Primary Election races too close to call
Primary Election races too close to call: CD1; Paradise Valley; Coolidge, Maricopa By: Phil Riske
State House Speaker Andy Tobin held a narrow lead over Eastern Arizona rancher Gary Kiehne Wednesday morning for the Republican nomination in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District primary election.
The race see-sawed between Tobin and Kiehne all Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. With all but one of the sprawling district’s 327 precincts counted, Tobin held a 480-vote lead. State Rep. Adam Kwasman was a distant third.
The winner will face Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick in the November general election.
More on the local level, Newszap reports the race for five seats on Paradise Valley Town Council from a field of eight candidates is too close to call, says Paradise Valley Town Clerk Duncan Miller.
“I do not know how many ballots remain to be counted,” he said in an Aug. 27 written response to e-mailed questions. “There was heavy turnout at the polling location at Town Hall which could change the outcome.”
Take a look at the vote breakdown:
For three seats: Paul Dembrow 26.5%; Maria Syms 23.73%; Jerald Bien-Willner 18.52%
For two seats: Mark Stanton 39.66%; David Sherf 32.79%
