Independent vows not to take sides if elected
If voters elect Kathy Knecht to the state Senate, she’ll make history. No independent candidate has ever been elected to the Arizona House of Representatives or state Senate.
Doug Ducey poised to win with election a month away
Early voting just started, but the race may already be over.
Few survive as political baggage weighs them down
Some candidates with varying degrees of political baggage proved more adept at second chances than others.
Tainted GOP candidates dot campaign trail to Legislature
A handful of would-be Republican lawmakers stand out from a crowded field of legislative candidates this election cycle for their tarnished reputations, but some may still land in office.
LD30: Changing district a political battleground of old vs. new
Legislative District 30 has changed drastically and become divided between old and new approaches to politics since House candidate Bill Brotherton last served in the Legislature.
Legion of striking teachers descend on Capitol as Senate adjourns
As more than 40,000 teachers and their supporters marched from downtown Phoenix to the Arizona Capitol the next morning, the state Senate adjourned for the week and rank-and-file members left without a vote on a budget that could boost teacher pay.
Goddard can draw on experience from 2 gubernatorial campaigns
No matter which Republican he faces in the 2010 general election, Attorney General Terry Goddard will have something they don't - two previous gubernatorial campaigns to learn from. Goddard's second run in 1994, when he lost the Democratic primary to grocery magnate Eddie Basha, may not provide too many lessons, since the attorney general appears to have no challengers for his party's nominatio[...]