Early polling results show Sen. David Farnsworth easily holding off a challenge from San Tan Valley Republican Michael Hernandez for re-election to the state Senate.

U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko has easily won the Republican nomination to keep her Congressional seat after early voting results put her far ahead of her sole challenger, Sandra Dowling.

The number of independents voting in the partisan primary election on Aug. 26 is expected to surge this year. And with nearly all the primary election action concentrated on the Republican side, independents are overwhelmingly choosing to vote in the GOP primary.

Kansas and Arizona are seeking to force the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to change its federal voter registration form for those states to include special instructions requiring citizenship documentation.

Conflicting policies likely to produce headaches as elections approach

Attorney General Tom Horne says he suspects the few voters who didn’t prove their citizenship when they registered with federal forms are in the U.S. illegally.

Arizona’s new policy of having separate voter rolls for people who didn’t provide proof of citizenship when registering is likely to stir up a lawsuit before the 2014 elections.

In the upcoming elections, party loyalty doesn’t guarantee an uncontested race.

The highest-ranking Republican and Democrat in the House of Representatives both face crowded primaries this August.

Preliminary results from exit polling in Arizona and Michigan suggest voters in each state made up their minds earlier than voters in previous contests. While voters remain focused on the economy, abortion and immigration are growing in importance.