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Campaigns, election administration, polling, and the road to November.
Elections
Biggs' pick of Sine Kerr signals a rural-water focus while Arizona stares at a potential $208 million SNAP cost share and a data-center subsidy hangover. The next administration's math on error rates, utility cost shifts, and WIFA outcomes will decide who pays.
Elections
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his highly criticized, nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund on social media and in a Cabinet meeting Friday, as two key Republican senators withheld support for the president’s nominee for attorney general over Trump’s refusal to formally end the pot...
Elections
Andy Biggs, the GOP nominee for governor, picked former state legislator Sine Kerr as his running mate, announcing on Friday that she was his choice for lieutenant governor. Kerr, a dairy farmer from Buckeye, was appointed to the Arizona Senate in 2018 to fill a vacancy. She then went on to win three full terms […]
Elections
For the second election cycle in a row, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is refusing to debate her Republican opponent. Hobbs narrowly won the governor’s seat by about 17,000 votes in 2022 after she declined to share a debate stage with Republican Kari Lake. Now, U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, the winner of the July 21 Republican […]
Elections
Arizonans won't get to see Katie Hobbs and Andy Biggs debate each other before the November general election. The post Katie Hobbs rejects debate with Andy Biggs first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not planning an aggressive campaign at voting sites during the upcoming midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday in response to a States Newsroom inquiry about a letter from U.S. Senate Democrats voicing concerns about armed...
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While most Arizona lawmakers seeking another term appear to have advanced to the general election, a few Democrats were upset in their primary races. The post Few Arizona lawmakers see upsets in their primary races first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A party-line Senate panel opened an ethics investigation into Sen. Catherine Miranda in 2017 over an unchecked box on a voucher referendum petition. One Republican admitted he had the motions written before the hearing started. Six months later the chairwoman dismissed it. Almost nobody wrote the ending.
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When Arizonans went to the polls last week for the state primary election, they made their preferences clear about more than just the candidates: They also really liked the option to get their mail ballots counted faster by showing identification. More than 6,000 voters used the new, optional procedure in Pima...
Elections
A survey of voters in three battleground states, including Arizona, found that abortion remains a deciding issue in choosing which candidates to support. Impact Research, a public opinion research company that frequently works with progressive organizations, partnered with Reproductive Freedom for All to gauge how...
Elections
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can continue implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting vote-by-mail, reaching the opposite conclusion that another appeals panel decided over the weekend. The conflict appeared to make it even more clear the issue will have to be...
Elections
Results validate Heap’s campaign promises; Heap praises staff for success
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A Republican-backed ballot referral that sought to amend the state’s constitution to ensure private school voucher funding for military families is protected was tossed off the ballot on Wednesday after a judge concluded that it unconstitutionally would also ban any future reforms to the voucher system. Maricopa...
Elections
Karen Schutte’s recent Arizona Capitol Times op-ed, “Arizona Should Not Manage Wild Horses by Straw Poll,” raises an important question that deserves serious consideration: How should public agencies establish population targets for free-roaming wildlife? The post Wild horse decisions should be led by science first...
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Lawmakers and election administrators debated voter access and election confidence in Chicago, as disputes over proof of citizenship requirements continue to divide states. The post Lawmakers debate election security, voter confidence first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Gov. Katie Hobbs’ reelection campaign is celebrating a $10 million boost from the Democratic Governors Association as she ramps up to face Republican gubernatorial nominee Andy Biggs. DGA announced its spending plan early Tuesday, acknowledging it views Arizona as having the closest race for governor in the nation....
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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that Proposition 143, a Republican-backed ballot measure targeting public employee unions, is unconstitutional and cannot appear on Arizona's November ballot. The post Judge says anti-union ballot item unconstitutional first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Myers and his supporters are criticizing the interest groups that backed Heap’s campaign. The post Arizona Corporation Commission primary exposes Republican rift first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A Republican ballot referral that sought to amend the state’s constitution to put the state’s largest teacher’s union out of business was tossed off the ballot on Tuesday after a judge concluded that it also would have outlawed all public sector unions. And that violates the Arizona Constitution’s Separate...
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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge said this week Arizona voters can decide the fate of Proposition 142, which aims to eliminate DEI requirements from public job postings. The post DEI restrictions can go on the Arizona ballot, judge rules first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Following his primary defeat, Anthony Dunham argues the Arizona Republican Party must adopt a code of conduct, strengthen candidate vetting, and hold its own accountable to rebuild trust.
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A judge is allowing Arizona’s new voter-approved law allowing the state’s police more immigration enforcement authority to remain in effect. The post Arizona Prop. 314 remains in effect after ruling first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Arizona’s new voter-approved law allowing the state’s police more immigration enforcement authority remains in effect after a federal judge ruled last week that no one has shown they have been harmed by the measure. The post State immigration enforcement proceeds as judge wants to see clear harm first appeared on...
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego donated $17,500 his campaign received from executives for surveillance company Palantir to help undocumented immigrants, the Arizona Mirror has learned. Gallego donated the campaign money to the Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund, a spokesperson for the senator confirmed to...
