State Sen. Kelly Townsend is folding her congressional bid, a move that could pave the way for her to take on — and possibly unseat — the recently censured Sen. Wendy Rogers. The Apache Junction Republican said she made ...
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Kelly tackles rising prices in first ad of re-election bid 
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly began airing Wednesday the first ad of his re-election campaign as he looks to repeat his 2020 victory in this year’s much tougher political environment for Democrats. Kelly’s ad highlights his family’s humble finances growing ...
Read More »Senator Kelly’s community navigator program saving Arizona’s small businesses 
Arizonans have seen lots of ups and downs the past few years, and our state’s small business owners are no exception. At the height of the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Arizonans were out of work, and many businesses were ...
Read More »Kelly leads cash game, but polls show tight Senate race 
New fundraising figures and another poll show Arizona’s Senate race beginning to shape up, though the big question still remains – which Republican challenger will face Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly in November? Publicly available polling has shown Attorney General Mark ...
Read More »Consumers, small businesses, taxpayers need relief from Big Pharma
According to a study conducted by Avik Roy and Gregg Girvan of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP), Big Pharma’s abuse of the patent system around biologic drugs, such as Humira, cost American patients and taxpayers an additional $5 billion between 2015 and 2020. Without congressional action to hold brand name drug companies accountable, the report estimates this anti-competitive behavior around just this one class of drug will cost the American people another $25 billion by the end of the decade.
Read More »Ex-US Rep. Gabby Giffords attends NY gun show
A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 shooting, and pleaded afterward for people to come together to stop gun violence.
Read More »Money continues to flow as race to succeed Giffords enters final weeks 
Democrat Ron Barber had $390,000 on hand for the remaining two weeks of the campaign to succeed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, compared to $83,000 for Republican Jesse Kelly, according to new campaign reports.
Read More »Jesse Kelly’s family benefited from Obama stimulus 
A company owned by the family of Republican candidate Jesse Kelly, who has been critical of President Barack Obama's economic-stimulus program, has benefited from millions in government-sponsored projects.
Read More »Ron Barber, Jesse Kelly to debate tonight in fight for Giffords’ seat
The increasingly rancorous race between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Jesse Kelly for Arizona's vacant 8th Congressional District seat goes before a live audience Wednesday night for the first time.
Read More »Dems say Jesse Kelly is changing stance on key issues
Democrats are slamming 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Jesse Kelly for what they say are major changes in his stance on privatizing Social Security and Medicare designed to woo seniors turned off by his previous positions.
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