Republican Allister Adel, the incumbent Maricopa County Attorney, pulled ahead of Democrat Julie Gunnigle in the latest tally, but the race remains too close to call. Adel now leads Gunnigle by 4,186 votes.

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel was in serious condition Wednesday after undergoing emergency surgery for bleeding to the brain, a spokeswoman said.

The ACLU of Arizona is going to spend nearly $1 million to inform 300,000 registered voters about the Maricopa County Attorney’s race.

Anticipation around the Democratic primary for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office race was shaping up to be a two-person race between Julie Gunnigle and Will Knight, but when the county uploaded early ballots at 8 p.m. on August 4, Gunnigle won by a landslide.

Perennial candidate Rodney Glassman is likely to extend his election losing streak, this time to Eddie Cook, the appointed Maricopa County Assessor. Glassman has 47% of the vote with Cook holding 53%. Glassman previously applied for the appointment to the ...

In a tight race to become the next Maricopa County Attorney, Julie Gunnigle is in a good position to win a competitive Democratic primary to ultimately face Allister Adel, the Republican appointed incumbent on November 3. Gunnigle leads Will Knight ...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel recently used her position of influence to attempt to distract from the truth of what is happening in our community.

In training materials recently obtained by the ACLU of Arizona, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) refers to the people it prosecutes using the slur “crazy” and paints people with psychiatric disabilities as liars and obstacles to winning a conviction – not as human beings worthy of respect.

Maricopa County Assessor and alleged child trafficker Paul Petersen will find out if he is suspended without pay from his elected post when the county board of supervisors votes on October 28.

Allister Adel, an attorney in private practice and former executive director of the Maricopa County Bar Association, will be Maricopa County Attorney for the next year.