Cochise County delays election certification, despite risk of violating law
Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby voted today to defy the election certification deadline and delayed their vote to Friday, putting the county in violation of Arizona law and at risk of nullifying their residents’ votes.
Hobbs picks current team member to be chief of staff
After selecting a Republican business leader and a Democratic state capitol veteran to lead her transition team, Secretary of State and Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs looked closer to home for her chief of staff. Hobbs announced that Allie Bones, the current Assistant Secretary of State, will take on the top job in her administration.
Fontes still up on Finchem on Wednesday morning
Democratic leads narrowed throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, but by late morning on Wednesday Democratic Secretary of State candidate Adrian Fontes still held a five-percentage point lead over Republican nominee Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley.
Sinema noticeably absent from campaign trail in Arizona
As Election Day approaches, Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail in Arizona, and candidates throughout the state are remaining largely mum on why the state’s senior senator isn’t stumping for her party’s nominees in extremely close statewide races.
Musk emerging as Twitter’s chief moderator ahead of midterms, helps Finchem
Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics, including engaging directly with Republican Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem.
SOS threatens Cochise with lawsuit over hand count proposal
The Secretary of State’s office is warning the Cochise County Board of Supervisors that it will sue the county if it tries to do a full hand count of all ballots in the November general election.
Registration error affects up to 6,000 Arizona voters
A voter registration error caused up to 6,000 Arizona voters to get a mail ballot with only federal races, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Tuesday.
Who’s on second? Prop 131 answers with new lieutenant governor’s office
Sen. J. D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, hopes voters approve Proposition 131, which would make Arizona one of the last states in the country to create an office of lieutenant governor who would succeed the governor.
Finchem defends attendance at Jan. 6 riot, Fontes criticizes ‘conspiracy theories’
The Republican candidate for secretary of state defended his attendance at the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, saying his presence there did not make him a participant.
Espinoza drops out of Senate race for SRP job
Unopposed state Senate candidate Rep. Diego Espinoza, D-Tolleson, withdrew from his race today to take a job with the Salt River Project, leaving his West Valley district with no candidate on the ballot.
At Democrats’ rally, candidates focus on Republican opponents
Arizona Democratic statewide candidates from up and down the ticket offered a preview of their campaign strategy for this year’s general election during a "unity rally" on Aug. 27 in west Phoenix.
Court rules ‘dark money,’ medical debt initiatives will go before voters
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that two contested initiatives concerning “dark money” and medical debt will go before voters in November even though some petition circulators violated state law – but voters won’t get to weigh in on a third initiative that sought to make a multitude of changes to Arizona election laws.