Scottsdale City Council general election expected to bring more attack ads, big money to race

Four candidates will compete for two open Scottsdale City Council seats in the November election after only one candidate secured enough votes to win outright in the July primary.Incumbent Solange Whitehead was re-elected and will begin a new term in January 2027, according to current election results.Incumbent Barry Graham and challengers Bob Littlefield, Michelle Ugenti-Rita and Raoul Zubia will appear on the November ballot.Scottsdale City Clerk Ben Lane explained why the city's elections work differently than cities like Phoenix."We don't have districts here. So the mayor and council all represent the entire city. Graham and Littlefield are also being targeted by negative campaigns.Dark money has become a hotly debated topic after financial reports showed a political action committee called Better Together has funneled a quarter million dollars into the race so far.Filings show the contributions are coming solely from National Horizon Inc., a conservative super PAC in Alexandria, Virginia, that supports Republican candidates.

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