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This is a list of election results from Tuesday’s primary election. Updated at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday Flagstaff Mayor: (Two candidates advance to the general) Paul Deasy: 4,173 37% Charlie Odegaard: 3,659 32% Jamie Whelan: 3,225 29% Flagstaff Proposition 434: UNS Gas To Continue As The City’s Gas Provider At A 2% Fee, Which Is TheFull Story

Former Flagstaff Mayoral candidate Victor Varela has been indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts, including fraudulent schemes and practices, presentment of false instrument for filing and a signing of petitions violation. Varela was running for mayor of Flagstaff, but withdrew from the race earlier this month on the KAFF News Facebook page. BetweenFull Story

If you haven’t registered to vote for Arizona’s Democratic Presidential Preference Election you have until midnight Tuesday to do so. The election is only open to voters registered as a Democrat. Registered Republicans, Independents, and those registered in other parties, won’t be allowed to vote in this election. Those registered previously, who have moved orFull Story

Add another name to the race for Mayor of Flagstaff in 2020. Former city councilwoman and former vice-mayor Celia Barotz has officially declared her candidacy for mayor and is currently collecting signatures. She says she made the decision to run last week and feels she brings experience, good communication and the understanding on how cityFull Story

There’s another candidate for U.S. Senate. Former astronaut Mark Kelly announced through a video that he is running for the Senate seat, currently occupied by Martha McSally. Kelly is running as a Democrat and is the husband of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. He had been mulling a run for Senate for some time. McSallyFull Story

Kyrsten Sinema has become the first female to serve in the U.S. Senate from Arizona as she has defeated Martha McSally in a close race. McSally conceded to Sinema Monday night. Sinema leads McSally by over 38,000 votes after Monday’s update. This may not be the end of McSally for a Senate seat. If currentFull Story

Regina Salas has taken a 39 vote lead over Paul Deasy in the race for the final seat on the Flagstaff City Council. Deasy had been leading by just 15 votes until Saturday’s update. The Coconino County Elections Office counted over 35-hundred ballots Saturday. In another Flagstaff race, Proposition 421 is now within 175 votes.Full Story

There are still over ten-thousand votes still to be counted in Coconino County. The county’s elections office says out of the over ten-thousand ballots, 42-hundred are early ballots that came in on election day by mail and drop boxes. Thirty-six-hundred ballots were dropped off at polling places and vote centers and nearly 18-hundred are provisionalFull Story

Karen Fann, David Stringer and Noel Campbell all won re-election in their districts. Fann won re-election for State Senate in District Six over competitor Jo Craycraft with 70-percent of the vote. Fann won the election by over 31-thousand votes. Campbell won the District One electon for the State House over David Stringer. Both will serveFull Story