Ballot counting continues, Barber still leading McSally (Gabby Giffords' seat)

[Fridays Child]

Pima County has added some updated results in the ultra close race for Arizona's Congressional District 2.

Democrat Ron Barber's lead in the CD-2 race now stands at 940 votes over Republican Martha McSally.

And there are new numbers in another close race, Tucson proposition 409.

The $100 million city street repair bond is currently passing by about 240 votes.

The ballot counting continues here and around the state.

A little more here: http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/20101188/ballot-counting-continues-barber-still-leading-mcsally

[monique2]

1. Balllot counting continues

Yes!!!!! Barber should be the winner. Now let us investigate the counting in Az.........................ASAP.

[former9thward]

8. There are still 3.5 million uncounted ballots in CA.

Are you going to investigate that also?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

2. K&R nt

[Kali]

3. have you seen anything new about the Maricopa County sheriffs race?

did the ballot counting change anything for Arpiehole?

[Fridays Child]

4. Here's the most recent article I can find that mentions the Maricopa County sheriff race.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578117962771953712.html

[Kali]

5. ack it wants me to subscribe!

thanks for looking! I guess they decided it was a done deal (damn), but I thought I read somewhere the count had a chance to change it. oh well sigh.

[Fridays Child]

6. That's odd. I'm not a subscriber.

Google "Arizona Races Up in Air as Ballot Count Continues" and click on the first link. It should allow you to see the entire article without a subscription.

[Kali]

7. that WAS weird! google worked though, here is the bad news

Most of the uncounted ballots are in Maricopa County, Arizona's most populous county, which includes Phoenix. County officials there are working to count 27,000 mail-in ballots and 114,000 provisional ballots as of Wednesday evening, according to election officials.

Latino and Democratic activists there had hoped to oust Mr. Arpaio, a controversial figure known for his stringent immigration enforcement tactics and self-described "America's Toughest Sheriff." Mr. Arpaio led his nearest opponent Democrat Paul Penzone, by more than 86,000 votes.

what an asshole, I had SO hoped he would be ousted

unfortunately for me in Cochise County, the guy he endorsed won too, bleh
Deaver was a repuke but he was actually a good guy most of the time (some of the border rhetoric is unavoidable around here and he indulged, but he wasn't any kind of arpaio type of bigot.)