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Lawyers who beat Lake challenge want $700K in fees

Calling her bid to overturn the election "frivolous'' and lacking "legal and factual merit,'' attorneys who successfully defended against her claims want Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson to order Kari Lake and her attorneys to pay nearly $700,000 in legal fees and costs they incurred. In legal filings Monday, De[...]

Kari Lake loses election contest

[caption id="attachment_249476" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Kari Lake (AP Photo/LM Otero)[/caption] Katie Hobbs was confirmed Saturday as the winner of the governor's race as a judge rejected claims by Kari Lake that there was misconduct in the race. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson issued a detailed rep[...]

Hamadeh asks court to declare him winner

[caption id="attachment_257433" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizona attorney general candidates, Democrat Kris Mayes, left, talks with Republican Abraham Hamadeh, right, prior to a televised debate on Sept. 28. Mayes beat Hamadeh with a narrow lead in last month's election so that race is headed for an automatic recount. (AP Pho[...]

Judge orders Cochise County to certify election

[caption id="attachment_245914" align="aligncenter" width="620"]  [/caption] The county-by-county election canvass certification done by boards of supervisors typically slips by as a bureaucratic banality.  But following the 2022 general election, Cochise County’s board declined to certify before the state deadline and sup[...]

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Vote 'no' on Prop 128 to protect voters' power

[caption id="attachment_255403" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Voters deliver their ballots to a polling station in Tempe on Nov. 3, 2020. In November of this year, voters will consider Prop 128, a controversial proposed amendment to the state Constitution. (Photo by Matt York/Associated Press)[/caption] I am an 80-year-old reti[...]

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Survey shows election campaigns don’t address issues voters care about 

A new survey indicates that what Arizona voters care about is different from the talking points taking center stage in election campaigns.  Amanda Burke, executive vice president of the Center for the Future of Arizona, said the hope is that the new survey results will help Arizona narrow the difference between the two — so[...]

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Long line vies for vacant supervisor seat

Twenty-two Republicans applied to fill the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors seat vacated by former member Steve Chucri.    Chucri was thrown into the spotlight on September 20, when right-wing website the Gateway Pundit released audio recordings of Chucri speaking with the We the People AZ Alliance in Marc[...]

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'Why don't you listen to what I have to say?’

[caption id="attachment_250230" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, tries to speak above the heckling crowd at “Rally to Protect Our Elections” hosted by Turning Point Action at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix on July 24, 2021. Ugenti-Rita spoke for only 75 seconds before she exited the stag[...]

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Sen. Kelly on presidential ticket would have wide impact on Arizona

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly is being floated as a candidate for vice president now that President Joe Biden has stepped aside, but his nomination could have a major impact on elections in Arizona in the coming years.  While an Arizonan on the presidential ticket could be energizing for voters in the state, it could mean another Senate rac[...]

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Freshman lawmaker breaks gridlock, will leave for city council run

A Democrat lawmaker who piloted the Senate’s success in rolling GOP leadership to repeal the near-total abortion ban wants to trade the Legislature for the Phoenix City Council. She said the change is because she wants to move on from the “gridlocked” state of Arizona politics, even though she procedurally broke through the gr[...]

Measure reducing lengthy judges retention list advances

A measure posed to grant indefinite terms to judges given “good behavior” is one step closer to voters after passing through House Municipal Oversight and Elections Committee on March 20. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1044 only subjects judges and justices to retention if they face a felony or fraud conviction, bankruptcy proceed[...]

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