CD9 candidates debate tax cuts, health care, energy
A deep field of primary candidates in the new 9th Congressional District mostly steered clear of intraparty battles and spent a two-hour forum at Chandler City Hall jabbing across the aisle over the Bush tax cuts, energy policy and the federal health care overhaul.
Stapley drops out of CD9 race
Less than three weeks after announcing his candidacy, Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley is dropping out of the Congressional District 9 race.
Stapley king of the CD9 unknowns
A CD9 GOP poll commissioned by Vernon Parker’s would-be consultants show the former Paradise Valley mayor trailing Don Stapley, but not by much.
D.C. gravitational pull sucks in Parker?
A close political adviser to Parker says the Paradise Valley town councilman is interested in a CD9 run, though he’s waiting on a number of factors to play out, the most important of which is what Quayle plans to do.
Push-button polls away!
Polling has already begun for the CD9 Dem primary, and rumor has it that Sinema wasn’t painted in a very flattering light.
Sinema announces congressional run; Republican field undecided
The race for the new 9th Congressional District officially kicked off Tuesday with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s long-expected announcement to resign her seat and run for the U.S. House.