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2020 Election News

Nov 13, 2020

Marsh declares victory in tight senate race

Christine Marsh declared victory in a north Phoenix state Senate race Friday, confirming that legislative Democrats will gain one net seat from an election where they spent millions to flip both chambers.

Nov 13, 2020

Republicans still claim fraud as count continues

More than a week after Election Day, and as it became increasingly clear that Donald Trump would lose both the presidency and Arizona, a vocal cadre of elected Arizona Republicans continue to propagate claims of election fraud.

Nov 13, 2020

Republicans aim to pull veil from small political contributions

Legislative Republicans who for years have trumpeted their support of money in politics are now looking for ways to curtail some spending after a tsunami of out-of-state Democratic dollars failed to result in the electoral take over Democrats sought.

Nov 13, 2020

Judge considers Trump legal challenge to election

The Trump campaign made a last-ditch effort Thursday to get a judge to order more ballots examined by hand and counted in Maricopa County in hopes of altering the state's election results.

Nov 12, 2020

Ducey loses big with Trump, taxes, legal pot

Republican Governor Doug Ducey was able to keep the Arizona Legislature red, but not everything worked out to his benefit, based on unofficial election results.

Nov 12, 2020

Fontes concedes Maricopa County recorder race to Richer

Maricopa County will have a Republican county recorder again after Democrat Adrian Fontes, the incumbent, conceded the race on Thursday morning to his challenger, Stephen Richer.

Nov 11, 2020

Biden is on the cusp of securing Arizona’s 11 electoral votes

Arizona is on the cusp of picking a Democrat for president for the first time in 24 years as Joe Biden held his lead over President Donald Trump in the latest count.

Nov 10, 2020

GOP lawyer: Secret video shows poll worker ‘doing it wrong’

The question of whether the Trump campaign gets a chance to try to prove the president actually got more votes than have been tallied -- and ultimately whether he gets Arizona's 11 electoral votes -- could depend on a video taken illegally in a polling center.

Nov 10, 2020

Senate president asks for special probe of election

Senate President Karen Fann is seeking an independent analysis of the testing of Arizona voting machines.

Nov 5, 2020

Trump advisor hints at lawsuit if vote doesn’t go their way

Republicans were looking at the possibility of judicial intervention if the numbers do not appear to be going their way.

Nov 5, 2020

#SharpieGate goes to court, Fontes calls it ‘hoo hah’

A new lawsuit late November 4 charges that ballots are being invalidated because voters are using Sharpies – exactly what they are told to use by Maricopa County election officials.... […]

Nov 5, 2020

Adel now holds narrow lead over Gunnigle in Maricopa County Attorney’s race

Republican Allister Adel, the incumbent Maricopa County Attorney, pulled ahead of Democrat Julie Gunnigle in the latest tally, but the race remains too close to call. Adel now leads Gunnigle by 4,186 votes.

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