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Backers of higher minimum wage push for November ballot measure
Advocates of a minimum wage that could be as high as $15 an hour are staffing up and planning to kick off a campaign for a November ballot measure within the next two weeks.
Frenzied weekend rallies lead to Arizona primary voting
A frenzied weekend of raucous campaign rallies across the state comes down to this: Will establishment Republicans trying to halt businessman Donald Trump's ride to the party nomination be able to slow him down in Arizona?
Early ballot returns suggest some voters may have jumped the gun
If Maricopa County is an indication, a lot of folks already have decided who they want to be the next president. It just may be that person is no longer running.
Proposition 123 allies raise more than $4 million
Led by a pair of billionaires, proponents of Proposition 123 have raised more than $4 million so far to convince voters to approve the measure.
Marijuana initiative tops campaign fundraising in 2015
About $9.7 million poured into state-level political campaigns in 2015, but a ballot measure aimed at legalizing marijuana use for adults accounted for almost $1.1 million of that figure, outraising every other campaign committee during the non-election year.
Senate committee votes to overturn Voter Protection Act
A Senate panel voted Tuesday to ask voters to give up some of their rights to enact -- and, more to the point, preserve -- their own laws.
Campaign finance bill opens new ‘dark money’ loophole
A provision in a massive rewrite of Arizona’s campaign finance laws could loosen restrictions on groups that spend “dark money” in elections.
Democrats say they were shut out of campaign finance overhaul amendments
A debate over the merits of a campaign finance overhaul devolved into a spat between Senate Democrats and a top elections official.
Dark money, open primary campaigns suspend operations amid funding woes
A joint campaign that promised to revolutionize Arizona politics is suspending its operations after its primary funder withdrew his financial support for a proposed initiative to require disclosure of the anonymous election spending known as dark money.
Presidential campaigns have drawn almost $4 million from Arizona donors
If Arizona campaign donations were ballots, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, would have the state’s primary sewed up.
Arizona Rep. Justin Olson announces bid for US Congress
Rep. Justin Olson has jumped into the race to replace Republican Matt Salmon in Arizona's 5th Congressional District.
Not your father’s conservatism: Young Arizonans chart path at CPAC
Students from both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona came for four days of socializing, networking and listening to conservative commentators and elected officials, including Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan, who spoke on voting fraud.
