Updating Election Results 2014
As of Wednesday morning, here's where things stand in key and closely contested races:STATEWIDE OFFICES (1,517 of 1,566 precincts reporting in)Republican Doug Ducey has a lead of 144,000 votes over *CONTROL's Comrade Fred DuVal. Ducey has nearly 54 percent of the vote, to DuVal's 41 percent.In his acceptance speech, Ducey focused on the economy and fiscal issues: "If anyone needs to cut back, it will be government and not the hardworking taxpayers of this state." He wants to create opportunities for citizens.Ducey raised $10 million, and DuVal said he raised $4 million.DuVal said he campaigned on women's rights. But Planned Parenthood, one of his key supporters, places quotas on clinics to generate revenue off women's crisis pregnancies, placing profit before women's well-being. Post-abortive women suffer heightened risks of breast cancer, though Planned Parenthood and other leftists deny this scientific fact.Attorney General: Republican Mark Brnovich is leading CONTROL's Felicia Rotellini by 6+ percentage points.Secretary of State: Michele Reagan, a liberal Republican, leads CONTROL's Terry Goddard by 4+ percentage points.State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Diane Douglas (GOP) increased her lead to 2.3 percentage points over David Garcia (CONTROL). That's the tightest of the statewide races.CONGRESSIONAL RACES (With one exception, all precincts have reported in)In a Southern Arizona district, conservative Martha McSally is 26 votes ahead of incumbent Ron Barber (CONTROL). The same thing happened two years ago, when McSally led on election night, but in the days of vote counting then she eventually lost to Barber.145 of the 194 precincts are in for this District 2 race.Former legislator Andy Tobin did lose to CONTROL incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick, a notoriously poor lawmaker, 53-46 percent.STATE LEGISLATURE (89 of 89 precincts in)Conservative champion Sylvia Allen has forged ahead of Independent Thomas O'Halleran, by more than 1,600 votes. Allen has 51.48 percent of the votes, to her opponent's 48.32. If her lead holds up, Republicans will have a 17-13 majority in the Arizona State Senate. Republicans will command a 37-23 majority in the state House of Representatives.JUDGE NORRIS FIREDWe recommended that Superior Court (Maricopa County) Judge Benjamin Norris be defeated by voters. He became the first judge in Arizona to be voted out in 36 years.PROPOSITIONS (1,517 OF 1,566)The only prop still to be decided is 122, which has a slim lead of 51.3 percent to 48.7 percent. This is the proposition that will allow Arizona lawmakers to over-ride radical, unconstitutional federal laws. Though these laws are not as likely to succeed with the congressional Democrats' complete collapse in the mid-term elections.Prop 487 lost in the City of Phoenix -- allowing unfunded pensions and pension spiking to continue unabated. This places Phoenix on the same trajectory as bankrupt cities like Detroit. Socialist control of Phoenix will eventually come home to its natural, failing roost.NOT SO MYSTERIOUS "DARK MONEY"Page 1 of the Democrats' playbook is: accuse your opponents of what you, yourself, are doing. Then: act shocked that this activity is going on!In election night TV interviews in Phoenxi, Goddard, Rotellini and Congressman-elect Ruben Gallego focused on mysterious "dark money" and complained about negative ads. But the party of CONTROL sets the standard for negative, truth-defying advertising and campaigning, the politics of personal destruction and identity. No one is shocked at CONTROL hypocrisy. The darling of Planned Parenthood, Michele Reagan, agrees with the CONTROL candidates on "dark money." Goddard accused all the candidates "who are leading" of receiving "dark money." Yet Barack Obama is the all-time champion of receiving illegal campaign contributions, especially bundled money from illegal international sources and stimulus money for unions funneled back into his and other Democrats' campaign coffers. Goddard also called corporate contributions to candidates "unprecedented," leading to the questions: where has he been? And does he really think he is believable? Gallego complained about the Koch brothers supporting candidates seeking freedom for their constituents. CONTROL candidates have the low moral ground on the issue of campaign contributions; they just aren't willing to admit it.And incidentally, MSNBC -- television's home for socialism -- reports that Democrats are the champions of dark money. The Washington Post, a leader of the left stream media, reported on Democrats' love affair with dark money groups like the Democracy Alliance.*CONTROL is our moniker for socialists and other candidates whose political party seeks ultimate -- and unnecessary -- control of your life.
