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Two East Valley Democrats win House LD13 seats

Even though results are unofficial until certified, two Democratic candidates were already celebrating late last week, with results of the Nov. 3 elections showing they appear to be part of their party’s wave of 2026 success.

Raquel “Rockee” Armstrong and Jacob Weinberg each maintained leads all week of more than 5,000 votes over the two Republicans, Kevin Hartke and Janet Weninger, in the race for the two House seats in Arizona’s 13th Legislative District.

“We did it,” Armstrong wrote on her social media late last week. “We have secured seats in the Arizona State House and flipped these seats from red to blue! We are a majority maker!”

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