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The winner of Arizona’s Democratic gubernatorial primary — whoever it is — will likely be strapped for cash upon entering the general election.
Read More »Dem gubernatorial candidates deplete cash as primary nears 
Dem gubernatorial candidates deplete cash as primary nears
Campaign season officially kicks off – let the games begin
May 30 marked the deadline for candidates to submit petitions to run for legislative, statewide and congressional offices. Unlike in previous election cycles, few legislative races are uncontested.
Read More »McSally launches Senate campaign in heated Arizona contest
Arizona Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally called on the national GOP to "grow a pair of ovaries" as she launched her bid for the U.S. Senate on Friday, joining the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Jeff Flake by embracing President Donald Trump and his outsider playbook in one of the nation's premier Senate contests.
Read More »GOP in jeopardy of losing Arizona Senate seat, poll shows
Donald Trump remains more popular in Arizona than the nation as a whole. But pollster Mike Noble said it doesn't look like that will help the Republican Party hang on to the Senate seat being vacated by Jeff Flake.
Read More »Arizona Rep. McSally tells colleagues she’ll run for Senate
U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, Congressional District 2, has told Republican colleagues that she will enter the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Jeff Flake, a move that puts a mainstream candidate who could win backing from President Donald Trump into the primary race.
Read More »Flake drops out of ‘18 race
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake today announced that he isn’t running for re-election. The news, which the Arizona Republic broke, is expected to upend the state’s political scene and could plunge the Arizona Republican Party into disarray.
Read More »Flake’s vulnerability feeds GOP Senate concerns
Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake’s re-election race is becoming a case study in the GOP’s convulsions among the establishment, a furious base and angry donors.
Read More »Regent considers run for U.S. Senate
Republican Jay Heiler, a regent and the founder of charter school operation Great Hearts Academies, is considering a run for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Jeff Flake.
Read More »Sinema challenges Flake in showdown for U.S. Senate seat
Democratic U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema announced today that she is running for the U.S. Senate, ending months of speculation on whether she would challenge U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake for the seat.
Read More »Another Democrat jumps into race to challenge Sen. Flake
Businessman and former public school teacher Jim Moss of Globe announced Tuesday he would seek his party's nomination for the seat.
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