The secretary of state has garnered headlines for probing the groups anonymously spending money to influence Arizona voters, but that office isn’t alone in tracking such expenditures.
Read More »Judge denies Horne injunction against Clean Elections 
A Maricopa County judge denied Attorney General Tom Horne’s request to bar the Citizens Clean Elections Commission from investigating a campaign finance complaint against him.
Read More »Attorneys argue over scope of Clean Elections authority in Horne case 
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge heard arguments in a case that will not only determine whether the Citizens Clean Elections Commission can investigate Attorney General Tom Horne, but whether it will be able to investigate any candidates who aren’t part of Arizona’s public campaign funding system.
Read More »Sparks fly at Republican gubernatorial debate 
The six Republican gubernatorial candidates argued about illegal immigration, the K-12 education standards known as Common Core and economic development in a televised debate Monday.
Read More »Damn the legal challenges, full steam ahead!
The Clean Elections Commission today (July 17) unanimously voted to fight Horne’s lawsuit, which is seeking to stop the CCEC from investigating former AG staffer Sarah Beattie’s claims that he and his top aides were using his office as the headquarters of his re-election bid.
Read More »Ducey attorneys challenge Clean Elections Commission jurisdiction 
The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission lacks jurisdiction to investigate a complaint filed against GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey, according to a response filed by Ducey’s attorneys.
Read More »Commission votes to continue defending its Horne investigation 
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted today to continue defending a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Tom Horne to stop an investigation against him.
Read More »Clean Elections Commission to discuss Horne investigation 
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is going to meet Thursday to discuss its investigation of Attorney General Tom Horne and his lawsuit to stop it.
Read More »Smith alleges illegal Ducey coordination 
Attorneys for Scott Smith filed a complaint with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office and the Citizens Clean Elections Commission today alleging illegal coordination between Doug Ducey’s campaign for governor and an outside group that funded an ad blasting Smith.
Read More »AG’s Office internal probe of misconduct won’t be made public
The internal investigation report that will detail whether employees of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office worked on Tom Horne’s campaign during office hours and with office resources is going to be kept secret.
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