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		<title>Support for Sheriff Arpaio declines even in some GOP strongholds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Wyloge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Joe Arpaio’s political dominance carried him to a sixth term as Maricopa County sheriff, his 2012 re-election reveals a geographically divided electorate and dwindling support among Republican-leaning suburbanites.
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		<title>Republicans search for adjustments  as Hispanic growth looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Wyloge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Arizona, Republicans are losing the battle over Hispanic voters.<br /><br />Hispanic voter registration leans Democratic by a wide margin, and polling reinforces their support for Democratic candidates.]]></description>
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		<title>Agreement reached in ballot dispute in Barber-McSally race</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An agreement reached Tuesday at least temporarily resolves a dispute over 130 provisional ballots that could prove decisive in Arizona's last undecided congressional race.
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		<title>Dems pin hopes on Carmona as an omen of things to come&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/12/dems-pin-hopes-on-carmona-as-an-omen-of-things-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since the 1980s, Arizona Democrats had a fighting chance for a U.S. Senate seat.<br /><br />And even though their candidate lost, Democrats are hoping Richard Carmona’s candidacy is a sign of a better future for them in Arizona, where Republicans have dominated for decades.



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		<title>Thousands of provisional problems on Election Day&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/08/thousands-of-provisional-ballot-problems-on-election-day-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after noon on Election Day, Paul Garrett walked into his polling place in Mesa, ready to cast his vote. But when he got into line and told the poll worker his name, he was advised that he had already received his early ballot in the mail, so he would have to cast a provisional ballot.
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		<title>Republicans to lose Senate supermajority but still dominate chamber&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/07/gop-to-lose-arizona-senate-supermajority-but-still-dominate-chamber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wave that carried a Republican supermajority into the Legislature two years ran into a seawall tonight, when the G.O.P. appeared to have lost four seats in the Senate, thereby giving up the power to override a gubernatorial veto.
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		<title>Flake defeats Carmona in U.S. Senate race&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/06/jeff-flake-defeats-richard-carmona-in-u-s-senate-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Flake entered the race more than a year and a half ago as Arizona’s U.S. senator in waiting, only to end up facing the Democrats’ toughest candidate in a quarter century. But the Democrats’ best play for an Arizona Senate seat since 1988 wasn’t enough to keep the six-term congressman down.
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		<title>Arizona voter fraud group preps Election Day pounce&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/02/arizona-voter-fraud-group-preps-for-election-day-pounce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Wyloge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Arizonans make their way to the polls Nov. 6, a small army of volunteers will meet them there, hoping to prevent the illicit manipulation of the election.
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The group’s leaders don’t want to disclose the details of their plan and elections officials have expressed mixed feelings about their tactics. Nonetheless, Verify the Vote AZ is training its volunteers in locations throughout the state and promises to make an impact on Election Day.
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		<title>Kyl denies Carmona’s claim on letter&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/29/jon-kyl-denies-richard-carmonas-claim-on-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Carmona’s spat with the man he hopes to replace took a new turn as the two presented starkly different interpretations of a letter Kyl wrote the Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful in 2005.
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		<title>Political TV ad buys approach $30 million in Arizona, and still counting&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/29/political-tv-ad-buys-approach-30-million-in-arizona-and-still-counting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Standerfer, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political ads peppering Arizona airwaves in this contentious election season have cost at least $29.4 million, based on newly mandated electronic filings to the Federal Communications Commission.]]></description>
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