Live updates for 2026 midterm elections in Arizona: Nearly 100,000 Maricopa County voters served by noon

Tuesday is Election Day. Arizonans are going to the polls to cast ballots in races for statewide offices, congressional seats and other offices as well as for eight ballot measures.

Local jurisdictions and school districts also have a variety of races and issues to be settled. The polls close across Arizona at 7 p.m.

Nationally, the midterm elections will determine which party controls the U.S. House and Senate for the last two years of President Donald Trump’s term.

In Maricopa County, home to about 60% of the state’s population, voters can fill out ballots or drop off completed mail ballots at any of the Phoenix area’s 250-plus voting locations.

The county elections website has a searchable map that shows the wait times at each location.

 

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In-person voters or people who want to tabulate their completed early ballots on site must show a valid form of identification.

The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office maintains a webpage with contact information and links to official sites for all 15 counties.

KTAR News 92.3 and KTAR.com will be covering the latest developments and results throughout the day, including a special Election Day report airing from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Here are the latest updates:

Noon

The Maricopa County Election Department said approximately 96,287 voters were served at polling places by noon, six hours after the polls opened.

10:32 a.m.

The Maricopa County Election Department reported a high volume of voters at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and advised voters in the area to consider casting their ballots at Tumbleweed Recreation Center in Chandler or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Catalina Street in Gilbert.

Voter Adrian Pardee told KTAR News‘ Balin Overstolz-McNair she heard an election worker at Chandler-Gilbert Community College making a phone call for help about a printer problem.

“The line hasn’t been moving, so I’m going to try somewhere else, perhaps Tumbleweed in Chandler,” Pardee said.

Find more about the delays at Chandler-Gilbert Community College here.

9:05 a.m.

Maricopa County Supervisor Mark Stewart said everything went smoothly through the first three hours of Election Day voting.

“It’s been a good morning so far,” Stewart, an East Valley Republican, told KTAR News’ The Mike Broomhead Show.

The Maricopa County Election Department said approximately 40,745 voters had been served at polling locations as of 9 a.m.

Stewart said election workers treat Election Day like a football team does the Super Bowl.

“They know how to play the game. I look at this like a football game. You have plays being run in practice, and you get out on the field and people don’t see all the preparation that goes in … before that game,” he said.

“These folks are in the Super Bowl today and they are executing, and I couldn’t be more proud.”

8 a.m.

The Maricopa County Election Department said approximately 25,263 voters were served at polling places during the first two hours of Election Day voting.

7:15 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) said he is enjoying a break from being on the ballot after more than a decade of running every two years in the U.S. House until he won his current seat, which has a six-year term, in 2024.

“I am thrilled that I am not a candidate. God bless anyone that is running: Democrat, Republican, independent. It is hard. I ran for almost two years and then some for Senate. It’s a drag on your family. Your name gets dragged in the mud. It’s tough to do it, and I did it since, basically, 2010,” Gallego told KTAR News’ Arizona’s Morning News.

Read more about Gallego’s Election Day interview here.

6:20 a.m.

Jen Douglas was one of first voters to cast her ballot at the Mesa Gateway Public Library.

 

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“I just think it’s important to use your voice and cast your vote. It’s our right that we have, and I think it’s really important. More people need to be out and voting,” Douglas told KTAR News‘ Colton Krolak.

6 a.m.

The polls opened on Election Day. The Maricopa County Elections Department said all 254 sites opened on time.

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