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Oct 9, 2023, 5:15PM MST

Attorney: special law does not give Lake right to make up facts about Richer

A special state law designed to promote political participation and debate does not give Kari Lake the right to make up facts about Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, promote them, and not have to answer for them, his attorney is arguing. And Daniel Maynard said the law that Lake is trying to use to toss out the defamation l[...]

Lake, Senate, Trump, election
Recent news Sep 11, 2023, 10:12AM MST

Lake supporters launching new effort to void her loss

Less than a month after having his claim rebuffed by the Arizona Supreme Court, Kari Lake supporters are mounting a new effort to void her loss in the 2022 gubernatorial election. But the essential elements of the new claim, this one to Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Gordon, remain the same as those the state's high [...]

Lake, Hobbs, campaigns, governor, donations, fundraising, Trump, Cyber Ninjas, Senate, PACs, Ducey
Aug 29, 2023, 3:07PM MST

Maricopa County Republican Committee wants state GOP to cancel Arizona's usual presidential preference elections

Corrections: Changes Jeff DeWit's title to chairman of the Arizona GOP and eliminates duplicate words. The Maricopa County Republican Committee wants the state GOP to cancel Arizona's normal presidential preference election and instead hold its own vote -- one that would not include any mail-in balloting and would require anyone[...]

Maricopa County, Arizona Republican Party,presidential preference, election, GOP, Republicans,
courts Aug 29, 2023, 11:59AM MST

Lake can argue she's entitled to review signatures on ballot envelopes

Kari Lake is going to get a chance to argue she's entitled to examine signatures on ballot envelopes from the 2022 election in her bid to overturn the gubernatorial election. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah has set aside two days this coming month to hear the contention by Bryan Blehm, her attorney, that the ballo[...]

Lake, appeal, governor, Hobbs, election
courts Aug 22, 2023, 9:19AM MST

Lake trying to get Richer's defamation lawsuit thrown out

Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she had a absolute right to publicly accuse Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer of illegally sabotaging the election with mis-sized ballots even though a judge ruling in her challenge to the 2022 election had already rejected that complaint as unproven. Ditto her claim that Richer [...]

Lake, Richer, Maricopa County, lawsuit, election
Aug 17, 2023, 1:54PM MST

GOP leaders enter Hamadeh fray over vote count

As attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh seeks to send his failed motion for a new trial directly to the Arizona Supreme Court, he’s met with stark opposition from the sitting attorney general and the secretary of state, and veiled support from the legislative leaders. In an Aug. 16 filing, Hamadeh claims he seeks “to expedit[...]

Top Stories Aug 2, 2023, 5:24PM MST

Rural counties debate prospect of hand counting election ballots

More rural counties toyed with the prospect of hand counting ballots in the 2024 election this week, on the urging of two state lawmakers, a handful of board members and constituents with election trust issues. The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted against moving forward with a plan to hand count, while the Pinal County boa[...]

hand counts, election, Mohave County, Pinal County, Cochise County, Rogers, Borrelli
legislature Jul 20, 2023, 4:37PM MST

Early look at 2024’s competitive legislative districts

As the 2024 state election draws closer, Republicans and Democrats are already targeting several key competitive legislative districts that could determine which party has control of the Legislature. Republicans have a one-seat majority in the state House and Senate and some early players are vying for seats representing highly co[...]

election, 2024, legislative races, Republicans, Democrats, House, Senate
Top Stories Jul 18, 2023, 6:13PM MST

Court considers Cochise County's claim supervisors had authority to do full hand count of ballots

The Arizona Court of Appeals considered Cochise County’s claim that the board of supervisors did in fact have the authority to conduct a full hand count of ballots in the 2022 election, contrary to an earlier trial court ruling barring them from doing so. During oral arguments today, attorneys for the board argued statutorily re[...]

Cochise County, Arizona Court of Appeals
Jul 14, 2023, 12:16AM MST

Best Political Action Committee

REALTORS of AZ PAC Just like in previous years, the REALTORS® of Arizona Political Action Committee proved to be among the most successful PACs in the state. A big part of this success stems from RAPAC’s fundraising prowess, which is also a testament to the confidence its members and allies place in the committee. During the 20[...]

Featured News Jun 8, 2023, 5:00PM MST

Politics, election denial encroaching on judiciary

Correction: Corrects the title for Doug Cole to say he is a former judicial appointment commissioner and a current commissioner on the Judicial Performance Review. Judges in Maricopa and Pima counties don’t want to run retention campaigns. But as political polarization and election denial draw closer to the judiciary, they may h[...]

Lake, judges, courts, election litigation, retention
Jun 2, 2023, 4:32PM MST

Arizona Supreme Court will allow early voting to continue despite GOP challenge

Arizonans will be able to continue to vote early despite efforts by the Arizona Republican Party to have the practice declared illegal. The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday rejected arguments by Alexander Kolodin that allowing people to fill out their ballots at their kitchen tables -- or anywhere else -- runs afoul of a constituti[...]

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