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The race

Decided earlier — Eloy's 2026 council election was resolved at the July 21, 2026 primary, and Eloy's November 3 ballot carries a ballot measure (Proposition 408, the APS franchise, per the city clerk's published notice), not a council contest. The evidence is in the city's own record. The minutes of the August 10, 2026 regular council meeting record Mayor Andrew Sutton congratulating "those elected" in the July 21 primary, "including Vice-Mayor Tarango and Councilmember Garcia," and the mayor's July 22 activities were conducted alongside "Councilmember-Elect Dunfee" — three council names elected in July: Michelle Tarango, Jose Garcia, and Dunfee (the sources worked give the councilmember-elect's surname; we print it as sourced and do not guess a first name). The council's August 24, 2026 consent agenda adopted Resolution No. 26-1675 "declaring and adopting the results of the City of Eloy Primary Election held on July 21, 2026." Sutton himself was the sole candidate for mayor in this cycle, per GoodParty.org's candidate record (his mayoral term runs 2025–2026 under Eloy's two-year mayoral cycle). The city's candidate packet frames a general election as needed only if the primary leaves seats unfilled — "November 3, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION (if needed)" — and on the city's own post-primary record, it did not.

The candidates

Michelle Tarango — re-elected. The council's vice-mayor (listed in earlier city material as Michelle McKinley-Tarango), congratulated by name in the August 10 minutes as elected in the primary.

Jose Garcia — re-elected. A sitting councilmember likewise named in the August 10 minutes among those elected.

Dunfee — elected. Identified in the city's minutes as "Councilmember-Elect" as of July 22, 2026 — the new member of the three.

Andrew Sutton — mayor. Sole mayoral candidate this cycle. Eloy elects its mayor to two-year terms, so the office returns to voters in 2028 regardless.

Record gaps

This article documents its search on the outcome: the City of Eloy's CivicClerk meeting files (the August 10, 2026 minutes and the August 24, 2026 agenda adopting Resolution No. 26-1675), the city's 2026 candidate packet, GoodParty.org's Eloy candidate listings, and news searches. The city's own minutes establish who was elected; the official Pinal County primary summary PDF could not be text-extracted beyond its Casa Grande page in this pass, so per-candidate Eloy vote totals are not printed rather than estimated. Dunfee's first name does not appear in the sources worked and is left unprinted for the same reason.

Pros and cons

OUR CALL

Our call: no November call — decided July 21, 2026; we record the outcome on the city's own record. Tarango, Garcia, and Dunfee are the council members elected in the primary; Sutton continues as mayor. Eloy voters' November 3 decision is Proposition 408. The unverified items — vote totals and one first name — are flagged in the gaps section rather than papered over, and this article will be updated if the county's official totals become retrievable.

For the complete Election 2026 breakdown — every race, claim by claim — see the full coverage on our website. Vote early. Research your candidates. Choose the best moderates, whatever their party — no extremism from either side. And encourage your friends and family to do the same. --- Sources

Election result — November 4, 2026

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.

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