‘Sham’ Green Party candidates win primary races over party-backed write-ins

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: August 7, 2026

Words: 1,010

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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The only Green Party candidates who made it onto Arizona’s primary ballot for governor and secretary of state, and who the party disavowed as frauds, won their races against Green Party-backed write-in candidates.

In the July 21 Primary Election, Risa Lombardo took the governor’s race with 430 votes to Green Party-endorsed write-in candidate Carlos Melendez’s 202 votes, according to final vote counts released by the Secretary of State’s Office after the counts were …

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