Press Release

Primary Election Results, 10:45 p.m.

Date:

09/01/2009 (Last updated: 09/02/2009)

Summary:

The City of Yuma held its primary election Tuesday, Sept. 1, where voters set out to narrow the field of candidates for the offices of Mayor and Presiding Municipal Judge and three seats on the City Council.

Contact:

Dave NashPublic Affairs CoordinatorPublic Affairs
 

Corrects Vote Totals; Adds Number Of Ballots To Be Processed

Yuma, Arizona - The City of Yuma held its primary election Tuesday, Sept. 1, where voters set out to narrow the field of candidates for the offices of Mayor and Presiding Municipal Judge and three seats on the City Council.

Polls closed at 7 p.m.  The current count reflects 6,023 ballots cast, including approximately 5,025 early ballots that have been processed and counted and results from all of the 16 precincts.

Approximately 1,678 additional "late" early ballots, 38 provisional ballots and one conditional provisional ballot (requiring voter to return to verify identity) remain to be processed.

Mayor Votes
Cast
Percentage of
Ballots Cast
Everly, Elgin   487      8.1%
Kretzer, Jack   723    12.0%
Krieger, Alan L. 1330    22.1%
Nelson, Larry 2259    37.5%
Spencer, Ken, Jr. 1135    18.8%
     
City Councilmember Votes
Cast
Percentage of
Ballots Cast
Brooks-Gurrola, Bobbi  2257    37.5%
Johnson, Paul  2806    46.6%
Shoop, Ema Lea  2361    39.2%
Stephens, Brian K.  1293    21.5%
Stuart, Jerry  1782    29.6%
Thomas, Edward C.  1498    24.9%
Torres, Emma  1908    31.7%
Underhill, Clinton T.  1621    26.9%
     
Presiding Municipal Judge Votes
Cast
Percentage of
Ballots Cast
Stanley, Douglas  4649    77.2%
     

As they are released, election results may be viewed on the City's web site, www.YumaAz.gov/election, or on the City's Time Warner Cable channels City 73 and Ciudad 72.

Percentages reflect "a percentage of the total number of ballots cast," rather than a percentage of the total number of votes cast, because Yuma City Council seats are considered at-large, and each ballot may contain up to three votes for members of the City Council.

Should any primary election candidate accumulate votes on 50 percent plus one of the total number of ballots cast, that candidate will be elected to office and will not participate in the November general election. 

The top two finishers per remaining open seat will move on to the general election on Nov. 3.  That means that at least three mayoral candidates and at least two council candidates will be eliminated as a result of the final tally of primary election ballots.

Media Contacts

Members of the media may contact Director of Communications and Public Affairs Greg Hyland, CPM at (928) 373-5023 or (928) 580-4751, or Public Affairs Coordinator Dave Nash at (928) 373-5015, or (928) 941-0199.

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