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		<title>Vogt replaces Antenori in Arizona House&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/16/vogt-replaces-antenori-in-arizona-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pima County Board of Supervisors has selected Ted Vogt to fill a vacancy in the Arizona House of Representatives.]]></description>
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		<title>McCain, Palin to campaign together in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/16/mccain-palin-to-campaign-together-in-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/16/mccain-palin-to-campaign-together-in-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[John McCain and Sarah Palin are scheduled to campaign together in Arizona next week for the first time since they conceded the presidential election in Phoenix in 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>Faith-based groups make big gains with Brewer at helm &#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/15/faith-based-groups-make-big-gains-with-brewer-at-helm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Herrod]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Cheuvront]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Linda Lopez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ron Gould]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Jan Brewer replaced Janet Napolitano as governor last year, socially conservative public policy groups such as the Center for Arizona Policy and the Arizona Catholic Conference began a streak of successes at the Capitol that would make any lobbyist envious.]]></description>
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		<title>Goddard submits 5s, signatures for governor’s race</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/14/goddard-submits-5s-signatures-for-governor%e2%80%99s-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Clean elections]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Terry Goddard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Terry Goddard on March 12 submitted the signatures and $5 contributions needed to qualify as a Clean Elections candidate for the 2010 governor’s race.]]></description>
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		<title>Ballot measure would ban ‘taxpayer money&#8217; for political campaigns&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/ballot-measure-would-ban-%e2%80%98taxpayer-money-for-political-campaigns/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/ballot-measure-would-ban-%e2%80%98taxpayer-money-for-political-campaigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The system that allows Arizona residents to use government money to campaign for political office is teetering after a federal judge ruled earlier this year that a major component of the scheme is unconstitutional. Many powerful special interest groups, nonetheless, are hoping to deliver the knockout blow at the ballot box this fall, rather than wait for it to collapse on its own.]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign finance now in uncharted territory</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/05/campaign-finance-now-in-uncharted-territory/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/05/campaign-finance-now-in-uncharted-territory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that corporations and labor unions can spend freely on political campaigns, Arizona has a simple choice - create new regulations to monitor that type of spending, or run the risk of an entire election cycle being dominated by millions of dollars worth of anonymous advertising.]]></description>
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		<title>States rush to catch up with campaign finance ruling</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/05/states-rush-to-catch-up-with-campaign-finance-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/05/states-rush-to-catch-up-with-campaign-finance-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona is moving quickly to rewrite its laws in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations and labor unions to spend money directly on political campaigns, but a handful of states might be in legal limbo until after the 2010 elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer campaign targets treasurer; Martin calls himself ‘frontrunner’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/brewer-campaign-targets-treasurer-martin-calls-himself-%e2%80%98frontrunner%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/brewer-campaign-targets-treasurer-martin-calls-himself-%e2%80%98frontrunner%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Dean Martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer's campaign launched an online offensive against state Treasurer Dean Martin aimed at undercutting his persona as the fiscally conservative nemesis of former Gov. Janet Napolitano. 

Martin, meanwhile, said the series of attacks was an attempt to derail his frontrunner status.]]></description>
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		<title>Burns proposes new controls on state borrowing, debt repayment&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/burns-proposes-new-controls-on-state-borrowing-debt-repayment/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/burns-proposes-new-controls-on-state-borrowing-debt-repayment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate President Bob Burns said he will propose a ballot measure to cap the state's ability to take on new debt.

First, he wants to remove the debt limitation in the Arizona Constitution, which is $350,000.

That limit has been in place since the state's founding in 1912.]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson loses suit challenging nonpartisan voting</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/tucson-loses-suit-challenging-nonpartisan-voting/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/tucson-loses-suit-challenging-nonpartisan-voting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TUCSON - A Pima County Superior Court judge ruled against the city of Tucson March 4 in its challenge of a new state law requiring nonpartisan, ward-only elections.]]></description>
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