If voters elect Kathy Knecht to the state Senate, she’ll make history. No independent candidate has ever been elected to the Arizona House of Representatives or state Senate.

A former state lawmaker and Pima County justice of the peace has been indicted for making a false tax return and telling the Internal Revenue Service that luxury sports cars he bought were business expenses for his bus company.

Being a member of the minority party of the state House of Representatives isn’t the only obstacle that may keep Jennifer Longdon away from the speaker’s desk.

Two House Democrats who planned to run as a team for separate caucus leadership roles are now challenging each other for the top spot.

Early voting poll results show a controversy over misuse of legislative immunity may be the political undoing of Rep. Paul Mosley.

Early voting poll results show that two political newcomers could oust two-term lawmaker Rep. Ken Clark from the state Legislature.

Early voting poll results show that two political newcomers could oust longtime lawmaker Sen. Olivia Cajero Bedford from the state Legislature.

Former lawmaker and Arizona Board of Regents chairman Greg Patterson is well on his way to a political comeback.

Former Rep. John Fillmore, a one-term lawmaker from Apache Junction who served from 2011-12, could be returning to the state Capitol.

Incumbent Rep. Darin Mitchell appears to be falling short in his bid for a return to the Arizona House of Representatives.