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No endorsement
The race
The Hassayampa Precinct elects a justice of the peace this cycle. A justice of the peace presides over the precinct's justice court — traffic and misdemeanor cases, civil claims up to $10,000, evictions, and orders of protection. Arizona does not require a justice of the peace to be an attorney, and the office carries a four-year term. This race is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot as a vote, not a cancelled election: Arizona's cancellation statute, A.R.S. § 16-410, by its terms covers only elections held under Title 15, Title 48, or § 16-822, and Ballotpedia's general-election tables list this race on the general ballot with a single candidate. The sole general-election candidate is Danielle Blake (Republican). The sitting justice of the peace, Chris Mueller, is not the candidate on the general ballot.
Here the honest finding is how little public record exists. Ballotpedia's general-election table lists Blake as the precinct's sole candidate, with no incumbency mark. The LD28 Republican Party's endorsements page supports her, saying she "has demonstrated a commitment to serving her community and is well prepared to administer the Hassayampa Justice Court fairly, respectfully, and according to the law" — an endorsement statement, not a biography: it names no employer, no legal or court experience, no prior office, and no education. This pass's news searches returned no profile, no interview, and no controversy for her — in either column. (Her surname is shared with the precinct's constable, Scott Blake, whose own campaign site names his wife as Danielle Price Blake; we do not build a candidate profile out of a spouse's website, and no source worked states her qualifications in her own right.)
OUR CALL
Our call: no endorsement — insufficient record. Even after the documented search, we could not verify this candidate's background or service. The search, on this article's face: Ballotpedia's general-election table (sole candidate; no incumbency mark — returned a name and party only); the LD28 GOP endorsements page (returned a generic endorsement with no biography); the county's Running For Office page (confirms the office and term only); and news/campaign searches by her name and precinct (returned no profile, no campaign biography, and no controversy). A voter asked to hand someone a courtroom deserves a documented record; this file does not contain one yet, and we will not invent it.
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--- Sources
- Ballotpedia, Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2026) — general-election tables — https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Maricopa_County,_Arizona_(2026)
- LD28 Republican Party, Endorsements — https://ld28gop.com/endorsements/
- Maricopa County Elections, Running For Office — justice of the peace and constable offices on the 2026 primary and general election cycle, four-year terms — https://Elections.Maricopa.Gov/candidates/running-for-office.html
- Arizona Revised Statutes § 16-410 (cancellation of certain elections — by its terms limited to elections under Title 15, Title 48, or § 16-822) — https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00410.htm
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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