AZ Votes
Election Night Results Special 2026
Season 2026 Episode 29 | 57m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Statewide propositions and high profile seats mean this election will define the future of Arizona.
The midterm elections are here, and with statewide propositions on the ballot and high profile seats up for grabs, this election will define the future of our state and Arizona politics. Join Ted Simons, host and managing editor of "Arizona Horizon," and a panel of experts live at 10 p.m. on election night where we'll breakdown how this election will affect you and your family.
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AZ Votes
Election Night Results Special 2026
Season 2026 Episode 29 | 57m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The midterm elections are here, and with statewide propositions on the ballot and high profile seats up for grabs, this election will define the future of our state and Arizona politics. Join Ted Simons, host and managing editor of "Arizona Horizon," and a panel of experts live at 10 p.m. on election night where we'll breakdown how this election will affect you and your family.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO AZ VOTES SPECIAL E ELECTION COVERAGE.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE RESULTS ROLL IN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RACES AND RESULTS TO GET THROUGH.
JOINING US IS TONY FOUNDER OF SLINGSHOT CAMPAIGN.
TED PRESIDENT OF HIGH GROUND.
RORY FOUNDING PARTNER AND GINA FORMER CHAIR OF THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY.
PANEL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I WANT TO GET TO INDIVIDUAL RACES.
GINA, WE WILL START WITH YOU.
AROUND THE COUNTRY A BLUE VOLCANO.
IT'S NO LONGER A TSUNAMI.
>> THE SMOKING METEOR OF DEATH.
>> WE ARE SEEING THAT IN ARIZONA.
>> WE ARE.
IT'S A MULTIGENERATIONAL WIPEOUT NATIONWIDE FOR THE PARTY.
IN ARIZONA IT'S A WIPEOUT FROM THE TOP TO BOTTOM.
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHO THEY HAVE NOMINATED, WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH VOTERS AND SEE IF WE CAN RECOVER.
>> CHECK WHEN WE GET TO THE NUMBERS.
THE EARLY HERBAL LOTS HAVE COME OUT.
SOME OF THE RACES ARE PRETTY TOP HEAVY, DOES THIS SURPRISE YOU?
>> WE DID SOME POLLING AND SHOWED THESE TYPES OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
OUR POLLSTER NAILED IT AND IT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
PAUL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION DAY VOTES TODAY.
VOTES COMING IN.
AND YOU KNOW, WE POLLED AN 8 POINT REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE IN THE CYCLE.
SO 8% MORE REPUBLICANS THAN DEMOCRATS.
BUT AS OF TODAY, IT WAS ONE AND THEN WE THOUGHT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY BEFORE EVERYTHING WE KNEW THAT WAS OUT THERE.
WE KNEW THROUGH 6:00 IT WAS STILL JUST LIKE A 2 POINT REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO SHIFT THAT MUCH.
>> IT'S THE ENTHUSIASM GAP.
>> REPUBLICAN VOTERS NOT WANTING TO SUPPORT THE TICKET.
NOT WANTING TO SUPPORT THE TURNING POINT TICKET THAT WAS NOMINATED OUT HERE.
AND THE DISCONNECT, FOR ANYBODY TO WIN YOU HAVE TO WIN MARICOPA COUNTY.
62% OF THE ELECTORATES ARE HERE.
YOU HAVE TO WHEN TEMPE, GLENDALE, SCOTTSDALE.
IT'S A WIDE GROUP OF VOTERS THAT REPRESENT THE MARICOPA COUNTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BEEN ABLE TO NOMINATE PEOPLE THAT REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE AREA.
>> WHEN WE GET TO THE AREA SOME OF THE RACES ARE NOT CLOSE.
IT'S EARLY.
DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE MARGINS CLOSING.
DEMOCRATS ARE WINNING EVERYTHING FROM STATE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE LEGISLATURE RACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
SHOULD WE SEE THIS SHALLOW OUT?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT WILL A BIT.
SOME OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES LIKE THE HAMADA RACE HE MIGHT BE BEHIND.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THAT A LOT OF THE INDEPENDENTS THAT ARE REPUBLICANS -- LET ME SAY ONE THING.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENCE THERE ARE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE INDEPENDENCE.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATS THAT ARE INDEPENDENCE AND SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENCE I DON'T THINK THEY SHOWED UP.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING WHEN WE COME TO THAT INDEPENDENT NUMBER BEING LOWER.
PERHAPS IT'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE THAT STAYED HOME PLUS INDEPENDENCE WEREN'T DOMINANT.
>> OUR NUMBERS HAD IT 3-3-1 OF INDEPENDENCE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TICKET.
AS OF 6:00 IT WAS MORE INDEPENDENTS THAN DEMOCRATS.
THEY WERE SHOWING UP LATE IN THAT PERCENTAGE.
WE HAD THEM IN OUR INITIAL SURVEY AT 28% OF THE ELECTORATE.
GOING INTO TODAY IT WAS 24.
IT WAS CREEPING UP A BIT.
MAYBE 26 BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
THEY WERE DISAVOWING THE REPUBLICANS BY LARGE MARGINS.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE HAVE SEEN HIM ALL OVER THE PLACE EMPHASIZING PRETEND I'M ON THE BALLOT.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE GOT HIS WISH.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY SAID THIS IS HOW WE WILL VOTE.
WE HAVEN'T SAID HIS NAME UNTIL NOW.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE'S HISTORICALLY UNPOPULAR.
I SAID THIS TO FRIENDS, AND FAMILY, AND CLIENTS ABOUT HOW UNPOPULAR HE IS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE ARE TALKING THE MOST UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY.
IT'S CLEAR WHAT WE SAW IS A COMPLETE REPTATION OF HIM NATIONALLY.
DEMOCRATS MIGHT GET TO 54, 55 SENATE SEATS WHICH IS UNTHINKABLE A MONTH AGO.
250 HOUSE SEATS, MAYBE, AND ALL OF THE STATEWIDE GO TO THE Ds.
>> LET'S LOOK AT STATEWIDE.
KATY HOBBS AND ANDY BIGGS.
WE HAVE HOBBS WITH 58 AND BIGGS WITH 40.
WHEN CHUCK HAD HIS FIRST POLL.
HE HAD 17% LEAD.
WE THOUGHT, CHUCK, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
YOU ARE WRONG, IT'S AN 18 POINT LEAD.
WHAT'S GOING ON GINA?
>> I AGREE WITH THE HIGH GROUND POLL.
THIS WAS A KING TIDE AS THEY WOULD SAY IN THE SOUTH.
AGAIN, WE CONTINUOUSLY PUTTING UP CANDIDATES TO TONY AND CHECK'S POINT.
YOU DON'T NATIONALIZE AN ELECTION WHEN THE PERSON IN POWER IS UNPOPULAR.
YOU DON'T NOMINATE PEOPLE IN A STATE THAT TOLD YOU MULTIPLE TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF PERSON.
THEY DON'T APPEAL TO US.
WE ARE NOT COMING.
WE HA A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE STAY HOME.
THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE THIS UP.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST REJECTION I HAVE SEEN.
>> WHAT COULD -- HE WON THE PRIMARY, CHUCK GOING AWAY AGAINST A SITTING CONGRESSMAN.
HE'S A SITTING CONGRESSMAN TOO.
I GET IT.
>> LET'S THINK ABOUT WHO VOTES IN A GENERAL AND HO WHO VOTES IN A PRIMARY.
20% VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
16% OF DEMOCRAT VOTERS.
THEY ARE YOUR HIGHLY ACTIVE VOTES.
INDEPENDENCE DON'T VOTE IN PRIMARIES.
IN GENERAL ELECTION YOU ARE EXPOSED TO EVERYBODY.
AND AS GINA JUST GOT DONE SAYING AND WE HAVE BEEN POINTING TO THE TICKET THAT WAS NOMINATED BY THAT VERY NARROW CONSTITUENCY, I MEAN, OKAY.
SHE WAS THE GOP PARTY CHAIRMAN, WITH ELECTION EXPERIENCE RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE AND LOST TO AN ELECTION DENIALIST.
I MEAN, WE KNEW THAT NIGHT THE RACE WAS OVER.
>> BY 18 POINTS.
SO THE LAST LOSING MARGIN I SAW WAS IN MY OWN PRIMARY.
THIS IS THE DICHOTOMY AT PLAY FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE.
>> THERE IS A PIECE OF THIS TOO.
I UNDERSTAND THEY WON THE PRIMARY.
YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD MODERATE YOURSELF A BIT TO MAKE YOURSELF MORE APPEALING TO THE STATEWIDE ELECTORATE.
BIGGS DIDN'T DO THAT.
KAMANI DIDN'T DO THAT.
>> CAN YOU DO THAT WITH DONALD TRUMP'S SHADOW OVER YOU?
>> THE QUESTION IS WHO IS WILLING TO STAND UP TO THE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE SEEN OVER HISTORY, IN ARIZONA THAT GUYS LIKE US THAT GO GET DRINKS ARE LEGISLATURES THAT SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND GO ON TWITTER AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY GOT HIS BACK AND THAT CAN YOU UNDERSTAND OF STUFF.
WILL THIS MAKE SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE PRIVATE MISGIVINGS ACTUALLY STAND UP TO THEM.
I THINK HISTORY SAYS THEY WON'T.
HE'S GOING TO KEEP ENDORSING THEM IN THE NEXT PRIMARY.
>> I SAT HERE WHEN WE HAD THE CANDIDATE CONVERSATION I SAID THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS DRAFTED IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
I GOT DESTROYED BY PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY ARE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES IN THE PRIMARY.
IF PEOPLE ARE NOT PUSHING BACK ON BAD POLICY, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IF YOU LOOK AT WHO WON STATEWIDE OFFICES IN ARIZONA.
KATY HOBBS REPRESENTED A LIBERAL DISTRICT.
KRISTEN REPRESENTED A LIBERAL DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE TO APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS.
THERE IS A GAP AND THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN A PRIMARY BUT NOT A GENERAL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN AT A PARTY CONVENTION.
THEY DON'T WANT TO APPEAL TO INDEPENDENCE.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE SECRETARY OF STATE RACE YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH PART-TIME.
LET'S LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
THE FIRST BATCH FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
ALEXANDER KOLODIN WHO WAS AN ELECTION DENIER.
>> AGAIN, PRETTY SIMILAR.
>> THESE ARE THE SAME NUMBERS AND SAME KIND OF THING.
WHERE YOU'LL WHEN YOU SAY THE SKY IS ORANGIST, CHARTREUSE, AND GREEN.
>> THEY REFUSED TO SAY BIDEN WON THE STATE.
WE WILL SEE DOUBLE DIGIT VICTORIES.
WILL THERE BE LESSON LEARNED.
HE WILL STICK AROUND AND CONTINUE TO BE IN THE PRIMARY.
DEMOCRATIC TRIFECTA.
WE LOST EVERY STATEWIDE SEAT.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
>> WE HAVE A STRATEGY AND ENTHUSIASM GAP.
A LOT OF GAPS HERE.
>> A GAP BIG ENOUGH FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO RUN A TRUCK THROUGH IT AND RUN EVERYBODY OVER.
IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE A RECKONING.
WE WILL START WITH MONEY AND THE FUNDRAISING SIDE OF THIS EQUATION.
THE ELON MUSK SPENDING 30 MILLION ON THIS ELECTION CYCLE AND -- 3,800,000,000.
I DON'T REMEMBER.
THAT KIND OF CASH IS INCENTIVIZING HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR, REALLY BAD BEHAVIOR.
AND SO, AT SOME POINT AND TIME, IT WILL HAPPEN SOON.
WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
THE PARTY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WHERE IT WILL GO.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE SOUL-SEARCHING MOMENT BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE ELECTORAL MAJORITIES.
THEY WILL BE BACKSTOP IN WASHINGTON BY THE PRESIDENT.
HERE IN ARIZONA, THE GOVERNOR WILL BE PRESENTED WITH DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED LEGISLATURES.
THE AGENDA ISSUE WILL BE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO?
WILL YOU RUN THE TABLE AND FULFILL THE REPUBLICAN -- ARE YOU GOING TO RUN THE TABLE ON SOCIALISM IN ARIZONA.
I DON'T THINK SHE WILL DO THAT BUT THAT'S A QUESTION.
SHE'S GOVERNED IN A PRAGMATIC FORM UNTIL NOW BY INSISTING ON SIGNING BIPARTISAN BILLS.
IS THAT SOMETHING SHE CONTINUES TO DO.
>> WILL DEMOCRATS LOOK AT THIS AS A MANDATE OR LOOK AT THIS AS AN ELECTION IN WHICH EVERYONE AND THEIR BROTHER SAID THEY ARE TIRED OF TRUMP.
>> POLITICIANS WILL LOOK AT IT AS A MANDATE.
THERE IS REFLECTION ON THE FACT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLLING NUMBERS AMONG DEMOCRATS OF DEMOCRATS THERE IS A DEFICIT.
WE ARE STILL NOT DOING GREAT.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR US DELIVER.
AND YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT.
WE WILL HAVE DELIVER AT THE STATE LEVEL OR WE WILL SEE A SWING BACK IN TWO YEARS AFTERWARDS.
>> LET'S GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERALS RACE HERE CHRIS MAYES AND WARREN PETERSON.
AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING THE SAME KIND OF THING.
WE ARE IN THE SAME BALLPARK FOR ALL RACES.
>> AGAIN, THERE IS AN ELECTABILITY GAP.
THERE IS A CREDIBILITY GAP.
OUR LEGISLATURE AND MANY OF OUR PEOPLE WHO RAN HERE WERE IN OUR LEGISLATURE AS REPUBLICANS, RIGHT.
SO SENATE PRESIDENT WARREN PETERSON.
REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDER.
WHEN YOU HAVE A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN OFFICE AND SHE HAS VETOED 200 BILLS.
WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO AT THAT POINT IS MODERATE, COME TO THE MIDDLE, AGREE ON POLICY SHE WILL SIGN AND GET THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE CONTINUE TO SIGN THINGS WE KNOW SHE'S NOT GOING TO SIGN AND TRY TO RUN ON THE STATEMENTS AND CALL HER AN OBSTRUCTIONIST.
THE PEOPLE SAID, INCLUDING SENATE PRESIDENT PETERSON, IF YOU WON'T WORK TOGETHER, WE WILL THROW YOU OUT, GIVE THE GOVERNOR THE MAJORITY AND NOW TO TONY'S POINT THEY HAVE TO LEAD.
THIS IS THE SAME MESSAGE IN EVERY RACE IN MY OPINION.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME WISDOM AMONG THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT THE ATTORNEY GENERALS RACE WOULD BE THE TIGHTEST OF THE THREE.
THEY ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.
>> WE HAD THE ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION.
FOR THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR CANDIDATE.
HE WAS CAMPAIGNING.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
>> PEOPLE ARE AWARE THE WEALTHIEST ARE TRYING TO BUY AN ELECTION AND AN UNEVEN PLAYING GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO OPPORTUNITY.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THE OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN WHAT MAYES THINKS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES IT MATTERS.
SHE BEEFED UP THE CONSUMER PROTECTION PART OF HER OFFICE.
SHE WENT AFTER PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOLKS.
THAT STUFF MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
>> SHE ALSO SUED THE PRESIDENT.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
SHE WAS THE LEAD.
>> THERE WAS AN IDEA THAT SHE WAS TOO PROGRESSIVE AND PEOPLE LIKED IT.
>> IF I CAN SAY ONE THING.
THERE WAS $200 MILLION SPENT ON ADDS ABOUT CULTURAL ISSUES ABOUT GIRLS IN BOYS SPORTS.
IT'S FLOPPED.
IT FLOPPED.
THIS IS A RACE WHERE THAT WAS THE AD HE RAN AGAINST HER AND IT FLOPPED.
WE TALKED AFTER THE LAST ELECTION BECAUSE OF THE CLEVERLY WORDED AD HE RAN.
NO, IT DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
>> THE BALLOT MEASURE IS PASSING.
WHEN PEOPLE CHOSE CANDIDATES.
IT'S THE HIERARCHY OF VOTING NEEDS.
I YOU KNOW INFLATION IS KILLING ME.
THERE ARE NO JOBS.
STUDENT LOANS ARE CRUSHING PEOPLE, NO ONE CAN BUY A HOUSE AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING TWO, FOUR YEARS AGO WAS THE THING WHEN WE HAD A GOOD ECONOMY AND COULD AFFORD TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> USUALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS WHEN THERE IS A TREASURERS RACE WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN ON TOP AND THE DEMOCRAT IS NICE TRY, GOOD JOB, BETTER LUCK.
>> YOU ALWAYS VOTE FOR THE TREASURER.
THAT'S THE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
>> THE RESULTS, NICK MANSOUR IS AT 55.8.
ELIJAH NORTON AT 44.2.
MAYBE A TOUCH CLOSER THAN THE OTHER BUT JUST A TOUCH.
>> YEAH, AGAIN MR.
NORTON TURNING POINT CANDIDATE SUPPORTED CANDIDATE.
MR.
MANSOUR A BUSINESSMAN.
SO THEY, THAT'S THE CONVICTION OF WISDOM.
I CAME BACK IN THE OFFICE.
I TOLD MY COLLEAGUE I THINK MANSOUR CAN WIN THE RACE.
THEY SAID NO, THEY CAN'T HAPPEN.
THEY COME BACK TO THE REPUBLICAN FOR THE TREASURERS RACE.
I SENSED THERE COULD HAPPEN IN THIS CYCLE BECAUSE MR.
NORTON WAS A PROVOCATEUR OF THE TURNING POINT FRIENDS.
I THINK THEY CAUGHT ONTO THAT AND WE'LL HAVE A DEMOCRATIC TREASURER.
WE WILL SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
>> ELIJAH SEVERED THE PARTY AS THE TREASURER AND DID A LOT FOR THE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES, HE CARED.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
>> HE ALSO SPENT MORE MONEY THAN ANY REPUBLICAN IN THE STATE.
HE WAS FUNDING HIS OWN STUFF.
>> YES, HE CARED, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO IN MY NONFINANCIAL WAY GAVE UP TWO YEARS OF A PAID JOB TO VOLUNTEER TO RUN THAT PARTY FOR FREE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GIVE TO THE PARTY AND GET THIS RESULT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATELY.
>> I WANT TO GO TO SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TWO.
THIS HAS RELATIVELY A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS WITH RUIZ AT 55% AND KIMBERLY YEE AT 45%.
WHEN WE SEE THIS IS THIS THE RACE THAT COULD TURNOVER NIGHT, TOMORROW, COULD SOME OF THESE LATE VOTES COME IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ROY?
>> PROBABLY NOT.
IT'S A 10 POINT DIFFERENCE.
IT WILL GET CLOSER.
IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF VOTES BEING OUTSTANDING AND BEING SHARPLY REPUBLICAN.
I'M NOT SURE THERE IS ENOUGH LEFT FOR MS.
YEE.
WHEN WE GET TO LOWER TICKET STATEWIDE.
IT'S INTERESTING LIKE YOU MENTIONED, DEMOCRATS WIN THE TOP NUMBER TWO AND THREE.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN LOWER PEOPLE'S PARTY REGISTRATION TENDENCIES COME THROUGH.
IF I HAD TO GUESS AND WE WILL KNOW ABOUT THIS IN THE DAYS TO COME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAD AT THE PRESIDENT AND EVERYTHING GOING ON.
THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE YOU GET REPUBLICANS THAT DIDN'T COME OUT TO VOTE.
LACK OF ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THE PRESIDENT PROMISED SO THEY DIDN'T VOTE.
THE LACK OF REPUBLICAN VOTE IS HURTING SOME OF THE DOWN BALLOTS.
>> YEE WAS THE TOP VOTE GETTER IN THE LAST CYCLE.
SHE WAS THE STATE TREASURER AND ELECTED STATEWIDE TWICE.
A CREDIBLE CANDIDATE AND RAN A CAMPAIGN.
THIS IS IN THE DEEP FREEZE.
IT'S OVER.
>> SHE CHALLENGED HORN WITH TURNING POINT.
>> SHE WAS GIVING SPEECHES ABOUT LITTER BOXES IN SCHOOL.
SHE WENT FAR RIGHT.
THIS MIGHT BE AN UNPOPULAR THING TO SAY.
THE DEMOCRAT THAT WAS RUNNING DIDN'T RUN AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER.
>> AND SHE STAYED AWAY FROM THE TICKET.
>> SHE WAS KEPT AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE TICKET.
>> YOU WOULD KNOW.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE WITH THE TRUMP PEOPLE.
>> SHE WANTS TO GET CLOSE TO SOMETHING.
RUIZ IS ON HER WAY TO BECOMING THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.
DO WE HAVE CORPORATE COMMISSION?
WE HAVE A FEW SEATS THAT NEED TO BE OPEN.
IT LOOKS LIKE HOLY SMOKES.
IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, GINA, IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT THINGS ARE SWELL.
>> FOR THIS SPECIAL I THANK THE ARIZONA FREE ENTERPRISE CLUB.
THEY CAME IN AND DESTROYED OUR CANDIDATES STARTED CONTESTED PRIMARY.
STARTED A LAWSUIT TO KEEP DAVE FROM BEING THE NAVAJO COUNTY RECORDER.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THESE GUYS OUT BECAUSE OF COLE.
IT'S ENOUGH.
IT'S ENOUGH.
THESE WERE WINNABLE RACES AND LOST DUE TO THIRD PARTY ACTIVITIES.
>> BACK IN ANCIENT TIMES.
SO 2010, 16 YEARS AGO IRAN THE UNIFIED TICKET FOR GOVERNOR BREWER.
WE WON THAT SICKLE IN THE HIGHEST I ELECTED DEMOCRAT IN THE STATE AFTER THAT CYCLE WAS SANDRA KENNEDY WHO WASN'T ON THE BALLOT BUT A CORPORATION COMMISSIONER.
NOW, 16 YEARS LATER EVERYTHING IS SWITCHED AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN REVERSE.
>> IS IT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP?
>> YEAH.
CHARLIE COOK WROTE IN HIS NEWSLETTER TODAY.
I THINK I SEPTEMBER IT TO YOU.
HE'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
HE'S DONE SO MANY TERRIBLY BAD AND WRONG THINGS.
FROM CHASING REPUBLICANS OUT OF THE PARTY TO PICKING A FIGHT WITH A WAR.
I MEAN, FOR GOD SAKES.
MOST PEOPLE IN RURAL ARIZONA ARE USING DIESEL FUEL TO FUEL THEIR FARMS AND DO ALL OF THAT.
MOST RURAL VOTERS LIVE ON DIESEL FUEL.
GUESS WHO IS PAYING EIGHT DOLLARS PER GALLON FOR DIESEL FUEL.
>> THE TWO DEMOCRATS GET IN.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
>> DYSFUNCTION AT THE CORPORATION COMMISSION RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BE HANDLED IF THERE ARE A FEW DEMOCRATS TO BE A COUNTER WEIGHT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR RACE, SURE, IT'S TRUMP.
IT'S ALSO UTILITY PRICES.
LET'S NOT FORGET THEY WERE RUNNING AND DEFENDING APS AND SAYING YOU KNOW.
THE INCREASES ARE NEEDED AND THIS AND THAT.
I THINK YOU CAN BREAKTHROUGH IN A DOWN BALLET RACE BY THOSE ARE THE ONES TO HELP MY UTILITY BILL.
YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART.
>> THE INTERESTING THING IS THE DISCUSSION AT THE CORP COM ABOUT NATIONAL GAS.
THERE IS A CHALLENGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE TO THE USAGE OF NATURAL GAS BECAUSE IT'S A CARBON BASED PROJECT TO FUEL OUR ENERGY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEET PEAK DEMAND WITHOUT GAS.
>> I HAD A PIPELINE RUN TO MY HOUSE.
WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT WAS BUILT WE WERE TOLD THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT O NATURAL GAS.
I HAVE TO USE ELECTRIC FOR MY HOT WATER AND HEAT AND YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO SAVE THE PLANET MAYBE WE CAN USE THE NATURAL GAS.
THAT'S MY PLUG.
>> HOW DO YOU MANAGE UTILITY RATES WITHOUT GAS.
>> I ADD AN ADDITION, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RACES OR PEOPLE GETTING ELECTED AFFORDABILITY IS A REAL FACTOR.
DATA CENTERS, PEOPLE'S VIEW ON DATA CENTERS THE EXIT POLLING WE SAW SHOWED THEY HATE DATA CENTER.
TO THE EXTENT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THIS WITH THAT.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE IN A DEMOCRATIC TRIFECTA.
>> I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE LEGISLATURE.
WE WILL GET THERE NOW.
THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG.
THE GOVERNOR WILL WIN AND THE DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
>> I'M UNWILLING TO ADMITTED UNTIL.
>> THE TRIFECTA.
>> LET ME HELP YOU.
>> IT IS WE HAVE DECADES AND ESPECIALLY IN RECENT HISTORY.
THE REPUBLICANS WERE SIMPLY UNWILLING TO HEAR BILLS THAT WERE COMING FROM DEMOCRATS THAT THEY AGREED WITH.
>> I KNOW.
>> THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO IT.
THAT TENSION IS GOING TO BE DOWN, BUT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME LEGISLATURES.
>> HOW WILL THE DEMOCRATS RESPOND?
>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WON'T WANT TO GIVE THE FOLKS WHO WON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM TO PUT THEIR BILLS FORWARD.
I ALSO THINK, IF WE ARE SMART AND SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE TO LINE-UP A FEW WINS QUICK.
>> DON'T DO PAY BACK.
>> FIRST THING IS LEADERSHIP VOTES FOR THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER.
THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC.
DEMOCRATS HAVE DIVISIONS.
ARE THOSE EXPOSED OR DO REPUBLICANS, YOU KNOW, INFLUENCE HOW THAT VOTE GOES DOWN.
WILL IT BE A CLOSED CAUCUS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO WILL BE THE NEXT LEADER.
>> I WOULD LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
IT'S A FINE LINE.
I WANT TO EXPERIENCE JOY AS A DEMOCRAT YOU DON'T DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO SAY WE WILL DO THIS WELL.
IT'S A FINE LINE, TO TONY'S POINT WE HAVE DELIVER.
PEOPLE ARE MAD.
THIS IS WHY WE SEE THE SEA SAW.
THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT EITHER PARTY DOES.
DEMOCRATS HAVE DELIVER.
THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE DO WE WANT TO HAVE IT FOR TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS, OR LONGER.
YOU CAN GO TOO FAR.
>> LET'S GET TO FEDERAL RACES HERE.
EVERY ONES EYES ON THIS ONE.
EXPECTED TO BE VERY CLOSE.
IT IS NOT.
SHAH HAS AN 11 POINT LEAD OVER JAY FEELY.
IS AT HOME NEXT TO HIS FOOTBALL TROPHIES SAYING I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN CD FIVE.
>> YES, MANY THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
I WAS IN THE RACE FIRST.
SO I AM PROBABLY NOT OBJECTIVE.
I LIVED THERE FOR 32 YEARS.
JAY IS A NICE GUY.
THE IDEA THAT THE VOTERS IN ARIZONA ONE WHO ARE THE MOST HIGHLY AFFLUENT OLDEST DEMOGRAPHICS THAT SPLIT THE TICKET WHO VOTED CINEMA, TRUMP FIVE OUT OF SIX TIMES.
WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR FORGIVE ME A CARPET BAGGER SPORTS PERSON FROM GILBERT.
>> HE PLAYED GOLF.
>> I'M GLAD.
IT WASN'T FEASIBLE.
AGAIN, I'M TRYING NOT TO HARP ON IT BUT TURNING POINT PUT HIM IN THERE BUT PUTTING LAMB IN FIVE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT I HEARD HOFFMAN WANTS TO RUN FOR CONGRESS.
HE NEEDED SOMEONE TO GO IN FOR ONE TERM.
>> YOU ARE GETTING IT ALL.
>> GETTING IT ALL.
>> SO, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF EXTERNAL INTERVENTION AND RIDICULOUSNESS.
THEY WERE ON, YOU KNOW, THE SHOW WITH DANICA PATRICK.
FIRST THEY WERE RUNNING PATRICK THORNLIKE WAS -- THEN LAKE WAS GOING TO RUN.
>> WHEN HE MOVED TOE THE MORE MODERATE DISTRICT HE DIDN'T GO AGAINST TRUMP.
THERE ARE NO INSTANCES WHEN HE WAS ASKED WHERE HE DIFFERED FROM TRUMP OR AGREED WITH TRUMP OR CRITICIZED TRUMP AND HERE WE ARE.
>> I DON'T THINK DAVID MENTIONED THE WORD TRUMP WHILE IN OFFICE.
>> LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.
HE'S A GOOD CANDIDATE.
HE WON A PRIMARY WHERE HIS PARTY RAN AGAINST HIM.
HE WINS THE PRIMARY BECAUSE HE'S A CRAZY PERSON AND GREAT BEDSIDE MANNER.
HE WORKED HIS TAIL OFF.
WON THE PRIMARY.
WASN'T THE CANDIDATE AND NOW HE'S HERE AND HAS CREDIBILITY AS NOT ONE OF THEM.
>> A PERFECT PERSON.
>> AND FITS THE DISTRICT FAIRLY PERFECTLY.
>> IT'S A BUZZWORD CAMPAIGN TOO.
DSA SOCIALIST.
HE WAS NOT REALLY MAKING CREDIBLE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SHAW.
I THINK THAT, ESPECIALLY THIS CYCLE FELL FLAT.
WHEN I WAS A STAFFER AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
THE ONLY CANDIDATE THEY DOUBLED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SIGNATURES WAS DR.SHAW.
HE WAS THE HARDEST WORKING CANDIDATE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
>> YEAH, HARDEST WORKING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT PAID THROUGH.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO, LET'S KEEP IT MOVING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE OKAY, IT'S NECK AND NECK HERE.
THE FACT THAT IT'S NECK AND NECK HERE IS NOT SOMETHING I EXPECTED TO SAY ON THIS EVENING, HOWEVER ROY, WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE ELI CRANE LIKELY BE RE-ELECTED.
>> I DON'T KNOW WE CAN SAY THAT.
WHAT I WAS TOLD NAVAJO COUNTY HASN'T REPORTED.
SOME AREAS OF THE DISTRICT HAVE NOT REPORTED.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IS LEFT.
>> YEAH, IT WILL BE VERY TIGHT.
>> CHUCK WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
CRANE IS LOSING TO JONATHAN.
HE'S LOSING.
>> THAW SAW THIS.
THE REPUBLICANS SAW THIS AND BROUGHT A TRUCKLOAD OF MONEY TO THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST MONTH OF THE CAMPAIGN AND THEY EXERCISED THEIR BANK ACCOUNT TO THE MAX -- MAXIMUM POSSIBLE.
IT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE SOME.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PINAL COUNTY IN A MINUTE.
PART OF THE DISTRICT IS IN PINAL COUNTY.
THEY HAVE DONE WELL THERE.
YOU HAVE THE NAVAJO NATION STILL OUT.
APACHE COUNTY IS PRETTY REPUBLICAN.
AND THEN COCONION COUNTY, YOU KNOW, FLAGSTAFF IS A BIG CITY.
YOU COULD HAVE A BIG NUMBER OUT OF FLAGSTAFF.
>> I'LL KEEP THINGS MOVING A LITTLE BIT HERE.
CD THREE, YASMIN WITH A BIG WIN.
DISTRICT 4 WE HAVE GREG STANTON.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOUR IS NOT CLOSE AT ALL.
>> HE'S A GOOD CANDIDATE.
HE'S MY OLD BOSS.
HE WORKS REALLY HARD AND FACED THE PRIMARY.
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS IN TROUBLE AND HE WASN'T.
HE CAMPAIGNED AND SOMEONE WHO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A CANDIDATE WITH A FUTURE AND WE WILL SEE.
>> CD FIVE, GINA, WE WILL LET YOU HANDLE CD FIVE, THIS IS MARK LAMB.
IS HE IN TENNESSEE?
>> WOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY MIGHT BE AT THE PARTY IN CHANDLER.
THERE WAS A GATHERING OF SORTS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN VICTORY PARTIES.
I PUT ALL OF THE MONEY INTO GET OUT AND VOTE.
>> THAT'S WHY WE WON.
I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS A RED, RED DISTRICT.
I -- NOT TO BE INSULTING I THOUGHT WE COULD RUN A TOASTER WITHIN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO REPUBLICAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT MIGHT BE THE MYRAID OF STORIES OR LACK OF RECOGNIZE DEPUTIES.
MIGHT BE THE WAY IF YOU LOOK BY ZIP CODE AT WHERE THERE ARE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE THREE BY THREE REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE NOT VOTED.
THE ZIP CODES ARE IN THE MOST AFFLUENT AREAS OF GILBERT, QUEEN CREEK, AND MESA.
THAT'S BIG TERRITORY IN CD 5.
>> LET'S GO TO CD SIX.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE.
THE INCUMBENT IS DOWN BY 14 POINTS.
>> I WOULD HAVE TWO OBSERVATIONS HERE.
IT'S THE SAME EXAMPLE AND SITTING MEMBER.
MORE MODERATE AND NOT ALWAYS AGREEING WITH TRUMP.
ALSO, THIS IS TRUE WITH NEZ AND SHAW.
THIS IS GOOD CANDIDATE QUALITY.
THIS WAS A QUALITY CANDIDATE AND THIS MATTERS IN THE RACES.
>> I ECHO THAT.
ONE IS A DICEY REPUBLICAN AND HAD TO SERVE WITH THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND DIDN'T EXERCISE INDEPENDENT ANSWER AS THEY HAVE.
THEY NEEDED EVERY VOTE ON THE FLOOR.
HE DELIVERED FOR THEM OTHERWISE YOU ARE TOSSED OUT LIKE MANY OF THEM WERE.
BEST CANDIDATE MARINE DRILL INSTRUCTOR, SINGLE MOM, YOU KNOW, GREAT AMERICAN STORY.
NATIVE TO THE DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH NARRATIVE TO OVERCOME.
>> THERE WAS A GREAT PIECE IN THE ATLANTIC.
SANCHEZ WAS DOWN IN 6 IN THE VALLEY AND WENT TO CASA GRAND.
THOSE IN THE MORE AFFLUENT AREAS ARE NOT VOTING.
WE HAVE A DEPRESSED TURNOUT.
WE WILL SEE AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING.
THEY ARE FEELING REALLY PAIN AND CROSSING OVER AND VOTING FOR MENDOZA.
>> IT'S NOT A CONTENT IN CD 7.
IF WE LOOK AT THESE RESULTS.
HOMADAY, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE COULD LOSE IN CD 8.
HE'S LOSING THE RACE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
HE'S ONLY DOWN BY A FEW POINTS.
>> YES.
YES.
>> THE FACT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS SHOWS HOW INCREDIBLE HE'S BEEN.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS.
>> I'M FLABBERGASTED.
THIS IS ONE I COULD HAVE NEVER PUT-UP ON THE BOARD.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I MEAN, IT'S BOB STOMP WAS THE GUY AND OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
YOU KNOW, RAN.
SHE REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT ADMIRABLY.
>> AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN LD27 AND CD 8 DONE TO DEBBY ON THE FLOOR RESURRECTED THE ELECTORS BECAUSE SHE WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE AND THEY CALL HER A RHINO QUEEN AND COME FOR HER SEAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE SEEN ANY.
HE'S A CANDIDATE WITH PICTURES OF TRUMP TO EVERYBODY.
>> PROBABLY.
>> HE PROBABLY DID THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT IS HURTING THEM.
>> LET'S GET TO POSITIONS.
THIS IS THE AMENDMENT REGARDING TAXATION ON MILES TRAVEL.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS ONE, CHUCK.
WHATEVER IT IS.
IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT VOTE NO.
>> THEY DON'T WANT A TAX IF YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR GAS.
THERE IS NO WAY TO TAX AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING TO BE ON THE ROAD.
REPUBLICANS THOUGHT, HEY, LET'S MAKE SURE THEY NEVER HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING.
>> THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
I KNOW THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ARE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
MAKE THEM REPORT THEIR MILEAGE EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ONE WAY TO MAKE THEM PAY A KILOWATT TAX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
VOTERS SAW THROUGH IT.
THEY DRIVE GAS CARS AND PAY A GAS TAX.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AREN'T PAYING ANYTHING.
THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN TO THE CONSTITUTION.
NOT A GOOD THING.
PROPOSITION 142.
>> A SECOND BITE AT THE ACTION.
I DIDN'T GRASP WHY WE WERE DOING THAT AND MORE OF A MESSAGING THING TO TURNOUT THE VOTE.
WE HAVE A BAN IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THIS APPEARED TO GO TOO FAR.
>> TURNED OUT TO VOTE BUT FOR NO.
>> THIS ALSO POINTS TO THE PICTURE TO WHY THE REPUBLICANS GOT IN TROUBLE.
THEY SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS.
YEAH.
>> THEY RUN THE ADS WHERE THEY ARE LIKE 500 VETOES.
WEIGHT WE COULD HAVE HAD 500 MORE LAWS.
IT'S A CRAZY STRATEGY TO THINK YOU ARE AGAINST THAT NUMBER.
THEY WERE DOING STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> THE GOVERNMENT, THE PARTY AND SMALL GOVERNMENT.
>> I WANT TO CONTROL HIGHERING AT PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
TALKING APPOINTS THAT GET BIG GET INTO THEIR CAMPAIGN MATERIALS.
>> ARE YOU SAYING MEMES DON'T WIN ELECTIONS.
>> YES, TO SPARK PROPOSITIONS HERE IS PROPOSITION 144.
>> THEY PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.
>> THE QUESTION WAS IF YOU WANT TO VOTE EARLY YOU HAVE TO SHOW -- HOW DO YOU SHOW VOTER ID.
>> THEY NEVER SAID.
THE BACK -- I JUST SAID YOU CAN SHOW IDEA.
THE THEORY IS THEY WILL ADOPT THIS.
EARLY VOTING WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
>> PROPER READING WOULD SAY I'LL HAVE TO DROP MY ID.
A COPY INTO MY EARLY BALLOT THAT SPOILS MY PRIVACY AND BALLOT.
>> CAN ROY HELP US OUT.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE LUCKY THIS COULD NOT PASS.
I TOLD THEM MOTTO PUT THIS ON THE BALLET AND IT WOW HAVE CHANGED THE WAY ELECTIONS ARE FUN.
>> HOW ABOUT THE LEGAL STAND AG.
THINK WOULD HAVE PASS WITH ONE.
THERE WAS A FUNDED SPIRITED CAMPAIGN.
I THINK THOSE FOLKS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF MY GENERAL THEORY.
VOTERS ARE DISCERNING.
THEY GO THROUGH AND THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
>> THEY PUT BATE IN IT.
STOP NON-CITIZENSHIP VOTING.
>> PEOPLE ARE FEELING OUT A MAIL PAL LOATH -- BALLOT.
WE VOTED WITH OUR FEED.
>> PROP 316 THIS WAS REFERRED BY THE LEGISLATURE AS WELL.
THIS IS THE PRIVILEGE TAX.
THIS WAS NOT A NO.
IT LOOKS LIKE A YES.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES CITIES NEGOTIATED THAT.
>> YES.
>> THAT'S WHY I VOTED YES.
>> I VOTED YES FOR IT AS WELL.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE THE HYPE WE'D HAVE NO FIRE TRUCKS IF THEY DON'T TAX.
>> A LOT OF SMALL TOWNS HAVE A TAXED FOODS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO TAX.
>> IT'S A RELIABLE REVENUE SOURCE AND MOST BUDGETS ARE MORE THAN 50% POLICE AND FIRE.
THE ARGUMENT WAS, HEY, YOU TAKE THIS A WAY FROM US.
THEY GRANDFATHERED IN EVERYBODY WHO HAS A TAX TODAY.
YOU CAN KEEP THAT TAX BUT NOT RAISE IT.
IT WILL STAY THE WAY IT IS.
PREVENTED THE SMALL CITIES FROM GETTING HARMED BY VERY ADROIT LODGING BY MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES.
>> VOTERS LOOK AT THIS.
THAT'S A NICE AD.
DID THEY REALIZE ALL OF THAT OR SEE GROCERY TAX IN.
>> PROBABLY SAW GROCERY TAX.
I GO BACK TO THE SAME THING.
I THINK THEY ARE SMARTER THAN I HAD DEGREED -- AGREE WITH THAT ONE.
>> PROPOSITION 317.
>> IT'S LEADING.
WE DON'T HAVE THE GRAPHIC FOR IT.
>> THE STATE OF ARIZONA CAN DECLARE THE CARTELS TERRORIST.
IT'S LIKE ON THE OFFICE WHEN MICHAEL DECLARES BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS NOT WHAT A STATE DOES.
IT PASSES BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE CARTELS.
>> PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CARTELS.
>> NOW IT'S OFF THE TABLE.
>> THE IDEA WAS TO BRING OUT VOTE.
>> I THINK THIS WAS AGAIN TRYING TO GOVERNOR HOBBS.
>> THIS WAS A TV AD.
>> NOPE.
>> CHUCK PROPOSITION 318 STUDENT ATHLETES.
THAT DID PASS.
>> SHOCKING.
>> YEAH, GETS BACK TO THE CULTURE WAR ISSUE OF MEN IN WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOMS AND USING FACILITIES AND THESE TYPES OF THING.
>> BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BRING OUT THAT PARTICULAR VOTE WHERE WAS THAT VOTE IN.
>> EXACTLY, THE LAST TWO WINS ANTI-CARTELS AND BOYS AND GIRLS BRAT ROOM.
IT'S CULTURE WAR STUFF.
THE ASSUMPTION WAS LET'S GET THE VOTERS OUT.
I SAID WE COULD DO THAT IN 2024.
>> UNLESS YOU ARE SPENDING MONEY.
>> AND NOT WHEN THE ECONOMY IS IN THE TOILET.
BROWN DID AN ADS IN OHIO ON THIS.
THEY HAVE US VOTING ON A BILL.
>> VOTERS DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ANY MORE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A WINNER THERE.
OH, PROP 313.
THIS IS PHOTOGRAPH ENFORCEMENT AND BIG WIN.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN.
>> THEY DON'T WANT SOMETHING WHEN THEY DRIVE ON SEVENTH AND THEY GET A SPEEDING TICKET GOING THE SAME SPEED.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
>> I VOTED YES.
>> WE GOT A KNOW HERE.
>> PARADISE VALLEY IS A PLAN.
THEY HAVE PHOTO ENFORCEMENT THERE.
HIS DAUGHTER WAS KILLED IN A RED LIGHT CAMERA.
HE WAS SUPPORTIVE.
IF A CITY HAS IT TODAY IT WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE BALLET AGAIN.
>> WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN JUST BEEN FOR SPEEDING.
>> THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE AGAINST THE CAMERAS?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ANY TYPE OF PHOTO ENFORCEMENT.
>> THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN CUT THEM IN THE ACT AND WATCH ME BREAK A RADAR.
BOTTOM LINE, WITH THIS PASSING.
EVERY CITY WITH PHOTO ENFORCEMENTS WILL HAVE TO PUT IT BACK ON THE BALLOT.
>> YEAH.
>> MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE GOES.
>> POP 320.
GOES TO SPENDING ON BUS THRIVERS AND ALL POINTS BETWEEN.
IT WON'T PASS.
ARE YOU CAN GO TO THE THEORY.
YOU LOOK AT IT ON THE SURFACE.
THE MONEY SHOULD GO TO TEACHERS.
THE TEACHERS HAD RIFLE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT IT.
>> THEY DID A GOOD JOB TALKING ABOUT THIS.
POLLING EARLY ON SHOWED THEY WOULD PAST.
JIMMY IS VERY INVOLVED.
HE WAS DEBATING AND PUSHING.
WHEN YOU GET INFORMATION AS ROY SAYS THEY FIND THE BOX.
>> HE DID A GOOD JOB.
AIR-CONDITIONING IS NOT A CLASSROOM EXPAND.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COULDN'T MEET THE THRESHOLD.
NO.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM.
>> LOCAL CONTROL WE HAVE SOME LOCAL.
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
THE ONE RACE I HAVE NOT MENTIONED.
THE MOST INDICATIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EARLY RETURNS.
STATE MINE INSPECTOR.
>> NO.
>> WALTER LEST.
HE'S A REPUBLICAN AND BECAUSE HE'S NOT WINNING AGAINST BRYAN LOCK YARD.
>> WE HAD THE VACANCY.
THE GOVERNOR -- ALTHOUGH THE STATUTES DON'T FORCE.
WHEN THERE IS A VACANCY.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
THE QUALITY INDICATIONS ARE VERY HEAVY.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU LOST LES.
>> YOU LOST LES.
>> I GOT A CALL.
I WAS SO SURPRISED.
I'LL GIVE YOU 30 BUCKS A MONTH.
I WAS SO SURPRISED.
>> THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
>> RESOLUTE.
>> WE WILL HE BE JOEL.
>> WE HAVEN'T USED MINE AND GIVE UP THE LEGISLATURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO GRAND SCHEME OF THING 30,000 FEE RACES.
THE TOP SHELF ONES HERE.
WILL THEY FLIP?
WILL WE SEE I GUESS I GOT THAT WRONG.
>> THEY DON'T PROCESS.
>> IT'S A DOPE AT 10:00.
>> I'M NOT EITHER.
IT CAN GO OUT OF STYLE.
>> THE COUNTY RECORDER HAD TO PUT OUT A STATEMENT THERE IS A REASON TRUMP IS NOT ON THE BALLOT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
GOVERNOR HOBBS.
>> WE RECOGNIZE SHE'S BEEN HANDED THE BALL SHE WILL ELITE.
WATER.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT.
NOW COULD YOU PACKAGE THAT WITH AN AUGMENTATION AND SO THROUGH WRONG ON THE BALLOT.
THIS IS A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY.
DO YOU ELIMINATE VOUCHERS.
DO YOU TURN THE CLOCK BACK ON VOUCHERS.
ALL KINDS OF THING THAT PAISLEY.
LET'S NOT GO DOWN THAT PATH.
WE WILL SEE.
>> ARE DEMOCRATS, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF POWER.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A LEARNING.
>> I THINK THERE IS ALWAYS IS.
I'M LESS CONACCEPTOR THAN MY FRIEND CHUCK ON DOING STUFF THAT WOULD BE THE EXPORT.
PROPOSITION 1, 2, 3 IS AT THE TOP.
SCHOOL CHOSE THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED PRETTY WIDE REFORMS.
TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON THE FOREHEAD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.
>> IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT TOO.
THEY MIGHT 18 SENATE SEATS OUT OF THE 30s.
THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> MY POINT TO THAT, YES THAT IS A FROM THE CAUCUS.
>> LEADERSHIP, WHO DO YOU SEE AS LEADERSHIP?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND TALKING ABOUT IT.
HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN RUNNING.
YOU CREATED THE PACK FUNDED BY MANY OF THE BIAS THAT.
WE WILL SEE.
WHO KNOWS WHO WILL BE VOTING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE MAKEUP OF THE LEGISLATURE WILL BE.
>> I WAS WITH THE DEM PARTY AND I SAW SEVERAL MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS ME.
I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.
>> IT'S THE WATER.
>> THERE WILL BE AN INTERESTING -- A LITTLE SURPRISE.
>> INTERESTING OR KNIVES OUT.
>> I DON'T THINK SO AND I'D HATE TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE THEY WILL GO AFTER EACH OTHER AND BE MAD.
>> ALL RIGHT PANEL, OUR TIME IS UP.
THIS IS GREAT CONVERSATION.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> MAY I SAY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE YOUR LAST ELECTION NIGHT.
>> WHAT AN EPIC.
>> COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A BETTER ONE.
>> YOU ARE GOING OUT WITH A BANG.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GREAT CONVERSATION.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
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