Donald Trump stunned the nation and the world with his victory over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election.
The New York Republican garnered 289 Electoral College votes, 19 more than needed for the win, while his Democratic opponent, also from New York, managed just 218. Even so, Clinton held an edge in the popular vote, 59,462,303 to 59,272,990.
All results are unofficial and will remain so until the results are canvassed. In Navajo County this morning (Nov. 9), 1,107 provisional ballots remained to be verified, and all early ballots received by the elections office on Monday and Tuesday remained uncounted.
In Arizona, which mustered a 54.92 percent voter turnout, Trump led the candidates with 943,309, followed by Clinton with 861,702, Libertarian Gary Johnson with 72,183 and Green Party candidate Jill Stein with 22,734. In Navajo County, where the voter turnout was 58.31 percent, Trump scored 18,165 votes; Clinton, 15,362; Johnson, 1,248; and Stein, 947.
Republican U.S. Senator John McCain won re-election handily with 999,900 votes statewide, followed by District 1 Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (D) with 775,804 and Gary Swing (G) with 103,408. In Navajo County, McCain edged Kirkpatrick, 16,516 to 16,424, and Swing received 2,421.
The District 1 Congressional seat will remain in the Democrats’ camp as Tom O’Halleran received 110,894 votes district wide, followed by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu (R) with 93,004 and Ray Parrish (G) with 12,326. Navajo County voters gave the nod to O’Halleran with 17,747 votes, followed by Babeu with 14,947 and Parrish with 2,393.
State races
The District 6 delegation to the Arizona Legislature will remain the same.
State Senator Sylvia Allen (R) defeated Democrat Nikki Bagley 39,172 to 36,853. In Navajo County, the margin was 7,409 to 2,970.
Republican State Representatives Bob Thorpe and Brenda Barton won re-election with 38,900 and 37,847 votes respectively. Democrat Alex Martinez received 34,435. In Navajo County, Thorpe drew 7,054 votes; Barton, 7,041; and Martinez, 2,410.
All three Corporation Commission seats went to Republicans. The field was led by Robert “Bob” Burns with 909,345 votes; followed by Andy Tobin with 846,346; Boyd Dunn, 796,447; William “Bill” Mundell (D), 769,546; and Tom Chabin (D), 746,930. In Navajo County, the totals were: Tobin, 16,776; Burns, 16,192; Dunn, 14,813; Chabin, 14,759; and Mundell, 13,139.
All judges up for retention easily won it, including Supreme Court Justice Ann Timmer with 1,017,365 yes votes statewide to 306,039 no votes, including 21,083 yes and 7,088 no in Navajo County; Division 1 Appeals Court Judge Michael J. Brown, 177,804 to 46,258, and 21,345 to 6,756; Division 1 Appeals Court Judge Kenton Jones, 176,690 to 45,883, and 21,915 to 6,765; and Division 1 Appeals Court Judge Jon W. Thompson, 174,443 to 45,849, and 20,915 to 6,644.
Voters turned down Proposition 205, which would have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, 980,822 to 899,605, and 21,259 to 13,305 in Navajo County.
Proposition 206, which provides for incremental increases in the minimum wage, passed 1,102,864 to 763,885, and 19,826 to 14,520 in Navajo County.
Navajo County races
Navajo County Sheriff KC Clark, a Democrat, won re-election, defeating Republican Graham Harbold 19,298 to 15,445.
In the only other contested county election, Lee Jack Sr. (D) won the District I seat on the Navajo County Board of Supervisors, defeating Robert K. Black Jr. (R) 4,590 to 1,802.
The remainder of the board members won re-election, including Jesse Thompson (D), District II, 5,148 votes; Jason Whiting (R), District III, 6,548; Steve Williams (R), District IV, 6,824; and Dawnafe Whitesinger (D), District V, 4,556.
Also retaining their seats were County Assessor Cammy Darris (D) with 25,084 votes; County Attorney Brad Carlyon (D), 24,604; County Treasurer Debbie Adair Kester (D), 24,868; County Superintendent of Schools Jalyn Gerlich (D), 24,432; Division II Superior Court Judge Robert J. Higgins, 25,594; Division III Superior Court Judge Dale Nielson, 25,567; Division IV Superior Court Judge Michala Ruechel, 24,577; and Precinct 2 (Winslow) Constable Suzanne M. Smith, 3,787.
Doris Clark (D) was elected as county recorder with 24,974 votes.
Snowflake mayoral race
Councilman Michael “Lynn” Johnson was the apparent winner, outpolling Hunter Lewis 1,071 to 856.
Winslow School
Board race
The three seats on the Winslow Unified School District Governing Board up for election went to Joseph Hartnett, who drew 1,631 votes; Sharon B. Greenwood, 1,356; and Allen Leonard, 1,271. Other candidates were Board Vice President Beth Carlson, who received 1,189 votes; Board Clerk Roberta Hadnot, 1,047; and Carm Johnson, 646.
College board race
Navajo County Community College District Governing Board Chairman Ginny Handorf lost her bid for re-election from District 5 to Derrick W. Leslie, 2,929 to 2,147.