Democrat Tim Stringham confirmed to Republican state Rep. Justin Heap in the Maricopa County Recorder race.
The heap is currently at 51.7% and Stringham is at 48.2%. Although just over 700,000 votes have yet to count in Maricopa County, Stringham was recognized Wednesday morning.
The two candidates have presented different visions to the office since the July primary election, when Republican incumbent Stephen Richer lost to the Heap. Stringham said he plans to carry the torch from something richer, but the Heap criticized how the office operates under the incumbent.
Heap refused to say whether the 2020 and 2022 elections were stolen, but notable people who rejected election losses such as former President Donald Trump, US Senate candidate Lake Kari and US House candidate Abe Hamade I frequently exercise with candidates.
Stringham uses Richer’s loss to drive the campaign, Arizona Capitol Times In August he raced as a “firewall” for candidates like Heap. He was able to win bipartisan support and support from local Republicans who originally pledged support for the rich.
Heap is currently a state legislator and lawyer, but he reports from both. Arizona Capitol Times and kjzz I found controversy in his legitimate career. He once worked as a special deputy county attorney under former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Heap later appeared to have been fired from the Maricopa County Public Defense Office.
Stringham is a lawyer and a navy veteran. He is a rookie in Arizona politics and has never held public office.
The Maricopa County Recorder’s office has been in the national spotlight since 2020 after Richer became a solid advocate for the county’s election process. The office oversees mail-in voting and voter registration, and has long been the target of conspiracy theories and election deniers.
Heap has pledged to call the Maricopa County election “laughing stocks,” purge voters’ rolls and remove voting clauses in certain emails. Stringham acknowledged that Arizonans may be concerned about the election, but said they have no plans to make any major changes to the way they operate in the county.
