A certain word has become standard in the past few years when discussing Arizona politics.
At some point, maybe "recount" made people think of doublechecking that everyone in their group was accounted for, or the thing to do when they second-guessed the number of Easter eggs they were hiding. But politicos in Arizona, especially in Maricopa County, now associate the word “recount” with the word “ballots.”
In 1916, maybe it felt the same way. That year, the election for Arizona governor was won by 30 votes, recounted and then overturned. The process left two people sharing a single term for head of the state. One barricaded himself in the office to keep the other man out. Meet Gov. Thomas E. Campbell and Gov. George W.P. Hunt.
In this week's episode of Valley 101, a podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, we go back in time, more than a century ago, to early Arizona statehood.
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