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Sorry to be late on this, but here are the final counts from Mesa's Primary. The Republic has an interesting review of how Griswold's performance in his home district was the key to helping him make the run-off.
The Republic has an interesting spin saying that this is going to boil down to an East Mesa vs. West Mesa thing. Here is what they say:
"Voters in east-side districts 5 and 6 turned out in greater numbers than in the other four districts combined, and they favored Griswold over Smith by more than 1,600 votes.
But in the other four districts, Smith beat Griswold by more than 4,200."
Now, the stats right below the article show that Griswold beat Smith by 2,220 votes in District 5, but actually LOST to Smith by 603 votes in District 6. When you add those up, you get the "1600 votes" that they mentioned. Last time, I checked, District 6 was part of East Mesa. It doesn't really look to me like they favored Griswold. I guess that I should just be happy that the math is right for once.
So doesn't this really come down to District 5 vs. the rest of Mesa?
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Even when they get the numbers right they still don't get it right! The Republic touched on the fact that Griswold is only in this race because of his district because he actually lost to Walters in the rest of the city. They failed to make THAT the story. He didn't even get a majority in 5!! Or the fact that he came in third in voting on election day! The fact is, the voters in the rest of the city know they will be forgotten with him as mayor.
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