<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2h6z5t_1GsPflGz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2h6z5t_1GsPflGz00" width="498" height="500" ><figcaption>file</figcaption></figure>The Blue Wave that upended some seemingly safe Republican legislative districts in Arizona never came close to touching Queen Creek last week.Unofficial returns showed that Legislative District 15 will be one of the few in Arizona with an all-red delegation when the Legislature starts its 2027 session.That session will go on in a way that it hasn‘t for over 60 years – with Democrats controlling both chambers.Unlike many of his Republican colleagues across the Valley, LD 15 Sen. Jake Hoffman had no problem beating back a challenge from Jayme Accalia last week, garnering 57% of the vote.Reps. Michael Way and Neal Carter had even less to worry about in their re-election bids as they had no opposition. Still, according to unofficial results, they only got about 50% of the 53,681 ballots cast in LD 15, according to unofficial results.With Democrats in the Legislature now in charge, Hoffman will be losing clout, according to the Arizona Agenda, which last week noted he will no longer chair the Senate’s Director Nominations Committee, “which he’s used to put (Gov. Katie) Hobbs’ agency director picks through the wringer.”Another Queen Creek Republican leader who will be looking for a new role is Warren Petersen, who was Senate president the last two sessions and took on Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes in this election cycle.Mayes handily defeated Petersen by 10 points, according to unofficial returns.In local school board races, unofficial results in the four-way race for two seats on the Queen Creek Governing Board so far indicate that incumbents Samantha Davis, currently board president, and Kelli Anderson will be returning for another four-year term.Davis and Anderson garnered 28.55% and 24.38%, respectively, of the 31,060 votes cast to challengers Michael Romero’s 23.76% and Sarah Purcell’s 23.31%.In Higley Unified, incumbent Anna Van Hoek appeared to have lost her bid for a second term after board President Amanda Wade, with 35.53% of the 28,694 votes cast, and challenger Michelle Morris, with 33.35%, topped her 31.12%.In the race to complete the two-year term of Scott Glover, who resigned in July, no names were on the ballot and three candidates were running write-in campaigns. As of this newspaper’s deadline Friday, Travis White had nearly 50 of all write-in votes with 1,420. The remainder were split between Kathleen Richards, with 270 votes, and Kurt Brooks, with 487.The Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools had wanted to appoint someone to the seat, but a Superior Court judge ordered an election – too late for any candidate to collect ballot petitions after White and several parents filed suit.Chandler Unified’s election was canceled months ago because only incumbent Kurt Rohrs and newcomer Zeyna Pruzhanovsky were the only candidates who filed.CUSD Board President Patti Serrano opted not to run.Rohrs and Pruzhanovsky are slated to take their oath of office in January.Meanwhile, the Blue Wave that swept Democrats into all state offices also appeared to have defeated a statewide proposition that alarmed many school districts.Proposition 320 would have required school districts to put 60% of their operating revenue into direct classroom instruction – leaving the state Auditor General to decide what that meant.Districts contended that the measure would have forced them to take away money from personnel and spending that contribute to a student’s overall education – including positions like teacher aides, counselors and school resource officers as well as libraries and possibly technology.Also doomed last week was the architect of Proposition 320, Republican Rep. Matt Gress of Phoenix, who was defeated in his run for another term.Also apparently headed for defeat is state proposition 144, which proposed a variety of voting changes that critics said were aimed at killing mail ballots.</div></body>

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He Blue Wave that upended some seemingly safe Republican legislative districts in Arizona never came close to touching Queen Creek last week. Unofficial returns showed that Legislative District 15 will be one of the few in Arizona with an all-red delegation when the Legislature starts its 2027 session. That session...

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He Blue Wave that upended some seemingly safe Republican legislative districts in Arizona never came close to touching Queen Creek last week. Unofficial re

LD15 staying red, Higley sees a change

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