PHOENIX — The most recent voter registration data released by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office Thursday shows the number of Republican voters in Graham County holding steady, while those remaining independent of any party label continues to increase.
Republicans make up the majority of Graham County’s voters, at 11,090 as of Jan. 2, the same number of registered Republican voters as October, and 63 more than in July.
Meanwhile, voters selecting no party affiliation in Graham County increased 1 percent, to 5,626 in January. And the Arizona Independent Party (formerly the No Labels Party) increased registration by 8 percent to 181.
Democrats, however, lost registered voters, falling six-tenths of a percent to 4,360 in January.
Total number of registered voters in Graham County is at 21,406, up two-tenths of a percent from October.
In Greenlee County, the number of registered voters decreased by 9 between October and January, to 4,780.
Again, Republicans are the dominant group of voters, at 1,941 in January, the same as in October; followed by independents at 1,524, up 7; and Democrats at 1,205, down 19.
Cochise County, which shares both state Legislative and Congressional districts with Graham and Greenlee counties, saw a decrease in the number of voters, dropping nearly 3 percent to 81,233.
Statewide, the voter rolls decreased by 166,996, to 4.3 million. Republicans dropped by 52,575 to 1.55 million. Meanwhile Democrats dropped by 50,270 voters to 1.2 million, and independents decreased by 61,826 to 1.48 million.
