Overview
- Unofficial tallies from Maricopa County Elections show Brooke St. George at 29% and Bobby Nichols at 25.28% ahead of incumbents Berdetta Hodge at 23.83% and Jennifer Adams at 21.9%.
- The first batch reflects ballots received by mail, in drop boxes, or at a ballot replacement site, while in-person day-of votes, provisional ballots, and signatures needing cures will be counted next.
- Hodge said she has not conceded and is awaiting full results, as election officials plan to report how many ballots remain once they review outstanding returns.
- If the leads hold, St. George and Nichols would oust both incumbents and join March winner Arlene Chin for four-year terms that begin with a July 11 swearing-in.
- The runoff followed a contentious season marked by fights over a repealed rule on mutual-aid food sharing in parks, heavy outside spending, and endorsements from Bernie Sanders and Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego.