Maricopa County voters ousted Recorder Stephen Richer, who once campaigned on election integrity but angered conservatives by rejecting those concerns after taking office, during Arizona’s primary elections on Tuesday.
With 81 percent of ballots tabulated, The New York Times and Associated Press have projected Rep. Justin Heap, a member of the Arizona Freedom Caucus, as the winner of Maricopa’s GOP primary for county recorder. Unofficial results currently show Heap leading Richer by roughly 6.5 points (42.4 to 35.9 points). IT business consultant Don Hiatt is estimated to finish in third place, with 21.8 percent of the vote.
As recorder, Richer has used his platform to attack Arizonans concerned about the integrity of Maricopa County’s elections, worries which he professed to sympathize with during his 2020 campaign. Since taking office, he has allegedly lobbied against a commonsense voter ID ballot amendment and jumpstarted a political action committee to back candidates who share his antagonism toward election integrity efforts. […]
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