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...Salmon lost because he failed to convert Tucson. What Salmon needed was a grass roots campaign in Tucson.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Tucson is run by the Greens. But even without Tucson Salmon would have won if not for his stance against Casinos - which resonated big time with some northern tribes.

Of course, I tend to believe also that one of Matt's biggest problems was the previous governor Jane Hull, a RINO if ever there was one.

I sort of wish that Salmon had not conceded with less than 10,000 votes to be counted. He was still gaining ground and it was at least statistically possible that he could have won (I think that they stopped counting after he conceded). Given the way things were going, I doubt that he would have won, but most of the uncounted votes were from the valley - which heavily favored him. It is not out of reason for the election to have come down to a few hundred votes.