For political observers, the challenge to Sen. John Huppenthal’s petitions for Superintendent of Public Instruction won’t come as a surprise.

Without additional campaign cash to fend off better-funded opponents, some Clean Elections candidates will be in dire need of help from their allies.

The US Supreme Court's matching funds ruling will impact just about every state race. Here's how.

John McCain is calling in former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Friday.

While much of the attention has been focused on the gubernatorial race since a federal court upheld matching funds, another candidate for a statewide race also is likely to benefit from the opinion — Sen. Barbara Leff of Paradise Valley.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Goldwater Institute's request to block matching funds for the 2010 election, but left open the possibility that it may still do so.