The single-shot Democratic state House candidate in Legislative District 16 lost his lead to both Republican opponents by Wednesday morning. Incumbent Rep. Teresa Martinez, R-Casa Grande, currently leads the district with 36.66% of the district’s votes as of 10:30 a.m. Her running mate Rob Hudelson received 31.76% and Democratic newcomer Keith Seaman, just trails Hudelson with 31.57%.

  State Sen. Kelly Townsend is folding her congressional bid, a move that could pave the way for her to take on — and possibly unseat — the recently censured Sen. Wendy Rogers.  The Apache Junction Republican said she made ...

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich was among the roughly dozen state attorneys general who met with then-President Donald Trump at the White House about a month after the 2020 election, emails show.   The December 10, 2020, luncheon in the White ...

Arizona made national headlines last year when it became the first state to eliminate peremptory strikes of potential jurors. But most of the Arizona Supreme Court’s rule change, which took effect in January, would be short-lived if HB2413 becomes law.  ...

Two controversial education bills, one banning “critical race theory” in Arizona schools and one that, supporters say, would keep sexually explicit materials out of schools, passed the House on party-line votes Thursday.  Gov. Doug Ducey called for a critical race ...

A House panel voted Wednesday after heated debate to prohibit election officials from accepting already filled-out early ballots at polling places unless voters first provide identification.  The party-line 7-6 vote by the Republican-dominated House Committee on Government and Elections came ...

Dear Editor: When are Governor Ducey and local papers going to forcefully state Black Lives Matter? It seems like any strong support or comments that would benefit the Black community are not front page news.  Why, because a majority of ...

For the second year in a row, the House hovers on the edge of moral turmoil and the potential ouster of a member.

House Speaker-elect Rusty Bowers has dissolved the House Sentencing and Recidivism Reform Committee that Rep. David Stringer was slated to chair.

Gov. Doug Ducey won't debate his Republican foe, with an aide calling Ken Bennett a "fringe'' candidate despite the fact he was elected secretary of state in 2010.