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Not on the ballot, but their votes count
18 write-ins qualify for primary
4 Republicans battle for 2 District 7 House seats
In what has the makings of a highly competitive primary election, three of the four Republican candidates for the two District 7 House seats have held one of the seats... […]
GOP follow-up, party files complaints against Democrat Web sites
The state Republican Party filed a complaint Aug. 9 against nine Democrat legislative candidates, including one incumbent running for re-election, alleging they violated state election law by not including who... […]
CCEC rejects complaint against Munsil, plans further inquiry in Napolitano case
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission on Aug. 10 dismissed a complaint against Republican gubernatorial candidate Len Munsil, but unanimously voted to advance an inquiry into campaign services acquired by Governor... […]
Barry Hess, candidate for governor
Barry Hess Barry Hess, vice chairman of the Arizona Libertarian Party, is loathe to run a publicly funded campaign, billing himself as “The Cleaner-est Candidate for Arizona Governor.” A currency... […]
McKinley and Congress
President William McKinley at Congress in 1901. At first glance, the portly gentleman with hands clasped behind his back might be taken for an aging schoolmaster scolding errant children at... […]
Court rules on personal e-mails on taxpayer-supported computers
Ruling: electronic messages are
1st woman in runoff for Navajo president
For the first time, a woman has been chosen as one of two candidates facing off for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, whose reservation is the largest in the... […]
Two states drop out of NGA dropout plan
A year after all 50 governors agreed to take on the high school dropout crisis by counting their graduates using a single formula, two states — North and South Dakota... […]
Price for state land in north Phoenix draws no bids
An auction for a 325-acre parcel of state land in northeast Phoenix’s Desert Ridge development drew no bidders. No builder or investor was willing to pay the Arizona State Land... […]
Judge OKs marriage measure for ballot
A judge on Aug. 10 rejected a legal challenge to an initiative on marriage and ruled that the proposed state constitutional measure can go on Arizona’s Nov. 7 general election... […]
$200,000 in state emergency funds will pay for flood response
Governor Napolitano on Aug. 9 declared a state of emergency in Pima and Pinal counties because of recent heavy rains and flooding, a move that will allow the use of... […]
