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Republican in Democratic district omits party affiliation
Republicans are campaigning for Legislative District 22 candidate Steve Robinson in a Democratic district by omitting his party affiliation in messages to voters.
Arizona donors double down after Jan. 6 panel questions Trump election fund
Thousands of Arizonans donated $1.51 million to the Save America PAC, after a flurry of emails from then-President Trump’s campaign begging supporters to help challenge Democrats’ plans “to count ILLEGAL ballots.”
PACs pour cash into legislative candidate campaigns
Legislative candidates on both sides of the aisle have amassed sizeable war chests for the 2018 elections thanks to hefty contributions from political action committees.
With primary looming, McCain, Kirkpatrick eye each other
Based on the way John McCain and Ann Kirkpatrick are already attacking each other, the average voter could be forgiven for believing that the Republican primary was over and that Arizona’s senior U.S. senator had locked up the GOP nomination.
Arizona reaps jobs, funds from decades-long boom in federal contracting
Federal contract spending in Arizona grew more than three times faster than the national rate over the past 20 years, according to a Cronkite News Service analysis of government data.
Familiarity breeds receipts: Arizonans more often give to pols than PACs
When Arizonans open their wallets to make a political donation, it’s more likely to go to someone they know than to a party or PAC, an analysis of federal campaign data shows.
Brewer PAC spends on 2 more congressional races
The political action committee of Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is paying for mailers for or against candidates in two more Arizona congressional races.
Business community digs deep for Pierce’s PAC
As noted last month, Pierce’s Senate Republican PAC is flush with cash heading into the summer. The committee has nearly $157,000 on hand and raised almost $168,000, thanks largely to the president’s outreach to the business community – and, presumably, his commitment to focusing his chamber’s efforts on pro-business legislation, not immigration.
Schweikert consultant: Boehner will cut us a check
The intraparty war between congressional Republican leadership and the conservative Club for Growth appears to have simmered down for now, even while the race between U.S. Reps. David Schweikert and Ben Quayle is growing fiercer.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner this week agreed to give Schweikert a contribution from his PAC to compensate for a contribution he made earlier to his primary[...]
