Ballots have been mailed to voters, early voting is currently underway, and three of the five Coconino County Board of Supervisors seats are currently hotly contested, with two incumbents awaiting formal re-election. There is.
District 2 Supervisor Geronimo Vázquez, a Democrat, was appointed in February 2021 to replace Liz Archuleta and will serve as the first four-year board member after being elected to a two-year term in 2022. This will earn him a term of office. In the 5th District, Democrat Lena Fowler will be sworn in. He ran unopposed in the general election in 2012, 2016, and 2020, and was reelected to a fifth term.
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