The Republican incumbent Maricopa County, Arizona, recorder lost his primary election during elections on July 30, according to the unofficial election results posted to the county recorder’s website.
Stephen Richer, the incumbent, was defeated by State Rep. Justin Heap. Richer had previously taken office in early 2021 after unseating a Democratic incumbent.
Heap also defeated information technology professor Donald Hiatt in the Republican primary. Heap will go on to face the lone Democrat in the race, Tim Stringham, in the Nov. 5 general election.
The recorder’s office covers a wide range of services locally, including processing and preserving property records as well as overseeing the voter files for the county, according to the office’s website….