When will we know? · Arizona
When will we know Arizona’s 2026 election results?
In 2024, none of Arizona’s vote was counted by 9 PM ET, 54% by 11 PM and 55% by 1 AM.
It passed 95% by 10:20 PM ET on Nov. 14 (the first archived copy at that level).
Pima and Yavapai came in last (past 90% by 10:20 PM ET on Nov. 14). Maricopa and Pinal came in first.
After the last overnight copy (56% at 2:37 AM ET), the archive’s next copies read 67% by 6:33 PM ET on Nov. 6, 93% by midnight ET on Nov. 11, 100% by 2:51 AM ET on Nov. 22.
Polls in Arizona close at 9 PM ET.
- These are 2024 counts. 2024 was a presidential year, and 2026 timing can differ. Nothing on this page predicts when any 2026 race will be known.
- Percentages are of each unit’s final 2024 count, not of the votes cast in 2026. A county’s share is of that county’s own final count.
- This page shows no results and no live data. Call the Map does not run an election-night results page.
The count by the hour, election night 2024
The biggest counties, and when each was in
| County | Of the state’s vote | By 9 PM | By 11 PM | By 1 AM | Past 90% by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa | 61% | none | 54% | 55% | midnight on Nov. 11 |
| Pima | 15% | none | 53% | 53% | 10:20 PM on Nov. 14 |
| Pinal | 6% | none | 67% | 68% | midnight on Nov. 11 |
| Yavapai | 4% | none | 58% | 58% | 10:20 PM on Nov. 14 |
Each percentage is of that county’s own final count, not of the state’s. “none” means the feed showed no votes yet; “not measured” means the feed did not carry the county’s count at that time, which is not the same as zero. A time after 2:37 AM is the first archived copy at that level; the archive has no copy between 2:37 AM and 2:37 PM on Nov. 6, so the count may have passed it earlier.
What comes late, and why
Takes days. Ballots processed before Election Day are released first (about an hour after polls close) and lean Democratic; mail ballots dropped off on Election Day ('late earlies') are processed only after polls close. MIT: 95% of the 2024 presidential vote took 147 hours (73 in 2020); in 2022 Kelly's early ~20-point lead narrowed to a ~5-point win.
Sources: AP via PBS NewsHour: What to expect in Arizona on Election Day; AP (Askarinam) via NBC4 Washington: Want to follow election results like a pro? Here's what to watch in key states; MIT Election Data + Science Lab: How long did it take to count the vote in 2024? (Baltz); Protect Democracy: The 2024 Vote Count, What to Expect. These describe the 2020, 2022 and 2024 elections and the rules in force when they were read; they are not a statement about 2026.
The 2026 races here
- House AZ-01Shah (D) vs. Feely (R)
- House AZ-02Nez (D) vs. Crane (R)
- House AZ-06Mendoza (D) vs. Ciscomani (R)
See every race in Arizona, print the Election Night Guide to follow the count, or make your calls in the prediction game.
Sources and method
- Counts
- The New York Times presidential county results feed (Associated Press data), President only, as the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine kept it. Copies used: 7:59 PM ET Nov. 5 to 10:46 PM ET Dec. 5. The archive has no capture of this feed between 2:37 AM and 2:37 PM ET on Nov 6 2024; a state still counting at 2:37 AM is not measured again until the afternoon (and only the 16 states with an 'after' point carry later captures).
- Final count
- The same feed's last archived capture, 2025-01-06T22:21:00-05:00 (statewide 3,389,319). It is the feed’s last archived value, not a certified canvass.
- Capture times
- Kept to the minute (the research file kept capture times to the minute; the Wayback address resolves to the nearest capture).
The 15 archived copies behind this page
- 8 PM · 0% of the state’s final count in · taken 19:59 ET 11/05
- 9 PM · 0% of the state’s final count in · taken 20:59 ET 11/05
- 10 PM · 0% of the state’s final count in · taken 21:55 ET 11/05
- 11 PM · 54% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:59 ET 11/05
- midnight · 54% of the state’s final count in · taken 23:51 ET 11/05
- 1 AM · 55% of the state’s final count in · taken 00:59 ET 11/06
- 2 AM · 55% of the state’s final count in · taken 01:57 ET 11/06
- 2:37 AM · 56% of the state’s final count in · taken 02:37 ET 11/06
- 6:33 PM on Nov. 6 · 67% of the state’s final count in · taken 18:33 ET 11/06
- 5:15 AM on Nov. 7 · 74% of the state’s final count in · taken 05:15 ET 11/07
- 7:13 PM on Nov. 7 · 74% of the state’s final count in · taken 19:13 ET 11/07
- midnight on Nov. 11 · 93% of the state’s final count in · taken 00:00 ET 11/11
- 10:20 PM on Nov. 14 · 99% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:20 ET 11/14
- 2:51 AM on Nov. 22 · 100% of the state’s final count in · taken 02:51 ET 11/22
- 10:46 PM on Dec. 5 · 100% of the state’s final count in · taken 22:46 ET 12/05