Gila County goes red as the state and nation go blue

Gila County voters backed Republicans in every statewide race on Tuesday, by a margin of nearly 2-to-1, even as a Democratic wave swept Arizona and the nation.

Democrats lead every one of those statewide races across Arizona. Gov. Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes all won re-election, according to Associated Press projections. Nationally, Democrats took control of both the U.S. House and Senate.

The race for District 2 is tied at 49.1%

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Arizona Legislature flips

Democrats are poised to take both chambers of the Arizona Legislature, which would give the party control of the governor's office, the House and the Senate at the same time. If results hold, it would be the first Democratic trifecta in Arizona since 1966, when the U.S. was fighting the Vietnam War.

Republicans went into Election Day holding the House 33-27 and the Senate 17-13. Democrats needed to flip three Senate seats and four House seats for a majority.

An earlier 10 p.m. Monday snapshot from the Arizona Mirror had Democrats on track for 20 Senate seats and 36 House seats. By 6 a.m. Wednesday, KTAR reported Democrats leading in 20 of 30 Senate races and 37 of 60 House seats. Three Senate races, in Districts 14, 16 and 29, were within 4 percentage points.

Democrats last held the state Senate in 1992 and the House in 1966. Many votes remain to be counted in Maricopa County, so final seat totals could shift.

Gila County bucks the trend

Gila County backed the Republican candidate for every statewide office, by nearly 2-to-1, while Democrats lead every one of those races statewide.

On the eight propositions on the ballot, Gila County voters agreed with the statewide result on four and disagreed on four.

Of the county's 34,245 registered voters, 16,870 cast ballots, a turnout of 49%.

Rambler wins fifth term in San Carlos

Terry Rambler held on to the chairmanship of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in a race that split voters nearly evenly among three candidates. It will be Rambler's fifth term.

Rambler received a 34.19% share of the vote, Ina Salter came in at 32.06%, and John Antonio Jr. received 31.66%.

A total of 5,076 votes were cast, just over 40% of eligible voters.

The nation goes blue

Democrats won control of both the U.S. House and Senate. As of 8 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Democrats had won 54 Senate seats to Republicans' 44, according to Yahoo News. The AP projected Democratic Senate flips in Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas.

President Trump congratulated Democrats on their victories but said the midterms were not a referendum on him, the Associated Press reported. "The Democrats did a good job. They fought hard," he said in a phone interview with Fox News.