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Chambers to back fewer, but make it worth it?
As noted on Monday, more than two dozen legislators backed by the Arizona Chamber during the 2012 election cycle stood opposite the business community on Common Core and Medicaid expansion, despite generally being reliable business allies on taxation, regulation and tort issues.
Macro economics 101: The signature scramble
One GOP legislator who had her nominating signatures gathered months ago told our reporter that there are several incumbent Republicans scrambling to get their signatures collected in advance of the May 28 filing deadline.
Video footage spurs cries of coordination
A Huffington Post article today (May 6) questioned how the pro-Ducey Conservative Leadership for Arizona obtained what it called “exclusive” footage from Ducey’s campaign kickoff event in February, which later found its way into a TV ad supporting Ducey.
Brewer: I ordered staff to keep S1062 off my desk
During a campaign event on Friday for Colorado attorney general candidate Cynthia Coffman, Brewer told the crowd that she took an early dislike to S1062 and told her staff she wanted it dead.
Solar firm: APS CEO lobbied on solar tax bill
The war of words between the rooftop solar industry and APS escalated yesterday, when one solar company executive sent a letter to Corp Comm Chairman Stump accusing APS of “a long pattern of serial lying to the public” and promising to expose more.
On the bright side, he doesn’t have a vote in AZ-02
McSally’s preferred strategy of ducking questions about current US policy issues was highlighted again today on Roll Call’s “Rothenblog,” which features the writings of political analyst Stu Rothenberg.
The sky didn’t fall, after all
Lyft spokeswoman Paige Thelen repeated the rideshare industry’s opinion that the practice does not fall under any Arizona regulations, and said that, even though the rideshare bill died, the company has no plans to move out of Arizona.
Court: Preclearance, not politics, steered IRC ship
In today’s (April 29) opinion upholding the IRC’s legislative map, a split federal three-judge panel concluded that, although “some of the commissioners were motivated in part in some of the linedrawing decisions by a desire to improve Democratic prospects” in some districts, the primary reason for population deviations were VRA compliance, not politics.
Queuing up on the first day
Several candidates chatted with the media in front of the Executive Tower this morning as they prepared to bring their nominating petitions up to the secretary of state’s office.
Just a regular patriot before this guy was president
Ward is standing by Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who refused to pay grazing fees to the feds and was hailed by conservatives as a states’ rights hero, although she condemns his racist remarks about African Americans and slavery.
You need witchcraft to break that lucky spell
Reaching the same conclusion as the Secretary of State’s Office, the Clean Elections Commission today (April 24) tossed out a complaint against Horne alleging that he should have listed legal expenses he incurred while fighting the Arizona Public Integrity Alliance as a campaign expense in his Jan. 31 report.
Pro-Ducey IE accuses Jones of lying about resume
Jones’ campaign is accusing a pro-Ducey IE of making a false claim in a new ad charging the GOP gubernatorial hopeful of lying about her resume.
