2022 General Election results

Voters enter the Yavapai County Administration Building in Cottonwood to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. Daulton Venglar/Larson Newspapers

General Election results from Yavapai County, Coconino County and the state of Arizona, as of 9:42 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11. These numbers are being updated as the counties and state update them. Some 400,000 votes are still outstanding and need to be counted.

Yavapai County
Precincts Reporting: 100%
Registered Voters: 166,052
Ballots Cast: 102,719
Voter Turnout: 61.82%

Coconino County
Precincts Reporting: 100%
Registered Voters: 90,829
Ballots Cast: 43,792
Voter Turnout: 48.17%

State of Arizona
Precincts Reporting: 100%
Registered Voters: 4,143,929 (down from 4,156,067 in August)
Ballots Cast: 2,062,991
Voter Turnout: 49.78%

Cottonwood City Council

In August, incumbent Councilwoman Debbie Wilden and Lisa DuVernay ran unopposed for three four-year seats. Stephen DeWillis, a write-in candidate, needed at least 129 votes to appear on the November ballot. He garnered 147 votes.

In the general election he earned 2,646 votes in an uncontested election

Mingus Union High School District Governing Board

(top two vote-getters win two-year seats, third place wins a two-year seat)

Misty Cox, 6,518 votes 38.79%
Austin Babcock, 5,545 votes 33.00%
Carol Anne Teague, incumbent 4,742 votes 28.22%

Beaver Creek Elementary School District Governing Board

Three seats

Susi Edgington, 890 votes 30.80%
Carlos Ramos, 785 votes 27.16%
Raymond Michalowski, 609 votes 21.07%
Lincoln Thomasson, 606 votes 20.97%

Town of Camp Verde & UNS Gas contract

Shall a franchise be granted to UNS Gas Inc. an Arizona corporation, its successors, lessees and assigns, certain powers, licenses, rights of way, privileges and franchise to construct, operate and maintain in the Town of Camp Verde a transmission and distribution system of gas mains, pipelines and related appurtenances for the transporting, sale and distribution of gas into, out of and through the town in accordance with Ordinance 2022-A466 submitted by the Town Council of the Town of Camp Verde, Arizona to the qualified electors of said town.

✔ PASSES

Yes 62.97% 2,054 Votes
No 37.03% 1,208 Votes

Copper Canyon Fire & Medical District Governing Board

Three seats

Joshua Maxwell, 2,250 votes 30.97%
Danna Quinn, 1,955 votes 26.91%
Jenny Sabato, 1,580 votes 21.75%
Peter Asencio, 1,479 votes 20.36%

Sedona Mayor

Two candidates are running for the mayor of Sedona, a two-year seat. These results are unofficial and may change as votes continue to be tabulated in both counties.

There are just over 17,000 ballots outstanding in Yavapai and Coconino counties, including in the Verde Valley.

Vice Mayor Scott Jablow
780 Coconino
2,221 Yavapai*
3,001 total
57.76%

Samaire Armstrong
577 Coconino
1,618 Yavapai*
2,195 total
42.24%

* Only mail-in early ballots were in Yavapai County as of 2:21 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9:

Red Rock Road Enhancement Maintenance District

A Yavapai County special taxing district in the Village of Oak Creek, two open seats

Karen McClelland, 1,732 votes 44.22%
Melina Fuhrmann, 1,239 votes 31.63%
Stephen Smith, 946 votes, 24.15%

Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board

Top two vote-getters will serve four-year term, third place to serve a two-year term (filling former board member Maria Husted vacant seat)
Karen McClelland, incumbent, 3,686 votes Yavapai, 666 votes Coconino
Lauren Robinson, incumbent, 2,243 votes Yavapai, 424 votes Coconino
April Payne, 1,910 votes Yavapai, 3423 votes Coconino

United States Senate

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kelley, Democrat
51.7%
1,059,387 Votes (Leading by 115,037)

Blake Masters, Republican
46.1%
944,350 Votes

Marc J. Victor, Libertarian. Victor withdrew from the race on Nov. 1 and endorsed Masters, but early ballots had already been sent out on Oct. 12 and hundreds of thousands had been cast
2.13%
43,542

United States House of Representatives, District 2

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, Democrat
46.0% 127,995 Votes

Eli Crane, Republican
54.0% 150,370 (Leading by 22,375) Votes

U.S. Tom O’Halleran [D-District 2], a Village of Creek resident who district includes Sedona and the Verde Valley, conceded to Republican challenger Eli Crane on Friday Nov. 11.

O’Halleran is currently down by 22,375 votes, 150,370 to 127,995 votes, 46.0% to 54.0%.

Crane stated in a press releases that “he spoke with outgoing U.S. Tom O’Halleran, who graciously called to concede the race.”

In an official statement, Crane thanked his supporters, volunteers, and most importantly, his family for their support throughout the campaign.

Crane pledged to work for all the people of Arizona District 2, whether they voted for him or not.

“I first want to thank my family,” Crane said. “I could not have done this without my amazing wife Jen and my two daughters. I’m incredibly proud of the work my campaign put in since launching in July 2021. I am especially grateful to my supporters and volunteers across the district for delivering this victory.

“In Congress, I will never forget whom I serve or why the people sent me to represent them. I will always be your voice. The America First movement has once again sent a dear message tonight to the people of Arizona and the nation. Now begins the real work of getting this country we love back on the right track.”

“I want to thank the hardworking Arizonans that made calls, knocked doors, and engaged voters–especially the unparalleled staff on Team O’Halleran. I cannot begin to express my gratitude to this uniquely giving, intelligent, and truly dedicated group of people,” O’Halleran stated in his concession statement. “Whether they voted by mail or in person, Arizonans turned out and participated in our democracy this year. And an essential part of that democracy is a peaceful transfer of power, at every level of government.”

“There’s no denying that my team and I are incredibly disappointed in these results, but I thank the families of Arizona’s First District for giving me the opportunity to serve you these last six years,” O’Halleran said. “I thank my opponent for a well-fought and challenging race and wish him all the best in his service to Arizona’s Second District.”

Crane served in U.S. Navy for 13 years, went on five war time deployments, three of them to the Middle East with SEAL Team 3. Crane and his wife Jen own Bottle Breacher, a company based in Tucson, featured on “Shark Tank” that employs and gives back to veterans nationwide. He and his wife have two daughters.

O’Halleran served in the Chicago Police Department as a homicide detective from 1966 to 1975, then ran a futures trading business and served on the Chicago Board of Trade. After retiring to Arizona, he served three consecutive terms as a Republican in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007 and one term in the Arizona State Senate from 2007 to 2009. He left the Republican Party 2014 citing its policies on education, water, and child welfare and ran unsuccessfully for the Arizona State Senate as an independent. As a Democrat, he was elected to Arizona Congressional District 1 in 2016. O’Halleran and his wife, Pat, in the Village of Oak Creek area near Red Rock State Park. They have three children and four grandchildren.

Arizona Governor

Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State, Democrat
50.7%
1,031,816 Votes (Leading by 26,979)

Kari Lake, Republican
49.3%
1,004,837 Votes

Arizona Secretary of State

Adrian Fontes, former Maricopa County Recorder, Democrat
1,059,922
52.7%

Mark Finchem, Arizona State Representative from District 11, Republican
950,521
47.3%

Arizona Attorney General

Kris Mayes, Democrat
1,008,880
50.4%

Abraham “Abe” Hamadeh, Republican
992,338
49.6%

Arizona State Treasurer

Kimberly Yee, incumbent, Republican
55.4%
1,104,179 Votes (Leading by 215,543)
Martín Quezada, Democrat
44.6%
888,636 Votes

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

Kathy Hoffman, incumbent, Democrat
50.1%
1,000,498 Votes (Leading by 3,971)

Tom Horne, Republican, former Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2003 to 2011, then Arizona Attorney General from 2011 to 2015 before losing a primary to current Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich
49.9%
996,527 Votes

The Arizona State Senate

Arizona State Senate, District 1

Ken Bennett, former president of the Arizona State Senate and former Arizona Secretary of State, Republican
66,672
66.2%

Mike Fogel, Democrat
34,023
33.8%

The Arizona State Senate appears to hold at 16 Republicans, 14 Democrats

Arizona House of Representatives

Arizona State House of Representatives
District 1 (two seats)

Incumbent Rep. Quang Nguyen, Republican
60,710
32.57%

Selina Bliss, Republican
60,433
32.42%

Cathy Ransom, Democrat
33,775
18.12%

Neil Sinclair, Democrat
31,502
16.90%

The Arizona State House of Representatives appears to hold at 31 Republicans, 29 Democrats

Ballot Measures

Coconino County ballot proposition:

✍ Proposition 445: Asks for an extension of the Coconino County Jail District Sales Tax of 0.5% of a cent for 25 years, until Dec. 31, 2051.

➚ PASSING
Yes 57.76% 21,969 Votes
No 42.24% 16,063 Votes

Legislature-referred constitutional amendments:

✍ Proposition 128: Allows the legislature to amend or repeal voter-approved ballot measures that contain provisions ruled unconstitutional or invalid by the Arizona Supreme Court or U.S. Supreme Court.

✘ FAILS

Yes 36.35% 637,739 Votes
No 63.65% 1,116,913 Votes

✍ Proposition 129: Requires citizen-initiated ballot measures to embrace a single subject. It would align Arizona with most other states by requiring initiatives to be narrow rather than catchalls, but may make policy changes harder in cases where several initiatives would have to pass together to become law.

➚ PASSING
Yes 54.96% 968,841 Votes
No 45.04% 793,823 Votes

✍ Proposition 130: Allows the legislature to set certain property tax exemption amounts and qualifications rather than reserving the definition of exemptions to the state constitution, including for widows and widowers; those with total and permanent disabilities; disabled veterans; and property used for trade, business, or agriculture and consolidates the constitution’s property tax exemption provisions into a single article.

✔ PASSES

Yes 63.46% 1,095,105 Votes
No 36.54% 630,571 Votes

✍ Proposition 131: Creates the office of Lieutenant Governor, to be elected on a joint ticket with the governor and to succeed the governor in the case of a vacancy; 47 states have lieutenant governors. Currently, the secretary of state becomes governor in the event of a vacancy. Three of Arizona’s last six governors have been promoted secretaries of state, two of whom represented parties different from that of the governor they replaced.

➚ PASSING
Yes 55.21% 967,186 Votes
No 44.79% 784,601 Votes

✍ Proposition 132: Requires a three-fifths, or 60%, supermajority vote to pass ballot initiatives, both statutes and constitutional amendments, and all legislature-referred amendments that would approve taxes.

➚ PASSING
Yes 50.90% 902,153 Votes
No 49.10% 870,303 Votes

Citizen-initiated state statutes:

✍ Proposition 209: Sets a limit on interest rates for debt accrued from receiving healthcare services equal to either the weekly average one-year constant maturity treasury yield or 3%, and increases the amount of value for certain property and earnings exempt from attachment, execution, forced sale, and any other debt collection processes.

✔ PASSES

Yes 72.00% 1,295,757 Votes
No 28.00% 503,847 Votes

✍ Proposition 211: Requires independent expenditures of more than $50,000 on a statewide campaign or $25,000 on a local campaign to disclose the names of all original sources who contributed $5,000 or more.

✔ PASSES

Yes 72.51% 1,291,978 Votes
No 27.49% 489,857 Votes

Legislature-referred state statutes:

✍ Proposition 308: Repeals provisions of 2006’s Prop 300 and allows Arizona students, regardless of immigration status, to be eligible for financial aid and in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges if they graduated from and attended a public or private high school, or home school equivalent, for two years in Arizona.

➚ PASSING
Yes 50.84% 919,839 Votes
No 49.16% 889,424 Votes

✍ Proposition 309: Requiring the affidavit accompanying an early ballot and return envelope to be capable of being concealed when returned; requiring a voter to write their birth date, a state-issued identification number or the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number, and signature on an early ballot affidavit; requiring certain photo identification issued by the state of Arizona, or a tribal government or the United States government, to receive a ballot at an in-person voting location; removies the ability to receive a ballot at an in-person voting location without photo identification when showing two other identifying documents; and requiring the Arizona Department of Transportation to provide, without charge, a nonoperating identification license to individuals who request one for the purpose of voting.

➘ FAILING
Yes 49.31% 885,392 Votes
No 50.69% 910,216 Votes

✍ Proposition 310: Creates a 0.1% sales tax for 20 years to fund Arizona’s fire districts, from Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2042. Proposition 310 provides a formula for distributing funds each month: first, in proportion to each district’s total property value, but not more than 3% of the total distribution; second, for those districts that received less than 3% in the first distribution, the first step would repeat; and third, any remaining revenue would be distributed equally between the districts. This affects the Sedona Fire District, Verde Valley Fire District and Copper Canyon Fire & Medical District in Camp Verde.

➘ FAILING
Yes 48.20% 850,302 Votes
No 51.80% 913,726 Votes

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rocks News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been featured in Editor & Publisher magazine. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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