By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez | The Republic
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Arizona’s ballot measure to legalize marijuana trailed in early election results, and final unofficial tallies showed voters saying “no” to Proposition 205.
The race — which pitted business interests against the legal medical-marijuana industry backed by a pro-legalization group, the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project — echoed the 2010 effort to legalize medical marijuana, which narrowly prevailed. The tally of complete results was likely to take several days.
Republicans gathered at a downtown Phoenix hotel cheered the early results that showed Proposition 205 down.