Terry and Jan - It’s complicated

Terry Goddard’s relationship with his possible November rival has ranged from acrimony to peaceful coexistence to something approaching disinterest.

Ninth, with dissent, extends stay on CCEC funds

A Ninth Circuit panel of judges ruled 2-1 in favor of extending the stay on Judge Roslyn Silver’s ruling on matching funds. The order, released yesterday, calls for the case to be heard in mid-April and opening briefs to be filed this month.

Thomas tells captains he will resign in May?

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas reportedly met with his bureau chiefs this morning (Jan. 27) and informed them he will resign as county attorney in May in order to run for attorney general, according to a YS source proclaiming knowledge of the meeting.

Candidates sticking to public funds… for now

The shaky future of matching funds isn’t leading any publicly funded candidates to shy away from Clean Elections funding. CCEC Director Todd Land said four new candidates have filed to run publicly funded campaigns since Judge Roslyn Silver’s Jan. 19 order deemed matching funds unconstitutional.

Make yourself at home

State Sen. John Huppenthal ruffled some feathers in the state GOP and drew the ire of the Saguaro High School administration after he drilled holes in the school auditorium’s wall Friday morning to hang his massive campaign banner.

Horne drops $200K, CCEC votes 4-0 to appeal

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne today confirmed a long circulating rumor that he will show more than $200,000 in campaign contributions when he files his campaign finance report next week. He told our reporter that his report, which covers all of 2009, will show about $205,000 in contributions.

Ninth floor on Munger plan: Better than nothing, but still bad

Gov. Jan Brewer aide Paul Senseman gave GOP gubernatorial candidate John Munger credit for coming out yesterday with a budget proposal of his own, but that’s about as far as he was willing to go. “First of all, we’re grateful that Mr. Munger at least has the political courage to put something down on paper,” said Senseman.

Proposed order bans matching funds

Nearing the 5:00 end-of-the-business-day deadline, Circuit Court Judge Roslyn Silver issued a proposed order banning matching funds. But it isn’t the final word on whether the funds will be passed out to Clean Elections candidates in 2010.

What would Grover do?

Back when Martin was still in the Senate, a handful of people gathered in the Ice Cream Parlor of the old Capitol for a meeting he organized with Grover Norquist, sometimes referred to by Democrats as Arizona’s shadow governor.

Martin is running, right?

State Treasurer Dean Martin’s campaign has confirmed what we’d been hearing: A Wednesday press conference with a “major announcement.”

The event will be held in front of a closed Motorola plant in East Phoenix, and who could imagine Martin would pick such a location to announce he’s not running for governor?