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Election 2016

Aug 23, 2016

Agricultural companies funding anti-Gosar campaign

A dispute between Paul Gosar and agricultural interests is at the root of a super PAC’s campaign to oust the three-term congressman in the Republican primary.

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Aug 23, 2016

Nearly $500K in ‘dark money’ spent on Arizona 2016 legislative primary

With just one week until Arizona’s primary election, political spending to affect legislative races paid for by outside groups that don’t disclose the source of the money amounts to almost half a million dollars.

Former GoDaddy CEO and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Aug 22, 2016

Jones attacks Biggs, Stapley as Election Day nears

As an increasingly tight GOP primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District enters its final week, Christine Jones launched her first attack ad of the race, taking aim at Andy Biggs and Don Stapley.

Aug 22, 2016

2 Democrats vie for chance to challenge US Rep. McSally

At first glance, the Democrats running for U.S. House in the southeast Arizona district that includes most of Tucson are a lot alike.

Aug 22, 2016

Republicans edge independents as largest Arizona voter bloc

Republicans now account for the largest bloc of Arizona's 3.4 million registered voters, outnumbering independents for the first time since January 2014.

Aug 22, 2016

Reagan bill ends IE notifications, but Clean Elections keeps them alive

A requirement that dark money groups file frequent notifications of independent expenditure spending will likely continue, even after Secretary of State Michele Reagan’s rewrite of Arizona’s campaign finance laws struck it from the statutes, thanks to separate rules and laws enforced by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.

Aug 19, 2016

Judge tosses out challenge against minimum wage initiative

Foes of an initiative to hike the minimum wage to $12 an hour have no legal right to challenge whether the signatures were gathered by people who were not qualified, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joshua Rogers ruled today.

Aug 19, 2016

McCain leads by double digits in new poll, but support is lackluster

With the primary election just a few days away, another poll shows U.S. Sen. John McCain cruising to victory in the Republican primary.

Aug 19, 2016

Judge throws out challenge to legal marijuana initiative

A judge has thrown out a bid to keep voters from deciding whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

Aug 19, 2016

Landis hammers Montenegro in LD13 GOP Senate race

Republican candidate Diane Landis is on an all-out blitz to knock Rep. Steve Montenegro out of public office.

Aug 19, 2016

Trio draws ire saying they’re the only Dems supporting education, women

A team of Democratic candidates competing in Tempe’s Legislative District 26 is making waves in Democratic circles for two mailers they sent out claiming they are the “only candidates” who support education and women’s rights.

Aug 19, 2016

Super PAC targets Gosar in CD4 as foe questions his ‘caustic approach’

Right Way Superpac has spent about $247,000 on mailers, cable television, radio and digital ads attacking U.S. Rep Paul Gosar and supporting Ray Strauss, a largely unknown former Buckeye city councilman.

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