Assessor Wolf coasts to win in GOP primary

Douglas Wolf, the Incumbent assessor in Pinal County, was reelected Tuesday in a race with challenger Mike Cruz./inMaricopa
Douglas Wolf didn’t take anything for granted in his bid for re-election as Pinal County assessor. So, his 28-point margin of victory over Mike Cruz on Primary Election Day was more a relief.
“Obviously, I was pleasantly surprised with the results,” he said. “And I won. I think voters looked at not only experience but my resume and the messaging and decided that I should stand for another term.”
Outside of supervisors’ races, the county assessor’s election was the only county race with primary competition. The other seats up for election – county attorney, sheriff, county superintendent, recorder and treasurer – are all occupied by Republicans who have no Democratic competition in the General Election, either.
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