Navajo County had nearly half the registered voters go to the polls for the midterms. According to Navajo County Elections, the county has 69,040 registered voters with 35,365 ballots cast, or nearly half at 51.22%. The following is the unofficial count as of press time.
Local elections had clear outcomes with Deanne Romo retaining her position as Clerk of the Superior Court with 16,893 votes (53.06%) over Hunter Lee who garnered 14,945 (46.94%).
The City of Winslow City Council had three positions that will be filled by Daniel Tafoya who garnered 1,276 votes (32.74%), incumbent Samantha Crisp with 949 votes (24.35%) and Darcey McKee with 924 votes (23.71%). Cris Moss received 748 votes (19.19%).
Mayor for the City of Winslow went to Roberta “Birdie” Wilcox-Cano with 1,426 votes, with 51 write-in votes.
For the Northland Pioneer College District Representing District 5 Derrick Leslie retained his seat with 2,702 votes (60.72%) over Edith “Edie” Webber who picked up 1,748votes (39.28%).
Winslow Unified School District had two four-year positions available that will be filled by Todd Wilcox who received 1,427 votes (38.54%) and incumbent Josephine “Dodie” Montoya, who received 1,277 votes (34.49%). Whitney Caraway received 999 votes (26.98%).
Snowflake Unified School District had two four-year positions available that will be filled by incumbent Carole Owens who garnered 2,817 votes (42.68%) and incumbent Carol Palmer who obtained 2,610 votes (39.55%). Robin Wong received 1,173 votes (17.77%).
Kayenta Unified School District had two four-year positions available that will be filled by Chris Kescholi who garnered 1,575 votes (34.83%) and Patricia Parrish with 1,355 votes (29.96%). Evangeline Bradley-Wilkinson received 1,029 votes (22.76%) and incumbent Lita Maria Granado received 563 votes (12.45%).
For Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Democrat incumbent Krista Wilkinson had 2,807, with 77 write-in votes.
For Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2, Democrat incumbent BJ Little had 3,574 votes, with 62 write in votes.
For Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3, Republican Hunter Lewis had 6,035 votes, with 84 write-in votes.
Constable for Precinct 1 went to Democrat incumbent Phyllis Romo with 2,760 votes, with 82 write-in votes.
Judge of the Superior Court Division 1 went to Joseph Clark with 28,834 votes, with 456 write-in votes.
Contrary to the state outcome, a majority of Navajo County voters wanted to see Republican Blake Masters in the office of US Senator, casting 17,509 votes over the 16,787 votes for Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly. Libertarian Marc Victor obtained 792 votes.
The majority of voters in the county supported the state outcome of the US Representative in Congress for District 2, with Republican Eli Crane garnering 18,085 votes, unseating Democrat incumbent Tom O’Halleran who received 16,787 votes.
The outcome of the governor’s race is too close to call as of press time, with Democrat Katie Hobbs showing a very narrow lead but a majority of county voters want to see Republican Kari Lake take the seat providing 18,732 votes over Hobbs with 16,133.
In the race for State Senator of District 6, Democrat incumbent Theresa Hatathlie garnered 12,520 votes, with 450 write-in votes.
In the race for State Senator of District 7, incumbent Republican Wendy Rogers garnered 15,268 votes, Democrat Kyle Nitschke obtained 4,630 votes, with Rogers also winning on the state level.
In the race for State Representative of District 6, Democrat Myron Tsosie garnered 9,496 votes over Democrat Mae Peshlakai garnered 9,324, with 303 write-in votes, aligning with the state outcomes for the win.
In the race for State Representative for District 7, Republican incumbent David Cook garnered 14,104 votes over Republican David Marshall Sr. with 11,184 votes, with the win going to Cook on the state level.
In the race for Secretary of State, Navajo County voters chose Republican Mark Finchem with 17,810 votes over Democrat Adrian Fontes with 16,721 votes, but on the state level the race went to Fontes.
In the race for Attorney General, Navajo County selected Republican Abraham Hamadeh garnered 18,153. votes over Democrat Kris Mayes with 16,267, with Mayes winning the state vote.
For State Treasurer Republican Kimberly Yee garnered 19,687 votes over Democrat Martin Quezada with 14,702. Yee also won on the state level.
For the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the majority of the votes were for Republican Tom Horne with 18,288 over Democrat incumbent Kathy Hoffman with 16,305. Hoffman won by a slim margin on the state level.
For the Corporation Commission there were two seats with Republican Nicholas Myers garnering 16,485 votes and Republican Kevin Thompson, 16,456; Democrat incumbent Sandra Kennedy had 14,416 votes and Democrat Lauren Kuby had 12,053 For the state, Thompson held the lead, followed by Myers for the win.
Voters in the county were opposed of Proposition 128, relating to initiative and referendum (state legislature authority) with 20,636 against and 12,560 votes in favor. The proposition also failed on the state level.
Voters in the county were in favor of Proposition 129 relating to initiative measures, with 18,366 votes to 14,867, aligning with the state outcome.
Proposition 130 relating to property tax outcomes was approved by the majority, with 21,316 in favor over 11,644 against, aligning with the state outcome.
Proposition 131 relating to executive department fell short of approval with 17,131 voting against to 16,013 in favor, contrary to the state outcome.
Proposition 132 relating to initiative and referendum measures received 17,568 votes in favor compared to 15,691 against, aligning with the state outcome.
Proposition 209 relating to predatory debt collection measures received 23,429 in favor compared to 10,098 against, aligning with state outcome.
Proposition 211 relating to the disclosure of the original source of monies used for campaign media spending received 22,202 in favor with 10,997 against, aligning with the state outcome.
Proposition 308 relating to the classification of students for tuition purposes received 18,610 against and 15,030 in favor, contrary to the state outcome.
Proposition 309 relating to voter identification received 18,934 in favor and 14,621 against, contrary with the state outcome.
Proposition 310 relating to voter identification received 16,636 against and 16,198 in favor, aligning with the state outcome.
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