Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//June 8, 2023//

Lake, judges, courts, election litigation, retention

Kari Lake exits Maricopa County Superior Court after hearing closing arguments by attorneys at her election challenge trial in Mesa on May 19. While judges in Maricopa and Pima counties don’t want to run retention campaigns, political polarization and election denial are drawing closer to the judiciary. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez/The Arizona Republic via AP/Pool)

Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//June 8, 2023//

Correction: Corrects the title for Doug Cole to say he is a former judicial appointment commissioner and a current commissioner on the Judicial Performance Review. Judges in Maricopa and Pima...

Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals

Tags: Maricopa County, Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, Kari Lake, retention campaigns, Judicial Performance Review, Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct, Judiciary, Rachel Jones, Coconino County, Doug Cole, Pinal County, Maricopa County Judge Peter Thompson, judges, voters, richer, election litigation

Upcoming Event

Politics, election denial encroaching on judiciary

Politics, election denial encroaching on judiciary

Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals

Subscribe

Recent News

No progress on state budget amid Prop. 123 hangup

Tolleson growing faster than any city in Arizona

Coalition of farmers, cities want to stop Mayes’ groundwater lawsuit

Water official claims alternative water necessary if Colorado River deal unfavorable

Here are your nominees for Best of the Capitol

Gov. Hobbs’s vetoes measure requiring hospitals to check immigration status and 34 additional bills

NEWSLETTER

Politics, election denial encroaching on judiciary

Politics, election denial encroaching on judiciary

Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals

Related Content

No progress on state budget amid Prop. 123 hangup

Gov. Hobbs approves cryptocurrency regulation and reserve fund

Tolleson growing faster than any city in Arizona

State Republicans want to block Biden national monument

Coalition of farmers, cities want to stop Mayes’ groundwater lawsuit

Hobbs signs utility financing bill, foes say legal challenge could follow

Subscribe

Recent News

No progress on state budget amid Prop. 123 hangup

Tolleson growing faster than any city in Arizona

Coalition of farmers, cities want to stop Mayes’ groundwater lawsuit

Water official claims alternative water necessary if Colorado River deal unfavorable

Here are your nominees for Best of the Capitol

Gov. Hobbs’s vetoes measure requiring hospitals to check immigration status and 34 additional bills