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Illegal immigration is an inescapable subject in Arizona's heated elections, but several policymakers are actively trying to steer the conversation back to the elephant in the room - the economy.

Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Republican challenger Jesse Kelly are deadlocked in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, according to a poll commissioned by a DC-based advocacy group.

Tonight's debate between Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Terry Goddard is probably the last time you will see the pair in the same room, much less on the same stage, between now and Election Day.

For every Tom Horne, Felecia Rotellini and Jesse Kelly of the election cycle, there’s an Andrew Thomas, David Lujan and Jonathan Paton.

Gov. Jan Brewer, now the GOP's official nominee for governor, held her double-digit lead over Democrat Terry Goddard in Rasmussen Reports' first post-primary poll.

If any theme emerged from the Aug. 24 primary, it’s that there wasn’t a single overarching theme. Instead, there was a little bit of everything. Some tea party candidates and “outsiders” won, which confirms that the anti-establishment sentiment directed at ...

Mark your calendar. The fourth annual Leaders of the Year of award ceremony is just around the corner and we hope you'll join the Arizona Capitol Times to celebrate 17 individuals and organizations for their professional and civic involvement.

The state’s 27-member commission that grades judges gave unanimous thumbs up for nearly all 64 of the judges up for retention this year except a few.

If you thought the cantankerousness (yep, that’s really a word) of Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District would end after the 10-way GOP primary race, Jon Hulburd has some news for you. Hulburd’s campaign blasted a statement into Arizona’s e-mail netherworld that just ripped Quayle ...

There were some big surprises last night: Chris Deschene toppled Sam Wercinski on the Democratic side of the secretary of state race; Cloves Campbell Jr. lost his House seat; and David Braswell got whomped by Lori Klein in the Legislative District ...