Early voters said no to a salary increase for Tucson's mayor and city council.
The results posted for Prop. 405, which reflect early mail-in ballots only, show the ballot measure failing.
Prop. 405 would have given the mayor and council a 14-15 percent pay raise.
The pay raises were recommended by the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation, but the mayor and council didn't support the raises.
"When you look at city workers that have been very slow to get raises, if they got them at all, and so many resources that need to go to the city services... We didn't expect that to pass," said Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild.
Tucson voters last approved a pay raise in 1999. Voters said no to pay-raise questions in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
Two other city ballot questions, Props. 403 and 404, looked to be passing in early results.
The items were recommended by the Charter Review Committee.
Prop. 403 would give the mayor a tad more power, including a vote in the firing of the city manager and some other top officials.
Prop. 404 would simplify the hiring and firing process for city department heads.
