Many parts of Arizona were expecting rain today, raising questions about how it would impact voter turnout in today’s primary election.

So far, at least in Phoenix, the storms haven’t made an appearance, and voter turnout may be a bit higher than in previous years.

ABC 15 reports that Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell says it could reach as high as 25 percent.

However, more noteworthy is the increased number of independent voters casting ballots.

As I described previously, unaffiliated voters in Arizona have a choice in which party’s primary they’d like to participate in.

With a heated battle taking center stage in the state between incumbent GOP Attorney General Tom Horne and challenger Mark Brnovich, Democrats may have spent the last few months reaching out the those independent voters to cast their vote for Horne.

Should the incumbent prove successful in tonight’s election, the AG’s office is almost certainly going to change party hands due to the controversy that has surrounded Horne since his time there – and this fact is not lost on Arizona Democrats.

Reports indicating higher than usual unaffiliated voter turnout should be raising some eyebrows inside the Brnovich campaign, and for most of Arizona.