Helen Purcell

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Helen Purcell

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Prior offices

Maricopa County Recorder

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Helen Purcell is a former county recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona. First elected in 1988, Purcell lost a re-election campaign in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2016)

Maricopa County held elections for the county board of supervisors, county assessor, county attorney, county recorder, sheriff, county treasurer, and special districts in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on August 30, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in this election was June 1, 2016. Adrian Fontes defeated incumbent Helen Purcell in the Maricopa County recorder general election.

Maricopa County Recorder, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Adrian Fontes	50.53%	704,916
	Republican	Helen Purcell Incumbent	49.47%	690,088
Total Votes				1,395,004
Source: Maricopa County Recorder, "2016 General Election Final Results," accessed November 28, 2016

Maricopa County Recorder, Primary Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Helen Purcell Incumbent	50.03%	154,711
Aaron Flannery	49.97%	154,509
Total Votes		309,220
Source: Maricopa County Recorder, "2016 Primary Election Results," September 9, 2016

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See also

Maricopa County, Arizona	Arizona	Municipal government	Other local coverage
Government of Maricopa County, Arizona Maricopa County, Arizona Counties in Arizona Cities in Arizona	Arizona Arizona elections, 2016 Public policy in Arizona Endorsers in Arizona	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2016 municipal elections School board elections, 2016 Local ballot measure elections in 2016 2016 local judicial elections

External links

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• Maricopa County, Arizona

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Maricopa County Recorder 1989-2016	Succeeded by Adrian Fontes