Yes, we grieve. See my statement on the devastating passage of Prop 139 here.

But we do not grow weary in the well doing of standing in defense of the lives of unborn children and the health of their mothers.

Yet, as I said, we don’t give up. We already are charting the path forward. The defeat gives us opportunities. We want lasting change for the pro-life movement. We want abortion to be unthinkable.

Just as we played the long game to see Roe overturned, we have another long road ahead of us. The passage of Prop 139 enshrining abortion into our State Constitution may have lengthened our road, but it did not block it. It is an opportunity to reassess, collaborate, plan, and execute a new way forward.

You may recall our Which Way Arizona webinar with Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., from Ethics and Public Policy Center. His analysis of the way forward for the prolife movement is instructive at this point in time.

Where We Stand

As of noon today, approximately 758,000 number of ballots statewide remain to be counted with 450,000 approximately in Maricopa County. To understand why it takes so long for Arizona to count ballots, read this X thread by Jen Fifield with Vote Beat.

Up to the minute results as of early this morning:

• S. President – President Trump won Arizona easily with 53% of the vote compared to Harris’ 46%.
• S. Senate – At this writing, Kari Lake only trails Ruben Gallego by 39,676 votes out of 2.6 million cast. Whether Lake can make up the difference remains to be seen but there certainly is a chance Lake can defeat Gallego.
• S. Congress – Two closely watched congressional races have been won by conservative Republicans.
  • In CD 1, Congressman David Schweikert won re-election.
  • In CD 6, Congressman Juan Ciscomani’s race against Kirsten Engel is too close to call. The latest results show, Engel leads by only 200 votes with likely tens of thousands of votes still to be tabulated.
• Arizona Legislature did not “flip.” Despite the millions of dollars spent by the radical Left, they were unsuccessful in their effort to change the makeup of the Arizona Legislature.
  • Arizona Senate –
    • The Senate again will be led by Republicans with at least a 16-14 majority. Two races are too close to call.
    • LD 2 – Shawnna Bolick defeated the radical, pro-abortion, anti-school choice Rep. Judy Schweibert.
    • LD 4 – On election night, Sen. Christine Marsh led Carine Werner by a mere 38 points. Now, Werner is in the lead by 3,710 votes and appears she will defeat the radical, pro-abortion, anti-school choice incumbent Marsh.
    • LD 9 – Republican Rob Scantlebury is 1,231 votes away from defeating incumbent Sen. Eva Burch.
    • LD 17 – Currently Republican Vince Leach is trailing Democrat John McLean by about 1,300 votes and the race is too close to call with potentially tens of thousands still to be counted.
  • Arizona House –
    • The House Republican majority grew by at least one seat with another 2-3 races too close to call.
    • LD 4 – Incumbent Matt Gress won his reelection. Republican Pamela Carter leads the race for the district’s second seat by over 1,550 votes.
    • LD 9 – The two Republican candidates Kylie Barber and Mary Ann Mendoza are within less than 100 votes of taking one of the district’s two seats.
    • LD 13 – Republicans Jeff Weniger and Julie Willoughby have won both house seats, a pickup of one from the Democrats.
    • LD 16 – Republicans Chris Lopez and Teresa Martinez have won both House seats, another pickup of one from the Democrats.
    • LD 17 – Republican Cory McGarr appears to have lost his race as the district elected newcomer Democrat Kevin Volk and reelected incumbent Rachel Jones.

Propositions

Prop 140, (opposed strongly by CAP) to implement California-style open primaries and ranked choice voting had a resounding defeat.

Prop 133-137, all state constitutional amendments referred to the ballot by the Republican legislative majority all were rejected by the voters, as was the statutory referral Prop 315.

Props 311-314, all state statutory referrals by the Republican legislative majority passed.

Judges

Good news here. The Left’s attempt to defeat Arizona Supreme Court Justices Bolick and King failed with both winning retention by a strong majority. Further, it appears no judges were defeated. A defeat would have given Gov. Katie Hobbs the ability to appoint more liberal and younger judges.

To view federal, statewide, and legislative results, click here.

For your local county and city elections, check your county recorder’s website.

So, we do not despair after the heartbreaking passage of Prop 139. We remember Job said, “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” He is still on the throne, and He has work for us to do.

Watch for a great opportunity to support CAP on Giving Tuesday (December 3rd).

ICYMI:

• Read here how one state banned assisted suicide.
• Read here how Ranked Choice Voting failed miserably throughout the country.
• Watch here an absurd commercial pro-abortion activists used to manipulate voters.
• Read here how red states passed abortion amendments, but not all. Out of 10 state abortion ballot measures, three were defeated signaling a turning of the tide where all pass.