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Election 2012 News

Oct 3, 2012

Voters will decide on trust land exchanges to preserve bases

Voters are once again deciding whether to allow exchanges of state trust land for federal land to preserve military bases.

Oct 3, 2012

Flake, Carmona schedule 3 debates around Arizona

Republican congressman Jeff Flake and Democrat Richard Carmona have agreed to three one-hour debates around Arizona this month as they vie for a U.S. Senate seat.

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Oct 2, 2012

Prop. 204 splits business community

The initiative to permanently keep an additional penny on the sales tax recently secured the backing of a group of company executives in northern Arizona, but the endorsement also highlighted a polarized business community.

Oct 2, 2012

Democrat running single-shot campaign in LD28 as 2 Republicans move to the center

On a recent Monday morning, Tim O’Malley sat in a Sunnyslope diner sipping coffee and peppering his Republican elected officials with questions about education funding — sounding more like a well-informed heckler than a former longtime member of the Republican Party.

Oct 1, 2012

Republican Senate candidates hold financial advantage

Republican legislative candidates in hotly-contested races have on the whole stockpiled a bigger war chest than Democrats as November approaches, finance reports filed with the Secretary of State show.

National Democrats investing in Jeff Flake-Richard Carmona race
Oct 1, 2012

National Democrats investing in Flake-Carmona race

National Democrats are boosting their investment in Arizona's Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Jon Kyl, another sign that the race between Republican Jeff Flake and Democrat Richard Carmona is competitive.

Oct 1, 2012

Political parties united in dislike of top-two primaries

They don’t agree on much, but a plan to create “top two” primaries has Arizona’s major and minor political parties on the same page – or at least close to it.

Oct 1, 2012

Arizona volunteers rally to increase Latino voting power

Every day, about 100 volunteers span out from the Promise Arizona office in central Phoenix to register Latino voters, hoping to change the dynamics of politics in Arizona.

Oct 1, 2012

October 9 is voter registration deadline in Arizona

The deadline for registering to vote in Arizona's upcoming general election is Oct. 9.

Oct 1, 2012

House contest in Tucson pits 2 Democrats against a former Democrat

Republican Ethan Orr spent the first half of his life as a Democrat, volunteering for the party on political campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s first presidential run in 1992 and Eddie Basha’s run for Arizona governor in 1994.

Rep. Eric Meyer of Paradise Valley (left) visits with his District 11 seatmate, GOP Rep. Adam Driggs during a break on the House floor Aug. 9, 2010. (File photo)
Sep 28, 2012

Meyer continues to stomp Republican opponents in fundraising

Rep. Eric Meyer, an incumbent Democrat seeking re-election to the Arizona House in the squarely Republican Legislative District 28, has continued to outraise both of this Republican opponents by a healthy margin, recent campaign finance reports show.

Sep 28, 2012

Top-two leads in fundraising, but opponents say more money is coming

The Open Government Committee, which is supporting the initiative to create a “top-two” primary system in Arizona, has a strong fundraising lead over the opposition as its campaign heads into the home stretch.

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