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AZ Supreme Court reinstates Cheuvront’s mom on ballot
The Arizona Supreme Court today reinstated Jean Cheuvront-McDermott, a Democrat who is running for a House seat in central Phoenix, on the primary ballot.
Backers of Ariz. primary change to file petitions
Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment to change how Arizona conducts its primary elections plan Tuesday to file petitions to qualify the measure for the November ballot.
Arpaio raised more than $1 million this year
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has raised more than $1 million this year in his bid for a sixth term.
Pollster calls evaluation survey of judges ‘dangerous’
Nineteen judges who are up for retention this year went before the Commission on Judicial Performance Review on June 15 to explain themselves for bad marks they got in surveys on their performance.
A Fighting Chance: Possible 15-15 split in Senate hinges on 4 key races
After taking advantage of an anti-incumbent mood that swept the nation and secured supermajority control of both chambers of the Arizona Legislature two years ago, Republicans are now poised to lose their veto-proof hold at the state Capitol.
Ariz. seeks to keep voter registration rule
The state of Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let the state's requirement that people prove their citizenship in order to register to vote remain in effect during the current election cycle.
House, Senate campaign announcements raise concerns
In an election year, frequent campaign announcements come as no surprise. What is surprising, however, is where some of the announcements are coming from.
Even legislative leaders face crowded primary elections
In the upcoming elections, party loyalty doesn’t guarantee an uncontested race.
The highest-ranking Republican and Democrat in the House of Representatives both face crowded primaries this August.
Money continues to flow as race to succeed Giffords enters final weeks
Democrat Ron Barber had $390,000 on hand for the remaining two weeks of the campaign to succeed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, compared to $83,000 for Republican Jesse Kelly, according to new campaign reports.
Of Crandall and coronaries
Crandall easily qualified for the ballot yesterday, filing nearly 50 percent more signatures than he needed – but he described the process as a “near coronary” in a posting last night on Twitter.
Brewer signs consolidated elections bill over objections by cities
Despite a flood of letters from cities and towns opposing the bill, Gov. Jan Brewer today signed legislation requiring municipalities to consolidate their elections with the state.
Of course there’s already talk of a special session
The work of the 50th Legislature is officially completed, but rumors were circulating last week that some Republicans are – or will be – working on a referral to compete with the Open Government initiative, which seeks to overhaul the state’s elections system by allowing everybody to vote in an open primary with the top two winners, regardless of party, competing in a runoff.
