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