With Tom Horne sporting an 892-vote lead over Andrew Thomas, the field for the attorney general's race appears set.

Arizona Capitol Times Managing Editor Matt Bunk discusses the Republican Attorney General primary race - still too close to call - and what the matchup will look like in the general election.

Voters in Tuesday's primary elections will narrow the field of candidates seeking the Arizona attorney general's post.

Court records made public Thursday show that a grand jury ended its investigation of a judge, county officials and one of their lawyers on corruption allegations, but the reason for concluding the probe is a subject of dispute.

State and county election officials are investigating television ads by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that target Rick Romley and Tom Horne, both of whom are running against the sheriff’s political allies in separate races.

Doug Ducey reported spending $581,000 on the Republican primary for state treasurer, more than any state-level candidate except for Buz Mills' defunct gubernatorial campaign.

Ducey, the former CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, spent $100,000 in the week before the Aug. 10 trigger report was submitted to the Arizona Secretary of State's Office. Partly due to the spate of television ads he's aired, Ducey has spent more than every state treasurer candidate from the past two election cycles combined in his four-way primary.

Complaints, threats and secret recordings have become the latest weapons of choice in the battle to become Maricopa County attorney.

Rick Romley’s GOP opponent in the Aug. 24 primary, Bill Montgomery, is dealing with criticism about a secretly recorded conversation in which he questions whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s mental abilities are declining and that Montgomery seems to take a softer stance on illegal immigration than he has taken publicly during his run for office.

Documents show that Maricopa County prosecutors had planned a more sweeping indictment against many county officials, including two supervisors and two judges, than the charges that were eventually filed.

Tom Horne wants a judge to bar Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from attacking him in campaign ads, and the Arizona Secretary of State's Office is investigating the television commercial that sparked the case.

Tom Horne and Andrew Thomas' campaigns against each other didn't get any more brutal, but they did become a bit more visible as the Republican attorney general candidates unleashed their first television ads of the campaign season.