SAFFORD — The first set of results from Graham County Elections are in and voters said yes to three out of four local propositions.
By a two-to-one margin, Thatcher voters approved Proposition 403 increasing the town’s expenditure limit. Yes votes captured 68.42 percent of the ballots cast.
The margin of victory was closer in Proposition 404, Graham County’s request to increase the expenditure limit. Yes votes led the way with 58.65 percent.
Proposition 405, which was Safford’s request to have voters approve the new 10-year General Plan, also passed by a nearly two-to-one margin, with 63.36 percent of voters casting a Yes ballot.
The only local proposition to fail was Prop 406, which was Safford Unified School District’s request for voters to approve a $5 million bond. The request failed with 58.59 percent of voters casting a No ballot.
In school board races, voters in Safford selected incumbent Mike DeLaO and challenger Susan Lindsey for the two open seats, Bonita voters chose Megan Dunlap-Wells and Leslie Shannon, Fort Thomas voters picked Cindy Norton Pearson and Elliot Talgo Sr., and Solomon voters selected Loren Blain and Chris Wolfe.
In the race for Congress, as of 8:40 p.m., Democratic Challenger Jonathan Nez was barely ahead of incumbent Republican Eli Crane, 49.51 percent to 48.93 percent, in the race for Arizona Congressional District 2, which includes the San Carlos Apache Reservation.
In Congressional District 6, which includes all of Greenlee County and parts of Graham, Cochise, Pima and Pinal counties, Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza had a significant lead over incumbent Republican Juan Ciscomani, 57.42 percent to 40.59 percent.
In the race for state Senate in Dist. 19, which includes Greenlee, Graham and Cochise counties, Republican Gail Griffin was leading Democrat Bob Karp, 52 percent to 47.89 percent.
And in the race for two state Representative seats, just 3 percentage points separated the four candidates. Republican David Gowan has the lead, with 26.76 percent of the vote, Democrat Jackie O’Donnell Anderson has 24.77 percent, incumbent Republican Lupe Diaz has 24.71 percent and Democrat Addie Swallow has 23.69 percent
