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Sep 11, 2018

Libertarian candidates on sidelines in general election

For the first time in more than two decades, Arizonans won't have the option to vote for a Libertarian Party candidate for governor.

Parties focused on Election Day turnout efforts
Nov 26, 2013

One question dominates congressional race in southern Arizona

At a Pima County Republican Party luncheon in Tucson, voters arrive to hear a speech from the latest GOP candidate to enter the race to serve Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District.

Nov 26, 2013

Jeans, boots and country music: Republican candidates in CD1 vying to run against Ann Kirkpatrick

Country music plays in the background as state House Speaker Andy Tobin tells Graham County Republican Party leaders at a Safford restaurant he has spent seven years fighting for them at the Legislature, and he’s ready to take the fight to Congress.

Farther north, freshman state Rep. Adam Kwasman rallies a rowdy crowd at a Show Low Tea Party event, telling them to stay focused on the proj[...]

Oct 7, 2013

Q&A with Jim Waring – Phoenix Councilman and former legislator

After losing to Ben Quayle in a crowded congressional race in 2010, former Republican legislator Jim Waring bounced back to win a seat on the Phoenix City Council in 2011.

Sep 24, 2013

$11 million in the bank

Gallardo: HB2305 unnecessary, election problems could be solved with leftover HAVA money

Several provisions of HB2305 were drafted in direct response to problems in the 2012 election, when it took 11 days to call a close congressional race and an all-time high number of voters were forced to cast provisional ballots.

Jul 5, 2013

Legislative session featured rare political courage

Historians will determine the just-completed Arizona legislative session as the most significant in memory. An unlikely coalition, which included a hard-nosed, conservative and partisan governor, teamed together to pass Medicaid expansion.

Small gifts make big – and murky – difference in campaign finance transparency
Dec 20, 2012

Small gifts make big – and murky – difference in campaign finance transparency

Arizona was fairly giving this election season, kicking in at least $16 million to presidential candidates, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Nov 13, 2012

Agreement reached in ballot dispute in Barber-McSally race

An agreement reached Tuesday at least temporarily resolves a dispute over 130 provisional ballots that could prove decisive in Arizona's last undecided congressional race.

Barber: Border report shows Tucson sector busiest
Nov 12, 2012

Barber holding the lead but CD2 still up for grabs

The outcome of southern Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District back-and-forth campaign for the lead between Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber and Republican challenger Martha McSally will decide whether Arizona chooses a Democratic or Republican congressional majority.

Today, a full six days after the election, the race had still not been called for either candidate. Barber was leading by 69[...]

Sinema evolves from firebrand to pragmatist
Nov 12, 2012

Sinema evolves from firebrand to pragmatist

For years, the consensus around the Capitol was that Kyrsten Sinema couldn’t win a congressional race.

Kyrsten Sinema
Nov 7, 2012

Sinema confident about CD9 lead

Arizona’s new hypercompetitive 9th Congressional District lived up its billing, with Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema holding a narrow but growing lead over Republican Vernon Parker in a race that was still undecided at the end of election night. As of Wednesday evening, Sinema, a former legislator from central Phoenix, leads by 2,715 votes.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer sits down for an interview with a television reporter following the 30th annual Border Governors Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Governors from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border meet for two days to discuss everything from economic development and health care to border violence. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
Oct 25, 2012

Brewer PAC spends on 2 more congressional races

The political action committee of Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is paying for mailers for or against candidates in two more Arizona congressional races.

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