Last-minute ballots helped some Republican candidates and conservative causes surge to victory after Election Night, reversing the historical trend of late-counted ballots favoring Arizona Democrats.

Republican Rep. Kate Brophy McGee leads Democratic Rep. Eric Meyer in the race for Legislative District 28’s Senate seat.

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Brophy McGee: Meyer is campaigning 'dirty'

On the campaign trail, Rep. Eric Meyer is not shying away from the potentially historic significance his election to the Senate could have.

At least one Arizona judge claims courts can’t certify same-sex married couples to jointly adopt, as long as state law grants that right only to a husband and wife.

Driggs is out of the LD28 Senate race and Brophy McGee is in, dramatically changing the dynamic of what was expected to be a winnable seat for Meyer and the Dems. Coordinated announcements of support soon followed from Biggs and Ducey, both of whom endorsed Brophy McGee’s run for the Senate, as did an announcement from Brophy McGee’s campaign.

Sen. Adam Driggs won’t seek re-election this fall. The Phoenix Republican and son of former Phoenix mayor John Driggs announced his decision not to seek a sixth term in the Legislature in a press release Tuesday afternoon.

A House panel advanced a bill that would exempt the Department of Child Safety from investigating certain non-criminal reports of abuse or neglect.

Hoping to halt its ever-growing backlog of cases, the Department of Child Safety wants to adopt new rules for what constitutes an investigation.