Arizona
67 votes separate potential win in Arizona Dems CD 3 race, likely headed for a recount
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Maricopa County says it’s counted about 99 percent of the roughly 740,000 ballots cast in Tuesday’s primary election, with 2,100 ballots left to tabulate and verify as of Saturday night.
In an election, every vote can matter. In the Congressional District 3 Democratic primary, which includes most of west Phoenix, only 67 votes separate Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán, with nearly 44,000 ballots counted.
“In Arizona right now, both in the primary and in the general election everything is very close. The parties and the campaigns are organized to try and get out every vote they can. And the reason they’re doing that is because those margins are so tight and because they recognize that every vote counts,” said Arizona Clean Elections Commission Executive Director Tom Collins.
In Arizona, a recount is automatically triggered when the top two candidates in a race are within .5% of each other. At Maricopa County, election officials are prepared if any officially go to a recount.
“We have several that are close in Maricopa County. We’re keeping an eye on those and making sure that we are able to do the full recount should it become necessary,” said Jennifer Liewer with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office.
If a recount happens, Collins says the tabulation equipment is tested, and the ballots are again run through the machines.
“There’s always going to be lawyers involved, but the actual procedures at the county level are very straightforward and rely on the very same processes that were used to count the ballots in the first place,” he explained.
In the meantime, Collins says candidates in close races are still trying to get every last vote for them verified and counted.
“They’ve been out working, reaching out to voters to cure the ballots if they had a signature missing or a signature mismatch, those kinds of things, so that’s what the campaigns have been doing,” he said.
The deadline to issue Letters of Nomination and Certificates of Election and deliver canvasses to the Secretary of State is Aug. 12.
Both candidates sent out statements on Saturday.
“From the very beginning of this campaign, our diverse, progressive team has defied the odds in our fight for a better future. After the last round of vote tabulation, we have maintained our lead in this race. “
“That is a true testament to a dedicated team and the incredible volunteers that knocked over 165,000 doors and made tens of thousands of calls to voters across the district. We took our positive message of progressive results directly to voters and I could not be more proud.”
“We are still hard at work ensuring that every vote is counted. Thank you to the thousands of voters who made their voices heard in this election. Together, we will continue to deliver progressive results. Our work has just begun. ”
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PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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