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Pima County primary voters appeared to favor incumbents when choosing in the primary election for seats on the Board of Supervisors.

They returned Ann Day, a Republican in District 1, and Ramón Valadez, a Democrat, in District 2 to serve another term on the board that governs the unincorporated swaths of Pima County.

Incumbent Sharon Bronson, a Democrat in District 3, survived a challenge from Donna Branch-Gilby and will face Republican Barney Brenner in the general election.

We endorsed Day and Valadez in the primary election because neither race has a challenger in November.

Perennial candidate Joe Sweeney, a Republican, will face Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva in the general election. Sweeney defeated Gene Chewning, a pastor, for his second shot at defeating Grijalva in the heavily Democratic Congressional District 7.

A legislative incumbent who may not be moving on to the general election is Tom Prezelski, seeking his second term in the State Legislature. Prezelski trailed Matt Heinz, Daniel Patterson and Patricia Puig in the seven-way Democratic primary at presstime, with the top two vote getters facing Republicans Juan Ciscomani and Pat Kilburn in the general election.

Phil Lopes and Olivia Cajero Bedford, both Democrats, appeared to have survived to face Republican J.D. "Duke" Schechter in Legislative District 27 in the Nov. 4 general election. Challenger John Kromko could not muster the votes needed to make it to the November general election.

In Senate District 26, moderate Republican Pete Hershberger was in a tight race with over far-right Al Melvin.

In the Arizona Corporation Commission race, Republicans Marian McClure, Barry Wong and Bob Stump were leading the pack statewide in early results. For the Democrats in the race, Sandra Kennedy, Sam George and Paul Newman were in the lead. The commission, which oversees public utilities, railroad and pipeline safety and securities regulation, has three open spots in November.

Turnout was light for the primary, which is disappointing but not unexpected. We look forward to a vigorous general election campaign.