Arizona headed into this year's mid-term elections uncertain of almost every issue from the neck-in-neck gubernatorial race to the plethora of propositions.
While it was still too early to call at approximately 12:55 a.m. Wednesday, Democratic candidate for governor Janet Napolitano was commanding 46 percent of the vote, while Republican candidate Matt Salmon was following behind with 45 percent of the vote.
Independent candidate Richard Mahoney received 7 percent and Libertarian Barry Hess took only a meager 2 percent of the vote with a total of 86 percent of the precincts reporting.
With 52 percent of the vote, Democratic candidate for attorney general Terry Goddard was declared the winner by The Associated Press.
Results for propositions:
Proposition 103, a measure to will force people charged with certain sex crimes to be held without bail, was approved.
Proposition 104, a measure to correct a drafting error in an education funding proposal two years ago, was approved.
Of the three controversial Indian gaming items -- Propositions 200, 201 and 202 -- only Proposition 202, the 17-Tribe Gaming Initiative, was taking a majority of the vote with 51 percent voting yes and 49 voting no.
Propositions 200 and 201 were soundly rejected.
Proposition 100, a measure that would have allowed cities and towns to go into debt up to 20 percent of their taxable property value, was rejected.
Proposition 102, a measure that was designed to clarify how senior citizens qualified for a property tax assessment freeze, was approved.
Propositions 203, a measure that would approve medical marijuana, failed with 43 percent of the vote.
Proposition 300, a measure to direct earnings from state school trust lands to specific education purposes, was passed with 75 percent of the vote.
Proposition 301, a measure to extend the state lottery program for the next 11 years, passed with 73 percent of the vote.
Proposition 302, which would toughen penalties for drug possession, passed.
Proposition 304, the proposal to increase legislative salaries, was defeated.
Reach the reporter at tony.ku@asu.edu. Azcentral.com and Emily Murphy contributed to this article.
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