Sen. Russell Pearce will lead the Arizona Senate next year after colleagues elected him to be president of the chamber during a closed-door meeting Nov. 3.

A Navajo presidential candidate and his running mate are among tribal officials charged in an investigation of slush funds.

Arizona Capitol Times reporter Evan Wyloge discusses the upcoming McCain-Hayworth debates and the crowded CD-3 primary.

Steve Moak said Dan Quayle tried to talk him out of the CD3 race, presumably to clear the path for Quayle's son, Ben. Moak told our reporter that Quayle made the request over breakfast at a Scottsdale resort earlier this year, and even encouraged him to run for something a little lower down the totem pole.