Billionaire Tom Steyer to spend $2 million on AZ youth vote initiative

April 9, 2018 Leave a comment

Tom Steyer is interviewed on Cheddar on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 2, 2018. Steyer, the billionaire hedge-fund magnate-turned-liberal activist, has committed at least $31 million this year to what is believed to be the largest youth vote organizing effort in American history. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hoping to incite a blue wave in Arizona, billionaire mega-donor Tom Steyer will pour at least $2 million into state elections this year.

McSally launches Senate campaign in heated Arizona contest

January 12, 2018 Leave a comment

In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, House Homeland Security Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., right, speaks during a news conference with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. on Capitol Hill in Washington. McSally called on the national GOP to "grow a pair of ovaries" as she launched her bid for the U.S. Senate on Friday, Jan. 12, 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. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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.

Time has come to modernize the nation’s obsolete air traffic control system

January 4, 2018 3 Comments

Like so much of our nation’s critical infrastructure, our country’s air traffic control system is obsolete. For the two million Americans and thousands of Arizonans who fly every day, the failure to modernize the way we fly has real consequences.

Mario Diaz: From poor C-student to managing winning gubernatorial campaign

November 13, 2017 Leave a comment

Mario Diaz (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)

Mario Enrique Diaz came to Arizona as a student with $20 in his pocket, and he has since worked basically every job in politics here. The Democratic consultant is now working as a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army.

Arizona Rep. McSally tells colleagues she’ll run for Senate

November 7, 2017 Leave a comment

In this June 14, 2017 file photo Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)

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

October 24, 2017 Leave a comment

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

October 9, 2017 Leave a comment

In this July 19, 2017 photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. walks to his seat as he attends a luncheon with other GOP Senators and President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington. Flake’s re-election race is becoming a case study in the GOP’s convulsions between the establishment, a furious base, and angry donors. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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

October 5, 2017 Leave a comment

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.