AZ’s 2018 General Election Updates

The most recent election counts from Tuesday’s General Election are available HERE as the Secretary of State tallies continually update — until Wednesday, as per a court order.

While the rest of us are checking the numbers, hoping for the best outcomes in high profile, tight races, it’s worth remembering that only 57.57% of the state’s registered voters even bothered to cast their ballots. Between those who threw their votes away, the far-left teachers unionists* who fund and vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, and the 2.34% who voted for the Green Party candidate for U. S. Senate, causing further erosion  — Arizona is in the unenviable position of being turned into a national laughing stock. At last count, radical Kyrsten Sinema is edging ahead of Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat.

This shouldn’t even be a contest.

* Center for Responsive Politics

Voter fraud? What voter fraud?

With Arizona’s 2018 General Election results challenged by now averted lawsuits, and winners and losers shifting before our eyes, today’s post is especially provocative. Although the mainstream media vehemently denies voter fraud exists, evidence speaks louder than the denials. James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has been the leading investigators into voter fraud over the past several years. Here is a compilation of their investigations and compelling evidence that voter fraud is real.

The Heritage Foundation provides a state-by-state ‘sampling’ of of election fraud cases from across the country.

In 2012 SRAZ posted an earlier Veritas exposé, which we titled, Voter fraud? “We’re not the police.” The blatant disregard of maintaining election integrity by those in government offices remains shocking. Click on the link to watch the the video.

This ever-growing problem has been keenly honed by those who seek to manipulate our election system for their own goals. Only by exposing the reality that this criminal activity undeniably exists, can we have any hope of eradicating it. Arizona’s elected officials with oversight into such activities need to be paying attention. What would appear an obvious place to start would be working on behalf of a law to require actual photo ID be presented when voting, though that becomes unenforceable when people register to vote online and receive early ballots in the mail that they vote at their kitchen table, without ever interacting with election officials anywhere in the process. The recent court challenges centered on verification of signatures on the back of the mail-in ballots.  We now have until this coming Wednesday to get the results.

Is convenience worth the high price?

AZ Nov. 2018 Election: Snafus persist, lawsuit filed

Extreme liberal partisan Adrian Fontes, who squeaked into office by a single percentage point, now oversees Maricopa County Elections

With votes still being counted days after Tuesday’s election, are upsets in the works? In the latest update from the Secretary of State’s Office, Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat, that appeared to be won by Republican Martha McSally is in limbo as far left radical Kyrsten Sinema, posing as an “independent” has now mysteriously surged ahead by 9,163 votes — 49.08% to McSally’s 48.61%.

In the election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Republican Frank Riggs has fallen behind Democrat Kathy Hoffman — 49.5% – 50.5%. Thank the #Reds for Ed teachers who abandoned Arizona’s 800,000 students for a week during their union organized strike.  Obviously giving in to their 20% salary increase demands didn’t placate them.  With the support of the leftist, Hillary Clinton-endorsing Arizona Republic newspaper, public school teachers also led the vote against Prop. 305, which would have expanded eligibility for education empowerment scholarship accounts. The educrats organized to deny parental choice in education.

Current Secretary of State, Michele Reagan, who lost in the Primary to Steve Gaynor, (both are Republicans) advises 100% of the precincts have reported, raising the question where are the discrepancies arising from? And who is the final arbiter deciding when the numbers have all been tabulated?  Does extreme partisan Adrian Fontes have an overseer?  Gaynor leads Democrat Katie Hobbs by nearly 20,000 votes in a tight 50.5% to 49.5 % race.

Our votes are our voice. These results show with laser beam clarity how crucial it is to be an informed voter.

Democrat Adrian Fontes was elected as Maricopa County Recorder after longtime Republican Recorder Helen Purcell presided over a tumultuous election day after years of flawless handling of the monumental job. Adhering to the far-left party line, he ran on the contrivance of halting “voter suppression.”

A joint lawsuit by the Republican Parties in the counties of Maricopa, Apache, Navajo and Yuma has been filed challenging the signature verification process on mail-in ballots dropped off at polling places on Election Day, rather than being mailed in. Nearly a half million such ballots are still being counted statewide. Another court hearing is set in Maricopa County Superior Court mid-afternoon today.

We can’t allow ourselves to lose sight of who Adrian Fontes actually is. For some background on Fontes, we direct our readers to these posts:

Apr. 3, 2017:  Mail-in ballots should be a choice not a mandate (Puts efficiency ahead of safeguarding ballot integrity)

Apr. 20, 2017: Keep your eye on the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office

May 4, 2017:  MC Recorder Fontes compares voter verification to slavery

Nov. 3, 2017: MC Recorder Adrian Fontes tells voter to F-himself

Farcical Dist. 28 race: Follow the money

Do lobbyist’s $$ speak Republicanese?

After interminable negative ads, Arizona’s 2018 mid-term elections have mercifully ended, except for a couple of too-close-to-call races that should have already been resolved. In this post, however, the focus is on who the state legislators actually answer to. These are the elected officials closest to the people, representing the 30 statewide legislative districts. Each district elects a state senator and two state representatives who serve two year terms and are term-limited to eight consecutive years in office, with novel ways of skirting those restrictions. They work on Washington Street in Phoenix, not D.C.

SRAZ has described the unsavory machinations in Legislative District 28, where district voters were barraged with campaign flyers emanating from the Arizona Republican Party — omitting the photo of conservative incumbent Maria Syms.  Highlighted were former state Rep. Kate Brophy McGee, running for the state senate and her recruited rabble rouser Kathy Pappas Petsas. One of the mailers is included in this post, “AZ GOP ignores conservative Syms, endorses LD 28 RINOs.”

For their efforts, the AZ GOP and Brophy McGee got double payback.  Not only did they score what they foolishly considered a win in replacing the highly qualified Rep. Maria Syms, but their schemes shamefully worked to elect two Democrats to the state House, in what was once known as a solid red district. Kathy Pappas Petsas went down in flames, coming in dead last of the four running for the LD 28 two House seats.

Today’s post provides a literal wealth of information that few voters bother to check. It’s all public information available on the Secretary of State‘s website, and is a primo primer of who our legislators actually answer to — those who fund them. Congressional candidates funding sources are easily available on the Federal Elections Commission website.

Since Kathy Pappas Petsas lost, we’ll direct you to her funding sources, who would have done equally well throwing their money down a rat hole. All statewide candidates can be found here. Chances are you might not recognize the lobbyists, but they are rife in her reporting. Which leads us to wonder how a political newcomer develops these insider moneyed connections and what did they expect in return?

Scroll through to her name, and then click on the “Individual Contributions” list and “Contributions from Political Committees.”

It’s a given that candidates need money to finance increasingly expensive campaigns. There’s nothing wrong with fundraising which is integral to campaigning. The question is how did fresh out of the political chute Kathy Pappas Petsas establish these contacts and what were their expectations?

AZ 2018 General election: Wed. morning musings

In a tight race U. S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-CD 2) with 99% of the precincts reporting, has been victorious over radical leftist Kyrsten Sinema as the two battled for the U.S. Senate seat left open when Jeff Flake polled too low to realistically campaign for reelection.

 Gov. Doug Ducey trounced Democrat David Garcia, who ran on the preposterous issues of raising taxes, doing away with ICE agents and not completing the border wall.

The race for AZ Secretary of State, next in line of succession to the governor, has Republican Steve Gaynor comfortably leading Democrat Katie Hobbs.

GOP incumbent Attorney General Mark Brnovich maintained an easy edge over January Contreras. 

Republican Kimberly Yee, a former state senator, leads the Democrat in the state treasurer’s race by over 10 points. She’s a shining star who was tapped to speak at the Republican National Convention in 2016.

Frank Riggs, the Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, holds a 6,720 vote lead over his Democrat opponent.

Although the Hillary-endorsing newspaper advised its remaining readers to split the Corporation Commission ticket between one Democrat and one Republican, the advice was disregarded, and both Republicans Justin Olson and Rodney Glassman took the two spots on the utility rate regulating commission.

Being behind a smear campaign didn’t help Kate Brophy McGee (R-LD 28). Her devious scheme backfired. She barely squeaked into the state senate, running neck-in-neck with the Democrat. Too slick by half, Brophy McGee’s unconscionable actions, aided and abetted by the AZ GOP hierarchy, resulted in a Democrat win over Maria Syms, the well-qualified conservative House incumbent. McGee’s cohort Kathy Pappas Petsas came in dead last.

Arizona now has nine Congressional Districts and the breakdown favors the well-funded Democrats who were boosted by out-of-state financiers, such as liberal activist Tom Steyer, shoveling mega $millions into liberal campaigns.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9 are now blue, while Rep. Paul Gosar (CD-4), Rep. Andy Biggs (CD-5), Rep. David Schweikert, (CD-6), and Debbie Lesko, (CD-8) held their Republican seats. This election should prove that we can take nothing for granted. The Dems are angry and energized. We can no longer think putting a yard sign in our lawn three weeks before an election is enough.

Nationally, with the tireless aid of Pres. Trump, Republicans won Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota to maintain an advantage. The House, however, picked up Dem seats, which will be problematic. Trump’s campaigning on their behalf helped Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis win. Republicans also won the governors’ races in Iowa and the key state of Ohio — a state that is crucial in presidential elections.

General Election Results: AZ & National — Nov. 6, 2018

WE’VE GOT WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR

Polls opened at 6:00 a.m. this morning and will close at 7:00 p.m. If you haven’t voted by early ballot, locate your polling place HERE. Returns should be available starting around 8:00 p.m.

All statewide election results, including judicial and ballot propositions (called “measures” on the Secretary of State’s site) can be viewed HERE.*

Fox News has covered all bases, providing extensive coverage of the 2018 Midterm Elections, including the U.S. Senate, House and Gubernatorial seats that are in contention. Once on the site, simply click on the bar indicating which of the three you want to access. Navigating between them is a snap.

*Courtesy of the AZ Secretary of State.

Cindy McCain kicks off election eve campaign rally

The question is, who’s the actual candidate?

Cindy Hensley McCain is not letting any grass grow under her well shod feet. According to the Daily Courier, she appeared at an election eve Republican campaign rally in Prescott, Arizona — coincidentally at the same location where her now deceased husband, John, kicked off his presidential election bid. The Yavapai County Courthouse steps were initially used by former Senator Barry Goldwater to launch his presidential campaign in 1964. Although the territorial capitol moved several times, Yavapai County held that distinction twice.

SRAZ has covered Cindy’s reemergence in two separate posts.

Sept. 9, 2018: Supercharged Cindy Hensley McCain emerges 

Oct. 25, 2018: The “Maverick” is not gone: The hustle goes on

In retrospect, an excerpt from the October article becomes even more intuitively intriguing. We wrote:

In September, when appointed as a senate place holder, former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl made clear his intention to leave in December 2018. This reemergence of Cindy McCain sounds a like a priming of the pump for Gov. Ducey to appoint her to finish out her hubby’s term. Cindy recently endorsed Ducey as he campaigns for a second term, but their relationship is much deeper than the political.  When Ducey first arrived in Arizona to attend ASU, his first job was working for Cindy’s Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship. The Ducey’s have remained close to the McCain’s, even visiting John in his final days at the McCain’s Cornville compound. John McCain encouraged Ducey’s political career.

Clairvoyant predictions have been known to make the hair stand up on the nape of the neck. Few among us are telepathic, but astute conservatives should be excused for experiencing an eerie sense of foreboding. 

Petsas, O’Connor: Conservatives are “kooks, hyenas and jackals”

LD 28 state legislative candidate Kathy Pappas Petsas is a RINO political opportunist undeserving of your vote

Longtime readers of SRAZ know this site delves into local, statewide and national politics. They are frequently interconnected, featuring overlapping players  Occasionally, when the issue is compelling, we even hunker down into one of the thirty statewide districts, from which our state House and Senate members originate. Districts — representing both major parties — have elected chairmen, put in office by elected precinct committeemen, known as PCs.

Recently we focused on the underhanded campaign mailer (image included), sent out by the Arizona Republican Party to Republican voters in Legislative District 28. The mailer deliberately omitted highly-qualified GOP incumbent state legislator Maria Syms. It has been followed by more of the same. To say these actions raise more questions than they answer, would be the height of understatement.  Although the Pro-Life plank is integral to the Republican Platform, both former House member, Kate Brophy McGee, now running for the state senate, and newcomer rabble-rouser Kathy Pappas Petsas are pro-abortion advocates. Syms is Pro-Life.

You might recall Petsas as she cozied up to leftist AZ Republic columnist Laurie Roberts denigrating conservative Republicans as “Kooks,” and advocating on behalf of “DeKookifying” the Arizona Republican Party. In Bosnia in the early 1990‘s, this despicable action was known as “ethnic cleaning,” resulting in wiping out perceived enemies. Yes, we know, only symbolic political deaths are being called for here. And conservatism is not the same as ethnicity, though many of us believe our values are in our DNA.

Although we are not subscribers to the Capitol Times’ Yellow Sheet, it’s been reported that Scott O’Connor, the RINO former LD 28 chairman has declared to its reporters that he’s “proud” of the AZ GOP for kicking Syms to the political curb and boasted that he cast a single shot for Petsas, to give more oomph to his vote.  He also claims he enjoys seeing the “hyenas and jackals” who populate Seeing Red AZ and Republican Briefs have fits over the denigration of state Rep. Maria Syms.

Those “kooks, hyenas and jackals” are all of us, folks.

This 2012 post titled, “RINO Kathy Petsas aids Dem fundraising machine,” clearly shows she’s been laying the groundwork for not only her current state House race, she’s long been homing her incisors to take a bite out of your conservative neck. Also from 2012 is, “Conservatives targeted in LD 28.”

Get up to speed.  Tomorrow is Election Day There will be no do-overs. Vote Republican, not Republicrat. If you live in Legislative District 28, vote only for Maria Syms.

Jeff Flake auditions for leftist CNN

Flake not even above defending George Soros and calling Pres. Trump‘s “fear mongering unseemly and sickening” as Flake supports illegal caravans flooding U.S., which the president and the majority of American citizens find unacceptable

Jeff Flake, at the end of his political career — due to unprecedentedly low 18% approval ratings in his home state that kept him from campaigning for reelection — is busying himself auditioning for a new job. Among the obvious choices for the renegade Republicrat would be the networks that salivate over the prospect of a brazen defector.

Watch (Video) as Flaky Flake, who preposterously describes himself as a “conservative” fills the bill, grinning as he dutifully supplies GOP antithetical answers to Wolf Blitzer‘s loaded questions. Listen as he says he recently went to a church in his neighborhood where members brought food and clothing for 22 families who he called asylum seekers. “It was very refreshing,” says Flake. The families are illegal aliens who unlawfully invaded the United States.

He has also become an apologist for multi-billionaire Socialist George Soros, defending him against charges of being a “globalist” — since Flake has embraced that same word to describe himself.

Most disturbing is Flake’s denial — on Soros’ behalf — of Soros’ involvement in turning Jewish neighbors over to the Nazis as a teen in his boyhood home of Hungary. In this interview with Steve Kroft, Soros himself acknowledges that he aided the Nazis in the confiscation of their property and ultimately committing his neighbors to certain death in the concentration camps, but has no conscience over the hideous acts, saying, “No. No. It was not difficult. It created no feeling of guilt.” He compared the experience to being in “the markets“…presumably the stock markets, where the hedge fund investor made his $ billions, saying, “If I wasn’t there, someone else would have been.”

Apologist Jeff Flake is as soulless as George Soros. That lack of character makes him a an ideal fit for one of the leftist networks he’s trying so diligently to convince he’ll be a winning asset in broadcasting their agenda.

Breitbart News covers the Friday video interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” where relentless Trump detractor Jeff Flake said President Donald Trump’s “tone” on illegal immigration was “just wrong and sickening.”

Martha McSally has earned AZ US Senate seat

No deceit is too outrageous for Sinema or the liberal Arizona Republic newspaper

Although the Hillary-endorsing Arizona Republic has already endorsed radical leftist Kyrsten Sinema in the Arizona U.S. Senate race, and today’s edition runs a vicious Pinocchio-nosed cartoon of demonstrably better qualified Congresswoman Martha McSally, the same issue of the schizophrenic newspaper features a front page, above-the-fold headline and photo of the two candidates with the headline, “Moving To The MIDDLE” in which it urges readers to “forget attack ads: Sinema, McSally boast relatively moderate records.”

This is a blatant lie.

Sinema was exposed in Kyrsten Sinema’s devious metamorphosis, and has even lied about growing up in an abandoned gas station without running water or electricity. She will stop at nothing to win this race that will hamstring Pres. Trump’s abilities to get federal judges, Supreme Court Justices and cabinet officials confirmed. His winning agenda will be held hostage.

Arizonans have a real choice between two very different candidates. Stripping away Sinema’s heavily leftwing-financed, deceitful ads and slyly crafted reincarnation of herself, we have dedicated American Martha McSally who doesn’t just give lip service to veterans. McSally is the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and first to command a fighter squadron in combat in United States history.

The choice couldn’t be more clear. It’s long been said that your actions when you think no one is looking is what defines your character. This recently released Project Veritas video reveals the truth about Sinema and her campaign staff.

Early ballots have altered the dynamics of voting. Although Tuesday Nov. 6 is Election Day, upward of 80 percent of ballots have already been cast. It’s too late to mail them in now, but your vote in this tight race is critically important and can still count. Drop off your ballot at a polling place on Tuesday.

The AZ Secretary of State provides this locator and pertinent information. Beware. Search engines are likely to take you to Priorities USA, a George Soros funded* left-wing site, aiming to shift votes to the left.

* Center for Responsive Politics