Democrat Felecia Rotellini has challenged Republican Tom Horne to three debates in the race to become Arizona's next attorney general.

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.

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.

A judge ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can continue running campaign ads that attack attorney general candidate Tom Horne.

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.

Horne, Tom
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Age: 65
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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.

Illegal immigration may be Andrew Thomas's bread-and-butter issue, but Tom Horne's first television ads of the campaign season tout him as a candidate who will crack down on the border.