After months of campaigning, candidates for Arizona's top elected offices will find out Tuesday if they persuaded enough voters to back them to win.
Read More »Courts on trial: Judge’s low rating tests legal retention system 
Voter interest will be tested this year as a Superior Court judge goes to the ballot with one of the worst job appraisals in Arizona’s history of using the merit and retention system for the bench.
Read More »AZ gubernatorial candidates DuVal, Ducey make final campaign push
The Republican and Democratic candidates for Arizona governor are making a final campaign push through the state as they try to seal a general election win and their parties pull out all the stops to get voters to the polls.
Read More »Voters share what’s on their minds as Election Day approaches
Most of those who identified themselves as independents see themselves as conservative or liberal. Most say they want to know who is funding political ads but don’t believe those ads affect their decisions as voters.
Read More »Little to vote for: Lawmakers kill most referrals before they get to the ballot 
Voters are going to have an unusually short list of ballot propositions in the general election as lawmakers in 2014 referred only one measure to the people.
Read More »Lawsuit claims AZ candidate signature requirements unconstitutional
A new federal lawsuit could alter how candidates for statewide office get the signatures they need – and do it in a way that could leave voters in all but Arizona’s largest county out of the process.
Read More »Charter schools seeking to prevent loss of $6 million 
Attorneys for charter schools will have their day in court Dec. 2 in an attempt to stop the state from taking almost $6 million from them.
Read More »Jeans, boots and country music: Republican candidates in CD1 vying to run against Ann Kirkpatrick 
Country music plays in the background as state House Speaker Andy Tobin tells Graham County Republican Party leaders at a Safford restaurant he has spent seven years fighting for them at the Legislature, and he’s ready to take the fight to Congress.
Farther north, freshman state Rep. Adam Kwasman rallies a rowdy crowd at a Show Low Tea Party event, telling them to stay focused on the project at hand: nominating him to take on the Democratic incumbent in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.
Dark Money 
Specter of anonymous campaign spending looms over 2014
Next year’s elections are shaping up like 2012 — organizations with generic names, big checkbooks and secret contributors spending millions to influence Arizona’s elections.
Arizona targets lax medical marijuana doctors
Arizona health officials are looking to root out physicians who are improperly recommending medical marijuana for patients who claim to suffer from chronic pain.
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