Early ballots in the race to represent southeastern Arizona’s 8th Congressional District are coming in at a rapid pace.

Democrat Ron Barber is clarifying his support of President Barack Obama after declining to say who he would vote for in November during a debate.

More than half of the 1.9 million registered voters in Arizona’s most populous county are now signed up to automatically receive ballots for early voting.

Republican Jesse Kelly and Democrat Ron Barber clashed on Social Security, the health care overhaul and taxes during a Wednesday evening debate in the race for a U.S. House seat formerly held by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords.

A poll released today by Ron Gould’s congressional campaign suggests a tight race between the state senator and U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar.

The two are vying for the Republican nomination in newly drawn 4th Congressional District.

Campaign trail chatter about Arizona being up for grabs in November took a hit today with a new poll showing presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney pulling ahead of President Barack Obama.

The increasingly rancorous race between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Jesse Kelly for Arizona’s vacant 8th Congressional District seat goes before a live audience Wednesday night for the first time.

Several days of coast-to-coast mockery led Secretary of State Ken Bennett today to apologize for embarrassing Arizona with inquiries about Barack Obama’s birth certificate and reverse course on earlier comments that he may keep the president off the ballot unless Hawaii officials certify that he was born there.

An Arizona state official says he can oversee a fair election despite playing a role in Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

Voters in southeastern Arizona’s 8th Congressional District are seeing a flurry of television ads in advance of the June 12 special election to pick a successor for Democrat Gabrielle Giffords.