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Clean Elex also monitoring ‘dark money’ groups
The secretary of state has garnered headlines for probing the groups anonymously spending money to influence Arizona voters, but that office isn’t alone in tracking such expenditures.
Penalty flag thrown on Free Enterprise Club spending
Bennett’s office late Friday sent a notice to the AG’s office declaring that it had found reasonable cause to believe that the Arizona Free Enterprise Club is conducting itself as a political committee and has failed to register as such, and in doing so is violating a host of campaign finance laws.
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.
Tracking the early returns
According to figures released today (August 13) by the Arizona Republican Party, 113,000 early ballots have been cast in the GOP primary as of yesterday.
Make up your damn mind already
Huppenthal sent out separate email blasts this morning to educators and the media to clarify what he calls a misrepresentation of his consistent stance on Common Core.
RUCO takes Corp Comm to court
A water fight involving the Residential Utility Consumers Office, the Corp Comm and a water company is boiling over. At issue is a mechanism adopted by the commission to allow a water company to recover capital costs – and thereby hike rates – in between rate cases.
Poll: Early returns favor Smith
A poll conducted today (August 8) of early GOP primary voters in Maricopa County whose ballots have already been received by the county elections department shows Smith’s resurgence – and Jones’ disappearance – is real.
There’s no time like the present
Some have wondered whether Brewer’s endorsement comes too late to have a serious impact on Smith’s campaign, but Brewer and Smith today insisted that the timing is just fine.
Timing is everything
Brewer’s endorsement comes as Ducey’s allies are trying to close the door on Smith, which is getting harder by the day. Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill yesterday sent out an email urging business leaders to rally around Ducey as the only candidate who can win the primary and keep Jones from taking the nomination
Shocked Capitol crowd reacts to Crandell death
The political world was shocked late yesterday afternoon when news filtered out of Eastern Arizona that Crandell had died earlier in the day, apparently after he fell off a young colt he was riding at his family’s ranch.
Past the point of no return?
Since the Arizona Free Enterprise Club began its unprecedented spending in the secretary of state and Corp Comm races about six weeks ago, some observers have quietly speculated that the barrage of independent expenditures may herald the end of the group’s activities.
All that singing and nothing to show for it
Ducey today (Aug. 1) announced that he landed Arpaio’s support, one of the few endorsements that observers universally agree has an impact with Republican voters
