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Counsel Christine Jones likely headed to Washington — Former GoDaddy

Counsel Christine Jones likely headed to Washington — Former GoDaddy

Race hasn’t been called, but Jones leads with all precincts reporting.

[Update: Despite leading by 876 votes with all precincts reporting, Jones now finds herself down by 9 votes following mail-in and absentee ballots. There will be a recount.

Update: Following the recount, Christine Jones has lost the race.]

Christine JonesIt looks like former GoDaddy chief counsel and EVP Christine Jones is headed to Washington.

Jones narrowly defeated Andy Biggs in the Republican primary for U.S. Representative District 5 in Arizona yesterday.

Jones took 30% of the vote in the four-way race; Biggs had 29%.

AZCentral.com has not declared Jones the winner, but Jones leads by 876 votes with 100% of precincts reporting. I’m not sure if mail-in and absentee ballots have been counted.

District 5 is a reliably Republican district, so Jones ought to handily beat Democratic nominee Talia Fuentes in November.

Jones unsuccessfully ran for governor of Arizona in 2014.

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