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Darin MItchell

House sets committee rosters, Dems stronger on Appropriations
Nov 21, 2012

House sets committee rosters, Dems stronger on Appropriations

The House of Representatives released its committee assignments yesterday, leaving Democrats, who control 40 percent of the seats in the chamber, with 35.8 percent of the committee assignments. But Minority Leader Chad Campbell said the margins are still better than in previous years.

Darin Mitchell wins stay on ballot as opponent rushes to overturn it
Oct 23, 2012

Primary winner who lived outside district declared legitimate candidate

Republican state House candidate Darin Mitchell won again today when a panel of Court of Appeals judges ruled he was improperly served with paperwork in his residency challenge and declared him a legitimate candidate for the office.

Darin Mitchell
Oct 19, 2012

Ruling to come soon in Mitchell residency case

A panel of three Court of Appeals judges today said they would rule quickly in the residency case for House candidate Darin Mitchell, who a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled last month did not live in his district and therefore should not be on the ballot.

Oct 11, 2012

Legal arguments filed (again) in Mitchell residency case

Attorneys for Darin Mitchell, the candidate who a Superior Court judge found did not live in his district, filed new arguments with the Court of Appeals yesterday, saying the courts don’t have authority to decide elections contests.

Oct 5, 2012

Jones says write-in planned if candidate tossed

A Republican lawmaker from Yuma who lost his district's primary race says he will run as a write-in candidate if a court throws another candidate off the ballot.

Sep 21, 2012

How Mitchell survived – for now

A look at how a winning candidate who clearly didn't live in the district he was running in might get elected even though a judge ruled that he should be taken off the ballot.

Sep 21, 2012

Mitchell case – the political route

If Jones’ attorney is rebuffed by the courts over the challenge to Mitchell’s residency, the firebrand lawyer plans to shift gears and take the political route. Tom Ryan said he’ll take his case to the House Credentialing Committee, a panel invested with the authority to vet incoming lawmakers’ qualifications and recommend whether they should be seated.

Sep 18, 2012

Mitchell wins stay on ballot as opponent rushes to overturn it

A trio of judges granted state House candidate Darin Mitchell’s appeal to stay on the November ballot today, just moments before the final tally in the Legislative District 13 district meeting vote declared Rep. Russ Jones as Mitchell’s replacement.

Darin Mitchell files appeal
Sep 18, 2012

Darin Mitchell files appeal

Darin Mitchell, the legislative candidate who was removed from the November 6 ballot yesterday after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled that he did not live in the district he planned to represent, has filed an appeal.

Sep 17, 2012

Mitchell removed from ballot

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Oberbillig ruled today that Republican Darin Mitchell, a candidate for state House in Legislative District 13, does not live in the district he sought to represent and must be removed from the ballot.

Sep 12, 2012

Attorney asks court to delay ballot printing in Mitchell residency case

The attorney for a Republican lawmaker is asking a judge to bar two counties from printing ballots until residency questions surrounding the man who beat him in last month’s election are settled.

But elections officials say the early deadline for printing fewer than 250 ballots for military and overseas voters makes that impossible, and could mean that Darin Mitchell’s name appears [...]

Sep 11, 2012

Mitchell under investigation by Registrar of Contractors after residency claims

Darin Mitchell is now under investigation by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, thanks to statements from Mitchell and his campaign chair saying he was overseeing a remodel project at the vacant home he claims is his residence.

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