August 30, 2011
Photo: AZPM
Reporters Christopher Conover and Andrea Kelly discuss the results of the city's primary election and the upcoming general election in November.
Democrat Jonathan Rothschild cruised to the November election picking up 97 percent of the vote, or 24,134 ballots. The Democrats had two write-in candidates, David Karr received 24 votes and Joseph Maher received 45.
The Republican Mayoral ticket featured only write-ins. Rick Grinnell moves onto the general election after receiving 5,773 votes. Political newcomer Daryl Peterson had 48 ballots cast with his name.
The Green Party also had a primary in the Mayoral race. Mary DeCamp won that race with 312 votes, which amounts to 70.27 percent. She beat long-time Green candidate Dave Croteau, who picked up 109 votes, or 24.55 percent of the vote.
In the Ward 1 Democratic primary, incumbent Regina Romero easily beat challenger Joe Flores. Romero picked up 3,990 votes to Flores’ 1,234 votes. Those totals translate to a 75.8 percent to 23.44 percent win for Romero. She now faces Green Party candidate Beryl Baker in the Ward 1 general election. Baker, who was a write-in, received 10 votes.
Turnout was 14.66 percent. The average turnout for a city primary election is about 12.5 percent.
Watch reporters Andrea Kelly and Christopher Conover discuss the election results on Arizona Illustrated :
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