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Redistricting panel narrows field for executive director
A former staffer of Gov. Doug Ducey, a former chief of staff of the Arizona House Democrats and a former Independent Redistricting Commission employee are among the final list of five candidates vying to be the commission’s executive director.
On top of Jim Waring’s wishlist: Jones versus Stanton
Phoenix Vice Mayor Jim Waring confirmed to our reporter yesterday that he spoke with Christine Jones a few months ago about the possibility of her running for mayor, but he wouldn’t characterize it as recruitment or call it “pressure.”
Filling sandbags, mayor urges Phoenix to prepare for second big storm
As mayor of a desert city, Greg Stanton’s job description wouldn’t seem to include filling sandbags in anticipation of flooding. But he did just that Monday to send a message: After moisture from a hurricane walloped the Phoenix area last week, another storm could cause flooding later this week.
Phoenix council OKs Child Exploitation Task Force
The Phoenix City Council has voted unanimously to approve an agreement with the FBI supporting the Child Exploitation Task Force.
Phoenix City Council votes to keep food tax
The 2 percent Phoenix food tax is staying after the City Council voted to keep the tax in place.
Quayle bounces back, emerges victorious in CD3
Ben Quayle didn't even have an election night party planned. The 33-year-old attorney and son of former Vice President Dan Quayle had been raked over the coals for weeks leading up to the Republican primary in Arizona's 3rd Congressional District, and several internal polls leading up to the election showed that he'd fallen from the frontrunner's perch. But signs of Quayle's demise turned out to b[...]
McCain hosting fundraiser for Waring
U.S. Sen. John McCain will host a fundraiser for ex-staffer Jim Waring, giving the former lawmaker a cash infusion as he heads into the final week of his primary campaign.
Money, name ID make Ben Quayle ‘top-tier’ candidate
Ben Quayle is a political neophyte who has spent a small fraction of his life in Arizona, and he lacks the kind of business experience or community involvement that usually precedes a run for Congress. But what Quayle does have — a ton of money and his father’s last name — scares the bejeepers out of the nine other candidates seeking the Republican nomination in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional[...]
GOP candidates to Watch in CD3
It takes 10 to tango in CD3. Here's a list of the candidates to watch.
An outsider’s view from the inside of Arizona politics
Ed Bunch’s Senate career is remarkable not only because he was appointed to the Legislature at perhaps the worst time in state history but also because he vowed not to use the position to gain a foothold at the Capitol.
Current, former lawmakers banking on experience in Senate races
District 2 With Window Rock Democrat Sen. Albert Hale facing term limits, the Senate seat in District 2 is up for grabs. Four people are running, all are Democrats, which... […]
With 19 bills signed, Nelson most successful senator in ’10
Sen. John Nelson, a Republican from Litchfield Park, saw 19 of his 33 bills make it through the Legislature and get signed by the governor this year. Nelson said the key to his legislative success is a commitment to seeing bills through each step of the lawmaking process.
