PHOENIX — Arizona has some big decisions to make and voters had the chance to make their voice heard on Tuesday.
Phoenix-area voters made some billion-dollar decisions on city and school spending in Tuesday’s elections.
Up north in Flagstaff, voters opted against moving Flagstaff Medical Center several miles from downtown.
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Down south in Tucson, the Democratic mayor seeking a second four-year term won.
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Those are some of the high-stakes elections on Arizona ballots in what is typically a low-turnout off-year vote.
As of the weekend, voter turnout in Phoenix was 16% and in Tucson it was 25%, according to Sam Almy of Uplift Campaigns. Statewide turnout in last year’s mid-term elections was 63%.
Many of the elections are mail-in ballot only.
Election results
Results as of 4:03 p.m. Friday.
Phoenix GO Bonds
The City of Phoenix is asking voters to approve issuing half-a-billion dollars in general obligation bonds, or “GO” bonds.
The borrowing would finance infrastructure and rehabilitation improvements to virtually every service the city provides: new fire and police stations; street and sewer work; arts and culture projects, including a Latino Cultural Center; new or renovated libraries; and much more.
Supporters say the borrowing would not increase property tax rates.
QUESTION 1: Enhance Community Safety through Fire, Police, Roadway and Pedestrian Infrastructure. Seeks voter authorization to issue and sell general obligation bonds in the principal amount of up to $214,000,000 to provide funding for fire, police, roadway and pedestrian infrastructure projects.
Yes: 69.76%
No: 30.24%
QUESTION 2: Improve Quality of Life in Phoenix Neighborhoods. Seeks voter authorization to issue and sell general obligation bonds in the principal amount of up to $108,615,000 to provide funding for library, parks and historic preservation projects.
Yes: 63.93%
No: 36.07%
QUESTION 3: Create an Efficient, Modern Phoenix to Live and Work. Seeks voter authorization to issue and sell general obligation bonds in the principal amount of up to $114,385,000 to provide funding for education, economic development, reducing waste, resource management, arts and culture projects.
Yes: 61.68%
No: 38.32%
QUESTION 4: Enhance, Preserve and Increase Supply of Affordable Housing and Senior Centers. Seeks voter authorization to issue and sell general obligation bonds in the principal amount of up to $63,000,000 to provide funding for affordable housing and senior center projects.
Yes: 65.26%
No: 34.74%
Phoenix Union Bonds
The Phoenix Union High School District, the state’s largest high school district, is seeking approval for $475 million in borrowing. The money would pay for renovation and construction of district buildings, public safety needs, technology improvements and more.
Phoenix UHSD Bond Approval
Yes: 64.11%
No: 35.89%
Valley-wide school bond and budget override votes
Voting on school district bond issues and budget overrides can be a litmus of support for public schools.
About two dozen Valley school districts are asking voters for more borrowing authority or budget overrides.
The “override” refers to spending beyond the budget limits set by the state. Voter-approved overrides allow districts to spend up to 15% beyond the limits on specific needs, such as teacher salaries, classroom supplies or technology purchases.
Anti-tax and anti-public school activists have mobilized Valley-wide this year with identical signs whose only difference is the district they’re placed in. The funding disclosure by the campaigns has been murky.
Deer Valley USD Budget Override Continuation:
Yes: 45.98%
No: 54.98%
Fowler ESD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 63.86%
No: 36.14%
Gilbert USD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 46.95%
No: 53.05%
Glendale ESD Budget Increase
Yes: 54.26%
No: 45.74%
Glendale ESD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 55.9%
No: 44.1%
Gila Bend USD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 46.41%
No: 53.59%
Kyrene ESD Budget Increase
Yes: 53.71%
No: 46.29%
Littleton ESD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 59.28%
No: 40.72%
Madison ESD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 63.04%
No: 36.96%
Mesa USD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 50.16%
No: 49.84%
Osborn ESD Budget Increase
Yes: 74.79%
No: 25.21%
Pendergast ESD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 50.61%
No: 49.39%
Queen Creek ESD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 44.39%
No: 55.61%
Scottsdale USD Budget Override Continuation
Yes: 57.7%
No: 42.3%
Tucson Mayor
Democratic Tucson Mayor Regina Romero has won every election she’s run in since 2007. She won a second term as the city's mayor on Tuesday.
Romero’s opponents were Republican Janet "JL" Wittenbraker, who’s been endorsed by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake; independent Ed Ackerley and Libertarian Arthur Kersch.
Ackerly, Ed (IND): 6.51%
Kerschen, Arthur (LBT): 1.38%
Romero, Regina (DEM): 60.05%
Wittenbraker, Janet, JL (REP): 32.06%
Flagstaff Hospital
Proposition 480 asks Flagstaff voters to approve rezoning that would allow Flagstaff Medical Center to move to a larger campus on undeveloped land several miles from the city.
The proposition was placed on the ballot by community groups that oppose the move.
Northern Arizona Healthcare, parent of Flagstaff Medical, says the $800 million project would be privately financed.
Prop 480 (Flagstaff Medical Center)
Yes: 27.60%
No: 72.40%
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