Results rolling in by 10 p.m. Nov. 3 for the Arizona Legislative District 29 state senator race show Eric Stafford (D) in the lead with 31,468 votes at 50.14% and the incumbent Janae Shamp (R) with 31,258 votes at 49.80%.
Spanning from Interstate 10 to the south of the county line, through the Carefree Highway, the two-time Republican incumbent Shamp was pitted against Stafford for the second consecutive election.
Stafford ran on a mission to push for free school lunches, broaden public transit, place safeguards to protect people from poverty and increase technical school programs and more.
As more than 59% of the vote went to Shamp out of nearly 120,000 people who cast a ballot in the race two years ago, Shamp received the same percentage of the vote in her initial win in 2022, but her recent bid was showing unsuccessful as of 9:45 p.m.
Meanwhile, in the House race, voters had three choices to select two winners. At last count during the night, Christine Scianna (D) led with 31,416 votes (35.11%); Steve Montenegro (R-incumbent) 29,311 votes (32.76%); and James Taylor (R-incumbent) had 28,435 votes (31.78%), according to Arizona Election Results.
Note: These are preliminary results. See yourvalley.net for more election updates.
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Meet Delarita Delarita Ford originally joined Independent Newspapers Incorporated, now Independent Newsmedia, Inc. USA in 1997, as a general assignment reporter for the Delaware State News daily paper after starting her journalism career in Maryland in 1994, where she honed her skills by writing obituaries, covering community news from births to deaths, education to legislation and more. As a reporter, she has had the opportunity to cover sitting and former U.S. presidential visits in Baltimore, Delaware, and Arizona.
Community: One of the few seasoned journalists who still enjoys covering community events, she can be found with a reporter’s pad taking notes, her phone taking pictures while capturing life’s moments to memorialize them in print for the local newspapers and for the active-adult community where she lives. She maintains a presence with the Black media and the National Association of Black Journalists to encourage peers, socialize, and mentor younger writers.
Education: Life learner who learns from life. Aside from the collegiate education received, she got the best training from on-the-job experience with former editors who went through copy with a red pen and demanded the best writing for hard news and feature stories.
Random Fact: While a Delaware State News reporter, she could call then Sen. Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, usually late at night if a quote or input was needed for varying topics, including legislation and education.
Hobbies: Adopt rescue dogs and give them a nice home. Continuously read and critique news stories from various platforms.
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