain legal. And removing state constitutional protections would significantly curtail the ability of an individual to challenge a restrictive abortion measure. The text of the Tuesday's question reads: "Because Kansans value both women and children, the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion. The procedure is currently legal up to 22 weeks in Kansas, where people from Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri have traveled for services amid Republican-led efforts to roll back abortion rights. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, who along with Greitens appeared to be a distant second to Schmitt on Tuesday night, was endorsed by Sen. Josh Hawley, the state’s junior senator. Schmitt and Greitens shared an eleventh-hour endorsement from Trump, who said he was backing “Eric,” but that he would leave it up to Missouri voters to decide which one. From CNN staff

Republicans see the Arizona Senate race as one of their best chances to pick up a seat from the Democrats, but limited polling ahead of the primary election ...

Kansas voters upheld the right to an abortion, the first such vote after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Arizona and more also held votes.

Obergefell is running unopposed in a Democratic primary for a seat in the Ohio House, according to the Associated Press. But that didn’t stop conspiracy theorists — emboldened by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud — from calling Barton and making death threats for what they falsely believed was her role in rigging the election. He has pled not guilty, and will be on the ballot Tuesday. Ohio has 33 members in its state Senate and 99 in the House. He is now on the ballot as a write-in candidate. Gail Golec, a Republican running for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, told followers on Twitter to substitute the Pentel pens and use blue ink ones. Under Washington's system, the top two finishers in a primary move on to the general election, regardless of party. Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who is endorsed by Trump, is expected to seize the Republican nomination. She opposes abortion, except to save the life of the mother, and says Michigan should eliminate the requirement for permits to carry concealed weapons. - In Michigan, Trump-backed Tudor Dixon won the GOP gubernatorial primary and will face Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer in the fall. "I would say there's a lot of enthusiasm for this primary," she said after she greeted election workers at Louis Pasteur Elementary School on Detroit's west side. Wade, Kansas voters upheld the right to an abortion.

Arizona Governor Election Results for the 2022 primary election. See Live Arizona Governor Election Results and Maps by state, county and district from NBC ...

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While there are a number of hotly contested Arizona primary races, there are also a number of races where there a candidate faces no other competitors for ...

Senate (Democratic) Senate (Democratic) Senate (Democratic) Senate (Democratic) Senate (Democratic) Below is a list of districts with primaries that feature one State Senate candidate, or up to two State House candidates. Senate (Democratic) The Associated Press (AP) is considering Biggs to be running unopposed. She is listed as a write-in candidate. Kielsky is listed as a write-in candidate. He is listed as a write-in candidate. In November's general election, Sen. Kelly is running for a full term.

Trump's influence is set to be tested Tuesday night as voters head to the polls in five different states, including Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, ...

Kansas will become the first state in the nation to vote on abortion following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. "[Bush] continues to say that we need to defund the police department. In Michigan's gubernatorial race, former businesswoman Tudor Dixon has been seen as the front-runner in a crowded Republican primary field that included businessman Kevin Rinke and chiropractor Garrett Soldano, among others. Wade ruling, sending the combustible issue of legalized abortion back to the states. We were first in the country in personal income lost per capita, 9.8%. We were first in the country with the number of women who lost their jobs during COVID. The race is particularly crucial, since Republicans, hoping to take control of the Senate after the November midterm elections, view Kelly as vulnerable. Hopeful candidates Attorney General Mark Brnovich and former energy executive Jim Lamon are also competing in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The constitutional amendment, backed by a campaign named Value Them Both, would have given elected representatives the ability to pass legislation regulating abortion in Kansas, which was restricted after the state's Supreme Court previously found the 1859 Kansas Constitution grants a "natural right" to abortion. Democrat and 30-year incumbent Sen. Patty Murray is the current Senator of Washington state and is seeking a 6th term. "While that is the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose, my Administration will continue to take meaningful action to protect women’s access to reproductive health care. "Voters in Kansas turned out in record numbers to reject extreme efforts to amend the state constitution to take away a woman’s right to choose and open the door for a state-wide ban. "The Supreme Court’s extreme decision to overturn Roe v.

Kansas voters handed abortion-rights advocates a massive victory Tuesday, surging to the polls to defeat a measure that would have allowed the GOP-led ...

Bowers testified in June about the pressure he faced to overturn the state's 2020 election results from former President Donald Trump and others. The state's open, non-partisan primary system in which the top two finishers regardless of party advance to November's general election made them more difficult targets for Trump and his supporters. While lawmakers in the state can still try to pass restrictive abortion laws, courts in Kansas have recognized a right to abortion under the state constitution. "They believe we should be able to make our own health care decisions, and they will vote accordingly, even in the face of misleading campaigns." And in Missouri, the political comeback of a former governor was shut down. Gibbs, meanwhile, backed Trump's lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election. In return, he was censured by his party, called "unfit to serve" -- and now has lost his primary for a state Senate seat. Democrats saw a tight race between Maricopa County recorder Adrian Fontes and state Rep. Reginald Bolding. But the early results were largely mail-in ballots. Wade and end the federal protection of abortion access. , the conservative commentator endorsed by Trump in the final days of the race and backed by large factions of the Michigan Republican establishment, won the state's GOP primary to take on Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, CNN projected. Polls have long shown that voters overwhelmingly support protecting abortions rights.

Masters, who beat out a crowded field of primary contenders, will face Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in November in one of the most closely watched races.

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The Arizona GOP primary for senate, governor, and secretary of state on Tuesday are a major test of Trump's influence over the Republican Party. Republican ...

A "no" vote against the amendment upholds the right to an abortion in the state. Stevens has also been supported on the airwaves by pro-Israel PACs with ties to Republicans, a frequent complaint this Democratic primary cycle by more progressive candidates and organizations. Arizona's 2nd District Republican primary: The open GOP primary has a continuum of election deniers making their case for the seat: On one end, Ron Watkins, a Qanon conspiracy theorist and the developer behind 8kun, argued during arecent debatethat Congress should have decertified the results and must investigate the 2020 election. She signed onto a lawsuit to overturn Biden's 154,188 vote win in 2020 and called for a "forensic audit" of the election. Days away from the primary election, the Arizona GOP voted to formally censure the leader for his testimony, a culmination of the frustrations many far-right members have with Bowers' past refusals to support Trump-backed attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In 2020, Benson sent all registered voters an absentee ballot application, which prompted the criticism of Trump and Republicans. Planned Parenthood's Michigan chapter lost a case in the state's Court of Appeals on Monday morning over the ban. Whitmer, a prolific fundraiser in her first term, has already spent $9.7 million on ads attacking Republicans in the primary. One other candidate to watch in November is John Wood, who was the senior investigative counsel for the Jan. 6 committee. Schmitt and Hartzler have highlighted the domestic abuse allegations against Greitens, and called on him to drop out of the race. A late July poll by Emerson College and The Hill has Busch Valentine ahead of Kunce by four points. And Tuesday's results from Arizona could be a preview of the conservative brand that may take center stage in the 2024 presidential election.

Blake Masters won the Republican primary for Senate in the crucial swing state of Arizona, setting up a showdown with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the ...

Kelly was not in Arizona to watch the results come in. The venture capitalist was projected to defeat businessman Jim Lamon and state Attorney General Mark Brnovich. Democrats have a 50-50 majority and Republicans need a net gain of one seat to seize control.

Abortion was on the ballot in Kansas, while Trump's influence was put to the test in swing state Arizona.

In 2019, Kansas' state Supreme Court ruled that the right to an abortion is protected in the state constitution's bill of rights. In Washington, the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. In the race to take on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, CBS News projects Tudor Dixon will win the Republican nomination. Meanwhile, three of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are facing Trump-backed primary challengers. For his actions, the former president lashed out against him, calling the Speaker a " RINO coward." Arizona was one of the key battleground states that went for President Biden in 2020. CBS News projects Masters will win his race and advance to face Kelly. CBS News projects that David Farnsworth, Bowers' opponent, will defeat Bowers, with Farnsworth enjoying a sizeable lead as of Wednesday morning. In Arizona, Trump has rallied for his allies in the races for Senate, governor and secretary of state. Votes were cast Tuesday in five states, including some that were battlegrounds in 2020 — and will be again in 2024. Kansas voters voted to preserve abortion access Tuesday night, as abortion faced its first test at the ballot box since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. In Michigan, CBS News projects John Gibbs defeats incumbent Rep. Peter Meijer, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. Trump had backed Gibbs in the primary, and Gibbs will now face Democratic nominee Hillary Scholten in the general election.

Arizona is one of the most closely watched states in the nation, with competitive primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, attorney general and ...

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The 2022 Arizona primary election was Tuesday, but races were still undecided after early results came in. Follow our updates throughout the day.

Arizona primary election results Follow coverage of the 2022 primary election by Arizona Republic reporters throughout the day. Arizona primary election updates: Why 2020 still remains a factor in 2022

Results in the Arizona primary race for U.S. House of Representatives. The winner in each party with face off in the general election in November.

Democrat: Raul Grijalva wins, running unopposed. Republican: Debbie Lesko wins, running unopposed. Democrat: Javier Ramos wins, running unopposed. Democrat: Greg Stanton wins, running unopposed. Republican: Andy Biggs wins, running unopposed. Democrat: Ruben Gallego wins, running unopposed. Democrat: Tom O'Halleran wins, running unopposed. Republican: Jeff Zink wins, running unopposed. AP race call at 8:14 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2022. District 9 AP race call at 10:41 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2022. AP race call at 10:41 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2022.

All of the candidates endorsed by Trump have won or are in front in Arizona's statewide races, with U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters leading the way.

He organized a November hearing where Rudy Giuliani and other Trump alliesaired conspiracy theories about the electionand was part of the Jan. 6 insurrection. There, he described Trump's pressure to overturn Joe Biden's win in Arizona. Both Lake and Finchem claimed without evidence in recent weeks that there had been fraud in the primary. - Finchem is a leading proponent of the falsehood that the 2020 election was rigged. - The governor, secretary of state and attorney general must certify the results of all statewide elections. The intrigue: All four of the Trump-backed statewide Republicans campaigned on the falsehood that the 2020 election was rigged.

We'll be providing up-to-date information on candidates, their progress in respective races and results as they come in.

We’ll update unofficial results daily by 7:00 p.m. until all verified ballots are counted. Many voters have already cast their ballots, but plenty of people are still showing up tonight at the polls. FOX 10 has received several calls and emails on Election Day from viewers saying they had issues with the voting in Pinal County, in-person. They estimate 106,000 ballots were cast in person on Aug. 2. 10:12 p.m. 10:24 p.m. 10:28 p.m. 10:38 p.m. 10:40 p.m. Both the Republican National Committee and AZ Democracy Resource Center are now looking into the election problems voters faces in Pinal County. A briefing will take place at 1 p.m. at the courthouse in Florence. He will face Kris Mayes in the November general election. Trump-backed candidate Blake Masters will take on Democrat Mark Kelly in November. Kelly currently holds the Senate seat and the race is expected to be highly competitive.

Mark Finchem, a state representative and election conspiracy theorist who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the GOP nomination to ...

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