County has 118,251 registered voters
 
By JIM SECKLER
Mohave Daily News
 
KINGMAN – Independents in Bullhead City and the Mohave Valley area continue to grow at a faster pace than Republicans or Democrats.

Registered voters are now voting early for the March 8 Bullhead City election to select a mayor and two city council members.

The county had 118,251 registered voters as of Jan. 1. As of Oct. 4, there were 116,338 registered voters in the county, according to the Mohave County Voter Registration Department.

The Democrats and Republicans have seen slight increases in Bullhead City, Fort Mohave and Mohave Valley since October, while Independents have increased by about 4 to 1 over Republicans in Bullhead City.

The precincts where Democrats outnumber Republicans in Bullhead City include Buena Vista, River Bend, Riviera and Holiday Shores. Democrats outnumber Republicans in only three other precincts of the 73 precincts in Mohave County, including one precinct in Kingman, one in Dolan Springs and one in Peach Springs.

As of Jan. 1, there were 22,822 registered voters in Bullhead City. There were 7,671 registered Republicans, 6,430 registered Democrats, 8,592 registered as other parties or Independents and 109 Libertarians in the city.

As of Jan. 1, there were 4,225 registered voters in Mohave Valley including 1,195 Democrats, 1,445 Republicans and 1,569 voters registered as other parties. In Fort Mohave, there were 8,728 registered voters including 2,342 Democrats, 3,251 Republicans and 3,080 voters registered as other parties.

There are 177 registered voters in Oatman with 36 Democrats, 78 Republicans and 62 registered as others. In Topock, there are 1,413 voters with 477 Democrats, 484 Republicans and 443 voters registered as other parties, as of Jan. 1.

As of Jan. 1, there were 47,285 registered Republicans in Mohave County. There were also 28,364 registered Democrats and 41,907 registered voters who were listed as other parties. There are also 577 registered Libertarians and 118 voters registered with the Green Party in the county, according to the voter registration department.

In Colorado City, there were 1,252 Republicans and 760 Independents but only 48 registered Democrats out of 2,072 registered voters. In Peach Springs, the Democrats outnumber Republicans 265 to 63 with 193 Independents.

In Arizona as of Jan. 1, there are 3,191,939 registered voters with 1,008,689 registered Democrats or 31.6 percent, 1,142,605 registered Republicans or 35.8 percent and 1,010,725 registered as the other party or 31.7 percent. There are also 24,880 registered as Libertarians.
 
MohaveDailyNews.com
Originally published Wednesday, February 23, 2011
 
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