Early voting begins Thursday for the primary elections in Mesa’s legislative races. Qualified residents have until Aug. 4 to register to vote in the Sept. 2 primary election. And residents have until Oct. 6 to register for the Nov. 4 general election, which also includes the race for U.S. president. Each legislative district has one open Senate and two open House seats.
Candidates in the four Mesa districts are:
District 18 Senate seat: Democrat Judah Nativio and Republicans Kevin Gibbons and Russell Pearce.
District 18 House seats: Democrat Tammie Pursley and Republicans Cecil Ash, Steve Court, Kanani Henderson and Ron Middlebrook
District 19 Senate seat: Republican Chuck Gray
District 19 House seats: Democrat Kathy Romano, Libertarian Ty Lundell and Republicans Kirk Adams and Rich Crandall
District 21 Senate seat: Republican Jay Tibshraeny
District 21 House seats: Democrat Phil Hettmansperger and Republicans Warde Nichols and Steve Yarbrough
District 22 Senate seat: Republicans Joe Bedgood, Eddie Farnsworth and Thayer Verschoor
District 22 House seats: Democrat Glenn Ray and Republicans Adam Armer, Andy Biggs, Bob Brown, Laurin Hendrix
To register to vote, request an early voting ballot or for more information visit: www.azsos.gov/election/VoterInformation.htm
