TUCSON RACES SO FAR

posted by Andrea Kelly

The summer has already been busy for city elections, even though the races are just getting started. Several candidates were knocked off the ballot when they failed court challenges and, even more recently, write-in candidates have joined the crowd.

Additional write-in candidates still have time to officially file with the city Clerk's office, the deadline is July 21.

Here's a look at the races as they stand now:

Mayor
Dave Croteau (Green)
Mary DeCamp (Green)
Rick Grinnell (write-in Republican)
David Karr (write-in Democrat)
Joseph Maher (write-in Democrat)
Jonathan Rothschild (Democrat)

In the race for mayor, the write-ins have different thresholds to meet to advance to the general election. Grinnell must get a little more than 1,000 votes to earn a spot on the general election ballot. That mark is equal to the number of signatures he would have had to collect if he had instead filed as a primary candidate, instead of a write-in candidate.

For one of the Democrat write-in candidates to make it to the general election ballot, they must receive more votes than Rothschild, since he's already qualified for the primary ballot.

Ward One
Joe Flores (Democrat)
Regina Romero (Democrat)

Ward Two
Paul Cunningham (Democrat)
Jennifer Rawson (Republican)

Ward Four
Shirley Scott (Democrat)
Tyler Vogt (Republican)