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Voters across Arizona are choosing party nominees for the state's eight congressional districts in Tuesday's primary.

A freshman lawmaker and a former Arizona real estate commissioner are vying for the Democratic nod to become the state's next chief elections officer and second in line to the governor.

A Democratic candidate for Arizona Corporation Commission is getting last-minute public funding, just one day ahead of Tuesday's primary election.

Arizona Capitol Times Managing Editor Matt Bunk talks about Sen. John McCain's steady climb in the polls against primary contender J.D. Hayworth and how Arizona's primary election has shaped up in the final days leading up to it on NPR's Morning Edition.

Arizona Capitol Times Assistant Editor Bill Bertolino discusses the low early ballot returns and the surge in independent voter registration.

An attorney for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will meet Tuesday with U.S. Justice Department officials to discuss the federal agency's demand for records in a civil rights investigation.

Turnout is expected to be between 20-25 percent of registered voters, the range seen in Arizona's recent primary elections.

The cast of "Survivor" has nothing on Sen. John McCain. Once labeled a vulnerable incumbent, the four-term Arizona Republican is the clear front-runner against challenger J.D. Hayworth after spending some $20 million and casting his GOP opponent as a late-night infomercial huckster in a series of devastating ads. The primary is Tuesday.

Three top staffers have left Rodney Glassman’s U.S. Senate campaign during the past month and a half, and sources close to the campaign said they were driven away by broken financial promises and discontent with Glassman’s management style.

After the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and two judges found Doug Quelland guilty of misusing the state’s public campaign financing system, he fought for months to stay in the Legislature, maintained that he was innocent even after being removed from office and is now using government money, once again, to pay for his comeback campaign.