Dem trailing by only 5 points in AZ 08 House race.

[marybourg]

http://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/6/0

[Legends303]

1. This might be early voting numbers coming in

people are saying this is 80% of the votes. This is not good.

[FreeState]

2. It says 100% reporting for the county n/t

[a kennedy]

3. The Dem lost.......per New York Times......

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/24/us/elections/results-arizona-house-special-election.html

[Loki Liesmith]

5. Great result for us tho

[Loki Liesmith]

6. Are you kidding? Its great.

[LanternWaste]

16. Not good? The final numbers for someone lacking name recognition

Not good? The final numbers for someone lacking name recognition bodes rather well for the Nov election there.

[bearsfootball516]

4. Lesko had basically no chance to win.

People who really thought she could were fooling themselves. But the fact that it WAS this close is a fantastic sign for the blue wave in November, and should be treated as such.

[marybourg]

8. You've got the names reversed.

[Cha]

9. YOu mean Hiral Tipirneni had

no chance, right?

Very Good Sign!

[bearsfootball516]

11. Shoot, yes! My bad.

[marybourg]

7. I believe this is all of the early voting, which is most of the votes.

NYT has called it for the pubs, but if these percentages hold, this is a very good showing for us. tRump took this district by 28 points!

[sweetloukillbot]

10. And Franks took it by almost 40 I think.

This is deep Red Sheriff Joe worshiping retirees. Helluva showing from Tipernani.

[marybourg]

12. I don't even remember Franks having an opponent!

[sweetloukillbot]

13. There's usually a sacrificial lamb.

I've been out of the district for about 10 years, but the last couple times I voted there the Dems fielded a token candidate who didn't really campaign.

I'm curious about how the demographics will change - the West Side suburbs are getting browner - the Glendale and downtown Peoria areas of the district were pretty blue, but the rural and Sun City parts were still red.

[marybourg]

14. I don't think there was for Franks the last 2X.

[Jim Lane]

15. Franks had a Green Party opponent.

With no Democrat on the ballot, the Greens had what I would guess to be one of their best-ever showings in a Congressional race. From Wikipedia:

Arizona’s 8th congressional district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trent Franks (incumbent) 204,942 68.6%
Green Mark Salazar 93,954 31.4%