Globe City Council

Unofficial results indicate that incumbent Mike Stapleton will retain his seat on the Globe City Council, garnering 40 more votes than challenger Desmond “Desi” Baker in the Nov. 6 election.

As of 6:33 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, Stapleton had received 204 votes, or 55.28 percent of the vote, while Baker had garnered 164 votes, or 44.44 percent of the total vote.

There was one write-in vote, constituting .27 percent of the vote, in the District 4 council election.

At the Nov. 7 Globe City Council meeting, City Manager Paul Jepson announced that the council would canvass the vote at the Tuesday, Nov. 20 meeting, with the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for the next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

As of press time, the Gila County Election Department reported that the total number of ballots cast in the Nov. 6 election were 20,821, out of 29,875 registered voters, for a 69.69 percent voter turnout.

The unofficial results, which the county election department began posting at 8 p.m. election day, reflect all 39 precincts counted. Tabulating provisional ballots resulted in updated numbers posted to the website over the next few days.

Globe Unified School District

With six candidates vying for two seats on the Globe Unified School District 1 board, voters were asked to select two candidates.

Incumbent Frankie Dalmolin was the top vote-getter, with 2,034 votes, or 36.28 percent, while newcomer Frank Grice was second, garnering 1,037 votes, or 18.50 percent of the vote.

Unsuccessful candidates were incumbent Roberta Hunter-Patten, who came in third, with 806 votes, or 14.38 percent; Lisa Brown-Quintero, with 753 votes, or 13.43 percent; Robert Howard with 549 votes, or 9.79 percent; and David Kell, with 407 votes, or 7.26 percent of the vote.

There were also 20 write-in votes, which accounted for .36 percent of the vote.

Justice of the Peace

In the race for Globe Regional Justice of the Peace, unofficial results indicate Democrat Jordan Reardon winning with 3,555 votes, or 46.82 percent; while Republican Mario Villegas garnered 3,194 votes, or 46.82 percent of the vote. There were also 73 write-in votes, constituting 1.07 percent of the vote.

Globe Regional Constable

Running unopposed in the election for Globe Regional Constable, Democrat Ruben Mancha had 5,538 votes, or 97.81 percent of the vote. There were also 124 write-in votes, which accounted for 1.05 percent of the vote.

Tri-City Regional Sanitary District

In the board election for Tri-City Regional Sanitary District, voters were asked to select three candidates.

Bill Tower was the highest vote-getter, with 692 votes, or 27.06 percent; followed closely by

John Chism with 682 votes, or 26.67 percent; and Stephen Palmer with 629 votes, or 24.60 percent of the vote.

The unsuccessful candidate was Robert J. Zache with 543 votes, or 21.24 percent of the vote.

There were also 11 write-in votes, constituting .43 percent of the vote.

State Senator, District 8

In the race for State Senator, District 8, Republican Frank Pratt appears to have won with 28,249 votes, or 56.5 percent of the vote. Democrat Sharon Girard was the unsuccessful candidate, garnering 21,714 votes, or 43.5 percent of the vote.

In Gila County, Pratt had received 3,049 votes while Girard received 2,498; and in Pinal County, Pratt garnered 25,500 votes to Girard’s 19,216 votes.

State House District 8

In the State House District 8 race, voters were asked to select two candidates.

Top vote-getters were Republican David Cook, with 25,890 votes, or 29.39 percent; followed by Republican Thomas “T.J.” Shope, who garnered 25,862 votes, or 29.15 percent of the vote.

It appears the unsuccessful candidates were Democrat Carmen Casillas, who received 18,890 votes, or 21.45 percent, and Democrat Linda C. Gross who garnered 17,623 votes, or 20 percent of the vote.

Gila County cast 3,057 votes for Cook; 2,531 for Shope; 2,276 for Casillas and 2,224 for Gross.

In Pinal County, Shope received 25,682 votes; Cook garnered 25,890 votes; Casillas received 16,624 votes and Gross garnered 15,399 votes, according to the Arizona Secretary of State’s election website, https://azsos.gov/elections, which was last updated at 7:49 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11.

As for other area races, in the board election for the Tonto Basin Fire District, voters were asked to select three candidates.

The top vote-getter was Justin Taylor, with 542 votes, or 22.87 percent; followed by Barbara “Bobbie” Warren with 454 votes, or 19.16 percent; then Debra Morris with 441 votes, or 18.61 percent of the vote.

The unsuccessful candidates appear to be John France with 321 votes, or 13.54 percent and Christopher Furrow with 309 votes, or 13.04 percent of the vote.

There were six write-in votes, constituting .25 percent of the vote.

In the board election for Young Elementary School District 5, voters were asked to select three candidates.

The top vote-getter was Curtis Cortez with 216 votes, or 28.57 percent; followed by Teresa Gardner-Williams with 150 votes, or 19.84 percent; and Jim Lahti with 126 votes, or 17.20 percent of the vote.

It appears that the unsuccessful candidate are Meghan Cline with117 votes, or 15.48 percent; Cynthia Conner with 95 votes, or 12.57 percent and Edward Rucker with 40 votes, or 5.29 percent of the vote.

There were also eight write-in votes, which accounts for 1.06 percent of the vote.

On her website, Arizona Secretary of State Michelle Michele Reagan explained why it takes so long to count ballots.

Hundreds of thousands of early ballots are dropped off at the polls on election day — about 320,000 statewide during last Tuesday’s election, she said.

“The counties are currently working to verify the signatures on each and every one of those early ballots before they can be tabulated,” Reagan said.

County election officials verify the signature on each ballot, which Reagan described as “no small task,” then make sure that a voter didn’t both cast an early ballot and vote in person at a polling location.

“All of these processes take a little bit of time and is done to ensure that voters can trust the outcome of their elections,” Reagan said.