A judge is refusing to force the state's largest electric company to turn over its records of political spending to a utility regulator, at least not yet.

The state's largest electric utility may have outmaneuvered a utility regulator in the fight over its records about its campaign spending.

The first year in office wasn’t exactly quiet for new Corporation Commissioners Tom Forese and Doug Little. After a few months of relative calm, several utilities filed requests for solar fees or changes to net metering, kicking off a firestorm of criticism of the entire commission.

Two Republican candidates for Arizona governor who poured millions from their personal wealth into their primary election efforts last year were the top donors in the 2014 election.

Democrat David Garcia conceded the race for superintendent of public Instruction late Monday to Republican Diane Douglas, who declared her slim margin of victory a mandate against Common Core learning standards.

Political observers and voting experts said there was a real sense of “election fatigue” this fall among voters, who were inundated by ads and campaign cash.

Democrat Randall Friese has taken a 233-vote lead over Republican Rep. Ethan Orr in what has become a seesaw race for the second House seat in Tucson’s Legislative District 9.

Democratic Rep. Eric Meyer will return to the Capitol after maintaining his solid lead over Republican challenger Shawnna Bolick in Phoenix’s Legislative District 28, where he has won three straight elections despite a 12 percentage point Republican voter registration advantage.

Sylvia Allen will return to the Senate seat she left just two years ago after pulling ahead of independent Tom O’Halleran during overnight ballot counting in Legislative District 6.

Doug Ducey won Arizona’s first wide-open gubernatorial race in 12 years, cruising to election as the state’s 23rd governor.