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Saguaro Signal desk
Campaigns, election administration, polling, and the road to November.
Elections
Arizonans will soon weigh in on the future of the state’s elections — and once again, they face a choice between a defender or a skeptic. Democrat Adrian Fontes, a lawyer and former county recorder who has spent years championing the state’s voting system, is seeking a second term as secretary of state in this […]
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• CORPORATION COMMISSION TRIES TO ERASE ITS OWN MEETING—The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously to retroactively redact portions of a public meeting transcript and video after commissioners discussed the firing of Laurie Woodall, an aide to Commissioner Lea Márquez Peterson,
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• CORPORATION COMMISSION TRIES TO ERASE ITS OWN MEETING—The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously to retroactively redact portions of a public meeting transcript and video after commissioners discussed the firing of Laurie Woodall, an aide to Commissioner Lea Márquez Peterson,
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In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal races across the country. Candidates who once touted data centers as an economic boon have backtracked, and voters in...
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Leaders across religions are warning against political violence in November’s midterms, calling for peaceful, respectful participation from both candidates and voters. In a letter published on Oct. 7, the heads of multiple religious groups, including the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arizona, the United Islamic Center...
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On Friday morning, the prediction market platform Kalshi gave the Democratic candidate in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race an 87% chance of winning. The volume of trading on the outcome exceeded $1.8 million. This is exactly the type of activity Minnesota and numerous other states want to shut down. “They jeopardize...
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Voters in virtually every public survey say they are unhappy with the direction their states and country are headed. With just four weeks left until Election Day, those same polls show voters are often taking it out on their state’s incumbent party. The post Voter anger gives Democrats a boost in governor’s races,...
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Once candidates qualify to receive public campaign funds, there’s nothing the Clean Elections Commission can do to claw back that funding, even if fraud is later discovered, two Green Party candidates being investigated for fraudulently qualifying for millions in public campaign funds told the Arizona Supreme...
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Democratic lawmaker Aaron Lieberman hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Carine Werner in one of the Arizona Legislature’s most competitive races in November, with a focus on pragmatism instead of partisan fighting. Lieberman told the Arizona Mirror that his door-knocking efforts have mostly focused on reaching...
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Former Arizona Cardinals kicker Jay Feely and emergency room doctor Amish Shah faced off in a tense debate Wednesday evening over who is best suited to represent Congressional District 1, with each painting the other as a party loyalist who will do nothing more than fall in line in Washington D.C. Congressional...
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Democrats are hoping to hold onto a Mesa legislative district in their bid to capture the state legislature, fending off a challenge from a Republican with ties to Kari Lake. Legislative District 9, which stretches across Mesa’s downtown core and much of the west side of the city, leans Democratic but is among the...
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The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups. The reports from May and June by...
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Two Green Party candidates under investigation for fraudulently obtaining millions in public campaign funds are attempting to dodge subpoenas for records related to the accusations against them. And the Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected their bid to block the investigation from happening at all, the...
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As President Donald Trump refuses to rule out taking extreme action in the midterm elections, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipation of possible federal interference. The focus by activists comes amid uncertainty among advocates and election...
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Young voters in the Grand Canyon State overwhelmingly prefer Democratic to Republican candidates in statewide races, a new survey found. A new poll conducted by YouGov of 3,310 voters aged 18-29 across eight swing states, including Arizona, found high levels of support for Democrats. With President Donald Trump...
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Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, handily won a second term in his rural congressional district in 2024. He’s remained loyal to President Donald Trump, even as his approval ratings have been in a freefall for much of the past year. But Jonathan Nez, the...
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Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, handily won a second term in his rural congressional district in 2024. He’s remained loyal to President Donald Trump, even as his approval ratings have been in a freefall for much of the past year. But Jonathan Nez, the...
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WASHINGTON — Democrats are more motivated to vote in November’s midterm elections than Republicans, potentially giving the party an advantage to flip at least one chamber of Congress, according to a poll released Tuesday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. Democratic candidates also held an edge with voter...
