Quayle and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus held a conference call today with reporters today to criticize Obama’s visit to Arizona, but the pair showed little interest in discussing their own affairs.

Former Mitchell Chief of Staff Alexis Tameron joined Carmona’s campaign late last week as campaign manager.

One prospective Dem candidate who can be immediately ruled out is IRC Commissioner Linda McNulty, despite her inclusion on lists of potential candidates being compiled by both local and national news outlets.

All three nominees to replace Bundgaard met yesterday with County Supervisor Max Wilson, but all signs are that Burges will get the nod when the board of supervisors meets Monday morning.

Olivia Cortes’ attorney, Anthony Tsontakis, took to Twitter today to announce he has left private practice to take a position with Legislative Council.

Carmona’s big fundraising number – $570,000 in just six weeks – had Dem tongues wagging about the U.S. Senate race.

Today marked the last IRC meeting for quite a while, and it was anything but boring.

The investigation into the Olivia Cortes candidacy quietly evaporated last week when Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores informed Bennett that she was unable to determine who pulled the strings to collect Cortes’ nominating petition signatures so she could qualify for the recall ballot.

A close political adviser to Parker says the Paradise Valley town councilman is interested in a CD9 run, though he’s waiting on a number of factors to play out, the most important of which is what Quayle plans to do.

With Gosar now officially out of CD1, Konopnicki told our reporter today that he is hoping to make a decision about the race soon.