{"id":2319068,"date":"2024-08-04T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-primary-in-arizonas-3rd-district-still-close-could-be-headed-for-recount-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T16:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T20:38:56","slug":"democratic-primary-in-arizonas-3rd-district-still-close-could-be-headed-for-recount-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-primary-in-arizonas-3rd-district-still-close-could-be-headed-for-recount-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic primary in Arizona\u2019s 3rd District still close, could be headed for recount &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-primary-in-arizonas-3rd-district-still-close-could-be-headed-for-recount-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democratic primary in Arizona&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District remains extremely close, with potential for a recount. As of Saturday evening, former Phoenix City Council \u2063member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel Ter\u00e1n\u200b by just 67 votes, following the counting of \u2063nearly 44,000 ballots. Ansari&#8217;s\u2062 lead was previously even slimmer at 89 votes on Friday, representing a margin of only 0.21 percentage \u200dpoints, which falls within the threshold for an automatic recount under Arizona law (0.5 percentage points or less). <\/p>\n<p>Maricopa \u2062County election officials reported that 99% \u200dof approximately 740,000 ballots cast in the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">primary election<\/a> had been counted and verified by Saturday.\u2062 More updates are expected as\u2062 additional votes continue to be tallied. Both candidates acknowledged the tight race and expressed their \u200dcommitment to ensuring every vote is counted.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic primary in Arizona&rsquo;s 3rd District still close, could be headed for recount<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1717954\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>PHOENIX (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> The Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>primary<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a>&rsquo;s 3rd Congressional District still remains too close to call and could be headed for a recount.<\/p>\n<p>Former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel Ter&aacute;n by 67 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>votes<\/a> with nearly 44,000 ballots counted as of Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Ansari&rsquo;s lead was 89 votes on Friday, a margin of just 0.21 percentage points and within the range of an automatic recount. Arizona law calls for a recount if the margin is 0.5 percentage points or less.<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County election officials said about 99% of the roughly 740,000 ballots cast in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/07\/31\/voter-turnout-tuesdays-primary-election-was-lower-than-expected-maricopa-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuesday&rsquo;s primary election<\/a>&nbsp;had been tabulated and verified by Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>More votes were expected to be counted by Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Both candidates sent out statements Saturday and noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">close race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are still hard at work ensuring that every vote is counted,&rdquo; Ansari said. &ldquo;Thank you to the thousands of voters who made their voices heard in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ter&aacute;n said &ldquo;we&rsquo;re narrowing the gap&rdquo; and &ldquo;there are still more outstanding ballots to come. We believe every vote matters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The seat is open due to Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego&rsquo;s run for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arizona-primary-kari-lake-3735ed2216bb21355af530f0dd01f02c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S. Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Democratic primary will be the favorite in the November election against Republican Jeff Zink to represent the district, which leans Democratic and covers central and southwest Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ansari, the daughter of Iranian immigrants, previously served as vice mayor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Phoenix<\/a>. She resigned from the council in March to focus on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-melanie-stansbury-wins-special-n-m-congressional-election\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Melanie Stansbury wins special N.M. congressional election\">congressional district race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ter&aacute;n, who previously chaired the Arizona Democratic Party, was in her first term serving in the Arizona Senate after being elected in November 2022. She resigned in April 2023 to focus on her congressional run.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1717954\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1717954\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic primary in Arizona&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District is still too close to determine a winner and may require a recount. As of Saturday evening, former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari was ahead of former state lawmaker Raquel Ter\u00e1n by just 67 votes, with nearly 44,000 ballots counted. Ansari&#8217;s lead had been slightly larger at 89 votes on Friday, representing a narrow margin of only 0.21 percentage points\u2014well within the threshold for an automatic recount under Arizona law, which mandates a recount if the margin is 0.5 percentage points or less. Maricopa County election officials reported that about 99% of the approximately 740,000 ballots cast in Tuesday\u2019s primary had been counted and verified by Saturday night, with more results expected by Sunday evening. Both candidates acknowledged the tight race in their statements on Saturday; Ansari expressed gratitude to voters for participating while emphasizing their commitment to ensuring every vote is counted. Ter\u00e1n noted that they were closing the gap and highlighted that additional ballots were still outstanding, asserting that every vote counts. The seat became available following Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego&#8217;s decision to run for U.S. Senate; thus, the winner of this primary will likely be favored against Republican Jeff Zink in November\u2019s election for this predominantly Democratic district covering central and southwest Phoenix. Ansari is the daughter of Iranian immigrants and previously served as vice mayor before resigning in March to focus on her congressional campaign; Ter\u00e1n was elected to her first term in the Arizona Senate in November 2022 but stepped down in April 2023 to concentrate on her bid for Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2319069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/arizona-maricopa-county-ballot.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37147,32807,37148,37149],"class_list":["post-2319068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona-3rd-district","tag-democratic-primary","tag-election-update","tag-recount-potential"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/arizona-maricopa-county-ballot.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}