BRIEF: early unofficial Cochise County primary elections results

The Cochise County Elections Division has released an unofficial tabulation of early ballots cast in this year's local primary elections. Votes cast today continue to be counted.

Jul 31, 2024

The Cochise County Elections Division has released an early, unofficial, tabulation of early ballots cast in this year's local primary elections.

These are counts of ballots that were handed in early (as those counts stand now), not those cast at polling places today— but they may give an idea of where some races may be heading when all the votes are in.

Again, these are early, unofficial tabulations— and according the Elections Division, these results may not include all early ballots cast. Elections Division personnel will be working through the night, continuing to tabulate all votes cast— including votes cast today in person around the county.

Here’s a summary of early tabulations in some key local races.

— Supervisory District 1 - REPUBLICAN candidates:

Tom Crosby (incumbent): 2,631

Clint Briseno: 2,468

— Supervisory District 1 - DEMOCRATIC candidates:

Theresa Walsh: 2,505

— Supervisory District 2 [Ann English outgoing incumbent] - REPUBLICAN candidates:

Kathleen Gomez: 1,828

— Supervisory District 2 [Ann English outgoing incumbent] - DEMOCRATIC candidates:

Joni Giacomino: 1,570

Mitch Lindemann: 986

— Supervisory District 3 [Peggy Judd outgoing incumbent] - REPUBLICAN candidates:

Frank Atenori: 1,177

Sonia Gasho: 478

Katie Miller: 610

Nancy Olmstead: 656

— Supervisory District 3 [Peggy Judd outgoing incumbent] - DEMOCRATIC candidates:

Joy Banks: 1,654

— County Attorney [Bryan McIntyre outgoing incumbent] - Republican candidates (* note: write-in only):

Josh Jones: 767

Lori Zucco: 2,278

— County Attorney [Bryan McIntyre outgoing incumbent] - DEMOCRATIC candidates (* note: write-in only):

Scott Eckstein: 1,340

— County Sheriff - REPUBLICAN candidate

Mark Dannels incumbent, unopposed: 10,140

— County Sheriff - DEMOCRATIC candidate

This one is a little unclear. The Cochise County Elections Division is reporting 741 ‘unassigned’ write-in votes in this race.

These may possibly be write-in votes cast for Sandra Lee Bolda, who, on June 20, filed a statement of interest as a write-in candidate for this race. Her party affiliation is unclear, but in her handwritten statement of interest she stated she is running for sheriff because:

“I BELIEVE SHERIFF DANNELS IS A CORRUPT LIAR WHO IS A MAGA TYPE RULER THAT I KNOW MY LOVING TOWN OF BISBEE WILL BE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT IS UNPROFESSIONAL, CORRUPT, INADEQUATE […]

You can read Bolda’s full statement of interest here (it’s a great read): https://www.cochise.az.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18543/Sanda-Lee-Bolda-Statement-of-Interest-PDF

To read more early unofficial results in other races, including state and federal, please read: https://www.cochise.az.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19046/Primary-2024-First-Post-PDF

The Cochise County Elections Division willbe publishing updates to these early unofficial results here: https://www.cochise.az.gov/353/Election-Results