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Gov. Brewer’s backing helps incumbents, but not moderate challengers
The chorus of Tea Party anger that drove conservative candidates to challenge their party’s elected officials faltered on election night, as no Republican lawmaker who supported Medicaid expansion was defeated in the primaries.
Money mattered in this year’s races, but some big spenders fell short
Within the last two months, money moaned, crooned and groaned, making promises, praising candidates or scaring voters senseless about the supposed misdeeds of whoever was on the receiving end of its tart tongue.
Brewer backing fails to help moderate challengers
The chorus of Tea Party anger that drove conservative candidates to challenge their party’s elected officials is faltering to take down Republican legislators who supported Medicaid expansion.
Capitol Times readers offer primary predictions
The Arizona Capitol Times asked its readers to predict how the primary elections would turn out. Here’s a look at what the newspaper’s readers think will happen.
Skepticism abounds over governor’s race polling
The dearth of reliable, independent polling in Arizona elections is nothing new. A long-term decline in independent polling by universities and media organizations has left IEs and other biased groups as the main source of publicly available polling for the state’s elections.
Arizona GOP governor’s primary hot in final week
The race for the Republican nomination in Arizona's governor's primary is down to a final week.
GOP gubernatorial hopefuls in Flagstaff for forum
Four of the six Republican candidates for governor are gathering in Flagstaff for a forum focused on Northern Arizona issues.
Brewer backs newcomers who could carry on her legacy
While Gov. Jan Brewer follows through on her pledge to help Republican lawmakers who backed her in her battle for Medicaid expansion, the governor is also lending a hand to legislative hopefuls who could fight for her vision after she leaves office.
Free Enterprise Club targets Smith in new TV ad
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club had spent roughly $1.5 million to influence voters in several statewide and legislative Republican primary races, but had stayed out of the hotly contested governor’s race – until now.
AZ GOP primary race centers largely on 3 gov. candidates, 3 businesses and a barrage of accusations
Three leading candidates for governor are seeing the vaunted business backgrounds that they’ve campaigned on being used against them. Doug Ducey, Christine Jones and Scott Smith are campaigning to various degrees on their success in the business world.
The bump Scott Smith has been praying for?
Smith is narrowing the gap between him and Ducey, according to a poll commissioned by the former Mesa mayor’s campaign. The live caller poll was conducted by HighGround’s Paul Bentz, who yesterday called voters from Maricopa County who had returned their early ballots.
Ducey aims to block governor from spending money on rival
Unable to get Jan Brewer's endorsement for himself, Doug Ducey is now angling to deter the governor from spending her own political funds to help elect Scott Smith.
