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Robert Graham: Drop the ethnic cleansing rhetoric
Arizona GOP chairman Robert Graham wasn’t thrilled to hear about Maricopa County GOP chairman AJ LaFaro’s “ethnic cleansing” comment, in which the latter accused McCain and moderate Republicans of seeking... […]
Orr has triple the cash of his opponents
All three LD9 House candidates have filed their post-primary campaign finance reports, and Orr has a significant financial advantage over his Democratic opponents.
Full-court press in effect
There is also a campaign to silence business groups on Prop 480. Political consultant Chuck Coughlin, whose firm is running the pro campaign, sent letters to board members of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce and Arizona Chamber of Commerce to let them know it “behooves” them to stay on the sidelines on this one and let voters decide.
A tale of two polling memos
Two polls have been released on the governor’s race in the past 24 hours, each showing good news for the candidate supported by the group that commissioned the poll. Yesterday afternoon, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club released a polling memo showing Ducey with a 6-point lead over DuVal.
Your money’s still good
The Rotellini camp frequently rips Brnovich for working for the Goldwater Institute. But that hasn’t stopped it from soliciting money from Clint Bolick, the head honcho of GI’s litigation division.
Pick-up chances narrow in November
By all accounts, there aren’t many credible opportunities this fall for either party to make pick-ups in legislative races, given the make-up of the districts and the candidates on the ballot.
Mesnar’s implicit message: I can show you the money
Mesnard yesterday told our reporter that the speaker’s race isn’t quite over yet.
It ain’t over till I say so
Mesnard said he has declined Gowan’s offer to appoint him as Commerce chair in exchange for giving up his bid for speaker. “This is still competitive and the caucus members deserve a choice,” he told our reporter.
Well, that changes nothing
In his resignation letter, Pearce sought to disavow the offensive remarks on his radio show by saying he “shared comments written by someone else and failed to attribute them to the author.” But many at the Capitol immediately dismissed that claim as a meek attempt to walk back his comments, and noted there was no indication that he was reading the remark or that it had come from somebody else[...]
Avoiding Arizona’s Akin
Politico observers awoke this morning (Sept. 15) to some surprising news: Russell Pearce had resigned his post as first vice-chairman of the Arizona Republican Party following a mini-furor surrounding comments he made recently on his weekly political talk radio show.
House chairmanship scuttlebutt
One source close to Gowan told our reporter this morning (Sept. 12) that, although Ugenti made a strong pitch for approps chair, Gowan has no intention of giving her the reins of the committee. “I can guarantee with 110 percent certainty that Ugenti will not be approps chair,” the source said.
Fire up the rumor mill
Following yesterday’s (Sept. 10) report that House moderates have struck a deal to support Gowan as House speaker next year, the rumor mill began churning. One, in particular, piqued the interest of a legislative insider: Ugenti will supposedly be tapped to lead approps.
