All the candidates for mayor and council in both Carefree and Cave Creek earned the requisite number of votes to be elected in the primary without a runoff election.
Carefree Mayor Votes (486 required)
Les Peterson 970
Carefree Council (6) Votes (401 required)
John Crane 833
Mike Farrar 787
Michael Krahe 777
Cheryl Kroyer 829
Gene Orrico 787
Jim Van Allen 788
Cave Creek Mayor Votes (700 required)
Ernie Bunch 818
Anna Marsolo 288
Janelle Smith-Haff 291
Cave Creek Council Votes (567 required)
Susan Clancy 745
Paul Diefenderfer 537
Mary Elrod 805
C.W. Jensen 425
Thomas McGuire 780
Reg Monachino 547
James O’Toole 353
David Smith 819
Ron Sova 684
John Vannucci 399
Eileen Wright 697
Prop 491 (Home Rule) Votes
Yes 765 53.31%
No 670 46.69%
Prop 492 (General Plan) Votes
Yes 520 36.70%
No 897 63.30%
Other races of interest:
Desert Ridge JP Votes
Clancy Jayne 4,546
Cathy Riggs 7,089
Jeff Schapira 5,063
State Sen. Karen Fann (R-Dist. 1) ran unopposed in the primary and will face off in the general election against Andrea Dalessandro (D), who also ran unopposed.
Dist. 1 REP State Rep (2) Votes
Noel Campbell 23,547
Chip Davis 17,918
David Stringer 18,672
Campbell and Stringer will be vying for the two District 1 House seats in the general election against Peter Pierson (D) and Haryaksha Gregor Knauer (GRN), who each ran unopposed in the primary.
State Sen. Nancy Barto (R-Dist. 15) ran unopposed in the primary and will face Tonya K. MacBeth (D) in the general election.
State Reps. Heather Carter and John Allen (R-Dist. 15) ran unopposed for their two seats in the Republican primary and will face Brandon Dwyer (D) in the general.
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R) won the primary and will face Ann Kirkpatrick (D) in the general election.
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert (R-Dist. 6) won the primary against Russ Wittenberg with no one challenging him in the general election.
County Recorder Helen Purcell (R) was able to eek out a primary win by 187 votes against Aaron Flannery and will face Adrian Fontes (D) in the general election.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio won the Republican primary with 65.4 percent of the vote against Dan Saban (26.88), Wayne Baker (3.7) and Marsha Ann Hill (4.02) and will face Paul Penzone (D), who ran unopposed, in the general election.
Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri (R-Dist 2) ran unopposed in the primary and faces no opponent in the general election.
