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   From: zinn@reno.us   
      
   Julie Gunnigle (D.), a George Soros-backed prosecutor whose radical pro-   
   abortion stance made waves throughout the campaign, has lost the Maricopa   
   County attorney's special election to Republican Rachel Mitchell.   
      
   Mitchell was winning by 4 points with 94 percent of ballots tabulated when   
   Gunnigle conceded on Monday. The Democrat said the results prove "a   
   continuation of the legacy of corruption within the Maricopa County   
   Attorney's Office." Mitchell, a veteran prosecutor who has served as   
   acting Maricopa County attorney since March, declared victory in a press   
   release later that day.   
      
   "Public safety isn't partisan," she said. "All Arizonans demand safe   
   communities in which to live, work, and raise their children."   
      
   Gunnigle took $6,550 from Way to Lead PAC, which received hundreds of   
   thousands of dollars from Soros's Democracy PAC. During the campaign, she   
   caught flak following a Washington Free Beacon report that she partnered   
   with abortion clinics that sold fetal organs. Mitchell allies referred to   
   the story in direct text messages to voters, prompting Gunnigle in a   
   September tweet to dismiss the report as "disinformation."   
      
   The Democratic candidate promised voters that if elected she would not   
   prosecute abortions under the 15-week abortion ban that Gov. Doug Ducey   
   (R.) signed into law in March. She also pledged to form a special division   
   within her office to prosecute police shootings and use of force while   
   dismissing many low-level criminal offenses. Crime is up more than 40   
   percent over the past two years in Phoenix, Maricopa County's largest   
   municipality.   
      
   Gunnigle also ran for county attorney in 2020, losing to Republican   
   incumbent Allister Adel, who resigned in March. Gunnigle's campaign did   
   not respond to a request for comment.   
      
   Mitchell is widely known for participating as an expert on sex crimes in   
   the 2018 Senate confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She   
   informed senators that "a reasonable prosecutor" would never have relied   
   on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Kavanaugh.   
      
   Mitchell will serve two years before she is up for reelection to a full,   
   four-year term in 2024.   
      
   Published under: 2022 Election, Abortion, Arizona, Crime, George Soros   
      
      
      
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