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LD23 awash in curious campaign conflicts
The progression of the election season seems to have only encouraged candidates for the House in Legislative District 23 to continue accusing each other of criminal misdeeds.
Legislative ‘IE’ spending outpaces 2018 by wide margin
Outside spending in legislative races has already trumped the 2018 election cycle with two-plus weeks still to go until Election Day, recent campaign finance reports show.
In LD20, Democrats see road to power
Republicans maintain a roughly 5,000-voter advantage. Surmountable, sure, but the outcome is hardly set in stone. They say they believe they are better prepared than they were in 2018, when the Democrats surged to a 29-31 split in the House, propelled by voters activated by education and the Red for Ed movement.
Sierra hospitalized with COVID-19 complications in D.C.
Rep. Lorenzo Sierra was admitted to a hospital in Washington, D.C. last night with complications from COVID-19, the Arizona House Democratic caucus announced this morning.
GOP offers body cam support – Dems optimistic, but …
Arizona Republicans are continuing their push for wider body camera usage in the state — but advocates worry whether their efforts are enough to make meaningful change.
Dems pour money into ousting incumbents in red-hued LD11
Few paid attention to the district before the primaries. But since, national and state Democrats have made LD11 a top target, at least on paper.
Dems mull return of budget committees if they gain majority
No matter who leads the party next year, legislative Democrats are keen on reviving the subcommittee process when they draw up a budget.
From ER to AZ House, GOP candidate a history with Friese
Lyons was once a firefighter. In that capacity, he said he often saw the “terrible consequences of distracted driving” – death, grief, disability and so on.
Shy of historic victory in 2018, Knecht returns in LD21
In the years since her defeat, Democrats tapped Kathy Knecht to run for House in LD21 as part of their push for the majority in that chamber. If they succeed, not only will Democrats break the Republican trifecta that has dominated state politics since the Janet Napolitano days, it’ll be the party’s first majority in the House since the 1960s.
From luaus to private parties, fundraising persists despite COVID
With the election drawing near, lawmakers are ramping up efforts to fundraise. For some, this means hosting or attending parties – even as the COVID-19 pandemic, though subdued in Arizona since its mid-summer peak, continues to kill dozens in the state each day.
Democratic lawmaker begins bid for House speaker ahead of election
A slate of Democrats has announced its bid for leadership of the state House of Representatives, solidifying long-swirling Capitol rumors about a challenge to current House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez.
Lawsuit filed over alleged libel, slander in LD23 race
A Republican House candidate in Legislative District 23 is suing the incumbent he defeated and a local party official for slander and libel on the campaign trail.
