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Last-ditch attempt for special session today
Late yesterday afternoon, Brewer’s office said it would not be issuing a special session call to remove Mathis from the IRC.
Reports filed, but mysteries remain
The recall election targeting Pearce is turning out to be one of the most expensive legislative races in recent history. Groups that spearheaded and fought the recall effort raised and spent about $215,000.
… Or go to the ballot in February
Rather than pursue removal of the redistricting commissioners, many senators seem keener on asking voters to revamp the redistricting process – potentially through a proposition on the Feb. 28 presidential preference primary ballot.
GOP delegation making removal push
The congressional delegation has been calling Senate Republicans to gauge support for removing at least one of the redistricting commissioners, ostensibly with the hope of convincing Brewer to begin removal procedures by showing her there are the 20 votes needed in the Senate.
Low turnout = Pearce victory
With 15 days left until the special election in LD18, more than three quarters of the early ballots are outstanding, a sign to many observers that turnout in the contest will be low.
GOP hopes may be pinned on DOJ
While the Dems boycotted and the GOP lawmakers rallied behind the Prop 106 provision and voter sentiment, Republican Senate attorney Greg Jernigan wondered aloud to our reporter whether the District of Justice – the only redistricting force that has yet to step up – would be willing to force a change of district lines.
Mutually assured destruction?
Senate GOP leadership has been quietly approaching members and testing the waters to see how much support there would be for removing Mathis from the IRC.
I’ll bring the popcorn
If Quayle runs against Schweikert in the new CD6, then CD9 will be wide open for both parties.
Keep that eraser handy
Scores of angry Pinal County residents showed up at the IRC’s meeting on Friday to complain about their county being split into five separate districts, a move that led Mathis to spend the weekend redrawing the lines to put Pinal into just two districts, not counting a sliver of Tohono O’odham land in the southwest corner of the county.
Pearce echoes racism allegations about Cortes suit
Pearce today responded to the lawsuit to remove Cortes from the ballot. “Somebody needs to call Gloria Alred. A Hispanic woman doesn’t have a right to run? Does Jerry Lewis think this race is only for white, male Mormons? Pretty shameful, in my opinion,” he told our reporter.
Smith: Adams shouldn’t stay out of LD18 recall
On Friday, S Smith attacked Adams in a commentary that was posted on the conservative Sonoran Alliance blog, saying he shouldn’t stand on the sidelines while “a great conservative patriot like Senator Pearce” is facing a recall spearheaded by liberal interests.
Big biz riding to the rescue?
A gaggle of prominent figures in Arizona business circles is hosting a fundraiser next month for eight Republican senators: Barto, Crandall, Driggs, McComish, Nelson, Pierce, Reagan and Yarbrough. Fliers for the event declare the eight senators “Champions of Business” in 2011, but the general belief is that the pro-business stance the senators took has less to do with tax rates than with how t[...]
