Tom Horne has a reputation as a political survivor, but two years of scandals and allegations for too much for even him to withstand as GOP primary challenger Mark Brnovich handed him an historic upset in the Republican primary for attorney general.
Read More »Brnovich ousts embattled Horne in GOP primary
Ducey wins GOP nomination for AZ governor
Buoyed by millions of dollars, outside spending and a memorably broad coalition of Republicans from Arizona and across the country, Doug Ducey has won the six-way GOP primary for governor, maintaining his frontrunner status he’s held for the past few months until the very end. Buoyed by millions of dollars, outside spending and a memorably broad coalition of Republicans from Arizona and across the country, Doug Ducey has won the six-way GOP primary for governor, maintaining his frontrunner status he’s held for the past few months until the very end.
Read More »Skepticism abounds over governor’s race polling 
The dearth of reliable, independent polling in Arizona elections is nothing new. A long-term decline in independent polling by universities and media organizations has left IEs and other biased groups as the main source of publicly available polling for the state’s elections.
Read More »Electable or not, Andrew Thomas seeks redemption in an unlikely campaign 
Andrew Thomas’ gubernatorial campaign is full of familiar refrains for those who have followed the rise and fall of his political career.
Read More »Ducey self-funding hits $650,000 in past week 
Doug Ducey put another $500,000 of his own into his gubernatorial campaign for the final push before the Aug. 26 Republican primary.
Read More »Judge denies Horne injunction against Clean Elections 
A Maricopa County judge denied Attorney General Tom Horne’s request to bar the Citizens Clean Elections Commission from investigating a campaign finance complaint against him.
Read More »Ducey self-funds another $150,000 
Doug Ducey doesn’t appear to be taking anything for granted as the Republican primary for governor enters its final phase, contributing another $150,000 to his campaign.
Read More »AZ GOP primary race centers largely on 3 gov. candidates, 3 businesses and a barrage of accusations 
Three leading candidates for governor are seeing the vaunted business backgrounds that they’ve campaigned on being used against them. Doug Ducey, Christine Jones and Scott Smith are campaigning to various degrees on their success in the business world.
Read More »Stevens alleges coordination in complaint against Brewer PAC 
Rep. David Stevens, R-Sierra Vista, today filed a complaint with the Secretary of State's Office alleging that his primary opponent, Susan Syfert, illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure committee controlled by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Read More »Jones pumps $758,000 more into campaign for governor 
In a recent television commercial, GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones boasts that her ad wasn’t paid for by special interests, but with money that she earned herself. Campaign finance reports show how serious she was.
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