Scott Smith wins Election

Scott Smith is the new Mesa Mayor. Here are the election results.

Smith 55.7%
Griswold 44.0%

Here is the Republic coverage and here is the Tribune coverage. There are a lot of interesting differences between the online versions of these stories and what ended up being printed in the paper. It looks like, based on the comments, that the online stories were edited and updated throughout the night.

In looking at the election results, it turns out that my predictions were a tad on the conservative side. I guess I should have taken into account that the endorsement of Claudia Walters would have a bigger impact swinging Smith's way.

Smith won early ballots with 54.7% of the vote and it appears that he won on Election Day with 62.4% of the vote. Clearly, the momentum was with Smith from start to finish of this general election. Once again, I wish Smith and the rest of the new councilmembers congratulations. Now, I wish them good luck and encourage them to do what it takes to make sure that the people of Mesa can trust government again.