Richard Carmona arrived in Washington a political novice in 2002 and left four years later scarred and frustrated. He didn’t go quietly.

Though the state doesn’t have a law requiring presidential candidates prove their citizenship, Arizona’s top elections official says he may not put President Barack Obama’s name on the Arizona ballot if Hawaii officials don’t confirm that the president was born in that state.

Two Democratic candidates in a southern Arizona congressional race are being denied access to a voter list by their own party.

It looks like Mark Mitchell has won the Tempe mayoral election.

Despite a flood of letters from cities and towns opposing the bill, Gov. Jan Brewer today signed legislation requiring municipalities to consolidate their elections with the state.

Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who helped pioneer the state’s online signature-gathering system for political candidates, has started using the system for his potential gubernatorial race two years away.

Since his first House campaign a dozen years ago, would-be Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake has worked diligently to cast himself as a conservative gadfly, willing to buck GOP leaders and even a Republican president.

A speech Mitt Romney’s son gave at the state Arizona Republican Party convention has been cut short by booing supporters of GOP presidential hopeful and rival Ron Paul.

A primary matchup is brewing between Sen. John Nelson of Litchfield Park and Sen. Don Shooter of Yuma.

A Democratic candidate is dropping his bid for a southern Arizona congressional seat.