Election Day

Black Leaders in Phoenix Struggle to Retain Power in a District They've Historically Controlled

Why Eddie "Little Lord" Farnsworth and Fellow GOPers Need to Suppress the Latino Vote

Random a.k.a Mega Ran Hits Trunk Space on Tour; Unveils Tribute to Reddit Co-founder Aaron Swartz

There are plenty of cats around town that can make a case for being at the top of the game when it comes to repping the rap scene in Arizona. But few can contest that they work harder than 8-bit beat guru Random a.k.a Mega Ran. This month alone he's already released a 17-song release requested and ... More >>

Tempe Wingnut Is the Ideal Man to Run the County GOP -- and Here's Why

Ken Bennett's Explanation of Provisional Ballot Issues Disputed by Organizer

The cause of the provisional-ballot uproar has not been solved. At least, there doesn't appear to be an agreement over the cause.Although Secretary of State Ken Bennett said one of the people involved in an effort to register 34,000 new Latino voters admitted that they were checking the permanent ea ... More >>

Ken Bennett: Latino Voters May Have Cast Provisional Ballots Thanks to Those Who Registered Them

Despite activists' complaints that Latino voters were more likely to cast provisional ballots in this year's election -- and that elections officials were likely to blame -- Secretary of State Ken Bennett pointed a finger back at the activists.Bennett recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judici ... More >>

Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid

After Election Day, AZ's Far Right Now Has a Fight on Its Hands

Ron Barber Currently Leading Martha McSally by a Grand Total of 654 Votes

Now a week after Election Day, counties across Arizona are still counting votes, and the winner of one congressional race is still undecided.Democratic Congressman Ron Barber currently leads Republican challenger Martha McSally by 654 votes, as of the time of this post.See also:-Ron Barber Now Leads ... More >>

Ken Bennett Says 192,337 Ballots Left, Democrat Mary Rose Wilcox Defends County Elections

There's light at the end of the tunnel, my friends. And I hope there's a beer with my name on it when we get to it. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has released his latest update on the ballot count. Currently, there are 192,337 ballots left to be counted statewide, 28,550 of them early ball ... More >>

Election 2012: Arizona's Full Election Breakdown (Update)

Arizona election results are 99 percent reported this morning, and still the differences between candidates in some key races remain razor thin, including the battle between Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Vernon Parker for CD 9. Sinema is holding on to about a 1,500 vote lead. The race betwe ... More >>

Richard Carmona Fares Better Than President Obama, but Jeff Flake Will Be Senator

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona pulled in more votes in Arizona than President Barack Obama, but that still left the former U.S. Surgeon General more than 80,000 votes behind Republican Congressman Jeff Flake.Flake will be replacing fellow Republican Jon Kyl in the Senate, as Kyl's ... More >>

Maricopa County's Number of Remaining Ballots Unknown; Activists Urge Penzone, Carmona, to Retract Concessions

The Maricopa County Elections Department has given a straight answer about the number of ballots that still haven't been counted as of noon on the day after the election: they don't know.Citizens for a Better Arizona activists went to the elections office today to get a clear number, as media report ... More >>

Arizona Republicans Found Out Barack Obama Won Re-Election, and Things Got Very Awkward

At the Arizona Republican Party's election-viewing party at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix last night, the moment came that precisely none of the scheduled speakers was prepared for -- on a large screen to the right of the stage, Fox News declared that President Obama had won re-election.

Election Day 2012: Pick the Arizona Upset

It's November 6 (6 de Noviembre), which means it's Election Day, folks.Many people already voted with the early ballots, but today's the day that we get to find out who the winners are, and who's going to be running the joint for the next few years.

Arizona's Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly

As is the case every two years, all nine of Arizona's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs, and some are closer than others.For example, if it's 8 a.m. on Election Day, and we're on the Secretary of State's website trying to find the name of the Democrat running against Congre ... More >>

Rich Carmona, U.S. Senate Candidate, Spends Election Day Rallying the Troops

U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona started Election Day in South Phoenix with Mayor Greg Stanton, rallying the troops who have been working all year to boost support for the former U.S. Surgeon General. "Volunteers for [Carmona] have been working as hard as they can to make sure that every eligible ... More >>

Pinal County's Top Cop: Three-Way Race Between Paul Babeu, Ty Morgan and Kevin Taylor

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who easily beat out his fellow Republicans in the August primary, is no doubt hoping for a repeat performance against his general Election Day challengers. He's facing Democrat Kevin Taylor, a former sheriff's deputy in Ohio, and Independent Ty Morgan, a former PCS ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - Pie Social 2012: All the Sweet Details - Biltmore's Central Bistro Announces Grand Opening Date (It's This Sunday!) Human Rights Campaign's COOK Phoenix The Human Rights Camp ... More >>

Is the Maricopa County Elections Department's Spanish Campaign Enough?

After some uproar was caused with the Maricopa County Elections Department printing the wrong election date in Spanish on a few materials, it's now spending money on a Spanish-only campaign to tell voters the correct election day.Two items distributed by the elections office listed Election Day as N ... More >>

Maricopa County Elections Department Starting Spanish Campaign Due to Election-Date Error, Which Supervisor Wilcox Calls a "Tragedy"

The Maricopa County Elections Department released some of the details this morning about the Spanish-language campaign it's putting on, in an effort to set the record straight for any Spanish-speaking voters who may have been confused by errors made by the department.On two occassions, people notice ... More >>

Maricopa County Elections Office Had More Materials With Wrong Election Date in Spanish, So It Got a Calendar

The Maricopa County Elections Department documents showing the incorrect date for the election -- but just in Spanish -- were not the only things offering the wrong date for Spanish speakers.See also:-Helen Purcell Urged to End Confusion Over CBS 5 Early Ballot Report-Maricopa County Elections Depar ... More >>

Bill Clinton To Rally for Rich Carmona in Tempe

A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU's Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That's when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fellow Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona. See also: -Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Tur ... More >>

Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Turns Up the Heat

The Mormon Dilemma: What About Mormon Latinos?

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

Center for Arizona Policy Response to IRS Complaint (As Expected): The Atheists and Homosexuals Are Wrong

The Center for Arizona Policy has offered a response to the Internal Revenue Service complaint filed against it -- claiming the organization doesn't meet tax-exemption requirements -- and that response includes the exact three things we expected: they're atheists, homosexuals, and wrong.The Secular ... More >>

Phoenix Mayoral Candidate Wes Gullett's Story Is More Complicated Than It Looks

Anti-Russell Pearce Group Sends LD 18 Mailer, Fails to Register with Secretary of State

With "friends" like these...In what looks like a less-than-smooth move by Democrats attempting to help Republican Jerry Lewis' challenge of state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall, a group incorporated as "Citizens United for Progress" has sent out pro-Lewis, anti ... More >>

The Feds Have Been Investigating Arpaio Since 2008, So Where the Hell are the Indictments?

Sidebar: Fantasy Voter Fraud

Don Bivens Should Say Bye-Bye as Democratic Party Chair in 2011, but Who Should Replace Him?

Prop 203 Recap: From Distant Hope to Victory; Final Numbers Show Measure Won

​ The passage of Proposition 203 will go down as one of the most memorable elections in state history.The final numbers are in, and Arizona's medical marijuana has won by 4, 341 votes. There's no turning back. The Maricopa County elections department, in a bulletin sent moments ago, reports th ... More >>

Prop 203 Appears to Have Won; Remaining Ballots Unlikely to Reverse Trend

Image: Ray SternAndrew Myers reacts on Friday evening to vote counts that show Proposition 203 is winning by a comfortable margin​ Andrew Myers of the Marijuana Policy Project has been edgy since Election Day. Then came the 5:35 p.m. update of vote results. Observing the results from a small ... More >>

Setting Sun: Steve Nash's Quitting the Phoenix Suns to Enter Canadian Politics

Arizona Election 2010: Goddard Concedes to Brewer Amid Conservative Field Day

Image: www.azsos.gov​Terry Goddard won't follow his father's footsteps as Arizona Governor, at least not this time.The high-profile Democrat was just one more body thrown on the pyre following the Arizona's Election Day slaughter by Republicans. Goddard conceded to Governor Janice Brewer at abou ... More >>

Prop 203 Analysis: How Arizona's Medical Marijuana Measure Could Win; Plus, What Happened?

​ We've crunched the latest numbers, analyzed the trend and spoken to campaign experts about the incredibly close race of Proposition 203. Our take: Arizona's medical marijuana measure will fail without a minor miracle. But we won't burst anyone's bubble yet, 'cause the race isn't finishe ... More >>

Candidate for Treasurer Andrei Cherny's Wife has Baby Just in Time For Election Day. Naturally, We're Suspicious

Andrei ChernyAndrei Cherny, his wife Stephanie, and their new addition, Arabelle Sophia​Attention, Andrei Cherny: we're hip to you.As we've seen throughout the 2010 election season, family values matters to Arizona voters, and in a final push to drum up support for his campaign for Treasurer, Demo ... More >>

Demi Lovato Checks Herself Into Treatment Center; Not For Drugs

​Disney star and Joe Jonas' former girlfriend Demi Lovato has checked herself into a treatment center, according to Pop Eater.Lovato felt that seeking help was important enough to drop her tour schedule. The 18-year-old was on tour with the Jonas Brothers. She's getting help with "emotional and ph ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Signs Off on Ban Amnesty Now's Voter Suppression Efforts?

Kris Kobach? That's some "impartial" source you got there, SeanThe paranoia has been reaching a fever-pitch both in and over an e-mail recently sent out by the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now, which claims that "illegals" are looking to steal the upcoming midterm elections. The e-ma ... More >>

Irreconcilable Differences

Libs want to boot the old crank out of the house

O Henry

Outspoken punk icon speaks out