Preliminary unofficial election results

There are 85,189 registered voters in Tempe. A total of 21,178 votes have been tallied so far, representing a 24.65% turnout.

Results posted at Results.Maricopa.Vote will be updated daily as additional ballots are processed and tabulated. Results remain unofficial until canvassed.

Release of final unofficial results
Maricopa County Elections will continue processing and tabulating all valid ballots following Election Night, including ballots that require signature verification or proof of identification.

Voters who cast a conditional provisional ballot, as well as voters whose early ballot signature requires verification, were provided instructions from Maricopa County Elections explaining how to provide proof of identification or cure their ballot. The deadline to provide proof of identification or cure a signature is 5 p.m. on Friday, March 13.

Voters may check their provisional ballot status at ProvisionalStatus.Maricopa.Vote or track their early ballot status at BeBallotReady.Vote. Additional information regarding the curing process is available at elections.maricopa.gov/voting/ballot-curing.

Final unofficial results will be available after all valid ballots have been processed and counted. Updated results will continue to be posted at Results.Maricopa.Vote and tempe.gov/election. Information about how Maricopa County processes and reports election results is available at CountingBallots.Maricopa.Vote.

Results will become official following the Tempe City Council's canvass of the vote, tentatively scheduled for the March 26 Regular Council Meeting.

Councilmembers declared elected will take the oath of office at the July 1 Regular Council Meeting.

How the winners are determined:
Under Tempe City Charter § 7.01 and City Code §§ 13-4 through 13-6, a candidate who receives a majority of all votes cast for the office of Councilmember at the primary election will be declared elected following the official canvass.

Because three Councilmember seats are being filled, the majority threshold is calculated by totaling all votes cast for the office, dividing that total by three (the number of seats to be filled), dividing the result by two, and rounding up to the nearest whole number. A candidate must receive at least that calculated number of votes to be declared elected.

If three candidates reach the required majority, those three candidates will be declared elected and no General (Runoff) Election will be held in May.

If more than three candidates reach the required majority, the candidates with the highest vote totals - up to the number of open seats - will be declared elected.

If fewer than three candidates reach the required majority, a General (Runoff) Election will be held on May 19, 2026. In that event, the candidates with the highest vote totals - equal to twice the number of remaining seats - will advance to the May election. The candidates with the highest vote totals in May - equal to the number of open seats - will be declared elected.

Information about the election can be found at tempe.gov/election. Voters may also call Tempe 311 at 480-350-4311 or email [email protected].