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The City of Yuma held its primary election on Tuesday, July 30th, giving voters the first opportunity this term to select or nominate candidates for three at-large City Council seats and one Municipal Court judge.
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Voting ended at 7 p.m. The current tally reflects 10,179 votes, including:
Early ballots that have been processed and counted. Voting results from 6 of 9 voting centers.
Preliminary unofficial results as of Tuesday 9:36 p.m.
The votes to be counted will include “early” and provisional ballots submitted Tuesday at three polling locations.
City Council / Number of votes / Percentage of votes
- Martin Garcia 2,928 28.8%
- Brannick Harris 2,903 28.5%
- Martinez, Mark 3,348 32.9%
- Morris, Chris 4,121 40.5%
- Karen Watts 4,626 45.4%
District Court Judge / Number of Votes / Percentage of Votes
- Farmer Ampress, Jenny (Written) 263 2.6%
In accordance with the Yuma City Charter, election percentages are determined based on the total number of votes cast, not as a percentage of the total number of votes cast. Therefore, the percentages listed may differ between the city’s listed results and Yuma County’s results. The difference is that Yuma City Council seats are considered full seats, and each ballot can contain up to three votes for city council members.
Pursuant to Article 4, Section 5 of the Yuma City Charter, the candidate receiving votes constituting a majority of all votes cast in the primary election shall be elected.
Candidates for city council will advance to the general election on November 5th, with two candidates per seat.
The vote will be final and official by the Yuma City Council.
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