Being a member of the minority party of the state House of Representatives isn’t the only obstacle that may keep Jennifer Longdon away from the speaker’s desk.

To stand up against legislative heavy hitters like House Speaker J.D. Mesnard or Sen. John Kavanagh, you need the varsity squad, Rep. Ken Clark told voters during a debate.

Early voting poll results show that two political newcomers could oust two-term lawmaker Rep. Ken Clark from the state Legislature.

In the same breath that she said the name-change issue concerning Gallego has “been put to rest,” Wilcox insisted last night (June 12) at an LD24 meeting that there nonetheless “still are questions” because he has used both Gallego and Marinelarena “several times” since legally changing his surname in 2008.

Early voting in the 2014 primary begins in nine months, and candidates are already firing up their campaigns.

House Democratic Leader Chad Campbell and Rep. Lela Alston held back a challenge in Legislative District 24 from political newcomer Tom Nerini and Democratic activist Jean Cheuvront McDermott, the mother of former lawmaker and Senate candidate Ken Cheuvront.

Ken Cheuvront and his mother, Jean Cheuvront-McDermott, are hoping to go into business together ai??i?? the politics business.

The Arizona Supreme Court today reinstated Jean Cheuvront-McDermott, a Democrat who is running for a House seat in central Phoenix, on the primary ballot.

Jean Cheuvront-McDermott won’t be the spoiler in an intraparty fight over House seats in Legislative District 24.

A judge said today that he won’t decide until early next week whether a Democratic legislative candidate should be removed from the ballot after an opponent challenged her candidacy, saying she wasn’t running under her real name.