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Campbell Jr. grew up in the giant footsteps of his father, following the senior Campbell into both business and politics.

When Owen Buz Mills jumped into the governor’s race, most people’s reaction was, “Who is that?”

Steve Voeller’s first foray into politics was in 1993 when he was a field director for then-Congressman Jon Kyl’s campaign for U.S. Senate. The way Voeller tells it, he was “really bit by the bug,” and decided to pursue politics as a career.

Tom Chabin isn’t shy about airing disagreements with Republicans in committee hearings and floor debates, though he typically doesn’t get his way. That, after all, is par for the course for Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives, who are outnumbered by Republicans, 35-25.

As Arizona’s fiscal woes have trickled down to the universities, Ernest Calderón has become a sounding board for complaints.

Barry Aarons' bow tie and signature mustache makes him one of the most recognizable lobbyists in the Capitol. He is also one of the most articulate, which he says is because he spends so much time studying the issues.

If you ask anyone who has worked on an issue with Rep. Lucy Mason, they'll say she is persistent and tenacious and every other synonym that "Roget's Thesaurus" lists to describe those who never give up. The Prescott Republican is in her final term, and her tenure in the Legislature has been one of the wildest.

Not long after announcing that he would seek a new food tax to help the city cope with its budget crisis, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon stood on the balcony near his downtown office and gazed at the cranes at a construction site across the street.

Rebecca Rios is her father's daughter - obviously and figuratively. He is a social worker by background. She, too, became a social worker. He is a politician. She, too, became a politician.

Reporters often turn to Stan Barnes as someone who can talk about the infighting in the Republican Party, for two main reasons: Not only does he have a snappy way with words that makes for good quotes, but he's brutally honest about what he sees happening.