Maria Garcia, wife of the late Democratic leader Jorge Garcia, was among three Tucson residents who were nominated Oct. 26 to replace the senator.

A judge on Tuesday allowed contested Green Party candidates to remain on the November ballot in Arizona, denying a request that they be kicked off because Republicans allegedly recruited them.

The Arizona Green Party is asking a federal judge for an injunction that would keep a slate of alleged Trojan horse candidates off the ballot in November. The lawsuit, filed Sept. 7 in U.S. District Court by a Democratic-tied firm names 11 Green Party candidates who were also the subject a complaint filed by the Arizona Democratic Party the prior week.

Sen. John Huppenthal, a Republican who is running for Superintendent of Public Instruction, survived another court challenge and will stay on the ballot.

A law firm associated with Arizona Democratic Party will appeal a June 17 court decision that threw out the case against Sen. John Huppenthal, a Chandler Republican who is running for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Sixteen challenges were filed in Maricopa County Superior Court against candidates' nominating petitions, including allegations that Sen. John Huppenthal collected thousands of invalid signatures and that House candidate Augustus Shaw lives in wrong legislative district.