Statewide voter registration increases for primary

The Associated Press

PHOENIX—Statewide voter registration for the Feb. 5 presidential primary election grew by more than 28,000 in the past three months, officials said.

Secretary of State Jan Brewer said Monday that voter registration as of the Jan. 7 deadline was 2,713,070 — an increase of 28,316 since October.

Statistics show that there are 1,042,294 registered Republicans in Arizona, 904,741 registered Democrats, 17,704 registered Libertarians and 748,331 voters registered as Independents or members of unrecognized parties.

Those figures represent an increase of 15,760 registered Republicans since October and 19,759 more registered Democrats, but decreases of 927 Libertarians and 6,276 Independents and other voters.