Republicans took control of Arizona’s formerly Democrat-led congressional delegation this week, contributing to flipping the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read More »AZ GOP helps take control of U.S. House
Redistricting panel gets partisan
Partisan members of the Independent Redistricting Commission are making last-minute efforts to craft maps that would help their political parties through the 2030 election.
Read More »IRC on track to turn southern AZ congressional district red
The Independent Redistricting Commission is moving to give Republicans an edge in electing members of Congress for the coming decade.
Read More »Redistricting panel narrows field for executive director
A former staffer of Gov. Doug Ducey, a former chief of staff of the Arizona House Democrats and a former Independent Redistricting Commission employee are among the final list of five candidates vying to be the commission’s executive director.
Read More »New IRC chair wants to avoid tiebreaker role 
Erika Neuberg will be the chair of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and serve as a tie-breaking vote on decisions that will impact the state’s political landscape over the next decade.
Read More »Redistricting commission postpones choice of chair 
The Independent Redistricting Commission on Thursday decided after hours of interviews and gridlock to wait a week before choosing their chair.
Read More »Redistricting commission to pick leader 
Arizona’s next decade of congressional and legislative lines are one step closer to becoming a reality, as Secretary of State Katie Hobbs called for a meeting of the new Independent Redistricting Commission to commence on Jan. 14.
Read More »Senate Dem leader selects last partisan IRC member 
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is set with its partisan picks and all that’s left is choosing the independent chair. Senate Minority Leader David Bradley, D-Tucson, picked Derrick Watchman, a Democrat from Apache County. Watchman is the first person from ...
Read More »Fernandez, rebuffed by judge, picks Shereen Lerner for IRC 
House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez this afternoon picked Democrat Shereen Lerner to serve on the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, a decision that came only a few hours after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge denied a request from Democratic legislative leadership for a temporary restraining order to halt the nomination process.
Read More »State asks court to dismiss redistricting lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by top Democratic legislative leaders challenging nominations for the Independent Redistrict Commission has no merit and should be thrown out, attorneys for the panel that crafted the nominations said Wednesday.
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