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Dark money, open primary campaigns suspend operations amid funding woes
A joint campaign that promised to revolutionize Arizona politics is suspending its operations after its primary funder withdrew his financial support for a proposed initiative to require disclosure of the anonymous election spending known as dark money.
Litigation alert
Open and Honest Coalition leader Terry Goddard said yesterday that the campaign anticipates legal challenges, and some attorneys have begun predicting which legal issues could scuttle the anti-dark money initiative.
‘Open primary’ advocates hoping for better luck in 2016
Supporters of a 2012 ballot measure that would have radically overhauled the way Arizonans choose candidates in primary elections are hoping that different language and a different campaign will result in a better outcome than the landslide defeat they suffered three years ago.
