Democrats Capture 5 Arizona House Seats, Possibly 1 More

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Republicans outnumbered Democrats in the House 39-21 coming into the night, but that lead appears to be significantly decreased as initial vote counts are reported.

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Democrats Capture 5 Arizona House Seats, Possibly 1 More

Democrat candidates appear to have won five seats from Republican control, and are close in another race.

If they win both of the closely contested seats, Democrats will narrow the membership advantage of Republicans to 32-28, giving them decidedly more influence over policy and the budget.

The Democrats targeted six districts - 10, 17, 23, 24, 25 and 26 - and were successful in all but Yuma's LD24 and the border district of LD25. Surprisingly, the Democrat candidate in District 11, in which Republicans have a large registration a...

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