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Arizona
Voters Approve Arizona's Eminent Domain Ballot Item, Re-Elect Gov. Napolitano
Reflecting a nationwide political trend, Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano cruised to another term in office with an easy 63-35 percent victory over Republican Len Munsil, but in a strange twist 65 percent of voters passed Proposition 2007, which mixes eminent domain and regulatory takings issues, seriously curbing government ability to take land and manage growth.
Similar double-barrel measures got defeated in California and Idaho, while Montana was spared from such a referendum by a court, which had found the proposed mixed ballot unconstitutional.
At the same time, Arizona voters turned down two competing measures to protect state trust land, Proposition 105 and Proposition 108. The first, which would have preserved 43,000 acres was rejected by 71 percent of voters; the other, to preserve 694,000 acres, by 52 percent. 11/8/2006
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