Newly minted 1st Congressional District Democratic nominee Ann Kirkpatrick issued a statement Tuesday declaring, "Tonight, we are one step closer to bringing real change to Washington and it feels great."
At latest count, Kirkpatrick had 47.6 percent of the vote, as compared with Mary Kim Titla, her next closest rival, who had 32.6 percent. As of this writing, 95.7 percent of totals had been reported.