Arizona congressional and statehouse races too early to call, counting resumes Wednesday

PHOENIX (AP) — Primary Election Day in Arizona ended without many of the top races being decided. Ballot counting will continue Wednesday. Former Phoenix television news anchor and gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake defeated Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb in a Republican U.S. Senate primary that headlined the election statewide. But primaries in three congressional races, a trio of noteworthy state legislative contests and the Republican contest for Maricopa County recorder featuring incumbent Stephen Richer who pushed back hard against election falsehoods were too early to call. Abraham Hamadeh and Blake Masters led a field of six candidates vying for the GOP nomination in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.

In legislative races, abortion politics made one Republican particularly vulnerable.

Here’s a look at some key races:

Maricopa County

State Rep. Justin Heap and Richer were in a tight race in the GOP primary for Maricopa county recorder, with thousands of mail-in ballots still to be counted over the next week or so. Information technology professional Donald Hiatt trailed in the first opportunity to unseat an election official who knocked down false claims about the 2020 and 2022 elections.

Richer, whose office runs voter registration and early-voting efforts in the state’s most populous county, took office in early 2021 after unseating a Democratic incumbent.

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