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Sounding the alarms
When students return to schools in a month or less they will encounter bigger class sizes, fewer teachers and librarians, bus routes eliminated, and classrooms and corridors that aren’t quite as clean as they’ve been in the past.
Brewer lauded by the right, jeered by the left
Gov. Jan Brewer’s newfound celebrity status is stirring as much controversy nationwide as it is in Arizona, with Republicans lauding her as a symbol of resistance to an overreaching federal government and Democrats presenting her as an example of the hysteria and hyperbole surrounding the illegal immigration debate.
Horne, Thomas bring clash to the airwaves
Tom Horne and Andrew Thomas' campaigns against each other didn't get any more brutal, but they did become a bit more visible as the Republican attorney general candidates unleashed their first television ads of the campaign season.
Horne’s first TV ads pledge border security
Illegal immigration may be Andrew Thomas's bread-and-butter issue, but Tom Horne's first television ads of the campaign season tout him as a candidate who will crack down on the border.
Giffords’ $2.3M in fundraising leads all U.S. House candidates
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords continues to lead the pack in fundraising in Arizona's 8th Congressional District, raising $591,000 in the second quarter of the year.
Latecomer Hay catching up in CD-1
Flagstaff dentist Paul Gosar had the best fundraising quarter of Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick's GOP challengers, but mining lobbyist Sydney Hay made a strong showing despite her late entry into the race.
Mitchell leads CD-5 field in fundraising with $1.3M
David Schweikert and Jim Ward led the Republican field in fundraising in the 5th Congressional District, but incumbent Democratic Rep. Harry Mitchell still eclipsed all challengers.
Fundraising lopsided in crowded CD-3 race
Attorney Ben Quayle repeated his success in the last reporting period by collecting about $567,000 in the second quarter of the year, brining his fundraising total to an eye-popping $1.1... […]
Incumbents raise significantly more cash in CD-2, 4, 6, 7
The old axiom that it pays to be the incumbent holds true in Arizona's 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts, where the office holders have considerably out raised and out spent their challengers, according to Federal Election Commission campaign finance records.
District 10: House candidates spar over education funding
District 10 House candidates hold similar views on a host of issues, but their position on education funding is where they differ.
An early contender, Martin fades amid Brewer’s momentum
When state Treasurer Dean Martin entered the race in January, he had long looked like Gov. Jan Brewer’s most dangerous adversary in the Republican primary. Brewer was floundering in her budget battle with the Legislature and reeling from conservative opposition to her proposed sales tax hike.
Mills’ money no match for S1070
Northern Arizona businessman, Mills put himself on the political map when he hired Symington Group partner Camilla Strongin to manage his campaign and became the talk of the Capitol in January when he put $2 million of his own money into his campaign.
