Election Results

Well, the Elections results are in and there are several interesting races to note:

First, Russell Pearce trounced Kevin Gibbons with 68.8% of the vote despite having a lot of money spent against him. It looks like the personal attacks didn't work. Gibbons seems to be willing to still run his anti-Pearce message even after the race is clearly over.

In the District 18 House Race, Cecil Ash has won a seat with Court and Middlebrook separated by on 72 votes for second place. What is interesting is that Court had a 180 vote advantage coming off of early ballots. The gap closed significantly with election day voters. Now, the question is, are there enough uncounted ballots to tip the scales?

In the 22 Senate Race, Vershoor was able to beat Farnsworth with a vote of 42% to 38%. Will this be a big enough victory to solidify his chances for Senate President?

In the 22 House Race, Biggs won handily with a fairly decisive victory for Hendrix as well. Some people say that Brown's tiff with UPS hurt him in the closing days of the election. In fact, if you look at the results, he got the fewest votes on Election Day, receiving 1102 votes, while Armer received 1263, Hendrix received 1468, and Biggs received 2170. However, the fact is, the race was won on a big lead in early voting.

All in all, its being hailed as a big night for conservatives. Let's see how a higher turnout in a Presidential General Election will impact these races. I'll be that the Democrats will claim that it will work to their advantage, but I wouldn't discount the appeal of having McCain/Palin at the top of the ticket.