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Officials confident about Tuesday voting, feel good for long-term outlook
Local elections across Arizona on Tuesday could be a low-level test of voting systems stressed by years of threats and challenges that have left some worried about the 2024 presidential election, now less than a year away.
Fontes, other officials tell Senate panel of ongoing threats to elections
Death threats, poisoned pets, disinformation campaigns, bulletproof glass in election offices and family members that keep “go bags” handy in case they have to flee the house on a moment’s notice. Those were just some of the ongoing threats that elections officials across the country told senators they face as they prepare for elections next week and into 2024.
Heated race likely to succeed Lesko, who shocked political observers with planned departure
The announcement from four-term U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, that she is not seeking reelection next year shocked political observers who said her departure opens the door to what will likely be a crowded, and costly, GOP primary to replace her in what has been called a solidly Republican district.
Likely Lake entry into Arizona Senate race sets up ‘Super Bowl’ of elections
Kari Lake’s expected entrance today into the already-crowded field seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., sets the stage for what one analyst said has the potential to be “the greatest race in United States Senate history.”
Supreme Court to hear appeal over expert testimony in Yuma drug case
The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of an Arizona man who said his right to confront his accuser was violated when the expert witness who tested the drugs in his case was replaced by another expert.
50,000 federal workers, military, in Arizona spared as shutdown averted
Congress approved a stopgap measure to keep the government open with just hours to spare Saturday night, heading off a shutdown that would have meant the loss of a paycheck for close to 50,000 federal workers and active-duty military in Arizona – and they’re not the only ones who would have felt the pinch.
50,000 federal workers, military, in Arizona wait, watch as shutdown looms
If Congress cannot head off a government shutdown before Sunday, it would mean the loss of a paycheck for close to 50,000 federal workers and active-duty military in Arizona – and they’re not the only ones to feel the pinch.
Arizona added 2,374 clean-energy jobs in 2022, near pre-pandemic levels
Arizona added more than 2,300 clean-energy industry jobs last year, falling just shy of the state’s pre-pandemic employment levels but matching the nation for job growth in the sector, a new report said.
Independents, with a lowercase i, are now Arizona’s biggest voter group
The largest political party in Arizona is no longer a party. The latest voter registration numbers from the Arizona Secretary of State’s office show that independent voters edged out Republicans in July to become the largest single group of voters in the state.