The “blue wave” appears to have missed Arizona. Democrats not only failed to make significant strides at the statewide level but also remain the minority party in both the state House and Senate.

Both Democrats in the Legislative District 18 House race maintained last night’s early lead and have won.

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

Four GOP representatives asked for their fellow Reps. Michelle Ugenti-Rita and Rebecca Rios to be removed from their leadership roles in the House pending an investigation of sexual harassment accusations at the Capitol.

Regents and lawmakers alike expect the June 18 resignation of the Arizona Board of Regents’ chairman can heal any lingering wounds between them, though Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, who is at the center of the controversy, said the resignation changes nothing.

The chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents has resigned from the board three days after a report chronicled a secretly-recorded meeting in which he mocked a state lawmaker.

Democrat Mitzi Epstein has snagged a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, flipping a post previously held by Republicans.

The three-way race for LD18’s two House seats will feature the same players as 2014’s election: Democrat Mitzi Epstein is attempting to unseat one of the two Republican representatives, Bob Robson and Jill Norgaard.

A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.

Republicans’ leads have widened in Legislative District 18, where they are poised to keep control of the Senate seat and the two House seats.