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Moderate Republicans challenge conservative party mates in battle for soul of GOP
The battle over the heart and soul of the Republican Party is raging in a beige, West Valley ballroom. Republican Reps. Darin Mitchell and Steve Montenegro sit on the stage with Litchfield Park City Councilwoman Diane Landis, a Republican who is challenging the incumbent team in the primary election for one of the two House seats in Legislative District 13.
Shooter files criminal complaint against GOP challenger
Sen. Don Shooter’s campaign is asking prosecutors to investigate allegations that his Republican opponent, Toby Farmer, forged at least six signatures on his nominating petitions.
Smith proposes cabinet-level “competitive officer”
Former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith plans to create a cabinet-level position for a “chief competitive officer” to help foster job growth if he is elected governor.
Libertarian Hess faces signature challenge
Barry Hess, the perennial Libertarian candidate for governor, fought successfully against legislation that would have required third-party candidates to collect thousands of signatures to get on the ballot. Now a challenge filed by a Republican activist alleges that he fell short of the 133 signatures he needs to run for governor.
Gubernatorial candidates tout plans for education
This year’s gubernatorial race could have major implications for the future of K-12 education, from funding levels to school choice to the rancorous debate over the standards known as Common Core.
Arizona election challenges go viral
It all started with Scott Fistler changing his name to Cesar Chavez. Then Republican and Democratic candidates were accused fo forgery and congressional candidate Mary Rose Wilcox mistakenly attacked Ruben Gallego over his own name change. The Arizona Capitol Times explores those and other 2014 election challenges.
Diversionary candidates something of a tradition in Arizona
Arizona has a long history of colorful characters who have been accused of conspiring to defeat their foes by running diversionary candidates.
Wilcox incorrectly attacks Gallego name change
Abandoned by his father when he was young, Ruben Marinelarena chose to change his name in 2008 to honor his single mother by taking her surname, Gallego, as his own.
Republicans boost Hispanic outreach in Southwest
The Republican Party is expanding its Hispanic outreach in the Southwest, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of its two Hispanic governors in the region and win back a part of the country that has been trending Democratic.
Maricopa County Attorney Montgomery calls for Horne to resign
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has brought disgrace to his office and should step down.
Poll: Hispanics overwhelmingly support conservation and tourism
When Arizona state Rep. Mark Cardenas gave his niece and nephew the choice between going to Disneyland and going camping in Sedona recently, they both chose camping.
Democrats seek to take Orr out before the election
Pima County Democrats have filed a challenge against Republican Rep. Ethan Orr’s nomination petitions to run for re-election in Tucson’s Legislative District 9, claiming that more than 300 of the lawmaker’s 634 signatures are invalid.
