GOVERNMENT RECORD
City of Yuma Elections: July 21, 2026 Primary Results and November 3 General/Special Election
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Official City of Yuma election information. The page reports the July 21, 2026 primary results, canvassed August 5, 2026, and provides information about the November 3, 2026 general/special election.
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The official results list Carlos Adams as a write-in candidate for Mayor with 1,348 votes (13.6%). This identifies his candidacy and result; it does not establish a financial or organizational relationship between his campaign committee and Yuma Transparency Club.
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- UnverifiedYuma Transparency Club is required to register as an Arizona political action committee.
Whether the Yuma Transparency Club must register as a PAC has not been established.
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- Yuma Transparency Club publishes revised ethics-reform explanation
Adams for Yuma published an updated six-page Yuma Transparency Ethics Reform explanation and states that it replaces the earlier framework. The revision changes several proposal details, including provisional-member selection, commissioner terms, complaint procedures and civil penalties, and expressly states that the Commission could not rewrite Arizona conflict-of-interest law.
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- ExplainerProposition 436: How a $30 Million Change Could Raise Yuma’s Spending Limit by $368 Million
The proposed $30 million changes the base used to calculate spending authority. It does not create $30 million in cash. Here is how the AEL and FY2028 timing fit together.
- ExplainerProposition 437: How One Word Could Change Yuma's Candidate Signature Requirements
The percentages stay at 3%–5%. The proposal changes which preceding election supplies the ballot count, while future signature totals remain turnout-dependent.
- AnalysisThe Candidate: Who Is Carlos Adams?
Carlos Adams wants Yuma to look hard at the people who run it. Fine. Let's look hard at him: a write-in candidate with a business that has three birthdays, a family he won't name, and a house bought by a man with his name when he was in first grade.
- AnalysisThe Paper Trail Behind Carlos Adams's Boxing Shoes
Carlos Adams ran for mayor on his business. So who owns it? The filings, trademarks and shipping records point in three directions, and the company's own website points to a house in Yuma.
- AnalysisWhat the Records Say
Seven stories in, here's the tally on Carlos Adams: what's proven, what isn't, what I believe, what got thrown out, and the questions he still won't answer.
- ExplainerYuma Propositions 436 and 437: What Voters Are Actually Being Asked to Change
Two ballot measures, two different decisions: what changes and what stays the same for Yuma’s spending authority and candidate nomination signatures.
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- ExplainerYuma Transparency Club Is Active in Local Politics. Does That Make It a PAC?
Arizona’s PAC test has two parts: predominant purpose and qualifying election-related financial activity meeting the applicable adjusted financial threshold. Public materials connect Carlos Adams and the Yuma Transparency Club, but the records reviewed do not establish whether the club meets either element.
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- Carlos Adams
Carlos Adams is a Yuma business owner who ran as a write-in candidate for mayor in the July 21, 2026 City of Yuma primary. He has publicly promoted ethics-reform materials associated with the Yuma Transparency Club. The City of Yuma lists PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor as an active candidate committee.
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- Adams for Yuma Mayor
The City of Yuma lists PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor as an active candidate committee for the 2026 mayoral election. This record reflects that official listing; it does not establish a financial or organizational relationship with Yuma Transparency Club.
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- Yuma Ethics, Conflict of Interest & Government Reform
An evidence-based look at Yuma’s ethics rules, conflict-of-interest law, municipal authority, proposed reforms, and what Arizona law allows local government to do.
- Yuma Propositions 436 & 437
A plain-English evidence guide to City of Yuma Propositions 436 and 437 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Proposition 436 concerns a permanent adjustment to the City's expenditure base. Proposition 437 concerns how nomination-petition signature requirements for City elected office are calculated.