LD8 preliminary results: Garcia, Connolly, Kuby continue to lead

By Connor Van Ligten
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Preliminary results continue to roll in for the House and Senate races in Arizona's 8th Legislative District, which encompasses parts of Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale Mesa, and the entirety of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

As of 8 p.m.  on July 22, a total of 16,239 ballots have been cast in District 8, with a 43.77% turnout.

The Arizona House of Representative candidates include incumbent Democrats Janeen Connolly and Brian Garcia, with Claudia Kline as the lone Democrat challenger in the race.

Garcia leads the Democratic nomination for House with 11,315 votes at 42.29%, followed by Connolly with 8,429 at 31.5%.

Kline is trailing behind with  7,011 votes  at 26.2%.

Republican Donald Hawker is running unopposed in the Republican primary, and will automatically advance to the general election this November.

The Arizona Senate candidates include Democrat incumbent Lauren Kuby and challenger Deborah Nardozzi.

Kuby leads the Democratic nomination for Senate with 11,957 votes at 76.55%, with Nardozzi trailing behind with 3,663 votes at 23.45%.

Arizona’s election system allows early ballots to be processed before Election Day, meaning the first results released after polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday typically include the bulk of early voting. Additional batches of early ballots and Election Day votes will be reported throughout the evening and in the days following as counties continue tabulating ballots.

Connor Van Ligten
Reporter | Fountain Hills/Scottsdale

cvanligten@iniusa.org

After graduating from Arizona State University's Cronkite School in spring 2022, Connor Van Ligten spent a little over year as a reporter for WWL-TV in New Orleans before finding themselves back in Phoenix in October of 2023. Now back in the Valley and writing for the Mesa Independent and the Daily Independent, Connor is ready to tell meaningful stories and report on important civic issues facing Mesa. Connor is a big fan of the 49ers, Warriors, pro wrestling, anime, dogs and fighting video games.