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.
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.
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.
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%.
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[...]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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... […]
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.