Polls will close in Arizona in about 15 minutes. We’ll be using this thread to follow the returns for the GOP primaries in AZ-01 and AZ-05, and we’ll also be keeping an eye on the Dem vote in AZ-01.
RESULTS: Associated Press | AZ SoS
1:04AM: 88% in, and Hay’s lead is back up to 3.8%. Looking at the precinct-by-precinct returns, I can’t see a path for victory for Livingstone. Hay it is!
12:57AM: The AP calls it for Kirkpatrick. In AZ-05, Club For Growth blockhead Dave Schweikert leads Susan Bitter Smith by 30-28 with 94% in.
12:40AM: 86% in, and Hay still claims a 3.6% lead. There are what look to be a few marginally Livingstone-friendly precincts outstanding, but I think it’s going to be pretty tough for her to rise above.
12:24AM: Hay’s lead is at 3.6% with 79% in. We want this to hold, because Hay is a supremely unqualified far-right nutter who would be a big fat target for the DCCC and Ann Kirkpatrick to pummel into submission this fall. Go Hay!
12:15AM: 77% reporting in AZ-05, and Schweikert leads Bitter Smith by 30-28. Over in AZ-01, Hay continues to lead Livingstone by 3.9% with over 75% counted. On the Dem side, it seems pretty clear that Ann Kirkpatrick has won the nod.
12:04AM: Hay’s lead continues to hold steady at 4% with 73% in. Come on, baby, hold together.
11:55PM: While Hay now leads by 4.0% with 69% in, it’s worth noting that Dem primary votes (so far) are outpacing the GOP by about 2600.
11:45PM: 58% reporting in AZ-05, and Schweikert leads Bitter Smith by 31-28. And with two thirds of the vote counted in AZ-01, Hay is clinging to her 3.9% lead.
11:37PM: 64% in, and Hay leads by 3.9%. On the flipside, Kirkpatrick has a 21-point lead over Titla.
11:31PM: I guess it’s the mandated time for a ganja break in Arizona.
11:22PM: Over in AZ-05, Club For Growth nutcase Dave Schweikert is leading Susan Bitter Smith by tight 32-28 margin with 36% in.
11:21PM: Now it’s 39-35 for Hay with 57% reporting.
11:20PM: Taking a look at the AZ SoS, Hay leads Livingston by 40-36 with 48.5% of precincts reporting.
11:15PM: The trickle begins. With 13% reporting in AZ-01, Ann Kirkpatrick has a 35-point lead on Howard Shanker; on the GOP side of the aisle, Sydney Hay leads Sandra Livingstone by only a 40-33 margin. Nothing from AZ-05 yet.
10:33PM ET: We most likely won’t see any returns until another 30 minutes or so. Hang tight.
I believe the primary (IIRC) is going to be Schweikert (Club for Growth candidate) against Ogsbury. I’m hoping Ogsbury wins just so the C4G loses out after spending a couple hundred thousand here.
Im hoping Schweikert wins the GOP primary though Bitter-Smith is interesting as well. But we need a Republican who can compete with Micthell $$$ wise and Schweikert appears to be able to do that.
AZ-1 is lost for my party, you Democrats have that seat already with NY-13, NY-26, and IL-11.
The two waring Reps are really damaged and unpopular in their own party.
26% reporting in AZ-01, and Kilpatrick has the early 17 point lead.
I’ve got my fingers crossed she wins. On the Democrats sides Kilpatrick is starting to run away with it.
Arizona is fast and effiecent. Makes Tennessee look slow, but heck, doesn’t take much to make them look slow. hah ahah, bacd joke. Where is everybody on here? Did everybody forget about Arizona?
I’m obsessed aren’t I. I just fricking freezing and something about Hurricanes makes me go out of my fucking mind.
gotta hope she comes through.
Someone who knows more would need to correct me. But just looking at the 8 counties in this district:
The 4 counties that have reported the most precints are going for Hays.
Graham: 100% reported
Coconino: 99%
Pinal: 93%
Greenlee: 88%
The 4 counties that have reports the fewest precincts are going for Livingstone.
Yavapai: 84%
Navajo: 69%
Gila: 56%
Apache: 47%