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Endorses Elliott
The race
The constable is the executive enforcement officer of the justice court: a peace officer who serves legal process — summonses, subpoenas, eviction writs, warrants, and orders of protection — for the precinct. District 2 is the Casa Grande precinct. The term is four years.
The verified November 3, 2026 roster has one name on it. Pinal County's official 2026 Candidate Nomination Petitions file lists a single filer for Constable, District 2: Scott Elliott (Republican), the incumbent. No other candidate of any party filed, so Elliott is the general-election candidate — verified from the county's own file.
The candidates
Scott Elliott (Republican, incumbent) is a Pinal County native who grew up in the Casa Grande area, attended Casa Grande Union High School and studied criminal justice at Central Arizona College, per his Arizona Constables Association biography. He began his law-enforcement career with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in July 1991 and served 25 years, retiring as a lieutenant. His assignments, per the same biography: commander over the Patrol Support Division, the City of Maricopa contract services, several patrol regions, SWAT, the Search and Rescue Unit, and the Aviation Unit — which he led the creation of in 2011, serving as its chief pilot until his 2016 retirement. He is a member of the Casa Grande Valley Elks Lodge No. 1957. Credits: a quarter-century of county law enforcement, command rank, and the standing record of an incumbent constable — the office's work (process service and court-order enforcement across the Casa Grande precinct) is a direct continuation of his career. Dirt: no documented controversy, discipline, or scandal surfaced in this pass's news and campaign searches.
Pros and cons
- Elliott — Pro: Twenty-five years with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, retired as a lieutenant with SWAT, search-and-rescue, and aviation command — a deep, verified enforcement record for an enforcement office, plus incumbency in the seat itself. Con: He is unopposed, so voters get no comparative test of that record on this ballot; the con is the race's shape, not a documented failing.
Record gaps
The search behind this article is on its face: the county's official nomination-petitions file (the filing), the Arizona Constables Association's Pinal membership page (Elliott listed as the sitting Precinct 2 constable, with his full biography), the county's constable directories, and news searches for his name. No campaign site or questionnaire was located — normal for an unopposed constable, and stated here rather than papered over.
OUR CALL
Our call: endorse Scott Elliott (Republican).
Our uncontested-race rule requires an affirmatively aligning verified record before we endorse a sole candidate, and Elliott's clears it: a Republican career county law-enforcement officer, retired at command rank, now the incumbent in the office, doing the same enforcement work he did for twenty-five years. No documented failing cuts the other way.
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--- Sources
- Pinal County, 2026 Candidate Nomination Petitions (official county file) — Elliott the sole Constable, District 2 filer — https://www.pinal.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27939/2026-Candidate-Nomination-Petitions-PDF
- Arizona Constables Association, Pinal County membership — Elliott, Constable #2 (Casa Grande), biography: PCSO 1991–2016, retired lieutenant, SWAT / Search and Rescue / Aviation Unit commander and chief pilot — http://www.arizonaconstables.com/Members.html?County=Pinal
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.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.