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Top gubernatorial candidates rake in cash
Thanks to several large personal loans made to her campaign, Christine Jones handily led a crowded Republican gubernatorial primary field in both available resources and money spent.
Rogers’ fundraising tops CD9 Republican primary field
Wendy Rogers, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and Republican candidate for Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, raised $138,000 in the first quarter of 2014 to use in her bid to unseat incumbent Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
Rogers, Sinema lead in CD9 fundraising
Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Rogers leads political newcomer and former Arizona State University quarterback Andrew Walter in fundraising for the Republican primary in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District.
McSally shows fundraising strength in CD2
In Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, Republican challenger Martha McSally bested incumbent U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, a Democrat, for the second consecutive reporting cycle, proving her impressive fundraising total posted in October was no fluke.
Legislative candidates who supported medicaid expansion awash in money
Republican legislators who are facing a backlash from the conservative right for approving the expansion of Medicaid tapped into a vast network of supporters to easily outraise colleagues and opponents last year.
Some candidates making use of bigger contribution limits
The tidal wave of big money has yet to show up in the 2014 election cycle, but a handful of candidates have begun taking advantage of the new law that allows supporters to hand them bigger checks.
Federal, state laws at odds on lobbyist political contributions
To curtail the inappropriate influence of money in politics, Arizona law prohibits lobbyists from contributing to lawmakers’ campaign committees while the Legislature is in session.
Brewer committee expected to help pro-Medicaid Republicans
Gov. Jan Brewer is hitting the fundraising trail again for an independent expenditure committee that is expected to help the Republican lawmakers who backed her Medicaid expansion plan.
Targeted Democrats continue stockpiling funds for congressional re-election bids
WASHINGTON – With a year until the next election, Democratic freshmen in three competitive Arizona congressional districts are continuing to stockpile cash for their re-election bids, according to the latest campaign finance reports.
Badly Wounded
Horne could face bloody, expensive battle in 2014 attorney general race
Tom Horne has long maintained that he’s innocent of the campaign finance allegations against him, but he may not get a chance to prove it until after voters have decided whether to give him a second term as attorney general.
Arizona “dark money’’ groups face combined $1 million in fines
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission has reached a settlement with two so-called “dark money” groups in Arizona that will see them pay a combined $1 million in fines.
Pro sports franchises give to victims of Yarnell fire
It has been said in sports that winning isn't everything - it's the ONLY thing.
