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Cheryl Cage is running for the Arizona State Senate from District 26.

Votes are being counted in Pima County Thursday afternoon, and candidates in the District 26 House and Senate races are assessing results.

Cheryl Cage, the Dove Mountain Democrat who lost to Republican Al Melvin by 1,966 votes in November, has formalized her plan to seek election in 2010 to the District 26 Senate seat now held by Melvin.

Newly re-elected Republican Sen. Al Melvin drove south from the Arizona Capitol on Monday, talking on his hands-free device — he’s an advocate of legislation to ban texting while driving — about his victory over Democrat Cheryl Cage in last Tuesday’s District 26 Senate election.

First-term District 26 Sen. Al Melvin has filed the paperwork to seek re-election in 2010.

If he’s elected to the Arizona Senate, Republican Al Melvin “will represent everyone, every man, woman and child” in District 26, “regardless of political affiliation.”

Cheryl Cage, the Democrat seeking election to the Arizona Senate in District 26, believes the state needs “a retooling and rethinking of our entire economic base.”

Months in the making, candidates for the Arizona State Senate seat in District 26 met last week to trade barbs on issues facing the Northwest and the state.

For the second time in two years, SaddleBrooke Republican Al Melvin has defeated a longtime sitting legislator in the GOP primary.

The long-anticipated debate between candidates for State Senate in Legislative District 26 happened Thursday, Oct. 14.

Three candidates for the Arizona House of Representatives in District 26 are locked in a near-even heat, according to early results from the Nov. 2 election.

The Pima County Democratic Party plans to open a campaign office in the Northwest, at 2860 W. Ina Road, Suite 100.

The Explorer is making minor political news this week because we've been attempting to put together a one-on-one debate between the two candidates for Arizona Senate in District 26, incumbent Republican Sen. Al Melvin and Democrat Cheryl Cage.

Our current state senator, Al Melvin, has once again demonstrated how out of touch he is with the values of LD-26 voters.

Sen. Melvin and the current legislative majority have cut $277 million out of Arizona's public schools. So, I must say, that Melvin's 'Help our schools, and your wallet' is the worst example of political spin I have ever read.

Candidates for the Arizona Legislature in District 26 spent a combined total of nearly $400,000 in the 2010 campaign.