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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
McSally concedes, congratulates Sinema for becoming first woman AZ senator
The latest batch of votes counted Monday put the U.S. Senate out of the reach of Republican Martha McSally and into the hands of an Arizona Democrat for the first time since 1994.
Candidates can’t count on recount in close races
Any losing candidate in the general election who is counting on an automatic recount needs to come close to winning. Really close.
Hobbs within striking distance as vote count nears end
New election returns Sunday put Democrat Katie Hobbs in striking distance in the race for secretary of state.
New tally expands Sinema’s lead over McSally in U.S. Senate race
New figures Saturday evening show Democrat U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has amassed 1,048,655 votes. That gives her a lead over Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally that now approaches 30,000.
Republicans settle lawsuit over vote counting
Residents in all of the state's 15 counties are going to get another few days to fix problems with their early ballots to ensure their votes are counted.
Sinema takes lead in U.S. Senate race as ballots are counted
The latest returns from the state's two largest counties has given Kyrsten Sinema the lead in her bid for U.S. Senate -- barely.
Republicans, Democrats in court over election disputes
A legal bid by Republicans to change ballot-counting procedures - presumably in their favor - may be too late to help any of their candidates in close races.
Uncounted ballots leave races undecided
Some 600,000 ballots that remain uncounted Wednesday are leaving the race for U.S. Senate and the state schools chief up in the air -- along with possibly some legislative races -- perhaps for days.
House Republicans choose Rep. Bowers to lead them
Newly elected House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, inherits a chamber where he can't afford to alienate a single Republican.
High Court: Age discrimination law applies to small government agencies
Two former Mount Lemmon firefighters have won the right to sue the tiny department for age discrimination.
Proposition 127 soundly rejected
A $31 million campaign by the state's electric utilities proved enough to keep voters from adopting a constitutional mandate that they generate at least half of their power from renewable sources by 2030.
Proposition 305: Voters scrub voucher expansion
Arizona voters refused Tuesday to ratify a bid by Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican lawmakers to allow any of the state's 1.1 million students in public schools to get vouchers of state tax dollars to attend private and parochial schools.
