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Saguaro Signal desk
Campaigns, election administration, polling, and the road to November.
Elections
A pair of Green Party candidates dismissed allegations they fraudulently obtained millions in public campaign funding as a “black helicopter” conspiracy theory, but the director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court on Monday that investigators have already uncovered 17 voters who say...
Elections
Elections
Congressman Andy Biggs trails Gov. Katie Hobbs in campaign fundraising and spending in the governor’s race, but Turning Point USA is helping him catch up. The post Turning Point’s $18 million media blitz helps Biggs close spending gap with Hobbs first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Democrats have used President Donald Trump’s unpopularity to expand the midterm map, and analysts project the party carries momentum heading into the final two weeks of the election cycle, even as Democrats are expected to flip fewer U.S. House seats than wave elections this century. The Cook Political Report with...
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Partisanship in the Legislature has already weakened the state’s ability to reach water policy solutions, experts say. The post With water policy an election issue, experts hope attention will spur solutions first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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If Republicans can’t hold on to a pair of legislative seats in a competitive and wealthy legislative district, Democrats could find themselves in control of the Arizona House of Representatives for the first time in 60 years. While Republicans labor to maintain the majority they’ve held in the chamber uninterrupted...
Elections
Elections
Party control is up for grabs in 15 state legislative chambers across the country as Republicans are increasingly on the defensive this midterm election cycle, a new analysis found. The nonpartisan newsletter Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics released its final analysis of...
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Voters are being inundated with political advertising as gubernatorial candidates empty their campaign coffers ahead of the midterm elections. The post Gubernatorial ad spending ramps up ahead of midterms first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Elections
“Maria” walked into the free medical clinic with a fever, cough and sore throat so severe that she could barely hold a conversation. Testing confirmed influenza A. As I spoke with her, I learned that she did not have a primary care physician and had ignored her symptoms until she could no longer do so. The post...
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Gun safety advocates are investing millions of dollars in Arizona and other battleground states, where they hope to convince voters to topple the state’s GOP legislative majority and elect candidates that will support stricter gun ownership laws. Earlier this week, Everytown for Gun Safety, a national organization...
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Schemes to disrupt elections became frighteningly real in Arizona on Thursday when a hazardous-materials response team swarmed the state Capitol after election officials received an envelope containing an unknown white powder. The Executive Tower was briefly evacuated on Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, no one was...
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As affordability remains a top issue for Arizona voters heading into the midterm election, one down-ballot race could let them weigh in on the cost of electricity, water and natural gas. The post Corporation Commission race draws unusual attention over utility costs and data centers first appeared on Arizona...
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The state’s highest court is set to determine whether the Clean Elections Commission has the power to investigate whether two Green Party candidates fraudulently obtained millions in public campaign funds and then claw back the money if it concludes they did. Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier, the Green Party...
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Elections
Andy Biggs is betting affordability, water and the border will decide Arizona's 2026 race, contrasting sharply with Gov. Katie Hobbs' record and urging a no-income-tax future.
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Proponents of Proposition 144 say that it will make Arizona’s elections faster and more secure, but critics say it’s unlikely to significantly speed up results — and it could spell the end of no-excuse voting by mail, by far the most popular way to vote in the Grand Canyon State. Prop. 144 would make numerous […]
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•NEW POLL: HOBBS LEADS BY THREE BILLION POINTS–A new poll by nonpartisan Arizona firm High Ground indicates the biggest wave to hit Arizona since the closing of Big Surf. Governor Katie Hobbs' Democratic ticket leads Rep. Andy Biggs by 17
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•NEW POLL: HOBBS LEADS BY THREE BILLION POINTS–A new poll by nonpartisan Arizona firm High Ground indicates the biggest wave to hit Arizona since the closing of Big Surf. Governor Katie Hobbs' Democratic ticket leads Rep. Andy Biggs by 17
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The director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court that two Green Party candidates being investigated for campaign finance fraud are working to “recklessly vilify public servants” through their lawsuit against the commission. “Snide soundbites, cloaked in hyperbolic opinion and lacking...
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to overturn hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal sanctions against lawyers who represented failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and made baseless claims about election fraud in her bid to upend how Arizona conducts elections. The high court released a...
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Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states...
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Arizona’s future belongs to its citizens. Only their votes should decide it, foreign money should not influence it, and they should not be left waiting weeks for answers after every election. Proposition 144 puts those principles into Arizona’s Constitution. You can read it for yourself. It is short, fits on one...
