A competing growth plan initiated by Gov. Jane Hull also went down in defeat. Proposition 100 lost in a close vote, 52% to 48%. The measure won in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, but lost in Pima County, home to Tucson, and in many other rural counties.

Proposition 100 would have allowed up to 3% of state trust land to be set aside annually to be protected from development.

The Arizona Cardinals' win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday may have made the different in Proposition 302's success. The measure, which garnered at last count 51% of the votes, would allow a new $330-million stadium to be built for the team. The measure appears to have passed, but the absentee ballots have not been counted.

The Proposition would raise $1.8 billion over 30 years, funds that will go toward a new stadium, expanded tourism budget, Cactus League expansion and youth sports programs. The funds would come from higher sales taxes on rental cars and hotel rooms, and about $95 million from the team itself and proceeds from the Fiesta Bowl. Now, backers of the proposal, if finally approved by voters, will have to decide where to build the stadium, with competing sites in the East and West Valley and on an Indian reservation.

In Coconino County, in northern Arizona, voters soundly rejected Proposition 400, which would have allowed rezoning for Canyon Forest Village, a mixed-use development near the Grand Canyon's south rim. The $330-million development would have included a 900-room hotel, 240,000 sf of commercial space and 2,500 multi-family homes. The project was backed by the National Park Service, just about every environmental group and nearby Indian nations, while business leaders in the nearby cities of Flagstaff and Tusayan fought hard to squash the initiative.