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Ryan Heinsius/KNAUArizona voters approved most of the measures Republican lawmakers put on the ballot, even as they handed control of the House and Senate to Democrats. -
Sierra Watson, Cronkite NewsIn her first speech since easily coasting to reelection, Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to crack down on Arizona's school voucher system, which many see as out of control and riddled with fraud and abuse. -
![New Mexico attorney Justin Jones [left] and Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley [right] at their respective Election Night watch parties in Arizona on Nov. 3, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/53b497a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1760x990+0+0/resize/480x270!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F33%2Fb82f441344579089c2cf3e2503c2%2Fjones-curley-fb.jpg)
Justin Jones and Crystalyne Curley/FacebookNavajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley won by a margin of 1,115 votes. But her opponent, New Mexico attorney Justin Jones, isn’t giving up. -
Adam Burke/KSUTFour weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process.
![New Mexico attorney Justin Jones [left] and Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley [right] at their respective Election Night watch parties in Arizona on Nov. 3, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2d12d79/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1760x990+0+0/resize/960x540!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F33%2Fb82f441344579089c2cf3e2503c2%2Fjones-curley-fb.jpg)
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Initial results from Tuesday’s election indicate that Democrats could take over the state Legislature for the first time in six decades. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has won re-election, according to a race call by the Associated Press. -
Katie Hobbs, who in 2022 became the first Democrat elected governor in Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006, handily brushed aside a challenge from East Valley conservative Andy Biggs. -
Voters in northern Arizona defeated local ballot measures that would have increased taxes but also supported open space and heightened requirements for developers. -
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley will be the next president of the Navajo Nation. She's the first woman elected to lead the largest Indigenous tribe in the U.S. -
On Wednesday, a tiny sliver of votes separated Rep. Eli Crane and former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez in the their rematch for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Comedian Brand faces a "significant" prison sentence, which a London court judge is set to hand down on Monday. -
COP31 - the annual UN negotiations on climate change - starts on Monday. The talks have been going on for decades, during which the planet has gotten hotter. So, do these climate talks really matter?
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Alex Fogg, Natural Resources Chief of Okaloosa County, Florida, about efforts to deliberately sink the SS United States and create an artificial reef in its wreckage.
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The results of the U.S. midterms were closely followed overseas. NPR correspondents in Moscow and Beijing discuss how the elections are seen in the countries they cover.
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Chad Harbach's 2011 book "The Art of Fielding" was set in a fictional midwestern college. After 15 years, Harbach returns to the same school for his follow up, "The Brightness."
Abundant sunshine and steadily warmer afternoons are forecast moving forward through the forecast.
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