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Party unity, kind of
The endorsement waiting game ended today (Sept. 4) as Jones and Smith officially backed Ducey, one day after Bennett endorsed the nominee. In a joint statement, Jones and Smith said: “As proud conservatives, we respect the election process, we support the will of the voters, and we endorse Doug Ducey as the Republican nominee for governor.
They’ve all been called RINOs before, so why not?
Readers of the Republic this morning saw a full-page ad on the back of the paper from the DuVal campaign touting his support from Republicans, including a handful of prominent names.
Another nonprofit enters the fray
IEs with ties to consultant Sean Noble spent more than $1 million helping Ducey in the primary, running ads for the eventual GOP nominee and attacking Christine Jones and Smith.
Are you ready for some debating?
Ducey and DuVal will face off for their first debate of the general election on Sept. 10. The East Valley Partnership will host the debate at the Chandler Center for the Arts, which will be moderated by 12 News reporter Brahm Resnik, according to an EVP spokeswoman.
Med Bd director quits following vote of no confidence
Multiple sources told our reporter today that Lloyd Vest, the executive director of both the Arizona Medical Bd and the state Regulatory Bd for Physician Assistants, resigned last night.
Let the general election begin
The Republican Governors Assn wasted no time in putting a target on DuVal’s back once primary night was over, hitting the Dem nominee with a $300,000 weeklong TV ad buy.
Ralph Heap to Tea Party group: You crossed the line
A series of Sunday night robocalls made by the Alliance for Principled Conservatives was universally criticized by their targets – and the candidates they intended to help. Worsley said while he couldn’t obtain a full recording of the call, he was told that it accused him of criminal activity.
Mailers grow on trees
In LD27, Miranda raised $15,730, but reported spending no money at all during the same reporting period. About $5,000 of her funds came from political committees, including contributions from the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and its PAC.
¡Ay Caramba!
When Huppenthal addressed the media yesterday to discuss the effects of illegal immigration on education spending, the Fourth Estate was quick to question the timing of the event and voice suspicion that the news conference was a shameless attempt at election pandering.
Have you seen this man?
A new convenience-store surveillance video, which gives more weight to allegations of sign theft involving Robson, merely heightened questions surrounding the mystery man who got in his truck before leaving a Circle K store.
Clean Elex also monitoring ‘dark money’ groups
The secretary of state has garnered headlines for probing the groups anonymously spending money to influence Arizona voters, but that office isn’t alone in tracking such expenditures.
Penalty flag thrown on Free Enterprise Club spending
Bennett’s office late Friday sent a notice to the AG’s office declaring that it had found reasonable cause to believe that the Arizona Free Enterprise Club is conducting itself as a political committee and has failed to register as such, and in doing so is violating a host of campaign finance laws.
