(Find full election results at the secretary of state’s website.)
By Mary Jo Pitzl and Ronald J. Hansen | Arizona Republic
Primary voters served up a mixed bag of results in Tuesday’s primaries, while voting problems fueled a sense of exasperation that Arizona just can’t seem to pull off a trouble-free election.
Here are key takeaways from the returns:
It’s the year of the woman
Arizona is set to elect its first female U.S. senator, as Republican Martha McSally and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema won their respective primaries and are set for a November showdown.
At least seven of the 20 people who will be running in the federal Senate and House races this fall are women. Two others were leading in races too close to call.
