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legislature Aug 9, 2024, 5:24AM MST

New faces poised for Legislature after primary wins

Despite incumbents largely dominating their primary election races, both the state House and Senate will see some turnover with several current lawmakers departing for various reasons.  With just a few competitive districts in the state, most primary winners will likely go on to win their general election races in heavy red and b[...]

legislature Jul 31, 2024, 4:25AM MST

Incumbent Bolick on track to win LD2 Republican Senate primary

Incumbent Shawnna Bolick is poised to defeat her opponent, Josh Barnett, in the Legislative District 2 Republican Senate primary, setting up a competitive race in the general election. Bolick leads the race with 55.3% of votes while Barnett had 44.7%, according to early results from the Secretary of State’s office as of Tuesday ni[...]

Jul 31, 2024, 4:17AM MST

Former vice mayor takes lead in CD3

Former Phoenix vice mayor Yassamin Ansari leads former Senate minority leader and Arizona Democratic Party chair Raquel Terán by 4.5 percentage points in the race for a House seat in Congressional District 3, a deep blue district covering central Phoenix. The two were separated initially by about 1,400 votes at the initial, giving [...]

Recent news Jul 31, 2024, 4:12AM MST

Trump endorsed candidate leads CD8 GOP primary 

In early ballot returns, Abraham Hamadeh leads the pack in Congressional District 8, with 29.77% of the vote. Blake Masters is following with 23.39% votes, and House Speaker Ben Toma is trailing close behind with 22.28%.    A win in Congressional District 8, a Republican stronghold covering Peoria, Sun City, Sun City West and New[...]

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legislature Jul 31, 2024, 3:50AM MST

Incumbent trails in LD5 Dem primary

An incumbent state representative appointed earlier this year trails his Democratic primary election race in a district that lost both of its elected representatives from resignations. State Rep. Sarah Liguori, D-Phoenix, and Aaron Marquez, a governing board member of Phoenix Union High School District lead the Legislative District [...]

Recent news Jul 31, 2024, 3:34AM MST

Former lawmaker Finchem beating incumbent Bennett in LD1

Former state senator Mark Finchem is leading incumbent Ken Bennett in the Legislative District 1 Republican Senate primary, according to early election results. Finchem is leading with 44.5% of votes, while Bennett trailed behind with 37.2% of votes and Steve Zipperman got 18%. The three-way primary highlighted small divisions amon[...]

Top Stories Jul 26, 2024, 12:56PM MST

Republican candidates for Arizona Corporation Commission

Three Republicans are running to fill the three open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission and would establish an entirely Republican commission if they succeed. The commission has five seats and Republicans Nick Myers and Kevin Thompson are not up for re-election this year. Current commissioners Jim O’Connor, a Republican, [...]

Governor's Office Jul 16, 2024, 1:35PM MST

Governor calls for end to inflammatory rhetoric - has used it herself

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday that people must "stop inflaming this kind of rhetoric'' to avoid future situations that lead to politicians and public officials being threatened and attacked. But the governor, who has used the term "dangerous'' and "extremists'' with political foes, refused to answer questions about whether she is par[...]

Top Stories Jul 12, 2024, 7:28PM MST

Lake, Gallego race could buck nearly 40-year trend

Presidential wins have increasingly wrung Senate victories for the prevailing political party, but a  pollster and consultants predicted the 2024 election could buck the decades-long trend given recent polling, the unpopular top ballot candidates and existing splits in the Republican party. Since the late eighties, presidential and[...]

Governor's Office Jul 2, 2024, 10:39PM MST

Hobbs to attend White House discussion on Biden’s debate performance

Editor's note: This story has been revised from an initial report that Gov. Katie Hobbs may attend a virtual meeting with President to she will attend. Gov. Katie Hobbs will be participating in a virtual meeting Wednesday with President Biden over the question of what's next following what has been called his dismal performance in l[...]

Recent news Jun 28, 2024, 2:14AM MST

Attorneys who sought voting machine ban face discipline panel

Two attorneys behind a 2022 federal lawsuit to block the use of electronic voting systems appeared in front of the state’s Presiding Disciplinary Judge panel for a hearing to determine whether the two acted unethically.  The State Bar of Arizona claims Andrew Parker and Kurt Olsen violated attorney ethics rules requiring competen[...]

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