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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Graham, DeWit to meet on who will challenge Flake in GOP primary
Former Arizona GOP chairman Robert Graham and State Treasurer Jeff DeWit will meet this week to figure out who should run against U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake in the Republican primary, Graham told the Arizona Capitol Times.
Poll shows Flake in precarious spot
On the day of President Donald Trump’s visit to Phoenix, the latest poll delivered grim news to U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, one of the president’s most vocal critics within his party.
Dem AZ Rep. Sinema ‘seriously considering’ Senate challenge
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema said Friday she is "seriously considering" a run for the Arizona Senate seat held by Republican Jeff Flake.
