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Gallego is considering running for the US Senate in 2020, when there will be a special election to fill the final two years of McCain’s term. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the September 6 Yellow Sheet ...

Finchem confirmed to our reporter that he will run for speaker of the House now that Mitchell is out of the race. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the September 5 Yellow Sheet Report, go to www.yellowsheetreport.com (Yellow Sheet ...

Ducey tapped former US Sen. Jon Kyl to fill McCain’s seat today, making it clear that confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is a top priority. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the September ...

In the brief order barring the Invest in Education initiative from the ballot, justices ironically cited a case in which they denied an appeal to keep a different initiative off the ballot. To read more on this item plus all ...

Townsend confirmed to our reporter that she is exploring a run for speaker now that Mitchell will not be advancing to the general election. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the August 30 Yellow Sheet Report, ...

Mitchell’s surprising loss to Dunn and Joanne Osborn in the LD13 House Republican primary has major implications for the race for House speaker, which was widely expected to come down to him and Bowers. To read more on this item ...

Six legislative candidates have already effectively won their races because they have no opponents in either the primary or general elections. This is the lowest number of unopposed legislative candidates Arizona has seen in 26 years. To read more on ...

With McCain’s passing, his state has lost more than a senator – it lost an advocate in Washington, DC whose outsized stature helped Arizona punch above its weight on a number of critical issues. To read more on this item ...

Arizona’s political world received somber news this morning when McCain’s family announced that he has decided to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the August 24 Yellow Sheet Report, go ...

In the third ruling on the last years’ strict compliance law for citizen initiatives, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanders concluded that the law is constitutional, giving the 2017 statute two rulings in favor of its constitutionality and one against.