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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP walks up to the stage June 18 for his rally in Phoenix. The billionaire businessman won the presidential election Nov. 8, defeating Hillary Clinton 290 to 228. Trump will officially take office Jan. 20.
Trump wins White House Paul Penzone to replace Joe Arpaio as Maricopa County sheriff by Glenn Gullickson staff writer
BUCKEYE COUNCIL COMPLETE Tony Youngker elected District 1 representative — Page 4.
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While the race for U.S. president was in the spotlight on Election Day, voters also made choices for county, state and other federal offices on Nov. 8. A majority of Arizona voters cast ballots for Donald Trump, which means the state’s 11 electoral votes helped the Republican win the presidency after his campaign against Hillary Clinton. Maricopa County voters rejected longtime Sheriff Joe Arpaio in his bid
for re-election, which was a rematch of the 2012 race between Arpaio and Paul Penzone. This time, Penzone won the right to replace Arpaio, a Republican who gained a national reputation since taking office in 1993, but also became mired in controversy for racial profiling allegations and is facing criminal contempt of court charges. Penzone, a Democrat, formerly served 21 years as a police officer in Phoenix. As the last votes were still being counted
in the days after the election, it appeared that County Recorder Helen Purcell would lose her bid to hold onto a job she’s held for 27 years to Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, who held a sliver of a lead. Purcell, a Republican, was perhaps paying the price for voting issues in the county during the Presidential Preference Election in March. Other county offices went to Republicans, with the exception of (See Trump on Page 10)
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Weise wins runoff for Avondale mayor
School bonds, overrides pass in West Valley
Plans emphasis on home construction, attracting business
by Emily Toepfer
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Kenn Weise
Avondale Mayor Kenneth Weise says he will concentrate on attracting business and home construction to the city after winning election to the office he was appointed to two years ago. Weise defeated Vice Mayor Stephanie Karlin in the runoff election Nov. 8, which was necessary after he narrowly failed to get the required majority vote in the August election to lead the city of
85,000 residents. With most of the votes counted from last week’s election, Weise collected 9,805 votes or 56.36 percent of those cast, according to unofficial results from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office. Karlin got 7,592 votes or 43.64 percent. Weise attributed his victory to voter satisfaction with Avondale’s direction, (See Weise on Page 11)
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West Valley voters in the Nov. 8 general election showed overwhelming support for school budget measures, approving all seven items on the ballots. Five districts — the Avondale, Liberty and Tolleson elementary districts, as well as the Buckeye and Tolleson union high school districts — were seeking renewals of maintenance and operations overrides to fund programs and services already in place. The Pendergast Elementary District and WestMEC had bonds on their ballots to pay for new (See Bonds on Page 11)