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PHOENIX – A Democrat will be Arizona's superintendent of public instruction for the first time since 1995.
Kathy Hoffman has a 54,000-vote lead over Republican Frank Riggs in the race to be the top official education.
With Monday's results, there are only 175,000 votes left to be counted, most of those from Maricopa County. Hoffman's favor. Hoffman's favor.
There was no immediate comment from Riggs.
Hoffman, a speech therapist for the Peoria Unified School District who was running on the wave of the #RedforEd movement, will assume control of the Department of Education from Republican Diane Douglas. Douglas was defeated by Riggs, to form California congressman, in a five-way Republican primary. Hoffman will be the first Democrat to hold the office since C. Diane Bishop.
Katie Hobbs in her bid for the secretary of state. With all the results of Monday added, 5,700 votes ahead of Steve Gaynor, who has found his lead in the polls. The total, however, remains too close to make any reliable predictions.
Incumbent Secretary of State Michele Reagan was out of the running in August after she was defeated in the Republican primary by Gaynor.
Democrat Sandra Kennedy maintains a 10,000-vote lead over Republican Justin Olson, her closest competitor, in the race for the Arizona Corporation Commission. But even if lead evaporates, Kennedy still has 15,000 votes more than Rodney Glassman, the other Republican seeking one of the two open seats.
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