Democrat Nancy Young Wright has conceded in her race against Republican Ally Miller for the seat of retiring Pima County Supervisor Ann Day. The latest vote tally shows that Miller leads Wright, 54 percent to 46 percent:
I’m honored and humbled by the support the voters of District One have placed in me, and I’m proud of the hard work of my volunteers who helped us run a strong grass roots campaign. We worked hard to reach voters with a positive message. We had more than 1,000 small local donors who believed in our campaign.
Unfortunately, our efforts we not enough to prevail. We fought a tough battle in a district that has 11,000 more Republicans registered than Dems; that has the highest number of registered voters of all five Pima County Supervisorial districts, and that has the highest turn out of all five. This makes District One the most expensive and difficult to run in of all the districts. We also knew it would be challenging to run this year since the district lines were just redrawn and there was a need for voter education in new areas.
I want to thank my team, who believed in me and supported me in every possible way. I’m very proud of our hard work and all of the voter outreach we accomplished. We knew it would be a tough race with the voter registration advantage that my opponent enjoyed.
I congratulate my opponent and wish her well in her tenure on the board.
This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2012.
I hope Supervisor-elect Ally Miller has read this statement from the ever-gracious Nancy Young Wright, knowing she won’t see it in the Weekly. I hope also that Ms. Miller will start to sneak an occasional glance at the Weekly and every other local news source with which she may not agree completely. It seems to me this campaign proved that she is a trifle impatient with those whose knowledge of county issues enables them to point her to the facts, and the nuts and bolts of a Supervisor’s job involve facing facts, not just serving up hot tea to one’s base of support. Good luck, Ally. Thanks, Nancy!
This was one of the most disappointing local results of Tuesday’s election. Nancy Young Wright was very conscientious and effective in her public offices.
I have considerable doubts that “Tea Party” favorite Ally Miller will be anything but a hack. At least now maybe she’ll take down all of her smiling election campaign roadside stands…
I’d like to congratulate Nancy on a well-run campaign. She is a thoughtful and dedicated public servant and I’m sure an opportunity for her talents will persent itself.