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Sen. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert
Oct 19, 2012

Biggs to challenge Pierce for Senate’s top post

Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs confirmed yesterday he will challenge Senate President Steve Pierce’s hold on leadership when Republicans convene after the elections next month.

Arizona Republican Party Chairman Tom Morrissey supports the U.S. Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office’s election-day election fraud/voter suppression hotline for Arizonans, saying that the party encourages anything that protects the integrity of Arizona elections. (Cronkite News Service Photo by AJ Vicens)
Oct 19, 2012

State parties praise federal hotline on voter fraud, suppression

On election day, voters in Arizona and other states will be able to call hotlines at U.S. attorney’s offices to report allegations of fraud and voting rights abuses.

Oct 15, 2012

McComish voted against ‘Tea Party’ bills, backed measures Dems opposed

A closer examination of Sen. John McComish’s voting record this year showed him opposing bills authored by colleagues with “Tea Party” leanings while also backing measures that infuriated Democrats.

Richard Carmona denies allegation, calls Jeff Flake ad deplorable
Oct 12, 2012

Carmona denies allegation, calls Flake ad deplorable

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Carmona denied allegations from a former colleague that he pounded angrily on her door in the middle of the night, and called on his Republican opponent, Congressman Jeff Flake, to stop airing a “deplorable” ad featuring the accusation.

Oct 12, 2012

Dems hoping to oust Seel in GOP-leaning LD20

Republican Rep. Carl Seel started making waves during his few first months in office in 2009 when he walked off the House floor during a speech by Gov. Jan Brewer because she was pushing a one-cent sales tax increase.

Republican Victory Fund targets state Senate races
Oct 10, 2012

Republican group targets state Senate races

A well-funded independent expenditure group launched what is likely to be the first of numerous attacks targeting three Democratic candidates in hotly-contested state Senate races.

Oct 5, 2012

Outside groups spending big in Carmona-Flake Senate race

The battle between former Surgeon General Richard Carmona and Congressman Jeff Flake has officially become one of nation’s top U.S. Senate races.

Sen. Jerry Lewis (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Oct 3, 2012

Lewis proposes ‘real time’ gift reporting for lobbyists, lawmakers

Sen. Jerry Lewis, the Mesa Republican who ran on a platform of transparency and lobbying reform during the recall election last year, today unveiled a proposal to tighten the reporting requirements for legislators and lobbyists and make it easier for the public to find out how the two groups interact.

Lewis said the proposal has the backing of Senate President Steve Pierce and Maricopa[...]

Oct 2, 2012

Democrat running single-shot campaign in LD28 as 2 Republicans move to the center

On a recent Monday morning, Tim O’Malley sat in a Sunnyslope diner sipping coffee and peppering his Republican elected officials with questions about education funding — sounding more like a well-informed heckler than a former longtime member of the Republican Party.

Oct 1, 2012

Political parties united in dislike of top-two primaries

They don’t agree on much, but a plan to create “top two” primaries has Arizona’s major and minor political parties on the same page – or at least close to it.

Sep 28, 2012

Future of renewable energy dominates Corporation Commission race

The shape of renewable energy in Arizona is taking center stage in the fight for three open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Sep 27, 2012

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District Democrat Matt Jette leaving the party

The Democrat who won the primary in Arizona's 6th Congressional District ditched the party on Thursday and said he will seek election as an independent.

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