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High-profile donors, familiar names dominate 2014 campaign contributions
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and wrestling magnate Linda McMahon might make a funny trio for the setup of a joke, but what they actually have in common is their outsized funding of Arizona’s 2014 campaign season.
Who’s hot, who’s not heading into 2015
A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.
Arizona cited as a ‘special place’ for dark-money operations
Dark money in campaigns has become an issue nationwide but in the words of one expert, Arizona “really is a special place for dark money.”
A well-earned name: Nothing is simple in world of ‘dark money’ politics
Paul G. Ryan asked the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office what seemed like a simple question: Is a state nonprofit that spends money to influence elections actually a political committee?
Who’s got the juice? Some of the biggest power brokers of 2014 election are unknown
Determining the most influential people of 2014 becomes far more difficult when so many of them are anonymous. Such was the case in Arizona, where a predominant feature of the election cycle was “dark money,” the anonymous campaign spending that has proliferated in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United ruling in 2010.
County prosecutors seek high court opinion on dark money
Maricopa County prosecutors want the Arizona Supreme Court to rule that “dark money” groups cannot anonymously say nasty things about candidates just because they don't mention the upcoming election.
Thank goodness that’s over: Campaign ads, cash left voters with ‘election fatigue’
Political observers and voting experts said there was a real sense of “election fatigue” this fall among voters, who were inundated by ads and campaign cash.
Reagan changes her views on how to deal with dark money
The views of Republican Sen. Michele Reagan, who is running for the state’s top election office, have evolved since she ran legislation to crack down on dark money entities.
Goddard, Reagan plans about more than dark money
Thanks to the unprecedented millions of dollars in anonymous campaign spending that has poured into Arizona this year, dark money has taken center stage in the election the for Arizona’s next secretary of state.
A longer queue than when the last iPhone debuted
One election lawyer who looked over Reagan’s ideas for regulating “dark money” groups, as noted in yesterday’s report, found them lacking. Reagan yesterday suggested that, instead of forcing dark money entities to disclose their contributors, the latter should instead be required to report their contributions to the secretary of state.
Governor says huge amount of primary money may have been overkill
Gov. Jan Brewer called the amount of personal finances and "dark money'' spent on races this year "astounding.''
Moderate Republicans lodge complaints against political committee spending
Moderate Republicans who supported Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan in 2013 are facing heavy fire from one political committee making independent expenditures against them.
