Arizona Republican Party
November 9, 2016

AZGOP Robert Graham Congratulates and Thanks Arizona Voters for Supporting Donald Trump

Republicans Hold Arizona’s U.S. Senate and Congressional Seats, Majorities in State Legislature, Entire Corporation Commission

PHOENIX – This afternoon Chairman Robert Graham of the Arizona Republican Party thanked Arizona’s voters for their widespread support of Republican candidates as he congratulated Donald Trump for winning the United States Presidency.

“I am so proud of the voters of our state for their strong support of our candidates at the federal and state level,” said Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham. “From delivering Arizona’s 11 electoral votes to Donald Trump and Mike Pence, to re-electing John McCain and the five Republicans in our congressional delegation, to holding our majorities in the state house and senate along with all five Corporation Commission seats. And voters thankfully defeated the legalization of recreational marijuana, a measure that the AZGOP leaders throughout the state helped fight strongly against.”

In support of the Arizona Republican Party’s efforts, more than 12,000 volunteers and 200 paid staffers knocked on more than 400,000 doors, made nearly three million phone calls to voters, mailed nearly three million post cards, and worked through 21 field offices throughout Arizona.

Arizona Democratic Party
Thursday, November 10, 2016

A Message from AZ Dem Party Chair Alexis Tameron

Last night's election changed a lot of things for both our country and our state.

We woke up to the reality that Donald Trump is President-elect, following a historically bad night for Democrats across the nation.

But in Arizona, we also scored a number of major wins that buck the national trend.

  • Democrats picked up seats in both the House and Senate, and we very well may take back the Senate once the counting is done
     
  • Democrat Paul Penzone defeated Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County
     
  • Democrats maintained our four congressional seats, electing Tom O'Halleran in Arizona's very competitive first district
  • Arizona voted yes on Prop 206, raising the minimum wage for working Arizonans

We were able to score those wins because of your work and support. 

We received more than 27,000 contributions to our party this year, allowing us to fund a larger ground game than we've ever had.

More than 9,000 of you volunteered in recent weeks to help us Get Out The Vote, knocking on 300,000 doors and making 1.8 million phone calls in the process.

I'm also very thankful to the numerous progressive groups throughout Arizona that registered record number of new voters.

We haven't turned Arizona blue yet, but when the returns are finally counted you'll see that we got damn close -- we may even get there by the time Arizona stops counting the remain 614,000 ballots.

I don't have a lot of encouraging news for you on the national front, but I will say this: last night made clear that what we're building in Arizona is going to be critical for Democrats in the future.

Moving forward, our party needs to move away from conventional tactics and embrace more asymmetrical and innovative approaches to building coalitions and communicating with voters. The standard electoral maps and political strategies need to change if we're going to get back to winning national elections.

We in Arizona outperformed numerous traditional "blue" states. And as our party regroups, Arizona has to be a major piece of our national electoral strategy going forward.

You laid the groundwork for that this year. And for that, I can't thank you enough.

We all need to take a few days to process last night. But soon, it'll be time to regroup.

We'll need you with us.

Onward,

Alexis Tameron
State Chair

Arizona Democratic Party
Monday, November 14, 2016

Statement from Arizona Democratic Party Voter Protection Director Spencer Scharff on Maricopa County's Failure to Verify Signatures

Today, Spencer Scharff, the Voter Protection Director of the Arizona Democratic Party released the following statement in response to Maricopa County's decision to not adhere to the requisite procedure for verifying signatures on early-ballot affidavits that were timely received.  According to the State of Arizona Elections Procedures Manual, the County Recorder “shall make a reasonable and meaningful attempt to contact the early voter” if the County Recorder is not satisfied by the signature on the ballot, without exception:

"We strongly urge officials in Maricopa County to implement their full verification process to all early ballots, including those received on Election Day, to ensure all voters in this election who participated will have their voices heard. It is incumbent upon officials to make a meaningful attempt to contact all early voters whose ballots were timely received, instead of simply rejecting their ballots.  That is undemocratic.  This impacts thousands of voters who span all parties and parts of the County and deserve to be counted."

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Arizona Green Party
November 22, 2016

Green Party candidates do relatively well in November 2016 General Election

 Green Party candidates in Arizona performed relatively well in the November 8, 2016 General Election.  Here are the election results for the following candidates:
 
* Jill Stein, President: 34,345 votes; 1.34% of the vote (4th of 4 candidates).  Jill did not receive the necessary 5% of the vote for the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) to extend our ballot line for an additional four years.  However, she more than quadrupled her vote total here in Arizona from the 2012 General Election (7,816 votes).  Ralph Nader still owns the record of most votes received by a Green Party presidential candidate in Arizona (45,645 votes in the 2000 General Election).
* Gary Swing, U.S. Senate: 138,634 votes; 5.48% of the vote (3rd of 3 candidates).  Gary now owns the distinction of the most votes received by a Green Party candidate in our 26-year Arizona Green Party (AZGP) history.  The record was previously held by Vance Hansen, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2000 General Election, who received 108,926 votes.
* Ray Parrish, U.S. Congress, Congressional District 1: 16,746 votes; 5.97% of the vote (3rd of 3 candidates).  Ray has already stated that he plans to run for the same seat again in the 2018 General Election.
* Neil Westbrooks, U.S. Congress, Congressional District 7 (write-in): no vote totals available at this time.
* Mark Salazar, U.S. Congress, Congressional District 8: 93,954 votes; 31.43% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).  Mark's campaign benefited from the fact that there was no Democratic candidate in this race against the Republican incumbent.  Mark also dramatically improved his vote total from his 2012 campaign for U.S. Congress in District 6 (5,637 votes).
* Cary Dolego, U.S. Congress, Congressional District 9 (write-in): no vote totals available at this time.
* Angel Torres, State Senator, Legislative District 27: 9,381 votes; 18.96% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).  Angel more than doubled his vote total from his 2012 campaign for State Representative (3,702 votes), and more than tripled his vote total from his 2010 campaign for State Representative (2,532 votes).  He is planning to run again for State Senator in the 2018 General Election.
* Haryaksha Gregor Knauer, State Representative, Legislative District 1: 12,145 votes; 6.68% of the vote (4th of 4 candidates).  Haryaksha dramatically increased his previous vote totals from his campaigns for State Representative in 2012 (1,872 votes), and 2010 (1,260 votes) in Legislative District 26.
* Edward "Trey" Cizek, State Representative, Legislative District 3: 10,150 votes; 12.21% of the vote (3rd of 3 candidates).  Trey has expressed interest in running for the Corporation Commission in the 2018 General Election.
* Leo Biasiucci, State Representative, Legislative District 5: 8,827 votes; 6.99% of the vote (4th of 4 candidates).
* Linda Macias, State Representative, Legislative District 18: 21,039 votes; 12.29% of the vote (4th of 4 candidates).  Linda received almost 4,000 more votes than she did during her 2010 campaign for State Representative, when she received 17,181 votes.
* Cara Nicole Trujillo, State Representative, Legislative District 26: 9,941 votes; 11.79% of the vote (4th of 4 candidates).
* Cyndi Tuell, Pima County Attorney: 107,566 votes; 30.31% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).  After researching reports from previous elections, it appears that Cyndi has set a new vote total record, and vote percentage, for a county Green Party candidate in Pima County!  The previous record was set by Claudia Ellquist in her 2004 campaign for Pima County Attorney (23,028 votes).  Cyndi also set a new record for a female Green Party candidate here in Arizona!
* Mike Cease, Pima County Recorder: 80,588 votes; 22.20% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).  It would appear that Mike now has the 2nd highest total votes (behind Cyndi Tuell) for a county Green Party candidate in Pima County!
* Joshua Reilly, Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 4: 26,150 votes; 27.34% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).  It would appear that Joshua has set a record for a Green Party candidate running for the Pima County Board of Supervisors!
* Martin Bastidas, Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 5: 12,143 votes; 21.64% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).
* Nancy Knox-Bierman, Pima County Justice of the Peace, Judicial District 9: 4,369 votes; 15.57% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).
* Beryl Baker, Pima County Constable, Justice of the Peace, Judicial District 4: 8,694 votes; 24.83% of the vote (2nd of 2 candidates).  Beryl surpassed her vote totals and vote percentages from her 2012 campaign for Constable (5,504 votes; 18.64% of the vote).
 
   Congratulations to all of our Green Party candidates for their impressive results in the 2016 General Election!
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November 12, 2016

Arizona Green Party (AZGP) sets new voter registration record!

 Per the official update from the Arizona Secretary of State's Elections Office (October 28, 2016), the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) now has 6,894 registered Green Party voters!  This is the largest number of registered Greens in our 26-year party history!  It is also an increase of 1,382 registered Greens since the previous update (August 2016), and an increase of 2,414 registered Greens since May 2016.  Maricopa County now has 3,697 registered Green Party voters (an increase of 880 registered Greens since August 2016), and Pima County now has 1,773 (an increase of 211 since August).  All fifteen counties in Arizona saw an increase in registered Green Party voters, including Greenlee County, which now has 2 registered Green Party voters!  Please visit the following link to see the PDF file which breaks down party registration per county, congressional and legislative district: http://apps.azsos.gov/election/voterreg/2016-11-08.pdf.
 
   In January 2016, AZGP set a goal of registering 20 new Green Party voters every week.  We have more than doubled our goal for 2016 (with about 7 weeks remaining)!  If you are interested in helping us register new Green Party voters, please visit the "Register Green" page of our website.  As we head into 2017, there will be plenty of opportunities to volunteer, and we want to continue to increase our voter registrations.  While we may not see the record increases that we experienced this year, a goal of 20 new registered Green Party voters per week in 2017 is still doable.
 
   Congratulations to us all, and thanks to all of our party members, volunteers and supporters that made this moment possible!
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September 18, 2016

Arizona Green Party (AZGP) qualifies 19 candidates (an all-time high) for the November 2016 General Election!

  The Arizona Green Party (AZGP) has qualified nineteen (19) Green Party candidates (federal, legislative, and Pima County office) for the November 8, 2016 General Election.  The candidates are:
* U.S. President & U.S. Vice-President: Dr. Jill Stein and Mr. Ajamu Baraka,  http://www.jill2016.com/
* U.S. Senate: Gary Swing, http://boilingfrogparty.ruck.us/
* U.S. Congress, Congressional District 1: Ray Parrish, http://www.rayparrishforcongress.com/ (endorsed by the Arizona Green Party)
* U.S. Congress, Congressional District 7 (write-in): Neil Westbrooks
* U.S. Congress, Congressional District 8: Mark Salazar, https://www.facebook.com/MarkSalazarGreenParty/ (endorsed by the Arizona Green Party)
* U.S. Congress, Congressional District 9 (write-in): Cary Dolego
* State Senator, Legislative District 27: Angel Torres, http://torresforarizonasenate.com/ (endorsed by the Arizona Green Party)
* State Representative, Legislative District 1: Haryaksha Gregor Knauer, http://www.newmenu.org/hgk (endorsed by the Arizona Green Party)
* State Representative, Legislative District 3: Edward "Trey" Cizek, http://trcizek.wixsite.com/cizekforazhouse (endorsed by the Arizona Green Party)
* State Representative, Legislative District 5: Leo Biasiucci, https://www.facebook.com/BiasiucciForHouse2016/
* State Representative, Legislative District 18: Linda Macias, http://www.newmenu.org/lindamacias (endorsed by the Arizona Green Party)
* State Representative, Legislative District 26: Cara Nicole Trujillo, https://azpowergirl4u.com/
* Pima County Attorney: Cyndi Tuell, https://sites.google.com/site/consultingtuell/home (endorsed by the Green Party of Pima County)
* Pima County Recorder: Mike Cease, https://www.facebook.com/cease4recorder/ (endorsed by the Green Party of Pima County)
* Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 4: Josh Reilly, http://joshuareilly9.wixsite.com/reilly4pimacounty (endorsed by the Green Party of Pima County)
* Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 5: Martin Bastidas, http://www.bastidas4supervisor.com/ (endorsed by the Green Party of Pima County)
* Pima County Justice of the Peace, Judicial District 9: Nancy Knox-Bierman, https://www.facebook.com/Shelawyer999/ (endorsed by the Green Party of Pima County)
* Pima County Constable, Justice of the Peace, Judicial District 4: Beryl Baker, pct020rep@pimagreens.org (endorsed by the Green Party of Pima County)
 
   The nineteen (19) Green Party candidates on the ballot here in Arizona for the 2016 Elections sets an all-time high for the Arizona Green Party (AZGP).  The previous record was 16 Green Party candidates, achieved during the 2000 General Election.  AZGP state co-chair Angel Torres stated, "It's fantastic that we set a new record of 19 Green Party candidates qualifying for the General Election ballot here in Arizona!  I want to thank the 14 candidates (including our Presidential & Vice-Presidential candidates) that took the time to be nominated and/or endorsed by our state and county Green Parties.  Ideally, we should be running a full-slate of endorsed Green Party candidates for federal, legislative, statewide, and county-wide office.  That is why we are already recruiting registered Green Party voters to be candidates in the 2018 Elections."