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2022 Election News

Nov 8, 2022

Newcomer Burch maintains lead over Scantlebury in LD9 Senate race but gap narrows

Political newcomer Eva Burch is maintaining her lead over Trump-endorsed opponent Robert Scantlebury in the Legislative District 9 Senate race, but the gap has narrowed.

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Nov 8, 2022

Fontes still up on Finchem on Wednesday morning

Democratic leads narrowed throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, but by late morning on Wednesday Democratic Secretary of State candidate Adrian Fontes still held a five-percentage point lead over Republican nominee Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley.

Nov 8, 2022

Barto gains on Marsh in LD4 Senate race

One of the state’s most competitive legislative races is leaning in favor of Democratic Sen. Christine Marsh, D- Phoenix, but the gap between her and Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, narrowed significantly overnight.  

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Nov 8, 2022

Hamadeh closes gap on Mayes in AG race

Kris Mayes, Democratic candidate for Attorney General is now neck and neck with Republican nominee Abe Hamadeh, with 50.1% of the vote to Hamadeh’s 49.9%.

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Nov 8, 2022

Lake dares NFL to ‘play chicken’ over 2023 Super Bowl location

Although Super Bowl LVII is just three months away, concern remains that the event could be affected if Kari Lake is elected governor. In a recent interview with KAZT-TV, the Republican nominee for governor declared her intentions to militarize Arizona’s border with Mexico – listed as one of the primary sources of fentanyl trafficking by the DEA in a 2020 report – upon her inauguration if sh[...]

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Nov 8, 2022

Earlier fears of short-staffed elections averted, but some fears remain

Despite earlier fears that voter intimidation and threats against officials would make it hard to find enough workers to run the state’s elections this year, county recorders said they have not had too much difficulty filling those jobs.

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Nov 8, 2022

Some ballot tabulators in Maricopa County aren’t working

Some ballot tabulators at dozens of polling locations across Maricopa County aren’t working, but elections officials assured the public that it has procedures in place to ensure that every vote is counted. 

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Nov 7, 2022

Feds will be watching polling in five Arizona counties

Federal officials will be watching polling Tuesday in five Arizona counties. But no one is saying how the Department of Justice selected those five -- or exactly what form that monitoring will take.

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Nov 7, 2022

Counties test election equipment to try to ensure accurate results

County officials around the state are reassuring the public that equipment has been thoroughly tested to ensure only valid ballots are counted for the Nov. 8 election.

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Nov 7, 2022

Suspicious envelope found at Lake’s Phoenix office

Authorities on Sunday were investigating an envelope that reportedly contained suspicious white powder that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

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Nov 4, 2022

Hell on your cell: Arizonans got 50 million campaign robotexts this fall

It’s not just the elections that are heating up as the campaign season enters the final days – phones are heating up, too, with a torrent of political robocalls and... […]

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Nov 4, 2022

Grassroots effort gets people out to vote on Navajo Nation

Activists, advocates and actors mounted horses on a Saturday morning last month for a ride through the red rock of El Capitán Mountain in iconic Monument Valley. The Solidarity Trail Ride was part of the nationwide event Ride to the Polls, which was organized by Protect the Sacred, a grassroots organization to motivate young Indigenous voters.

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