Poll shows McCain crushing Ward
With less than three weeks to go before the primary election, a poll showed U.S. Sen. John McCain handily defeating Kelli Ward by double digits.
In blow to GOP unity, Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain, two of the party's most powerful members.
U.S. Senate hopeful Meluskey withdraws from GOP primary
U.S. Senate candidate Alex Meluskey suspended his campaign to “clear the way” for John McCain’s other Republican challengers, though the move may have a limited impact for Kelli Ward because his name will still be on the ballot.
McCain rips Trump, but says he still supports him
U.S. Sen. John McCain condemned Donald Trump for his criticism of the parents of an American Muslim soldier who died in Iraq.
With primary looming, McCain, Kirkpatrick eye each other
Based on the way John McCain and Ann Kirkpatrick are already attacking each other, the average voter could be forgiven for believing that the Republican primary was over and that Arizona’s senior U.S. senator had locked up the GOP nomination.
McCain, Kirkpatrick neck and neck in second-quarter fundraising
U.S. Sen. John McCain and Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick both announced strong fundraising hauls for the second quarter of 2016, raising nearly $2 million apiece.
Senate takes up, then blocks, competing gun-control measures
The Senate had the opportunity to act on competing gun-control measures Monday, but proceeded instead to block action on any of the proposals in votes that fell mostly along party lines.
McCain: Obama ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando shooting
Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that President Barack Obama is "directly responsible" for the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, because of the rise of the Islamic State group on the president's watch. But he later issued a statement saying that he "misspoke."
McCain hits Kirkpatrick over Obamacare in TV ad
The Republican primary is three months away, but U.S. Sen. John McCain already has his eyes on the general election and is taking an early shot at his likely Democratic opponent.
McCain confident in re-election with Trump at top of ticket
U.S. Sen. John McCain acknowledged that Donald Trump’s presence at the top of the Republican ticket could make for a more perilous path to re-election, but said he was still confident that he would win a sixth term in November.
US Sen. John McCain calls for criminal probe into mine spill
U.S. Sen. John McCain on Friday called for a criminal investigation into actions by the Environmental Protection Agency that led to a mine spill polluting rivers in three Western states last summer.
McCain to skip GOP convention to focus on election, campaign says
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, will not attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July but will be “working and campaigning throughout Arizona,” a campaign official confirmed Tuesday.