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Tribes eye Trump: Some welcoming, some wary of new administration
Tribal officials are taking a wait-and-see approach to the Trump administration, recognizing potential positives but also raising concerns about tribal sovereignty and other issues.
Moderate, Democratic or conservative? Ducey’s State of the State turns heads
Moderate. Centrist. Pragmatic. Even Democratic. The words being used by some observers to describe Doug Ducey’s third State of the State address.
Democrat Farley considers run for governor
The Tucson lawmaker, who’s spent 10 years in the Legislature, said he hasn’t made a final decision yet, but is seriously considering a run against Ducey.
Hobbs announces Senate Dem committee assignments
Senate Democrats gained a vote on the committee first responsible for approving a budget, but lost voting power on two other committees for the upcoming 2017 Legislative Session.
Election rejection: independent voters don’t feel respected, but can’t be ignored
Independent voters, who get shut out of primary elections and are ignored by Republicans and Democrats, proved in the 2016 election that squandering their voices is politically dangerous.
Rodney Glassman: A man of multiple careers and political parties
Rodney Glassman has gone from Tucson Democrat to Phoenix Republican in a little more than a decade. Starting out as a city councilman in the Old Pueblo, he’s now in a coalition pushing to make kindergarten a full grade equal to one through 12.
Dalessandro issues belated apology for calling GOP leadership Nazis
Arizona Democratic Sen. Andrea Dalessandro recently told her Facebook followers that she had something to “CONFESS.” At an interview with the Arizona Daily Star editorial board in September, Dalessandro called GOP leadership at the Capitol “Nazis.” At an interview with the Arizona Daily Star editorial board in September, Dalessandro called GOP leadership at the Capitol “Nazis.”
LD29 Senate race gets ugly: ‘Bernie Bro’ vs. ‘fake Democrat’
Sen. Martin Quezada and Lydia Hernandez have called one another many things via Facebook and Twitter in the Legislative District 29 Democratic Senate primary. One thing neither could be called this election cycle is civil.
Begay drops out of CD1 race
Republican Carlyle Begay has dropped out of the race for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, ending the former Democrat’s unlikely campaign in the crowded Republican primary.
Gallego, McSally reflect as freshman year winds down
Arizona Reps. Martha McSally and Ruben Gallego knew when they were sworn in to their seats in Congress in January that there were problems with partisanship and productivity in Washington.
Another blow for Democrats: State Sen. Carlyle Begay switches parties
Democratic Sen. Carlyle Begay is now a Republican. The Ganado lawmaker announced Monday morning his switch to the Republican Party, a move he said is an extension of his independent streak at the Arizona Capitol. But Democrats categorized the move as no surprise for a lawmaker who often bucked his party to vote in favor of Republican-led bills.
Reagan, Montgomery want contempt citation for Dem dark money
A Democratic dark money group that ran $1.5 million in ads against Tom Horne in the waning days of the 2010 election must defend itself from accusations of contempt of court after refusing to comply with an order that it register with election officials and disclose its contributors.
