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Election 2016

Sep 19, 2016

State Chamber of Commerce faces ‘uphill climb’ in opposing minimum wage measure

Three weeks before Arizonans start voting, a statewide business group has finally launched a campaign to kill Proposition 206.

Sep 16, 2016

Biggs prevails in recount, Jones concedes

After a recount and multiple lawsuits, Arizona Senate President Andy Biggs is officially the victor in the Republican primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, building on his narrow lead to win by just 27 votes.

Sep 15, 2016

New Jones strategy to overcome CD5 deficit could delay military ballots

The recount and subsequent legal battles in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District have raised the possibility that Maricopa County may have to delay sending ballots to nearly 4,000 military and overseas voters.

Former GoDaddy CEO and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Sep 14, 2016

Jones files lawsuit on CD5 ‘overvotes,’ rejected provisional ballots

Christine Jones is going back to court in the hopes of reversing Andy Biggs’ razor-thin lead over her in the increasingly litigious Republican primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District.

Sep 14, 2016

GOP Corp Comm candidates say ‘yes’ to human role in global warming

All three Republican candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission today said man-made global warming was real, two of them contradicting their earlier answers on the topic.

Sep 13, 2016

Arizona judge orders recount in close GOP congressional race

A judge has ordered Arizona officials to conduct a recount of ballots in the razor-thin Republican primary in the state's 5th Congressional District.

Sep 12, 2016

Jones asks Brnovich, Reagan to probe ballot anomalies

As election officials prepare to begin a recount in the Republican primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, Christine Jones is asking Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Secretary of State Michele Reagan to investigate “anomalies” in the balloting that the candidate said may have cost her the race.

Sep 12, 2016

Democratic groups settle small part of suit against Arizona

Lawyers representing state and national Democratic groups say they have settled a small part of a lawsuit against Arizona.

Sep 12, 2016

County canvass OK helps set stage for Arizona race recount

Maricopa County officials have certified results from Arizona's Aug. 30 primary election, a step toward a recount of the still-undecided race for the Republican nomination in a Phoenix-area congressional district.

Sep 9, 2016

New ballots add to Biggs’ narrow lead in CD5

Christine Jones’ quest to force Maricopa County to count a handful of rejected provisional ballots in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District backfired after the latest court-ordered tally added a handful of votes to Andy Biggs’ razor-thin lead.

Sep 9, 2016

Judge orders 18 ballots added to CD5 mix

A judge sided with Christine Jones, ordering Maricopa County officials to add 18 more ballots to the count in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, but it’s Andy Biggs who seems poised to benefit.

Sep 9, 2016

Statistical anomaly in late counting doomed Jones in tight congressional race, lifted Biggs

Christine Jones seemed poised to ride her slim but seemingly safe lead to victory in the 5th Congressional District until a statistical anomaly in a lone batch of ballots on the final day of vote counting saw last-place finisher Justin Olson surge while her support tanked, paving the way for a historic comeback by Andy Biggs.

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