News
2008 elections get rolling with primary vote Sept. 2
By Jim Lamb, Green Valley News
There are more than 2.8 million people registered to vote in Arizona, but without a presidential candidate to support or juicy issues stirring the pot, turnout is expected to be low for Tuesday’s voting.
In some places, however, local issues may be the lodestone to draw the voters to the polls.
Arizonans won’t be voting for president. That comes in November.
Nor will they elect a governor. That’s two years hence.
Tuesday’s voters won’t get a chance to make Arizona law, either.
Ballot initiatives won’t be voted on until November, although there’s a lot of skirmishing about them already.
The Pima County polls will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday.
Items voters will consider include:
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat, and former state Senate President Tim Bee, are seeking the nomination to run for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District seat. Neither is opposed and will appear on the November ballot.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, is unopposed in the 7th Congressional District, and Gene Chewing and Joseph Sweeney are seeking the Republican nomination there.
The five members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors are seeking re-election, with some facing primary opponents. Democrat Supervisor Sharon Bronson of District No. 3 is seeking the nomination and will be opposed on the primary ballot by fellow Democrat Donna Branch-Gilbey, a former state party official. In District No. 3 former Tucson businessman Barney Brenner is unopposed for the Republican nomination for supervisor .
Supervisor Ramon Valadez, Democrat incumbent in District No. 2, is unopposed. A potential Republican opponent is Robert Roebuck of Sahuarita, who’s running opposed.
Supervisor Ann Day, a Republican from District No. 1, faces primary opposition from Joe Higgins.
Supervisor chairman, Democrat Richard Elias from District No. 5, and Republican Supervisor Ray Carroll from District No. 4, which includes Green Valley, are unopposed and will also face no general election opponents from candidates of other parties.
The State Corporation Commission will go through a major change in November.
Three of the five commissioners are finishing their terms—Chairman Mike Gleason, Jeff Hatch-Miller and William Mundell.
Commissioners Kristin Mayes and Gary Pierce therefore will have three newcomers to help them sort out the commission’s busy and often contentious agenda, which includes issues such as the long-delayed 345,000-volt power line from Tucson to Nogales, possibly through this area.
Candidates for the three open seats are Democrats Sam George, Kara Kelty, Sandra Kennedy and Paul Newman.
Republicans are John Allen, Rick Fowlkes Joseph Hobbs, Marian McClure, Bob Robson, Bob Stump, Keith Swapp, and Barry Wong.
McClure has finished a term in the Arizona State Legislature representing the Green Valley - Sahuarita area.
Voting ends at 7 p.m., and it should take about an hour for totals to be available.
The election division said the totals will be posted on its Web site, www.co.pima.az.us/elections/
jlamb@gvnews.com \ 547-9749
In some places, however, local issues may be the lodestone to draw the voters to the polls.
Arizonans won’t be voting for president. That comes in November.
Nor will they elect a governor. That’s two years hence.
Tuesday’s voters won’t get a chance to make Arizona law, either.
Ballot initiatives won’t be voted on until November, although there’s a lot of skirmishing about them already.
The Pima County polls will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday.
Items voters will consider include:
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, is unopposed in the 7th Congressional District, and Gene Chewing and Joseph Sweeney are seeking the Republican nomination there.
The five members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors are seeking re-election, with some facing primary opponents. Democrat Supervisor Sharon Bronson of District No. 3 is seeking the nomination and will be opposed on the primary ballot by fellow Democrat Donna Branch-Gilbey, a former state party official. In District No. 3 former Tucson businessman Barney Brenner is unopposed for the Republican nomination for supervisor .
Supervisor Ramon Valadez, Democrat incumbent in District No. 2, is unopposed. A potential Republican opponent is Robert Roebuck of Sahuarita, who’s running opposed.
Supervisor Ann Day, a Republican from District No. 1, faces primary opposition from Joe Higgins.
Supervisor chairman, Democrat Richard Elias from District No. 5, and Republican Supervisor Ray Carroll from District No. 4, which includes Green Valley, are unopposed and will also face no general election opponents from candidates of other parties.
The State Corporation Commission will go through a major change in November.
Three of the five commissioners are finishing their terms—Chairman Mike Gleason, Jeff Hatch-Miller and William Mundell.
Commissioners Kristin Mayes and Gary Pierce therefore will have three newcomers to help them sort out the commission’s busy and often contentious agenda, which includes issues such as the long-delayed 345,000-volt power line from Tucson to Nogales, possibly through this area.
Candidates for the three open seats are Democrats Sam George, Kara Kelty, Sandra Kennedy and Paul Newman.
Republicans are John Allen, Rick Fowlkes Joseph Hobbs, Marian McClure, Bob Robson, Bob Stump, Keith Swapp, and Barry Wong.
McClure has finished a term in the Arizona State Legislature representing the Green Valley - Sahuarita area.
Voting ends at 7 p.m., and it should take about an hour for totals to be available.
The election division said the totals will be posted on its Web site, www.co.pima.az.us/elections/
jlamb@gvnews.com \ 547-9749
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