DeWit hammered by Ducey ally on Breitbart
Lisa De Pasquale, the director of strategic communications for Sean Noble’s DC London, skewered DeWit today in a column on Breitbart. De Pasquale, who has written for Breitbart since 2010, rose to the defense of Ducey, whom she compared to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, dubbing him the “Walker of the West.”
Ducey’s choice of Adams as chief of staff met with acclaim
The biggest question in the Capitol parlor game of guessing who will serve in Doug Ducey’s administration was answered today as the governor-elect announced that former House Speaker Kirk Adams will serve as his chief of staff.
Outside spending, dark money fuel attack ads in race for Arizona governor
Conservative groups backed by dark money or yet to be-disclosed funding sources are trading blows on the airwaves now that a pro-Christine Jones IE began airing ads attacking Doug Ducey for his own alleged ties to dark money ads.
‘Dark money’ group attacks Smith for Kyoto Protocol support
A Virginia-based conservative group is airing ads in Phoenix and Tucson attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Smith for supporting an international agreement to combat global warming.
Vets group with ties to Ducey ally runs anti-Jones ad
A conservative veterans group is running ads attacking GOP gubernatorial hopeful Christine Jones for praising former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just months after 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that has become a cause célèbre among Republicans.