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May 25, 2012

Arizona CD8 candidate Ron Barber confirms support for Obama

Democrat Ron Barber is clarifying his support of President Barack Obama after declining to say who he would vote for in November during a debate.

May 24, 2012

Richard Carmona: Birther stunts symptom of larger problem

A frightening symptom is caused by a major systematic problem – that’s true in medicine, and it’s true in politics.

May 24, 2012

Barber-Kelly debate focuses on Social Security

Republican Jesse Kelly and Democrat Ron Barber clashed on Social Security, the health care overhaul and taxes during a Wednesday evening debate in the race for a U.S. House seat formerly held by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords.

May 24, 2012

Campbell to Bennett: resign Romney post

The minority leader of the Arizona House has called on Secretary of State Ken Bennett to resign as the Arizona co-chairman of Mitt Romney's campaign after Bennett questioned the validity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

May 23, 2012

Poll shows Romney ahead of Obama in Arizona

Campaign trail chatter about Arizona being up for grabs in November took a hit today with a new poll showing presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney pulling ahead of President Barack Obama.

May 23, 2012

Ken Bennett gets Obama birth records verification from Hawaii

The state of Hawaii has verified President Barack Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a nearly three-month back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot.

May 22, 2012

Ken Bennett sorry for birther flap, won’t keep Obama off Arizona ballot

Several days of coast-to-coast mockery led Secretary of State Ken Bennett today to apologize for embarrassing Arizona with inquiries about Barack Obama’s birth certificate and reverse course on earlier comments that he may keep the president off the ballot unless Hawaii officials certify that he was born there.

May 22, 2012

Joe Arpaio sent deputy to Hawaii on Obama birth certificate record trip

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent one of his deputies to Hawaii to accompany an official in his volunteer posse that is investigating President Barack Obama's birth certificate, despite earlier saying no taxpayer money was being spent on the probe.

May 22, 2012

Ken Bennett reverses view on endorsements

An Arizona state official says he can oversee a fair election despite playing a role in Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.

May 22, 2012

Ron Barber, Jesse Kelly campaigns launch flurry of tv ads

Voters in southeastern Arizona's 8th Congressional District are seeing a flurry of television ads in advance of the June 12 special election to pick a successor for Democrat Gabrielle Giffords.

May 22, 2012

Phoenix Diocese supports birth control lawsuits

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix says it welcomes lawsuits filed by other Catholic dioceses and various Catholic organizations to challenge a federal mandate for health plan coverage for birth control.

May 22, 2012

Carmona’s old feuds with Bush White House re-emerge in Senate bid

Richard Carmona arrived in Washington a political novice in 2002 and left four years later scarred and frustrated. He didn't go quietly.

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