Recent Articles from Yellow Sheet Report
The path seems clear for Bowers
Mitchell’s surprising loss to Dunn and Joanne Osborn in the LD13 House Republican primary has major implications for the race for House speaker, which was widely expected to come down... […]
For some candidates, today is just another day
Six legislative candidates have already effectively won their races because they have no opponents in either the primary or general elections. This is the lowest number of unopposed legislative candidates... […]
McCain leaves big shoes to fill in Arizona
With McCain’s passing, his state has lost more than a senator – it lost an advocate in Washington, DC whose outsized stature helped Arizona punch above its weight on a... […]
Tributes pour in for McCain after health announcement
Arizona’s political world received somber news this morning when McCain’s family announced that he has decided to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer. To read more on this item plus... […]
Strict compliance wins the tiebreaker
In the third ruling on the last years’ strict compliance law for citizen initiatives, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanders concluded that the law is constitutional, giving the 2017 statute two rulings in favor of its constitutionality and one against.
Clean Elections clock runs out for Bennett
Ken Bennett will have to finish his primary challenge to Ducey without Clean Elections funding, which his campaign is blaming on the secretary of state’s office. To read more on... […]
Gonzales vs Grijalva, aka the establishment
Grijalva is the target of a letter and mailer being circulated by supporters of Gonzales who are alleging that he put up a candidate to run against Gonzales in the... […]
Gaynor loans and Reagan repays
With the primary just around the corner, Gaynor isn’t easing up on his self-funding. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the August 20 Yellow Sheet Report,... […]
Strictly speaking, compliance is getting confusing
Just hours after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled that the strict compliance law for citizen initiatives violates the Arizona Constitution, another judge reached the opposite conclusion. To read... […]
Strictly speaking, the Legislature can’t do this
A Maricopa County judge today ruled that the Invest in Ed initiative can go to the November ballot, and in the process struck down a 2017 law imposing the legal... […]
No one is acknowledging the elephant in the primary
Rival candidates and independent expenditures are treating Don Shooter with kid gloves in the LD13 Senate race, and some observers are baffled by opponents’ reluctance to hit him over his... […]
Hit me with your best shot
Republican Michael “Big Mike” Hernandez says he decided to run against D Farnsworth after the incumbent told him he should run for LD16 Senate himself if he didn’t like Farnsworth’s... […]