How Maricopa County, Arizona, prepared for the Election Day spotlight
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. It’s Sunday morning before the big […]
Glassman gets early start on 2026 AG race after series of unsuccessful campaigns
He’s been a Democrat and a Republican. And he’s run for U.S. Senate, corporation commission, Maricopa County assessor and attorney general. All those efforts came up short. But Phoenix attorney […]
Arizona Supreme Court blocks Kari Lake’s final appeal to overturn 2022 governor’s race
Kari Lake is not going to be the governor of Arizona – at least not unless she runs again in 2026 and wins. Without comment the Arizona Supreme Court on […]
Arizona election results delayed after a long ballot and a court order slow counting
Arizona is still waiting on election results it expected to have by Wednesday morning, with some ballots cast at polling places on Election Day yet uncounted, along with hundreds of […]
Maricopa County restores around 2,000 voters after incorrectly demanding proof of citizenship
Maricopa County incorrectly flagged around 2,000 longtime registered voters as needing to provide proof of citizenship in order to vote in Tuesday’s election, county officials confirmed Sunday. That number is […]
Matt Salmon: Unbridled and seeking to return Republicans to their roots
Eight years after his congressional career ended, former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon has become one of the state’s most vocal critics of the Republican party. Salmon, with the help of […]
Maricopa County says it’s prepared for safe election, with fences and tighter security
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. Concrete barriers sit along the sidewalks […]
Fontes fights release of voter citizenship list due to security concerns
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes testified Monday that immediate release of the names of about 218,000 or more voters who may not have provided proof of citizenship would lead to […]
Prop. 134 raises over $400k, opponent warns it could end all initiatives
A strong fundraising effort is going toward a ballot referral that would change the voter initiative process in Arizona. More than $400,000 has been raised in support of Proposition 134, […]
Care for the Whole Patient Leads to Healthy Populations
This August, U.S. News and World Report published a study ranking the health of nearly 3,000 counties across the country on a scale of 1 to 100. In a troubling […]
Corporation Commission defends exempting power plant from environmental review
The Arizona Corporation Commission is denying claims made by Attorney General Kris Mayes and two environmental groups about the commission’s decision to exempt a power plant expansion from environmental review. […]
Parties target pair of swing districts in bid to flip legislature
In two swing districts of the state with bipartisan representation, Republicans and Democrats are seeking legislative majorities by completely flipping districts they have voter advantage in. Republicans are heavily focusing […]